Lincoln High School (New Jersey)

For schools of a similar name, see Lincoln High School.
Lincoln High School
Location
60 Crescent Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07304
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1912
School district Jersey City Public Schools
Principal Cheryle Richardson-Evans
Vice principal Chris Gadsden
Reed Leibfried
Monica Patel
Francisco Velez
Faculty 79 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 1,019 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 12.90 [1]
Color(s) Royal Blue and White
Athletics conference Hudson County Interscholastic League
Nickname Lions
Publication yes
Website School website

Lincoln High School is a four-year public high school located in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[2]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,019 students and 79 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.90.[1]

The school was the 305th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 291st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 279th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 361st out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009-10 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[5]

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History

The original Lincoln High School opened on September 9, 1912 with an inaugural student body of 300 on a site acquired from the Hasbrouck Institute,a private school. In January 1916, the school graduated its first class of 32 students. In 1934, the school had an enrollment of 5,000 students, making it the second largest in the state.[6]

Lincoln, the first public high school in Jersey City, was opened in 1913. It is located at 60 Crescent Avenue south of Journal Square in Bergen Hill. The school is located on the site of a mansion owned by George Theodore Werts, who served as Governor of New Jersey from 1893-1896.

Academics

Lincoln High School hosts a number of magnet programs that pertain to the interest of the students. For example, the magnet programs include Culinary Arts, Cosmetology, JROTC, and Business & Marketing.

Violence

Lincoln High School has been the site of two shootings, one allegedly gang related, in 2002[7] and 2006 and the stabbing of a student in April 2007.[8] There was also a brawl at the school on May 10, 2010, leading to the arrest of 6 students.[9]

Athletics

The Lincoln High School Lions compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic League, which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County.[10] The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[11]

The boys basketball team won the North I, Group III in 2002 state sectional championship with a 50-41 win against Sparta High School in the tournament final.[12] The 2006 - 2007 boy's varsity basketball team claimed the HCIAA championship over now defunct Union Hill High School, 50 - 46. The 2008 team won the North II, Group II state sectional title with a 61-58 win over Orange High School in the tournament final.[13][14] On March 9, 2008 the basketball team went on to win the school's first Group II state title over Collingswood High School in blowout fashion 88 - 70.

Football: The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group III state sectional championships in 1981.[15]

In 2009 the Lions finished the season at 8-2, losing in the first round of the NJSIAA North II Group I state playoffs. In 2010, the Lions built on their wave of success, going 7-2 during the regular season, the Lions went back to the playoffs. Their regular season highlight was erasing an 18-0 deficit to Hoboken to win 42-18.

In the 2010 NJSIAA North II Group I playoffs, the Lions defeated Glen Ridge High School 36-19, and Jonathan Dayton High School 42-14 all on the road to advance to the North II Group I State Championship game against New Providence High School. The Lions lost to New Providence High School 21-8 in the North II, Group I State Championship at New Meadowlands Stadium, in East Rutherford, NJ, on December 4, 2010.[16]

Varsity Softball Team (2009-2010) A great season for the lady lions softball team. They were able to get into both county and state championships but lost both in the first round. It was very unfortunate but it is historic because it was the best Lincoln's softball team ever done.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d Data for Lincoln High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Lincoln High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed December 30, 2011.
  3. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed December 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  5. ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed December 29, 2011.
  6. ^ Biography, Lincoln High School. Retrieved August 13, 2008.
  7. ^ Student shot at a High School in Jersey City, dated October 29, 2002
  8. ^ "Metro Briefing - New Jersey: Jersey City: Arrest In Shootings Of Two Students", The New York Times, January 10, 2006
  9. ^ Pamela Suchy. "6 students arrested in brawl at Lincoln High School in Jersey City". NJ.com. http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2010/05/6_students_arrested_in_brawl_a.html. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  10. ^ Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved July 15, 2007.
  11. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 29, 2011.
  12. ^ 2002 Boys Basketball - North I, Group III, NJSIAA. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
  13. ^ 2008 Boys Basketball - North II, Group II, NJSIAA. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
  14. ^ Winner, Ned. "LIONS RISE TO THE TOP: Lincoln rallies late to win section title", The Star-Ledger, March 4, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
  15. ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed December 29, 2011.
  16. ^ Rosenfeld, Josh. "New Providence 21, Lincoln 8: NJSIAA North 2, Group 1 final", The Star-Ledger, December 4, 2010. Accessed December 29, 2011. "New Providence’s defense made that mission a reality by shutting down an explosive Lincoln attack to post a 21-8 victory in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 championship game before 4,500 yesterday at the New Meadowlands Stadium."
  17. ^ McCall, Tris. "Joe Budden to headline rare Stone Pony hip-hop show", The Star-Ledger, May 10, 2010. Accessed December 30, 2011. "“Even if I didn’t try to make the music personal, emotional, if I started out trying to write something that wasn’t like that, the pen would go in a totally different direction,” says Budden, who attended Lincoln High School in Jersey City."
  18. ^ Jeffrey Dublin - District 3, Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed May 29, 2007.
  19. ^ Frank Joseph Guarini profile, United States Congress. Accessed May 29, 2007.
  20. ^ O'Gorman, George,. "O'GORMAN: Garden State home to plenty of NFL stars", The Trentonian, November 29, 2009. Accessed December 30, 2011. "Trying to shut down Drew Brees and the 10-0 Saints tomorrw will be Brandon McGowan of Lincoln/Jersey City who has 50 solo tackles among the 63 he’s made in the Patriot secondary."
  21. ^ Robb, Adam. "'Jersey Girls' authors to sign copies of book with Hudson flavor tomorrow in Newark", The Jersey Journal, June 8, 2011. Accessed December 30, 2011. "Another Hall of Fame local girl made good, Broadway actress Phyllis Newman was a Jersey City native and Lincoln High School graduate, and a reminder there's a long history of celebrated theatrical talent born in the region. "
  22. ^ Bernie Parmalee, database Football. Retrieved January 3, 2008.

External links

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