| Abraham Lincoln High School | |
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| Address | |
| 3501 N. Broadway Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, 90031 USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1878 |
| Principal | Jose F. Torres |
| Grades | 9th-12th |
| Color(s) | Black and Orange |
| Athletics conference | Northern League, Los Angeles City Section CIF |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Team name | Lincoln Tigers |
| Rival | Wilson High School |
| Website | Official website |
Abraham Lincoln High School, usually referred to simply as Lincoln High School, is a secondary school located in the Lincoln Heights district of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is located in the East Los Angeles-area community, surrounded by El Sereno, Chinatown, Boyle Heights and Cypress Park. The school is named after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, and is one of the first public high schools established in California. It is one of the District 5 high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the nation.
Lincoln students are drawn from Koreatown and other areas. Cypress Park residents may attend either Lincoln or Franklin high school.
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Lincoln High School was opened in 1878 and moved its temporary quarters to the Avenue 21 School in 1873. Pending the construction of a new school (the current site) on the former mansion property of Charles Woolwine, the Avenue 21 intermediate school moved its location to the hillside site (now the current physical education and track field), where students studied under the trees.[1][2]
In 1878, the plant was extended across Lincoln Park (Los Angeles) Avenue, which is now the current site. In 1881, the school added a gymnasium and a science building in 1824. The present school was built extensively in the 1940s under President Franklin D. Roosevelt under his Works Progress Administration reform. Much of the construction and renovations occurred after the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, which damaged the gymnasium, the auditorium, the music building, the library, and the English building.[3]
In 2009 the opening of the Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Learning Centers relieved Lincoln.[4]
Lincoln is mainly made up of a large Hispanic and Asian student body, though there is also an even smaller African-American and Caucasian student population.
The racial ethnic enrollment breaks down as the following (as of the student class of 2008-2009):[5]
In 2008, Lincoln is ranked as the 900th best high school in the nation in the Challenge Index.[6]
Lincoln High School's Magnet program[7] was established in 1999. The Magnet program has a maximum of 180 students, ranging from grade levels 9 to 12. The program offers various opportunities for students to participate in courses and activities with emphasis on science, math, and technology.
Lincoln has a Science Bowl team that has been running for fifteen years. Lincoln has two teams with 5 students in each team. Competing students must have a knowledge base in the following subjects: astronomy, biology, chemistry, math, physics and general science. Science Bowl utilizes a buzzer system, in which students must buzz in and wait to be recognized by a moderator before proceeding to answer a question. Lincoln has consistently scored in the top eight in the Regional Science Bowl competition. They have yet made it to nationals.
Lincoln maintains an Academic Decathlon program for its students. Competing students in the program are placed into either one of three teams based on their skill level: Varsity, Scholastic, and Honors. The program covers the following subjects: language & literature, economics, art, music, mathematics, social science, and science. In addition, students are also required to write essays, participate in interviews, give speeches, as well as taking part in a Super Quiz - which focuses on a selected subject determined by the United States Academic Decathlon each year.
Formed in 2008, Lincoln is one of the 15 schools that are a part of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate League (LAMDL). LAMDL is one of the networks of Urban Debate Leagues, that promotes debate for many urban high schools. In 2009, the Los Angeles Urban Debate League (as it was previously known) merged with a USC’s Neighborhood Debate League, creating what LAMDL is today. Lincoln has a highly successful policy debate team, competing and winning major tournaments both locally and nationally. Lincoln has won some of the most prestigious tournaments in California, including the California State Invitational held at the University of California Berkeley as well as the Pepperdine Invitational Debates, and clearing into eliminations in tournaments like USC’s 'David Damus' Trojan Championships. In 2009, Lincoln won 4 out of the 6 local tournaments, winning City Championships, and in 2010, won 5 out of the 6 local tournaments. In 2009, Lincoln debated at the Chase Urban Debate Nationals, held in Chicago, and returned to Nationals again in 2010, clearing into eliminations, and Nationals again in 2011, placing 5th overall.
API for Lincoln High School.
| School | 2007 [8] | 2008 [9] | 2009 [10] | 2010 [11] |
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| Abraham Lincoln High School | 594 | 609 | 588 | 616 |
A majority of the students come from Florence Nightingale Middle School, El Sereno Middle School, and Mt. Gleeson Middle School.
Abraham Lincoln High School has a competitive rivalry against Wilson High School.
Notable alumni of Abraham Lincoln High School include:
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