Lincoln High School (Dallas, Texas)

For schools of a similar name, see Lincoln High School.
Lincoln High School
Information
Type Public, Secondary
School district Dallas Independent School District
Principal Earl A. Jones[1]
Faculty 97[1]
Grades 9-12
Number of students 1,245[2]
Color(s) Purple and White[1]          
Mascot Tigers[1]
Trustee dist.  9, Ron Price[3]
Area   2, Shirley Ison-Newsome[4]

Lincoln High School is public secondary school located in South Dallas, Texas (USA). Lincoln High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. The structure is a Dallas Landmark.

Lincoln also has a magnet school called the Humanities/Communications Magnet High School, which offers clusters of Radio/Television/Film, Print Journalism and Humanities. The High School's motto is to maintain the mark of excellence. The school has a variety of activities including Academic Decathlon, Debate, U.I.L. One Act Play, The Wall Of Sound Marching Band, and sports such as basketball, football, etc. The school has won nationals in basketball and dance. The original building was built in 1939. In 1980 the new Lincoln High School was built in front of the old Lincoln, now called the Annex.

Contents

Feeder patterns

As of 2007, Pearl C. Anderson Middle Learning Center feeds into Lincoln.[5]

As of 2007, the following elementary schools feed into Lincoln:

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dallas ISD - Lincoln High School. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  2. ^ Texas Education Agency - School Directory - type in school number "057905009" and select "view report." Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  3. ^ Dallas ISD - Schools by Trustee. (PDF). Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  4. ^ Dallas ISD - Schools by Area. (PDF). Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  5. ^ a b Dallas ISD - 2006 School Feeder Patterns - W. H. Adamson High School. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  6. ^ Famous (and infamous) People from Oak Cliff
  7. ^ Norma Adams Wade. About Town (news brief in a column about local African-American news), The Dallas Morning News, August 16, 2006 (University professor June Gary Hopps accepted distinguished alumni honors for her late husband, Dr. John Hopps Jr., a graduate of N.W. Harllee Elementary and Lincoln High School in Dallas. Dr. Hopps graduated from Lincoln at age 16 in 1954 and became a top physicist and international federal government appointee in two administrations. Omega Psi Phi fraternity members pledged to donate $25,000 to Morehouse College in Atlanta in memory of Dr. Hopps.
  8. ^ Remembering the early days: Pioneers of desegregation recall isolation, prejudice and kindness, The North Texan Online, Summer 2004

External links

Dallas Independent School District
High schools … full list Bryan Adams | Adamson | Carter | Conrad | Hillcrest | Jefferson | Kimball | Lincoln | Madison | Molina | North Dallas | Pinkston | Roosevelt | Samuell | Seagoville | Skyline | South Oak Cliff | Spruce | Sunset | Wilmer-Hutchins | W. T. White | Wilson
Middle schools … full list Anderson | Hill | Marsh | Quintanilla
Elementary schools … full list Hooe | Lakewood | Milam | Preston Hollow
Magnet schools Townview magnets: Government, Law, & Law Enforcement | Science and Engineering Magnet | Talented & Gifted | Business and Management | Education and Social Services | Health Professions
Other High Schools: Washington HS for Performing and Visual Arts | Gilliam Collegiate Academy | Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet | Skyline | Smith New Tech
Middle/High: Obama Male | Rangel Young Women's | PreK-8: Dealey Montessori | Stone Montessori | 4-8: Travis Academy/Vanguard