Lincoln High School (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Lincoln High School
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska United States
Coordinates	40°48′24″N 96°41′19″W / 40.80667°N 96.68861°W / 40.80667; -96.68861Coordinates: 40°48′24″N 96°41′19″W / 40.80667°N 96.68861°W / 40.80667; -96.68861
Information
School type	High School
Established	1871
Principal	Dr. Mike Wortman
Faculty	150
Enrollment	1,629 (2012)
Color(s)
Mascot	Links
Website	Lincoln H.S.

Lincoln High School is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States; and is part of the Lincoln Public Schools school district. More than 40,000 students have graduated from Lincoln High in its 143 year history.^[1] The school colors are red and black, and the mascot is the Links.

History

Lincoln High School was founded in 1871 and is the oldest of the seven public high schools in the city of Lincoln. The present building was opened in 1915 with major additions completed in 1927, 1957, 1985 and 1996. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and has the AA accreditation rating of the Nebraska State Board of Education. In 1984 it was named a Recognized School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education. Lincoln High School is now participating in the International Baccalaureate Program, one of only three high schools in Nebraska involved in the program. The other is Millard North High School in Omaha and Omaha Central High School also located in Omaha.

Student body and academic programs

The student body is made up of 55% Caucasian students, 15% African-American, 10% Asian-American, 13% Hispanic-American, and 2% Native-American. LHS has approximately 200 students in ELL (English Language Learner) classes. The students speak at least twenty different languages. The largest group speak Spanish (56) and the next four largest groups speak Arabic and Kurdish, Vietnamese, and Karen. Other languages spoken are Russian, Ukrainian, Nuer (Sudan), Bosnian, Pashtu, Dinka, Cambodian, Filipino, Chinese, and Burmese.^[2]

Lincoln High School offers over 200 courses in twelve different departments to its 1,750 students, operating on a traditional 7-period day schedule. It has 150 certified staff members and 90 support staff members who help with the operation of the building each day.

Athletics

Baseball

Lincoln High School's baseball program is headed by coach Todd Louis Sandberg.^[3] The baseball program won state championships in 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1963 and last had measurable success under coach Sam Sharpe from 1991-1992.^[4][5]

Wrestling

Lincoln High School's wrestling program is headed by coach Andy Genrich .^[6] Lincoln High last won a state championship in 1992 and has had 29 individual state champions.^[7] In 2009, the program had success in qualifying three wrestlers for state all by winning 1st place at the district meet.^[8]

State championships

Notable alumni

• Dick Cavett – entertainer and author
• Sandy Dennis – Academy Award-winning actress
• Mike Fultz – drafted 32nd overall in the 1977 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints
• Melissa Harrington – a.k.a. "Melissa Midwest", pornographic actress
• Justin Kuntz – Prominent local attorney^[10][11]
• Les Mann – former MLB player for the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants
• Shirley Marsh – Nebraska state senator
• Bernie Masterson – NFL player and winner of the 1940 NFL Championship game with the Chicago Bears
• Roger Nelson – former MLB player for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, and Cincinnati Reds
• Ted Sorensen – special counsel to President John F. Kennedy
• Charles Starkweather – responsible for the murders of 11 people in the 1950s
• Les Witte – two-time consensus All-American basketball player at Wyoming
• Willard Witte – head men's basketball coach of the 1933–34 Wyoming national championship team

See also

• Yule marble

References

External links

• LHS Homepage
• LPS Homepage
• The Advocate - LHS Newspaper