Lincoln High School (Dallas)
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| Type | Public, Secondary |
| Motto | To Maintain the Mark of Excellence. |
| School district | Dallas Independent School District |
| Principal | Chanel Howard-Veazy |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 675 [1] |
| Color(s) | Purple and White[2] |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Trustee, District | Bernadette Nutall, 9[3] |
| Area | South Dallas/Fair Park |
| Website | http://www.dallasisd.org/lincoln |
Lincoln High School is public secondary school located at 2826 Hatcher Street in Dallas, Texas (USA) which enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. In 1980 a new Lincoln High School called, "The Annex", was built in front of the original building. The original building, built in 1939, is a Dallas Landmark.
Lincoln's magnet school offers: Radio/Television/Film, Print Journalism and Humanities. With a variety of activities including: Academic Decathlon, Debate, U.I.L. One Act Play, The Wall Of Sound Marching Band, a variety of sports; the school has won national and state championships in boys basketball.
History
For the 2014-2016 University Interscholastic League (UIL) classification Lincoln moved up to 4A from 3A.[4]
In 2016, the boy's basketball team won the 4A UIL State Championship.[5]
Academic performance
In 2011 1.1% of the students, including 3.1% of the Hispanic students and none of the black students, received a "criterion" or passing grade, as defined by the State of Texas, in SAT and/or ACT. Jim Schutze of the Dallas Observer wrote that the school performed poorly and did not deserve the "high esteem" it received in South Dallas.[6]
Feeder patterns
As of 2013, Billy Earl Dade Middle School feeds into Lincoln.[7]
As of 2013, the following elementary schools feed into Lincoln:
- Joseph J. Rhoads Learning Center (PK-5)
- Charles Rice Elementary School (PK-5)
All feed into Dade and ultimately, Lincoln.[7]
Notable alumni
- Angela Aycock - former professional basketball player.
- Abner Haynes — former professional football player, played mostly for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Arthello Beck — artist and gallery owner.
- Big Tuck — rapper
- Bobbi Humphrey - American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles
- Charlie Brackins — American Football League, one of the first African-Americans quarterbacks in the NFL back in the early 1950s.
- Chris Bosh — basketball player in the NBA; led Lincoln to the number-one rank nationally.
- John Hopps, Jr. (1954) — physicist[8]
- Herbie Johnson — one of the first African-American students to graduate from the University of North Texas (then known as North Texas State College)[9]
- Duane Thomas — football player in the NFL
- David "Fathead" Newman — jazz saxophonist
References
- ^ " Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Dallas ISD - Lincoln High School. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
- ^ Dallas ISD - Board of Trustees. (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ Smith, Corbett. "Dallas ISD schools will not opt up; Carter, Pinkston, Lincoln will ‘drop’ to Class 4A." The Dallas Morning News. December 2, 2013. Retrieved on March 30, 2014.
- ^ http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/high-schools/2016/03/13/desotos-exceptional-defense-helps-dallas-area-sweep-three-largest-uil-basketball-crowns
- ^ Schutze, Jim. "Putting PrinciPals Before PrinciPles ." Dallas Observer. February 28-March 6, year unstated. Retrieved on June 11, 2016.
- ^ a b Dallas ISD - [1]. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Remembering the early days: Pioneers of desegregation recall isolation, prejudice and kindness, The North Texan Online, Summer 2004
External links
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