Lincoln High School (Dallas)

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Lincoln High School
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Information
Type Public, Secondary
School district Dallas Independent School District
Principal Chanel Howard-Veazy
Grades 912
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

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 will move up to 4A from 3A.[4]

Feeder patterns

As of 2013, Billy Earl Dade Middle School feeds into Lincoln.[5]

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.[5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. " Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. Dallas ISD - Lincoln High School. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  3. Dallas ISD - Board of Trustees. (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  4. 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.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Dallas ISD - [1]. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  6. 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.
  7. Remembering the early days: Pioneers of desegregation recall isolation, prejudice and kindness, The North Texan Online, Summer 2004

External links

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