Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon)

Lincoln High School
Address
Lincoln High School
1600 SW Salmon Street
Portland, Oregon, Multnomah County 97205
USA
Coordinates 45°31′08″N 122°41′18″W / 45.51889°N 122.68830°W / 45.51889; -122.68830Coordinates: 45°31′08″N 122°41′18″W / 45.51889°N 122.68830°W / 45.51889; -122.68830
Information
Type Public
Opened 1869
School district Portland Public Schools
Principal Peyton Chapman[1][2]
Faculty 78[3]
Grades 9-12[2]
Number of students 1,476[4]
Color(s) Red and White   [1]
Athletics conference OSAA Portland Interscholastic League 6A-1[1]
Mascot Cardinals[1]
Team name Lincoln Cardinals
Newspaper The Cardinal Times
Website Official website

Lincoln High School is a public high school located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. It was established in 1869 as Portland High School, making it one of the oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi River.[5]

Student profile

Lincoln's student population is 74% white, 9% Asian/Pacific Islander, 7% Latino, 5% African American.[4] About 86% of students live within the school boundaries, the second-highest percentage in the district, behind Wilson.[4]

In 2008, 89% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 372 students, 330 graduated, 34 dropped out, four received a modified diploma, and four were still enrolled.[6][7] For the 2010-11 school year, Lincoln had the highest overall graduation rate among Portland Public high schools, at 84 percent; About 90% of Asian-American students graduate on time, 88% of Latino students, yet only 38% of its African-American students do so, which is the worst in the district.[8]

Academics

In July 2006, former Lincoln High Principal Peter Hamilton described it as "a classic college preparatory school."[9] It is home to more National Merit scholarship semifinalists than any other public or private high school in Oregon.[10]

In 2006, Lincoln was one of seven in Oregon ranked among America's 1,200 best high schools (based on Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or Cambridge test scores) by Newsweek.[11] In 2008, Lincoln was voted 2nd out of 261 of the public high schools in the state, having the School of Science and Technology from the Beaverton School District in 1st place.[12]

Lincoln is a part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, and has averaged roughly 38 successful IB diploma candidates over each of the past three years from 2009.[13]

Lincoln has 60 classroom teachers, 2.5 special instruction teachers, 4 educational assistants, 5 student counselors, an alternative education teacher, and a library/media specialist. Programs provide the highest quality-academic and extracurricular opportunities with a strong college preparatory program. Basic high school curriculum is enhanced with advanced course work in English, social sciences, foreign languages, mathematics and physical and life sciences.[14]

The school received a silver ranking from U.S. News & World Report's 2010 "America's Best High Schools" survey.[15][16]

In 2010, a Lincoln student was honored as a Presidential Scholar, one of three from Oregon.[17]

State Championships

Boys Cross Country: 1951, 1954, 1955

Girls Cross Country: 1978

Boys Soccer: 2015

Girls Soccer: 2007, 2008

Boys Basketball: 1919, 1952, 1957

Girls Swimming: 1948, 1982, 1989

Baseball: 1956

Boys Tennis: 1985, 1988

Girls Tennis: 1988, 1989, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Boys Track & Field: 2007

Girls Track & Field: 1980, 1995, 2007

Dance: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

Speech: 1985

Lacrosse: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

Constitution Team: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

Activities

Urban track and buildings at Lincoln

Lincoln's constitution team has won twenty-three state championships and six national titles.[18][19][20]

The Lincoln Dancers were State Champions from 2002 to 2007 and in 2009 and 2010. They have also won the PIL District Champions title for ten consecutive years.

The school newspaper, The Cardinal Times, was established in 1897 and is the oldest continually-published high school newspaper on the west coast.

History

19th century

The 1885 high school building which, in 1909, became the first to take the name Lincoln High School

With an initial enrollment of 45 students, the school was established in 1869 as the Portland High School in the North Central School sited on Block 80 of Couch's Addition (bounded by NW 11th & 12th and Couch & Davis Streets).[21] The principal was J.W. Johnson.[22] The high school moved from the top floors of the North Central School to the Central School in 1873 (located where Pioneer Courthouse Square is today) and moved again to the Park School (block bounded by Park, 10th, Madison, & Jefferson (now the Portland Art Museum)) in 1878. The first building to be known as Lincoln High School was built at SW 14th and Morrison in 1885,[21] but was still named West Side High School at the time. The land for the 14th and Morrison School was given to the school district by Mrs. Simeon G. Reed (wife of the founder of Reed College) in 1869 and the building was designed by William Stokes, an architect who had recently moved to Portland from Oakland, California. The building was situated in the block bounded by 14th, Morrison, Lownsdale (now 15th) and Alder streets.[23]

In 1889, a "very successful" night school program was started at the first purpose-built building at SW 14th and Morrison.[24]

20th century

Lincoln High School circa 1920, now known as Lincoln Hall and part of Portland State University.

The school was renamed Lincoln High School in 1909,[21][25] then moved to the 45-room South Park Blocks location (now known as Lincoln Hall) when construction was completed in 1912. The building occupies the block bounded by Market & Mill Streets and Park & Broadway.[21][26] (After the 1912 move, the old building of 1885 became used by the Girls' Polytechnic School. In fall 1928, that school moved to a new building on the east side,[27] leaving the 1885 building vacant,[23] and it was demolished by 1930.)

In 1937, the school had grown to 1580 students and 53 teachers.[21] In 1972, it had 1253 students, 7% of which were black (a contemporary report noted they were mostly "voluntary transfers"); 4.3% of the students were on welfare.[28]

Due to the baby boom and passing of a $25 million building levy by the school district in 1947, a new high school was slated.[24] The existing building was sold to the Vanport Extension Center (now Portland State University) in April 1949 for $875,000, with the intention that the high school would not leave for "at least two years."[24] Land was cleared for the school by June 1950 on the former Jacob Kamm House property.[24]

Notable alumni

Sports
Music
Media
Other

References

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  2. 1 2 "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Faculty | Lincoln High School | Portland, OR". Lincoln.pps.k12.or.us. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  4. 1 2 3 "Lincoln". 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  5. ↑ Geddes, Ryan (2005-09-22). "Public school notebook: The Count". The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing). pp. A7.
  6. ↑ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  7. ↑ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Lincoln Posts Lowest Grad Rate for African-American Students of Any PPS High School". Willamette Week. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  9. ↑ Geddes, Ryan (2006-06-07). "Principal retiring with teaching in mind". The Oregonian. pp. B02.
  10. ↑ Melton, Kimberly (2009-12-26). "Year of controversies made Portland principal Peyton Chapman wonder about staying at Lincoln High". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  11. ↑ "Seven Oregon schools make Newsweek list". The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing). 2006-05-09. pp. B5.
  12. ↑ "Top 10 Best Oregon State High Schools - OR School Rankings". Schooldigger.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  13. ↑ "International Baccalaureate | Lincoln High School | Portland, OR". Lincoln.pps.k12.or.us. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  14. ↑ "School facts: Lincoln". Pps.k12.or.us. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  15. ↑ "Best High Schools 2010". U.S. News & World Report. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  16. ↑ Graves, Bill (2010-01-15). "Nine Oregon high schools ranked among best in nation". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  17. ↑ Hammond, Betsy (2010-05-03). "Presidential scholars: Oregon scores three". The Oregonian. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  18. ↑ "Lincoln High School Places First in We the People National Finals!". Center for Civic Education. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Portland's Lincoln High wins U.S. championship in Constitution contest". 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  20. ↑ "Portland's Lincoln High wins U.S. championship in Constitution contest". The Oregonian. 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 Alfred Powers, Howard McKinley Corning, ed. (1937). History of Education in Portland. WPA Adult Education Project. p. 74.
  22. ↑ Polich, Edward L. (1950). A history of Portland's secondary school system with emphasis on the superintendents and the curriculum (Thesis/dissertation). University of Portland. OCLC 232551057.
  23. 1 2 "Historic Old Portland High School Soon to Become Mere Memory of Past". The Sunday Oregonian. May 20, 1928. Section 1, p. 18.
  24. 1 2 3 4 Polich, Edward L. (1950). A history of Portland's secondary school system with emphasis on the superintendents and the curriculum (Thesis/dissertation). University of Portland. p. 48. OCLC 232551057.
  25. ↑ "Change in Names of High Schools; West Side is Lincoln, East Side is Washington and Albina to Be Jefferson". The Morning Oregonian. February 9, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  26. ↑ Leeson, Fred (2006-12-14). "PSU about to build future on its past". The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing). pp. A11.
  27. ↑ "New School Inspected; Many Attend Open House at Girls' Polytechnic". The Morning Oregonian. September 1, 1928. p. 18.
  28. ↑ Landauer, Robert; Bill Keller (1972-05-19). "Lincoln gears courses for college careers". The Oregonian.
  29. ↑ "PIL Hall of Fame Cyber Museum, Lincoln, 1935". Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  30. ↑ John Hunt (August 13, 2012). "Johnny Pesky, 92, was a Portland native, Boston Red Sox icon". The Oregonian. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
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