Lincoln High School (Stockton, California)

Lincoln High School (Stockton, California)

"Amity and Peace from Knowledge"
Location
6844 Alexandria Place
Stockton, California
Coordinates 38°00′40″N 121°20′15″W / 38.01121°N 121.33746°W / 38.01121; -121.33746Coordinates: 38°00′40″N 121°20′15″W / 38.01121°N 121.33746°W / 38.01121; -121.33746
Information
Established 1954
School district Lincoln Unified School District
Principal Terry Asplund
Staff 130
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2894
Campus Urban
Mascot "Trojans"
Newspaper The Lincolnian
Yearbook The Log
Website www.lincolnhigh.org

Lincoln High School, founded in 1954, is the Lincoln Unified School District's only comprehensive high school. The school serves thousands of students from ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations.

Facilities

Alex G. Spanos Stadium

Academics

Each student is required to take some basics courses including but not limited to the following:

and 8 additional elective courses.

Most academic courses are college prep, honors, or Advanced Placement (AP). AP courses offered include: English Language & Composition, English Literature & Composition, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Human Geography, World History, US History, United States Government & Politics, Spanish Language & Culture Studio Art, Music Theory, and Computer Science A.

UC/CSU-approved Honors Courses include: Introduction to Analysis, Spanish 3, Chemistry, Physics, and Wind Ensemble.

Extracurriculars

The school has over 50 organizations, teams and clubs. These clubs have focuses on academics, culture, recreational, and student interest.

Visual and Performing Arts

Lincoln High School has a Visual & Performing Arts Department. Students with interests in the arts are offered courses in music (band, choir, orchestra, piano, guitar, electronic music and music theory), drama (acting, stagecraft,production, and oral interpretation) and visual arts (traditional and computer art, photography and ceramics).

Student Publications

The student body newspaper, The Lincolnian, is both printed and published online monthly by the Newspaper Production class.

Notable alumni

Roderick Townsend, 2010 Professional Track And Field Athlete 2015 United States National Team, 3 Time USA Champion

Notes

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  2. ↑ New York Times Biography http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1598001/Rich-Bokides Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1932526/
  3. ↑ Sports Illustrated 4/21/1980 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123370/index.htm
  4. ↑ National Football Leaque http://www.nfl.com/player/shantecarver/2500023/profile
  5. ↑ National Football League http://www.nfl.com/player/brandincooks/2543498/profile
  6. ↑ National Football Leaque http://www.nfl.com/player/edfisher/2514060/profile
  7. ↑ National Football Leaque http://www.nfl.com/player/bobheinz/2516270/profile
  8. ↑ Major Leaque Baseball http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=118073
  9. ↑ National Football League http://www.nfl.com/player/louisrankin/2507333/profile
  10. ↑ National Football Leaque http://www.nfl.com/player/billsandeman/2524850/profile
  11. ↑ National Football Leaque http://www.chargers.com/team/staff/dean-spanos/65715de6-ea01-49b3-9160-995491d7f1b8
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