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Lincoln High School
Address
2229 J Street Lincoln, Nebraska 68510 United States
Coordinates	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	Mark Larson
Faculty	280
Enrollment	2,088 (2023-2024)
Color(s)
Mascot	Black/Red Links
Nobel laureates	Robert B. Wilson
Website	Lincoln H.S.

Lincoln High School is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. A part of the Lincoln Public Schools school district, it is the largest high school in the city. More than 40,000 students have graduated from Lincoln High in its 153-year history. The school colors are red and black, and the mascot is the Links. Its mascot is memorialized in a statue on the school's front lawn, gifted by the class of 1970, with four individual links chained together. These represent the hopeful characteristics of Lincoln High School: tradition, diversity, excellence, and unity.

History

Lincoln High School was founded in 1871 and is the oldest of six public high schools in the city of Lincoln. The present building was opened in 1915, with significant 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 began its formal participation in the International Baccalaureate Program in 2008 after a formal application process. It is one of only three high schools in Nebraska involved in the program. The others are Millard North High School and Omaha Central High School, both located in Omaha.

In 2018, Lincoln High School was honored as a "School of Opportunity" by the National Education Policy Center, at the University of Colorado Boulder, for its commitment to multicultural educational support and academic rigor. It was one of only eight public schools awarded this honor with the "Gold" designation, the highest designation for this honor. Principal Mark Larson states, "This recognition also speaks to the unique culture that has been in place at Lincoln High for many years and hopefully will continue for years to come."

While teaching at Lincoln High School, four Lincoln High faculty have been honored as Nebraska Teacher of the Year, including John Heineman (2000), Patsy Koch Johns (2006), Amber Vlasnik (2017), and Sydney Jensen (2019).

After the Lincoln Public Schools administration building burned in 2011, the Lincoln High Library Media Center staff realized the importance of digitizing the archives of Lincoln High School. The school newspaper, The Advocate, is available digitally.

Student body and academic programs

The student body is 46% White, 11% African-American, 10% Asian-American, 21% Hispanic/Latino, and 2% Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native. 9% of students are of two or more races. LHS has approximately 330 students in ELL (English Language Learner) classes. Over 60% of its student body is in the Free or Reduced Price Lunch Program, and 17% are identified as either gifted or highly gifted. Over 30 different languages are spoken as first languages to students. The largest group speak Spanish (56), and the next four largest groups speak Arabic, Kurdish, Vietnamese, and Karen. Other languages spoken are Russian, Ukrainian, Nuer (Sudan), Bosnian, Pashtu, Dinka, Cambodian, Filipino, Chinese, and Burmese.

Lincoln High School offers hundreds of courses in twelve different departments to its over 2,000 students, operating on a seven-period day schedule. It has 150 certified staff members and 90 support staff members.

Athletics

Lincoln High School competes as a NSAA District 1 school in the Heartland Athletic Conference.

Baseball

Lincoln High School's baseball program is headed by Coach Jon Beiermann, JV Nathan Gumb, Reserve Thomas Riley, and 9th Chase Martin. 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.

Wrestling

Lincoln High School's wrestling program is headed by Coach Andy Genrich. Lincoln High last won a state championship in 1992 and has had 29 individual state champions. In 2009, the program had success in qualifying three wrestlers for state, all by winning first place at the district meet.

Football

Lincoln High School's football program competes in the NSAA's Class A Division. The team is headed by Head Coach Mark Macke. Coach Macke has compiled a record of 40-60 since taking over the program in 2013. Lincoln High School's varsity football team has earned a berth into the Class A Playoffs nine times in school history, with the most recent occurring in 2020. Their most successful season ended in a State Championship Game loss to Lincoln Southeast High School in 1992, with a final score of 17-0.

State championships

Notable alumni

• John Moore Allison – diplomat
• Dick Cavett – entertainer and author
• Sandy Dennis – Academy Award-winning actress
• Mike Fultz – drafted 32nd overall in 1977 NFL draft by New Orleans Saints
• Dixie Kiefer – U.S. Navy commodore, served in both world wars
• Bill Kinnamon – Major League Baseball umpire
• Herman F. Kramer – U.S. Army major general
• Les Mann – MLB player for 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 1940 NFL Championship game with the Chicago Bears
• Gil Savery – journalist
• Ted Sorensen – special counsel to President John F. Kennedy
• Charles Starkweather – spree killer, responsible for murders of 11 people in the 1950s
• Larry Willmore – economist at United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and IIASA, Schloss Laxenburg, Austria
• Robert B. Wilson, winner of the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with Paul Milgrom
• Les Witte – two-time consensus All-American basketball player at Wyoming
• Willard Witte – men's basketball head coach of 1933–34 Wyoming national championship team

References

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2. "A Profile of Lincoln High School". Lincoln Public Schools. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
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4. Goodwin, Carolynn (December 2015). ""The beauty of the world [experience]": Exploring inclusivity in the International Baccalaureate Program at Lincoln High School". Etd Collection for University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Lincoln, Nebraska: 1–146. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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14. "LHS - Athletic Hall of Fame - 2000 Honor Teams". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
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17. "Lincoln High School Athletic Hall Of Fame-Sam Sharpe".
18. "2024 & 2025 Football Classifications" (PDF). Nebraska School Activities Association. December 11, 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
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20. "Teams - Lincoln High Links Football (Lincoln, NE)". www.maxpreps.com. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
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22. "State Records & State Champions". Archived from the original (English) on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
23. "High School Graduates Number 166 This Year". Lincoln Evening News. Lincoln, NE. June 8, 1909. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
24. "Maj. Gen. Herman F. Kramer, native Nebraskan, born in Lincoln". Lincoln Journal. Lincoln, NE. March 27, 1944. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
25. "Larry Willmore". larrywillmore.net.

External links

• LHS homepage
• LPS homepage
• The Advocate - LHS newspaper'

• Public high schools in Nebraska
• Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska
• International Baccalaureate schools in Nebraska
• Educational institutions established in 1871
• 1871 establishments in Nebraska