Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California)
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| Official name | Abraham Lincoln High School |
| Established | 1940s |
| Principal | Chris Funk |
| Location | 555 Dana Ave.
San Jose, CA 95126 |
| Website | http://lincolnhighsanjose.org/ |
| Enrollment | 1648 |
| Mascot | Lions |
| School colors | Blue and Gold |
Abraham Lincoln High School, usually referred to as Lincoln High, is a high school in the San Jose Unified School District. It is a magnet school for "Academic, Visual, and Performing Arts," and is located in close proximity to San Jose City College. The current principal is Chris Funk.
Its mascot is the Lion, and its school colours are blue and gold. The school offers cross country, water polo, tennis, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, football, baseball, softball, soccer, golf, badminton, track and field, and swimming. But Lincoln's wrestling team is the school's most beloved sport. Football is getting much attention during the Big Bone Game. The team was undefeated last year and was at the top of their league. This year was their first in A leauge.
Lincoln is also noted for its Mock Trial team, which is the only California Mock Trial team to have won the California State Championships twice in a row. Lincoln placed fourth in the National Championships in 2002.
Lincoln also has a student-run newspaper, Lincoln Lion Tales, that highlights recent events at the school.
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Big Bone Game
The football teams of San Jose High Academy and Lincoln face off at San Jose City College each Thanksgiving in the Big Bone Game, an annual game held on Thanksgiving Day at San Jose City College. This rivalry game has been held since 1945; it gets its name from San Jose High (now Academy) student Bob Schimdt in 1945, who found a large steer leg in his father's butcher shop and declared it the trophy for the winning school. San Jose won the first Big Bone, but Lincoln has been the home of the bone for 38 of the 62 years. Also, Lincoln has been in possession of the bone for nine straight years, beating the second longest streak in Big Bone history set by Lincoln from 1962 to 1969.
Demographics
Student Ethnic diversity: 1.0% American Indian, 5.5% Asian, 1.7% Filipino, 3.0% African American, 36.5% Caucasian, 51.4% Latino, 0.6% Pacific Islander
Notable alumni
- Megan Dirkmaat, 2004 Summer Olympics silver medalist; Rowing
External links
- Official Website
- Alumni Site
- Lincoln High School-Class Reunion Website at Classreport.com
- San Jose Unified School District
See also
- Willow Glen High School-Another area high school.
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