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Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Florida)
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Lincoln High School is a public high school
located in Tallahassee, Florida
. It offers an accelerated Advanced Placement(AP) program that has been recognized for its excellence. In 2010, Lincoln High School was ranked by Newsweek
as one of the top 100 high schools of the United States
.
Doug Frick was the first principal at Lincoln High School and served in that position until 1989. He was replaced in that summer by William Montford
, who had previously been the principal at Amos P. Godby High School
. Montford served as Lincoln's principal until his election as the Leon County
School Superintendent in the fall of 1996. Martha Bunch, an assistant principal under Montford since 1989, assumed the position of principal until summer of 2008. In the 2008-2009 school year, Merry Ortega served as interim principal until 2009 when Allen Burch became Principal. He is currently serving in that capacity.
A 6-foot statue of a Trojan, erected in the summer of 2007, stands proudly in front of the main office.
Lincoln's football team won the 1999 6A, the 2001 and 2010 4A State Championships. The 1999 and 2001 championship teams were coached by David Wilson, and the 2010 championship team was led by Yusuf Shakir, a Lincoln High and University of Wisconsin alumnus.
Zach Piller
, Boo Williams
, PJ Alexander, Antonio Cromartie
, Kevin Carter
, Craphonso Thorpe
, Pat Watkins
, and Omari Hand have represented the Trojans in the National Football League
.
The boy's soccer team won the 1996 Class 6A State Championship under the leadership of head coach Santiago Molina. They also were the 1995 State Runner-ups to Bloomingdale High School and the 2005 State runner-ups to Auburndale High School. In 2010, they reached the Final Four.
In baseball, over the past six years, Lincoln has had 5 players selected out of high school, and 7 combined chosen in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
In 2007 the boy's lacrosse team became the first public school team in Tallahassee, Florida to defeat the Maclay School
Marauders who had for a long time dominated Tallahassee lacrosse. The team won its first district title during the 2009-2010 season by coming back to defeat reigning champion Chiles, by scoring two goals in the last eight seconds. They finished the year as one of the last eight teams playing in the state, eventually falling to The Bolles School in the regional final.
After the 2009 football season, the school was named a "Nike Elite" program, which includes a multi-year contract with Nike and makes the Trojans the only Nike Elite school in northern Florida, one of only 5 schools in the state to earn the honor, and one of 45 in the nation.
Brain Bowl
championships in the past three decades. Their last championship in the Tallahassee Democrat
sponsored tournament came in 2007 with team members securing a $2500 top prize with an undefeated run highlighted by victories over perennial powerhouses Rickards High School and Leon High School
in the finals. Prior to this title, the Lincoln Gold team won the regional title in 2004 by going undefeated in the playoffs and clinching victory with a win over Wakulla High School
.
In 2006-2007 the Lincoln Gold team was the powerhouse team in the area, taking home 1st place honors at the University of Florida fall tournament and the Rickards High School fall tournament. Additionally, they took 2nd place at the Chiles High School tournament and the Florida State University tournament. On March 12, 2007, the team secured their biggest victory all season: another 1st place win at the Tallahassee Democrat Bowl. They were the only team to remain undefeated throughout the competition with their final victory over rival Leon High.
Lincoln's Mu Alpha Theta
club is another stalwart in both regional, state and national competitions. Top sweepstakes finishes include a 2nd place to perennial powerhouse Stoneman Douglas High School at the State Convention, and a 3rd place at Nationals in 2003. Lincoln was again edged by Stoneman Douglas as well as Vestavia Hills High School
in Alabama. In 2004, Lincoln again placed 2nd and 3rd at the State and National Conventions, respectively, with the margin between first and second places at the State Convention being the smallest in history. That year, the Precalculus team became the first from Tallahassee to win a State title in any division. Lincoln High School also had an amateur documentary made about the 2004 competition season. The 2006 Calculus Team was the first team from Lincoln to ever win a National title in their division.
The Lincoln High School Marching Trojans placed 9th at the FMBC State Marching Band Championships competition in 2005, 6th in 2006, and 7th in 2007. In recent years, the Lincoln band has consistently earned the Florida Bandmasters Association's Otto J. Kraushaar Award, which is awarded to band programs in the state of Florida that receive Superior ratings at all marching and concert evaluations throughout the year. The Symphonic Band, Lincoln's top concert ensemble, participated in the 2005 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, marking them as one of the most advanced high school bands in the world. The Symphonic Band also appeared at the 2004 CBDNA/NBA Southern Division Conference, the 2002 and 2009 National Concert Band Festival, the 2001 University of Florida Concert Band Invitational, the 1999 ABA Convention, the 1997 Southeastern Band Clinic, and 2011 University of Georgia Janfest.http://www.trojanband.net/
Lincoln's success in the science fair program has been noted throughout the county. Many of its students have recently captured Best in Fair awards at regional competitions and have also obtained high rankings in the state and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair competitions.
Long standing competition success has also been achieved by students participating in the National History Day academic competition. Students have participated in History Fair since 1987-1988 and has had students advance to the National competition for 17 straight years, earning an assortment of prizes along the way including two national 3rd place finishes.
Lincoln's success in the Mock Trial arena is another notable extracurricular accomplishment. Rob Thompson, who returned to Lincoln in 2010 after working in the Florida Supreme Court
, has led the team to a number of 1st place finishes in state competition.
English Language and Composition,
English Literature and Composition,
Macroeconomics/US Government and Politics,
European History,
Human Geography,
Psychology,
U.S. History,
World History,
Chinese,
French,
Latin,
Spanish,
Art History,
Music Theory,
Studio Art,
Biology,
Chemistry,
Environmental Science,
Physics B,
Calculus AB and BC,
and Statistics
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
. It offers an accelerated Advanced Placement(AP) program that has been recognized for its excellence. In 2010, Lincoln High School was ranked by Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
as one of the top 100 high schools of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
History
Lincoln High School was established in 1975.Doug Frick was the first principal at Lincoln High School and served in that position until 1989. He was replaced in that summer by William Montford
Bill Montford
William J. "Bill" Montford is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing the 6th District since 2010. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Association of District School Superintendents in Tallahassee, Florida.-Background:Montford was born in Marianna, Florida...
, who had previously been the principal at Amos P. Godby High School
Amos P. Godby High School
Amos P. Godby High School is a public high school in Tallahassee, Florida, named for Mr. Amos P. Godby, who served as a teacher, coach, Leon County Superintendent, and President and Secretary of the Florida Superintendents Association.-History:Amos P...
. Montford served as Lincoln's principal until his election as the Leon County
Leon County, Florida
Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. At the 2010 Census, the population was 275,487. The county seat of Leon County is Tallahassee which also serves as the state capital. The county seat is home to two of Florida's major...
School Superintendent in the fall of 1996. Martha Bunch, an assistant principal under Montford since 1989, assumed the position of principal until summer of 2008. In the 2008-2009 school year, Merry Ortega served as interim principal until 2009 when Allen Burch became Principal. He is currently serving in that capacity.
Colors and mascot
Prior to the opening of Lincoln in September 1975, the entering students participated in the selection of green, gold, and white as school colors, signifying youth, vigor, merit, honor and wisdom. The mascot selected was the Trojan which signifies personal strength, loyalty, courage, and leadership.A 6-foot statue of a Trojan, erected in the summer of 2007, stands proudly in front of the main office.
Athletics
Zach Piller
Zach Piller
Zachary Paul Piller is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League for eight seasons during the late 1990s and 2000s. Piller played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the...
, Boo Williams
Boo Williams
Eddie Lee "Boo" Williams is a professional arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints in 2001. He played college football at Arkansas....
, PJ Alexander, Antonio Cromartie
Antonio Cromartie
Antonio Cromartie is an American football cornerback for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers 19th overall in the 2006 NFL Draft...
, Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter (football player)
Kevin Louis Carter is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1990s and 2000s. Carter played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the St...
, Craphonso Thorpe
Craphonso Thorpe
Craphonso Ja'won "Cro" Thorpe is an American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
, Pat Watkins
Pat Watkins
Patrick Watkins is an American football safety who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. The Dallas Cowboys drafted him in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Watkins played college football at Florida State University, and attended Lincoln High School in Tallahassee,...
, and Omari Hand have represented the Trojans in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
.
The boy's soccer team won the 1996 Class 6A State Championship under the leadership of head coach Santiago Molina. They also were the 1995 State Runner-ups to Bloomingdale High School and the 2005 State runner-ups to Auburndale High School. In 2010, they reached the Final Four.
In baseball, over the past six years, Lincoln has had 5 players selected out of high school, and 7 combined chosen in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
In 2007 the boy's lacrosse team became the first public school team in Tallahassee, Florida to defeat the Maclay School
Maclay School
Maclay School is a private, not for profit, non-sectarian college preparatory school located on about of land in Leon County, Florida, about ten miles north of the state capitol building in Tallahassee, FL....
Marauders who had for a long time dominated Tallahassee lacrosse. The team won its first district title during the 2009-2010 season by coming back to defeat reigning champion Chiles, by scoring two goals in the last eight seconds. They finished the year as one of the last eight teams playing in the state, eventually falling to The Bolles School in the regional final.
After the 2009 football season, the school was named a "Nike Elite" program, which includes a multi-year contract with Nike and makes the Trojans the only Nike Elite school in northern Florida, one of only 5 schools in the state to earn the honor, and one of 45 in the nation.
Academic extracurriculars
Lincoln has won several Big BendBig Bend (Florida)
The Big Bend of Florida, U.S.A., is an informal region of the state with no official surveyed boundary. It includes part of the counties of the Florida Panhandle. Geologists prefer to characterize Florida’s Big Bend as the drowned karst section of the coast that occurs between the mouth of the...
Brain Bowl
Brain Bowl
Brain Bowl is an academic competition in which Florida Community College teams are pitted against one another. Teams consist of up to six players, only four of whom play at any given time. A moderator reads questions from four subject areas that includes humanities, mathematics, natural science...
championships in the past three decades. Their last championship in the Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee Democrat
The Tallahassee Democrat is a daily broadsheet newspaper. It covers the area centered around Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida, as well as adjacent Gadsden County, Jefferson County, and Wakulla County...
sponsored tournament came in 2007 with team members securing a $2500 top prize with an undefeated run highlighted by victories over perennial powerhouses Rickards High School and Leon High School
Leon High School
Leon High School is a public high school in Tallahassee, Florida. For the 2007-2008 school year, the Florida Department of Education gave the school an "A" rating after its students scored well above the state average on standardized tests in reading and in math...
in the finals. Prior to this title, the Lincoln Gold team won the regional title in 2004 by going undefeated in the playoffs and clinching victory with a win over Wakulla High School
Wakulla High School
Wakulla High School is the only public four year high school located in Wakulla County, FL.- Athletes :* Sam McGrew, former linebacker for the Florida State Seminoles and Miami Dolphins...
.
In 2006-2007 the Lincoln Gold team was the powerhouse team in the area, taking home 1st place honors at the University of Florida fall tournament and the Rickards High School fall tournament. Additionally, they took 2nd place at the Chiles High School tournament and the Florida State University tournament. On March 12, 2007, the team secured their biggest victory all season: another 1st place win at the Tallahassee Democrat Bowl. They were the only team to remain undefeated throughout the competition with their final victory over rival Leon High.
Lincoln's Mu Alpha Theta
Mu Alpha Theta
Mu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
club is another stalwart in both regional, state and national competitions. Top sweepstakes finishes include a 2nd place to perennial powerhouse Stoneman Douglas High School at the State Convention, and a 3rd place at Nationals in 2003. Lincoln was again edged by Stoneman Douglas as well as Vestavia Hills High School
Vestavia Hills High School
Vestavia Hills High School , founded in 1970, is a public high school in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. Part of the Vestavia Hills School System, the high school is known for the success of its band, math, debate, "We the People" Team, Economics Challenge Team, American football,...
in Alabama. In 2004, Lincoln again placed 2nd and 3rd at the State and National Conventions, respectively, with the margin between first and second places at the State Convention being the smallest in history. That year, the Precalculus team became the first from Tallahassee to win a State title in any division. Lincoln High School also had an amateur documentary made about the 2004 competition season. The 2006 Calculus Team was the first team from Lincoln to ever win a National title in their division.
The Lincoln High School Marching Trojans placed 9th at the FMBC State Marching Band Championships competition in 2005, 6th in 2006, and 7th in 2007. In recent years, the Lincoln band has consistently earned the Florida Bandmasters Association's Otto J. Kraushaar Award, which is awarded to band programs in the state of Florida that receive Superior ratings at all marching and concert evaluations throughout the year. The Symphonic Band, Lincoln's top concert ensemble, participated in the 2005 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, marking them as one of the most advanced high school bands in the world. The Symphonic Band also appeared at the 2004 CBDNA/NBA Southern Division Conference, the 2002 and 2009 National Concert Band Festival, the 2001 University of Florida Concert Band Invitational, the 1999 ABA Convention, the 1997 Southeastern Band Clinic, and 2011 University of Georgia Janfest.http://www.trojanband.net/
Lincoln's success in the science fair program has been noted throughout the county. Many of its students have recently captured Best in Fair awards at regional competitions and have also obtained high rankings in the state and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair competitions.
Long standing competition success has also been achieved by students participating in the National History Day academic competition. Students have participated in History Fair since 1987-1988 and has had students advance to the National competition for 17 straight years, earning an assortment of prizes along the way including two national 3rd place finishes.
Lincoln's success in the Mock Trial arena is another notable extracurricular accomplishment. Rob Thompson, who returned to Lincoln in 2010 after working in the Florida Supreme Court
Florida Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each...
, has led the team to a number of 1st place finishes in state competition.
Advanced Placement Programs
Lincoln High School offers excellent quality of Advanced Placement (AP) programs to its students. The courses include:English Language and Composition,
English Literature and Composition,
Macroeconomics/US Government and Politics,
European History,
Human Geography,
Psychology,
U.S. History,
World History,
Chinese,
French,
Latin,
Spanish,
Art History,
Music Theory,
Studio Art,
Biology,
Chemistry,
Environmental Science,
Physics B,
Calculus AB and BC,
and Statistics
Demographics
In 2009-10 school year, 1,918 students attended Lincoln High School. The racial makeup of the school was 60.5% White, 30% Black, 3.8% Hispanic, 2.7% Asian, 2.6% Multiracial, and 0.3% American Indian. 976 students were female, and 942 were male.Notable alumni
- Football player Kevin CarterKevin Carter (football player)Kevin Louis Carter is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1990s and 2000s. Carter played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the St...
- New York Jets DB Antonio CromartieAntonio CromartieAntonio Cromartie is an American football cornerback for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers 19th overall in the 2006 NFL Draft...
- TV personality Kyan DouglasKyan DouglasKyan Douglas was the grooming expert on the American television program Queer Eye.-Biography:Born as Hugh Edward Douglas, Jr. in Miami, Florida, Kyan Douglas was raised in Tampa and Tallahassee. He has a sister, Kelli...
- Football player Zach PillerZach PillerZachary Paul Piller is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League for eight seasons during the late 1990s and 2000s. Piller played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the...
- Former Indianapolis Colts WR Craphonso ThorpeCraphonso ThorpeCraphonso Ja'won "Cro" Thorpe is an American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
- San Diego Chargers Safety Pat WatkinsPat WatkinsPatrick Watkins is an American football safety who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. The Dallas Cowboys drafted him in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Watkins played college football at Florida State University, and attended Lincoln High School in Tallahassee,...
- Former New Orleans Saints TE Boo WilliamsBoo WilliamsEddie Lee "Boo" Williams is a professional arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints in 2001. He played college football at Arkansas....
- University of South Florida QB B.J. DanielsB. J. Daniels (American football)Bruce Edward Daniels is the quarterback for the University of South Florida football team. He is from Tallahassee, Florida and is 6'1" tall and approximately 212 lbs...
- University of South California RB Buck Allen
- Singer/Songwriter Derek Sanders