Abraham Lincoln High School | |
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The seal of Abraham Lincoln High School
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2162 24th Avenue Sunset District, San Francisco, California 94116 USA |
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Coordinates | 37°44′50″N 122°28′52″W / 37.74728°N 122.48103°WCoordinates: 37°44′50″N 122°28′52″W / 37.74728°N 122.48103°W |
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School type | Public school |
Motto |
Latin: Finimus Coepturi (Finish to begin) |
Established | August 27, 1940 |
Founder | Clyde W. White |
School board | San Francisco Board of Education |
School district | San Francisco Unified School District |
NCES District ID | 05581 |
Superintendent | Dr. Vincent Matthews |
School number | 405 |
Dean | Debra A. Lee & Joel Balzer |
Principal | Shari Balisi Manalang |
Enrollment | 2,027 (2014-15) |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Red and Gold |
Athletics conference | CIF San Francisco Section |
Mascot | Mustang |
Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
Newspaper | Lincoln Log |
Graduates (2016) | 467 |
Website | lincolnhigh |
Abraham Lincoln High School (ALHS) is a California Distinguished public high school located in the Sunset District of San Francisco, California. In 2018, ALHS was ranked #499 and earned a gold medal by U.S. News & World Report, placing it in the top 2% of public high schools nationally.
ALHS is a comprehensive high school with a long history of excellence. ALHS provides a positive, nurturing school environment that supports high academic performance and student self-image. ALHS offers a rigorous honors and college prep program and students have the opportunity to specialize in one of six academic areas: the Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE) Pathway, the Biotechnology Pathway, the Business Academy, the Digital Media Design Academy, the Teacher Academy and the Green Academy.
In addition to its academies and pathways, ALHS provides services and special education for severely and non-severely impaired students; a comprehensive English Language Learner (ELL) program; a Mandarin Secondary Dual Language Pathway; 4 years of Spanish, Mandarin, French, and Japanese instruction; a GATE pathway for gifted and talented students; a Wellness Center; Peer Resource Program; AVID; Step-to-College; and a vast array of clubs, athletics, and extracurricular activities.
Abraham Lincoln High School was established on Tuesday, August 27, 1940, accepting approximately 950 students under Lincoln's first principal, Clyde W. White. Its opening and dedication ceremony was held on September 22, 1940.
A 1938 bond issue, approved by San Francisco voters to address the increasing population in the Western San Francisco area, financed the incorporation of Abraham Lincoln High School with a three-story building of 50 classrooms, library, and cafeteria as well as a football field, costing over $750,000 in 1940 (adjusted for 2005 dollars, over $10 million). Additions such as the North and South Gymnasiums, the auditorium, and the bungalow expansion were completed later.
In December 2007, Lincoln began modernization of the existing campus for accessibility and construction of a new building to replace the 23 aged bungalow buildings which covered a large portion of the site. The bungalow replacement resulted in a new 18-classroom CHPS-Designed building. (Collaborative for High Performance Schools). Construction of the new $9.25 million building was completed in 2009 with 22,754 square feet of new classrooms.
The first Star Trek convention in Northern California was held at Lincoln in 1975.