Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Florida)
| Lincoln High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 3838 Trojan Trail Tallahassee, FL 32311 |
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| Coordinates | 30°26′13″N 84°12′43″W / 30.43694°N 84.21194°WCoordinates: 30°26′13″N 84°12′43″W / 30.43694°N 84.21194°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1975 |
| Principal | Dr. Allen Burch |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,200 (2015) |
| Color(s) |
Green, Gold, and White |
| Mascot | Trojans |
| Rivals | Leon High School and Lawton Chiles High School |
| Website | www |
Green, Gold, and White
Lincoln High School is a public high school located in Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida. It offers an accelerated Advanced Placement (AP) program. In 2010, Newsweek ranked Lincoln High School as one of the top 100 high schools in the United States.
Lincoln High School was established in 1975 following the closure of the Old Lincoln High School in 1970 and relocation from its former location downtown to its current site in the southeast portion of the county.
Doug Frick was the first principal at Lincoln High School and served in that position until 1989. He was replaced 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 the summer of 2008. In the 2008–2009 school year, Merry Ortega served as interim principal until summer of 2009, when Allen Burch became principal. He is currently serving in that capacity.
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 six-foot statue of a Trojan, erected in the summer of 2007, stands in front of the main office.
Lincoln High School's football program has been recognized at the national level as an elite high school program. Lincoln was named by Bleacher Report as the #4 top football factory in the nation for high school recruits. In 2012, Lincoln gained national exposure by beating St. Paul High School (Covington, Louisiana) in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome during the Allstate Sugar Bowl Prep Kickoff Classic. In 2013, Lincoln participated in a kickoff classic game on ESPN, defeating South Gwinnett High School.
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