Lincoln Alum Honored as Professor of the Year

Lincoln Alum Kenneth Sufka, a respected University of Mississippi educator and researcher, was honored as this year’s Council for Advancement and Support of Education – Carnegie Foundation Mississippi Professor of the Year. Kenneth J. “Ken” Sufka is a …

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Lincoln Students Earn Pizza Party for Good Grades

On December 10, 2014 the Lincoln High School Student Services Department sponsored an academic pizza luncheon for Lincoln Main students who had all A’s and B’s on their 12 week progress report. Students were invited to student services …

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Lincoln Welcomes Future Band Members

Lincoln hosted a Band Extravaganza today to promote and showcase the music programs it has to offer 5th through 8th graders from all of our southside schools. Lincoln’s display of talent and enthusiasm won over many of the talented, future Rails in the audience. Click the photo to see more of this event.

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American Legion Speech Contest

LHS met up with and competed in the American Legion Speech contest on Thursday, November 20th. Ashley May took 1st and Josie O’Conner-Miller took 2nd. Ashley will advance to the Iowa regional level competition on either December 15th …

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Students Compete in Math Contest

Juniors Kierstan Kahoe, Manoj Rai, and Freshman Brennan Waterman competed in the 17th Annual High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling. In this contest, students work as a team to solve a challenging but real-world problem. Their task this …

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Cultural Exchange

Students in the English Language Learner (ELL) program and seniors in Mrs. Swanson’s Multicultural Literature met this week to share information about their experiences.  The 46 students met in groups of three and four for 45 minutes, sharing …

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Lincoln Drama Presents Hamlet

Abraham Lincoln High School will be performing Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, November 7th through 9th.  The play was adapted for Lincoln students and audiences by the director, D. LeAnn Oldenburger.  Oldenburger wanted a more modern script, but still …

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Lincoln Speech and Debate Results

The Lincoln Speech and Debate has been busy this season. Check out some of their results below: Valley Mid America Cup Congratulations to Des Moines Lincoln’s Ashley May. Ashley made the final congress debate session at the Valley …

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Explore and Plan Tests

Lincoln High School and Rails Academy, along with other Des Moines Public Schools, will be issuing the Explore test to 9th graders and the Plan test to 10th graders on October 22.  Due to ACT testing in April, …

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A Culturally Responsive Building

We have over 42 different languages and 52 countries represented here at Lincoln. Here at Lincoln, there is a huge push to become a culturally competent building. It is who we are and not just what we do. …

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