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by Becky Boswell On Monday, Principal Sam Nelson, science teacher Linda Crump, and Dawn Densburger, a senior will attend a ceremony in Washington D.C. to accept an award that placed Lincoln High as one of the top 117 high schools in the United States. Nelson said that Dens burger, Student Council President from last year, will be accepting the award._
''/ think it (the affect of national recognition) will be a very positive one. I think it will be one that will allow us to stand just that much taller, with our heads up a little higher, not snobbish at all. ,,_Nelson
According to Principal Sam Nelson, the LHS better. The ceremony is the final event in the na''There's a willingness and an openness of tionwide search for schools possessing qualities of excel!lencethat the committee was looking for included teacher preparation, all the people to strive for better, and people qualities of excellence. course offering, national test scores, and stu- can sit down and talk and they can argue if dent governance .. they need to argue, but then I think they join In January, Lincoln Public Schools decidNelson felt Lincoln High has several hands and go on,'' he explained. ed Lincoln schools could enter the competi- outstanding qualities, but also acknowledged When the national representative visited tion. Then, after selected Lincoln High staff that there is always room for improvement. LHS, he met with 12 students, a parent members compiled a written report, LHS was ''I think the academic preparation and group, classroom teachers and support staff, selected as one of the schools to represent class offerings are a plus. I think the prepara- and ·according to Nelson, he felt a strong Nebraska. Later LHS and Lincoln East High tion of the faculty and the governance of the sense of pride in Lincoln High. were chosen by the national committee to student body are all blended in to climate, ''I debriefed with him when he left and he receive an onsight visitation. After the visita- and that's not to say the everything's perfect had nothing but admiration or the different tion in May, the committee representative because we know it's not. There's always groups he met with,'' Nelson began. ''He return to Washington D. C., examined the ways to improve.'' he concluded. told me that he'd never experienced the comschools in contention for the award, and Nelson described Lincoln High as a school mitment or feeling that came from all the chose Lincoln High. where people try to work together to make groups as _he did here at Lincoln High, and
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that was unique to him because of the diversity that we have. This was not orchestrated, I could not have stacked the deck to have that come about.'' Nelson said that d11ring the summer, the representative called him to tell him how much he liked LHS. '' He called me this summer and he wanted to say that of all the schools he visited, how much he enjoyed Lincoln High,'' Nelson said. Nelson stated he feels there will be positive affects from this national recognition. ''I think it (the affect) will be a very positive one. I think it will be one that will allow us to stand just a little taller, with our heads up a little higher, not snobbish at all,'' he began. ''I think it would help to let other people know in our community and around our community that it's not a myth that Lincoln High is a good strong_school. We may be the oldest, we may have more of this or less of that, but it will tell people that somebody other than us recognizes us for excellence.''
August 24, 1984
New teacher, rooms
Changes occur over summer by Angiey Westlund
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(TOP)-BAND PRACTICE looks more like a game of follow the· leader. (Above)-Judy Zak and Jennifer Olin make it easy for Dawn Jurgens to do the splits. (Right)-Melinda Harre prepares herself for the volleyball season by practicing her serve.
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With 1700 to 2000 students enrolled every year and an average of 132 students transferring into Lincoln High, some renovation of the school is needed, said principal Sam Nelson. '' Lincoln High is the largest school in the city as well as the state and covers 13 and one half acres. The extension of Johnson Gym doesn't leave the school much area to expand, so we have decided to build up instead of across. That way we won't cut into the practice fields or parking areas," said Nelson. Classrooms are being shared and moved around to accomodate all students while others are getting a new additons, Nelson noted. According to Nelson, industrial art's is going to be one of the main renovations with the addition of a balcony. On this balcony will be placed drafting, graphic art, and electronics with additional space for more classes. In the basement area the machine shop will be improved and a new
welding shop is being planned. . The mentally handicapped area will also be expanded to include the basement with a new elevator running from the basement to the new balcony, Nelson said. He added that the band area will be expanded to the east, which will provide more practice room. ''The building of Johnson Gym is just one of the renovations, but the largest. Over the last 20 years and the school board should be complimented for providing and maintaining such an excellent physical facility," Nelson said. With Lincoln High's large enrollment, changes in faculty were also needed. Approximately twenty changes were made in the teaching staff during the sun1mer, said Kathy Raymer, Assistant Principal for Instruction. Although most of the changes were replacements, there were new positions added in the social studies, English and Math Departments.