Lincoln-Way North High School - History

History

On March 21, 2006, District No. 210 voters approved a $225,000,000 building bond referendum to approve the building of two four-year high schools with capacity of 2,500 students each, which includes field houses, auditoriums, and swimming pools, along with considerable life safety enhancements to Lincoln-Way East High School and Lincoln-Way Central High School. These two new buildings and needed air conditioning improvements to East and Central would be provided with no increase or new money beyond what taxpayers are currently paying in the bond and interest fund. On August 8, 2006, the construction of the 418,000-square-foot (38,800 m2) building began. Construction was completed on July 1, 2008. Sitting on 90 acres, Lincoln-Way North is the second largest site of the four high schools that comprise Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210.

During the 2007-2008 school year, students that would be attending Lincoln-Way North (former Summit Hill School District 161 students) choose the mascot and school colors by a vote. After two rounds of voting, the students chose "Phoenix" as the school mascot and vegas gold, black, and white as the school colors.

On August 3, 2008, the building was dedicated and opened its doors to the public for the first time. Also on this date, the school fight song "Phoenix Rising" was played in public for the first time by the band under the direction of Mr. Bert Johnson, a band director at the school. The fight song is set to the tune of the University of Michigan's fight song "The Victors" by Louis Elbel with lyrics written by Mr. Bert Johnson, the Music Department Chair. On August 18, 2008, the first school year officially started with an enrollment of about 1,300 students.