Lincoln High School (Yonkers, New York)
Lincoln High School is located on 375 Kneeland Avenue in Yonkers, New York. It is one of the seven public high schools in the city and teaches over eight hundred students every school year. The front portion of the building was opened in 1953 as Southeast Yonkers Jr., Sr. High School with grades 6 thru 8. It was finally completed in 1955 and renamed Lincoln Junior-Senior High School the following year. After the first year, 6th grade was dropped and 9th grade added and when the building was completed it became Lincoln Junior-Senior High School, enrolling grades 7 through 12. In the late 1970s, the junior high grades were removed, and the school became a four year, grade 9-12, high school. Unlike what most think, the school was named Lincoln after the area of Yonkers it was situated in rather than for Abe. The first graduating class which went continuously from 6th grade to 12th grade graduated in 1960 with a very high percentage going on to college. Several graduates returned to Lincoln as teachers. The school colors are purple and white and mascot a Lancer both chosen by the 1960 class.
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