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SPED Makes Mark at Lincoln

By: Remy Hill  

Lincoln’s SPED is chaired by Mr. Richard Brownlow. The first class of its kind began in 1961 under the direction of President John F Kennedy.

Currently there are 93 SPED students at Lincoln High school. SPED students help Lincoln by cleaning the cafeteria after breakfast and lunch periods.

In order to qualify as a SPED student, you have to be identified with weaknesses and areas of need, but there are also multiple classes of mainstream students where SPED students take the same courses as other students, but with modifications in curriculum. The age limit for a SPED student ends at 21. SPED students work on functional English, personal social development, functional vocational math, personal care, functional communication skills, personal social adjustment, and also work based learning. “It is important to note that today’s children with disabilities routinely attend the same public schools as children without disabilities,” Brownlow added.

 

Lincoln Alumni Recognized as Principal of the Year

By: Twantanisha Derrough

Nakia Douglas is a Lincoln graduate from the Class of ‘83. After being awarded a four year scholarship, he attended Livingstone College. His first principalship was in Georgetown, Texas. Later he became principal of Maynard Jackson Vanguard and later principal of A. Maceo Smith High School for three years. He has served as principal of Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy since 2010.  He is married to Gloria also of the Dallas schools.

BOMLA is an academy that focuses extensively on prepping the young men for college and improving student academic achievement. Mr. Douglas was inspired by his former high school principal, the late, Dr. Napoleon B. Lewis Sr. because of the way Dr. Lewis cared for and treated his students. His main inspirations however, are his                                                              (3)                           

 

 

mother Lincoln Staffer, and his faith in family. At BOMLA the young men are taught to compete for everything from grades to parent participation, but at the same time they remain brothers. They are taught to love and believe in themselves first. There are activities in place to help each young man to acquire the proper focus before classes begin for the school day,

 

 

 

 

LHS Partners with Mayor’s Rising Star Council

By: Felicia George

 Mayor’s Rising Star Council is an organization   that has been a part of Lincoln High School for 3 years. This organization recruits from South Dallas schools that include Lincoln, Madison, Roosevelt, SOC, and Adamson with the purpose of encouraging students to get involved with their community. Students begin the program their sophomore year through senior year.

    During the summer of 2015 Lincoln and Madison students came together to paint their first mural project. This mural is located at the back of Braswell Child Development Center at 2203 S 2nd Avenue, Dallas, TX 75210. Each participating school has painted its own mural.

This year Lincoln students will work on a community project, taking pictures of various people, and important places in the community. Once they have taken enough pictures they will make a mural of all the pictures they have taken. This mural will show all the scenic places in South Dallas and their impact in the community. Once that project is complete, the juniors that are a part of Mayor’s Rising Star Council will be panting a mural on the side of Lincoln parallel to Elsie Faye Heggins Street. This project will give people a vision of Lincoln history, and also the pride that runs through this school.  (Part 2 of Mayor’s Rising Star in next edition)

Water Girl Moves

to Basketball Player

By D’Andria Robinson

The Lincoln Lady Tigers Basketball team recently added a player. She used to fill cups of water, but now she is shooting jump shots. Senior, Twantanisha Derrough is now a varsity player for the Girls Lincoln Tigers basketball team. Twantanisha, also known as “Twant-T” played her junior year on JV. As months passed she worked herself up to the varsity squad. She has been accepted into numerous colleges, but is still undecided. Twant-T plans to major in general studies.

    Her high game score is 4 points,  the highest in her first four games. Twantanisha enjoys playing for the Lincoln Lady Tigers and loves the game of basketball. During practice she practices her free throws and 3 point shots. She says “Ball is life. I would rather play in the basketball games than serve my teammates water. “It’s fun playing basketball for varsity.” Her jersey number is the same as Kevin Durant, “35”, but her favorite team is the Golden State Warriors and of course Stephen Curry is her favorite basketball player. Twantanisha has made progress from starting as a water girl to running up and down the court shooting lay-ups. The crowd loves her. Everyone is a fan of Twant-T. They come and support her at every game. Recently, the Lincoln Lady Tigers went head to head with the Carter Cowboys. Twantanisha scored a 2 point shot at the buzzer.

    “I think I am very helpful to the team.” she adds Twantanisha is a happy person who smiles constantly, through anything. She lifts spirits during the games to keep her teammates inspired.

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