Lincoln-West High School

Lincoln-West High School (L-W) is a high school located in Cleveland, in the U.S. state of Ohio and part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school's name is a by-product of the merger between Cleveland's old Lincoln and West High Schools. The current school building was built in 1973.

Lincoln-West High School
Address
3202 West 30th Street

Cleveland
,
Ohio
44109

USA
Coordinates41°28′0″N 81°42′9″W
Information
TypePublic, coeducational high school
School districtCleveland Metropolitan School District
PrincipalChristopher Thompson[1]
Grades9–12
Color(s)Red, White, Blue[2]
     
Athletics conferenceSenate Athletic League[2]
Team nameWolverines
AccreditationOhio Department of Education
Websiteclevelandmetroschools.org/lincolnwest

Lincoln-West has a large multicultural and multilingual population including over 41 nationalities and 25 languages. First generation Americans and immigrants represented at the academy include: Puerto Rican, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Mexican, Dominican, Chinese, Albanian, Nepali, Arabic, Urdu, Vietnamese, Laotian/Thai, African, Polish and Croatian.

Originally, the school district was divided into the East and West Senate Conferences with L-W sports teams playing in the West. In the late 1970s, the CMSD reorganized the conferences into the North and South Senate Conferences with L-W in the North Senate.

The Lincoln-West mascot and nickname is the Wolverines and the school colors are red, white and blue.

State championships
Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

Lincoln High School
  • Baseball: 1946[3]

West High School
  • Wrestling: 1947, 1950, 1951[3]
  • Boys cross country: 1950[3]

Notable alumni

Notes and references
  1. "Lincoln-West High School website". Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  2. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  3. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site".
  4. George M. Thomas (2013-07-05). "ESPN's story continues to reveal layers in lives of Leroy Sutton, Dartanyon Crockett and Lisa Fenn". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 2014-04-27.


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