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 Lincoln High School and West High School. The current school building was built in 1970.

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

Lincoln High School

West High School

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 (July 5, 2013). "ESPN's story continues to reveal layers in lives of Leroy Sutton, Dartanyon Crockett and Lisa Fenn". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  5. "Eastman, Linda Anne". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  6. Fisher, Deanna Bremer. "Alwin C. Ernst House". Cleveland Historical. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  7. "Hart, Albert Bushnell". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  8. "West High School". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.


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