Welcome to the Official LHS Class of 1961 Website

Since 2009 - 164,300 Site Visits - GO LINKS!

Note: the website has been down for 2 days due to an unexpected connectivity issue with our host, Class Creator.  On May 29 -30 they will update their operations to the "cloud" so more down time, but a more robust speedy site. 

The Class of 1961 Honors Memorial Day

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During the one minute of "Taps", please honor our military fallen and the 100,000 Americans lost to date from Covid-19. US Flags are half mast for both. May our soldiers at Arlington never again have to plant flags while wearing masks.

Lincoln/Lancaster County Local Pandemic Update

1000 cases, 8 deaths and rising.

Over 12,000 cases and 155 deaths statewide to date.

NE National Guard provided support for widespread flooding in 2019. In 2020 Guard soldiers distribute food from LHS parking lot.

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Sheltering at Home

Day 75

(Began counting March 15th)

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Lincoln Public Schools Librarian, Mrs. Thomas, is honored on the NBC Today show May 5 for creating funny daily reading videos for her students to watch. Click here for the LJS article and click on right arrow in the photo of Mrs. Thomas and Hoda, then wait for a big surprise.

Heartwarming! We are so proud of our LPS teachers!

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Lincoln High Grads in News

Eagle feather symbol of achievement for Native American LHS grad.

 Click here for LJS article.

LHS siblings alter college plans due to pandemic.

Click here for LJS article.

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Lincoln High grad and National Guard Respitory Therapist Amy Callahan volunteers for 3 weeks in a Bronx, NY, hospital and survived her bout with Covid-19. Click here for feature story in the Sunday Jr. Star.

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Lincoln High student becomes a soccer star and goes to college next fall becoming the first in his Thai refugee family.

Click here for the LJS story.

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Click here for Sunday LJS feature story, "Education in a Pandemic", about how LPS teachers connect learning with each other and students at home. Among the teachers quoted fom LHS: Sydney Jensen, former Nebraska
Teacher of the Year & Ma'Lakuittia Overstreet, English Language Learning. 

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LHS Teacher Gives Up Maternity Leave for Students

Click here for the LJS article in the 4/15/20 issue.

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Click here for a LJS photo slide show about Russell Stover's. 

The new Francis Allen Gymnastics Training Center 

Click here for the LJS article about the new facility on Innovation Campus (old State Fair grounds). Includes a quote from Francis, former National Champion Nebraska and Olympics Team coach. 
 

Cathy Stump Rauch offers the following on making masks.

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Due to the coronavirus and restaurant closings LHS Monthly dinners and other classmate gatherings are on hold.  As the situation improves we will be back in business.  So please take care of yourselves as we all look forward to the "new normal"! 

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Sadly another Link has passed. Michael D. Loos died Saturday morning, March 14, 2020 of lung cancer. Our '61 classmates send condolences to MaryAnne and his girls. Click here for Mike's "In Memory" profile where more detail has been added. Comments and memories of Mike may be added at the bottom of his profile.

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Words of encouragement are needed for Gretchen Greenwald Bomberger who is being treated for bladder cancer.  Click here for the News and Concerns page containing Gretchen's contact information.

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Photos from the March 5 LHS Dinner and the March 11 Guys Dinner are posted below. Scroll waaaay down!

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We recently received sad news from Janell Winsor Dressen that Jenny Whittington Corman died on August 7, 2018. There was no notice in the paper nor memorial service. For more details click here on Jenny's "In Memory" page.  We extend belated condolences to her family and to all who knew her.

We are also sad to share news of the passing of our classmate, Judy Simpson McFadden, on February 20, 2020.  Click here to see Judy's "In Memory" page for details.  Condolences to Judy's famiy from the Class of 1961.

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After conflict, Lincoln High Students are learning to appreciate differences. Click here for the LJS article by Maragaret Reist.

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Click here for a recent Cyndy Lange Kubik column featuring Mar'la Overstreet, former LHS student and current LHS teacher, who is teaching English and creating future student leaders.

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A great article ran in the Lincoln Journal Star announcing the Drama and Music departments at Lincoln High School will be presenting The Music Man.  Please see this link for the details.  Looks like fun and tickets are available!

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Our 1961 "The Links" Yearbook has been scanned by the LHS Library Media Center and is online in a pdf version. Click here for the 1961 yearbook; the 1960 book is also available. If the page doesn't open automatically you may have to have a newer version of Adobe Reader on your computer. Click here for the free reader download from Adobe. Scroll down to see every page. Prepare for the time warp!

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Click here for photos and memories of familiar old Lincoln places like Miller and Paine, Gold's, Gateway Mall, King's, Ken Eddy's, Valentino's, Tony and Luigi's, Runza and more. Janet Jensen Albers shares her memories of Ideal Grocery.

Thanks Sharon Dumler Gottscher and Les Williams.

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Scroll down for photos of LHS Monthly Dinner at

Tico's, Thursday, January 2, 2020.

Thanks Cathy Stump Rauch for choosing and reserving

the 2020 monthly dinner schedule and taking photos.

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Scroll down to see new LHS dinner photos from January. Feb. and March locations are posted on the 2020 LHS Dinner Calendar. Stay tuned for more.

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 LHS NEWS
 

• NYT reporters were at LHS on the first day of school and later included the LINKS in a large feature that came out this week.  Click here for 10/29 article in LJS. Click here for the entire "Roadtrip Across America, Patriotism" NYT article.

• Lincoln High now has the largest high school pupil enrollment in Lincoln - 2362 students representing more than 50 nationalities and speaking over 30 languages. For enrollment stats on all schools click here for the LJS article.

• Young Entreprenuers Club was formed recently at LHS in partnership with the University of Nebraska.  The purpose is to give LHS students hands-on experiences in local businesses and to kick start their future working careers. If successful at LHS, the project may expand to the other Lincoln high schools. Click here for video coverage of the story on KOLN-TV. 

• LHS Promotes Global Enrollment with Tee Shirt

• "Kindness" is this year's LHS theme. See video below

• Click here and click on the sub tab "1960's" for a wonderful new source of LHS history brought to you by the Lincoln High Media Center Media Specialist Paula McClung and Carter Hulinsky, Media Technician and School Archivist. Links Yearbooks, 1961 Advocates, programs, photos and other information are being scanned and uploaded to the archives, so keep checking back on this link as it is further updated. Bookmark this link for future visits and enjoy!

Remember those tests we took at LHS in 1960 for Project Talent?

• Click here for a Washington Post article with some surprising outcomes about dementia. Many of you reconnected to the study sponsors at our 50th reunion, and also may have received a follow-up questionnaire. If you haven't returned it, they still want your opinions.  Contact Project Talent for details.

• Lincoln High's many and varied programs are showcased in a recent article in the Washington Post.  Again, the Links shine as one of 20 national Gold Star Schools of Opportunity. Click Here.

January 2018

Lincoln High Receives National Honor

As School of Opportunity!

"Lincoln High School is one of eight U.S. public high schools honored as a “School of Opportunity” by the National Education Policy Center. The honor merited a mention in a Washington Post education blog “Answer Sheet,” which has published the winners of the project for several years and which notes that the project recognizes public high schools that work to close opportunity gaps by “creating learning environments that reach every student.”

Click here for 1/22/18 LJS article. Click here for School of Opportunity website.

Proud to be a LINK!

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