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Abraham Lincoln High School (Des Moines, Iowa)
Abraham Lincoln High School, usually referred to simply as Lincoln High School or Lincoln, is a public secondary school located on Des Moines Southside Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It is one of five secondary schools under the district of the Des Moines Independent Community School District, the largest high school in the Des Moines public school district and the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,409+ students operating out of two buildings on the Des Moines Southside was named after the 16th United States president Abraham Lincoln. The school sports team is named after one of President Lincoln's nicknames, the "Rail Splitter" (the "Lincoln Railsplitters" or "Rails"). Their mascot is typically a senior at the school or a recent alumni dressed up as Abraham Lincoln. The school is known as the Pride of the South Side. History Lincoln High School was constructed to address the increasing enrollment of students at nearby East High School. During this time, the south side of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maroon (color)
Maroon ( US/ UK , Australia ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word ''marron'', or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown". According to multiple dictionaries, there are variabilities in defining the color maroon. The ''Cambridge English Dictionary'' defines maroon as a dark reddish-purple color while its "American Dictionary" section defines maroon as dark brown-red. This suggests slight perceptual differences in the U.K. versus North America. Lexico online dictionary defines maroon as a brownish-red. Similarly, Dictionary.com defines maroon as a dark brownish-red. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' describes maroon as "a brownish crimson (strong red) or claret (purple color) color," while the Merriam-Webster online dictionary simply defines it as a dark red. In the sRGB color model for additive color representation, the web color called maroon is created by turning down the brightness of pure red to about o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALHS Roundhouse (DSM)
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The acronym ALHS can refer to: * Abraham Lincoln High School (other) *Avon Lake High School Avon Lake High School (ALHS) is a public high school located in Avon Lake, Ohio, west of Cleveland. It serves grades 9–12. It is part of the Avon Lake City School District. Academics ALHS achieved "excellent" ratings on the Ohio State Report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Choi
Tom T. Choi (born in Daegu, South Korea) is a Korean-American actor best known for ''Teen Wolf'' and his voice work on the '' Mortal Kombat'' video games and the first season of ''Squid Game''. He has acted in numerous movies and television programs. Choi is also a producer, director, and writer. Tom Choi wrote the screenplay and starred in the award-winning short film: Lone Hunter. Early life Choi was born in Daegu, South Korea and moved to Des Moines, Iowa when he was four years old. After graduating high school, Choi moved to Seattle, Washington, where he graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in Drama. He then moved to Los Angeles and continued acting in film, television, and commercials. He attended the LACC School of Cinema and Television and now produces, directs, and writes in addition to acting. Career Choi began working in film and television in 1998. He has made appearances in multiple blockbuster films and network television shows, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher McDonald (jurist)
Christopher Lee McDonald (born September 17, 1974) is an American judge who has served as an associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court since 2019. Education McDonald was born in Bangkok, Thailand to a Vietnamese mother and an American father of Scots-Irish ancestry. He spent his childhood at military bases around the world before his family eventually moved to Des Moines. McDonald started college at the University of Iowa, but left after a year to teach policy debate at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines. He later received a Bachelor of Arts from Grand View University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law. At Iowa Law, he was an editor of the Iowa Law Review, graduated with highest distinction as valedictorian, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Legal career After graduation, McDonald served as a law clerk to Judge David R. Hansen of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He then practiced at the Des Moines office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Warren
Tanya Warren (born 1965) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at the University of Northern Iowa. Early life and education Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Warren graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School (Des Moines, Iowa), Abraham Lincoln High School in 1983, then played basketball at Creighton Bluejays women's basketball, Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska from 1984 to 1988 at guard (basketball), guard, after redshirting her freshman year. At Creighton, among Warren's teammates was Connie Yori, who would later coach at Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball, Nebraska. Warren averaged 13.9 points and 3.2 rebounds as a redshirt freshman in 1984–85. Warren averaged 14.6 points and 3.0 rebounds as a sophomore, 18.7 points and 3.8 rebounds as a junior, and 19.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 7.8 rebounds as a senior in a season where she only played 10 games. Creighton statistics Source Coaching career After graduating from Creighton, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Crawford (lawyer)
Jerry Crawford (born October 26, 1949) is a United States lawyer and leader in the Democratic Party from Des Moines, Iowa. Crawford has also worked for the Democratic Party as fundraiser and lobbyist. Crawford has helped every Democratic presidential nominee succeed in the Iowa Caucus. He had been working for Hillary Clinton´s 2016 presidential campaign in Iowa since 2014. Early life and education Crawford was born into a family involved in Iowa politics, growing up on a farm in Warren County, Iowa. sharing his grandfather's love of horses. According to the bio on his webpage he attended Macalester College, graduating with a B.A. in Political Science in 1971, then the University of Iowa College of Law, earning his J.D. degree in 1975, after which he was admitted to the Iowa Bar. Career Crawford established Crawford & Mauro Law Firm in Des Moines Iowa, and specializes in civil litigation, personal injury, sports law, racing and gaming. In 1976, he won the chairmanship of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Jackovich
Victor Jackovich (born April 24, 1948) is an American diplomat and former ambassador who was the first United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He later became Ambassador to Slovenia. Early life and education Victor Jackovich was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 24, 1948 to Mary and Victor Sr. He has a much younger sister named Janet who married in 1983 and became Janet Clark. He is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington, where he studied in the Russian and East European Institute and received both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree (awarded in 1971). As a career officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, he held assignments in Kiev (1979–1980), where he helped to start the first U.S. government office in Ukraine; Bucharest (1980–1983); Nairobi (1983–1986); Moscow (1988–1990); and Sofia, Bulgaria (1991). He is fluent in several languages. In 1990 and 1991 he directed the U.S. Department of State's Task Force on the Balkan crisis and in 1992 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Bernstine
Jordan Bernstine (born May 31, 1989) is a former American football safety. He was selected in the seventh round, 217th overall, by the Washington Redskins in the 2012 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Iowa. High school Bernstine was a three-year starter at Des Moines Lincoln for Lincoln football coach Tom Mihalovich. Bernstine was a running back and a defensive back for the Railsplitters and was a leader in the school's back-to-back playoff appearances in 2005 and 2006. Bernstine was the #1 ranked prospect in the state of Iowa in 2007. Bernstine held 18 schools records upon graduation (currently holds 17) including interception yards in a game (111, vs. Roosevelt, 2005); interception yards in a season (199, 2006), and career (413, 2004-06), and tied with most interceptions in a career (11), which now sits as second most. Most punt return yards in a season (392, 2005), and yards in a career (941), average per return in a season (32.6) when he returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Mr
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Iowa was a part of Louisiana (New France), French Louisiana and Louisiana (New Spain), Spanish Louisiana; its Flag of Iowa, state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt. In the latter half of the 20th century, Iowa's agricultural economy transitioned to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, and Sustainable energy, green energy productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevon Young
Trevon Antonio Young (born April 1, 1995) is an American football defensive end for the Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football at Louisville. He has also played for the Los Angeles Rams and Cleveland Browns and was briefly a member of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). High school career Young attended Des Moines Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa. He was a three-year starter and two-time first-team all-conference linebacker for the Railsplitters; in three seasons Young amassed 112 tackles, 87 of those solo, nine tackles for loss, an interception and two fumbles recoveries. On offense he caught 29 passes for 442 yards and eight touchdowns, punted 29 times for a 33.5 average, and had 40 kickoffs for a 43.7-yard average. Young also returned seven kickoffs for 201 yards, a 28.7 yard average, and had two rushes for 3 yards. In 2011, his junior year, Young led Lincoln with 61 tackles, 47 solos; caught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), formerly known as FIRST Vex Challenge, is a robotics competition for students in grades 7–12 to compete head to head, by designing, building, and programming a robot to compete in an alliance format against other teams. FIRST Tech Challenge is the one of the four major robotics programs organized by ''FIRST'', which its other three programs include FIRST Lego League Explore, FIRST Lego League Challenge, and FIRST Robotics Competition. The competition consists of local and regional qualifiers and the world championship, the FIRST Championship, and in every season, a kickoff is held to showcase the season's theme and game. After kickoff, robots are designed, built, and programmed by teams, and teams are encouraged to conduct outreach with their communities. Local qualifiers are held for teams to compete and qualify for regional qualifiers, and from that point, regional qualifiers are held for teams to qualify for the world championship. The robot ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Moines Public Schools
The Des Moines Independent Community School District (The ''Des Moines Public Schools'', or ''DMPS'') is the largest public school district in Iowa. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges and the Iowa Department of Education. Area The district currently serves most of the city of Des Moines as well as parts of suburban Pleasant Hill and Windsor Heights. The city is split into four different area districts. District one covers the west, two covers the north, three covers the east, and district four the south. History Advanced Placement Program and International Baccalaureate Programme In 2008, Des Moines Public Schools became the first school district in Iowa to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme. List of schools High ("Secondary") schools * East High School - Serving students located in the east segment. * Hoover High School - Serving students located in the northwest segment. * Lincoln High School - Serving s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
