A look back at four years… LHS and beyond
What happened while the Class of 2017 was at LHS, both in our school and the wider world? Here’s a timeline. Lincoln specific events are italicized.
Freshman: 2013-14
July: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge kicks off
September: Synergy implemented across PPS
February: Teacher strike narrowly averted thanks to contract
February: Flappy Bird removed from app store
March: Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 goes missing
March: Ebola epidemic breaks out in Africa
April: Constitution team nabs national title
May: Russia annexes Ukraine
May: Damian Lillard makes “the shot” sending the Blazers to the second round for the first time in 14 years
June: ISIS declares a caliphate
Sophomore: 2014-15
June: “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” released
September: Library redone, cafeteria shrinks, break is no more
September: Culinary Arts introduced
November: Ferguson riots after non-indictment of officer
Late 2014: Man-bun begins to gain popularity
February: Hamilton premieres
May: Boy’s baseball go undefeated
June: Vice Principal Cameron Neal bids adieu
June: SCOTUS strikes down bans on gay marriage
Junior: 2015-16
August: First Spanish-language magazine in Oregon added at Lincoln
October: Mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg
November: Boys’ soccer are state champs
November: Terrorist attacks in Paris kill 130
December: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” released
December: Paris climate change deal between 195 countries
February: “Damn, Daniel” video posted
April: Lincoln hosts Portland mayoral debate
April: Harriet Tubman is the new face of $20 bill
May: Harambe, a gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo, is shot when a child enters his enclosure
June: Brexit
Senior: 2016-17
July: “Stranger Things” released
July: Pokémon Go released
July: Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two African-American men, shot by police
August: Critical race studies and Queer World History classes added at Lincoln
September: Student walk-out over PPS decision to delay bond
November: Chicago Cubs win first World Series in 107 years
November: Gender-neutral bathroom opens
November: Donald Trump elected President, riots in Portland
January: Women’s March draws 100,000 to downtown Portland
January: Travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries imposed
May: Bond to rebuild Lincoln passed