Juarez-Lincoln High School

Benitor Juarez-Abraham Lincoln High School is a Texas UIL Division 4A high school in the La Joya Independent School District named after two iconic presidents: Benito Juarez in Mexico, and Abraham Lincoln in the United States. The school is home to students that live on the central and north side of La Joya ISD.

Juarez-Lincoln High School: Past to Present

La Joya ISD has been home to a single high school entity since the district (then known as Tabasco ISD) erected Nellie Schunior Memorial High School in 1926, six years after the death of Nellie Leo Schunior, the first education pioneer in the district's current boundaries. La Joya High School was later created, in order to house the growing number of students that Nellie Schunior Memorial High School could not accommodate. As the years rapidly passed, the communities within the district boundaries began to flourish, and the district population exploded. La Joya High School, being the sole high school within the 226 square miles of land, grew to enormous proportions. For a long time, La Joya High School housed 9-12 grades. Eventually, the student population grew too much and a separate Ninth Grade Campus was built adjacent to La Joya High School. This new Ninth Grade Campus proved to be too small by the year 1999, so a larger and brand new Ninth Grade Campus was built, opening its doors to students in October 2000. As the Freshman Class of 2000 was housed at the brand new Ninth Grade Campus, the remodeling project to expand the old Ninth Grade Campus went underway. By the year 2002, La Joya ISD was home to three high schools, but still only had one senior class, as all three campuses (conveniently located next to each other) shared students. La Joya High School became known as La Joya Senior High School (housing only 11th and 12th graders), the 2000 Ninth Grade Campus changed its name to Juarez-Lincoln High School (housing half of the 9th and 10th grade students), and the newly-remodeled old Ninth Grade Campus became Jimmy Carter High School (housing the other half of the 9th and 10th grade students). Once again, population spurts in western Hidalgo County helped to overcrowd all three high schools. La Joya ISD had no choice but to split the district into three separate high schools, and for the first time ever, have multiple senior classes, multiple sports teams, and multiple mascots. The 2008-2009 school year became the inaugural year for both the Juarez-Lincoln Huskies, and the Palmview Lobos. With a much smaller student population, Juarez-Lincoln High School was classified as a 4A school, but Palmview High School, with a student population parallel with La Joya High School, was classified as a 5A school. In August 2010, the official Juarez-Lincoln High School campus is expected to open on 7 Mile Line and Western Road. The new campus, while still under construction, will be the permanent home of the Huskies. For now, they are housed at the newer 9th and 10th Grade Campus adjacent to La Joya High School.

Past principals

Athletics

The Juarez-Lincoln Huskies are members of the 32-4A division of the University Interscholastic League for all athletic, academic, and music competitions. The 32-4A division is made up of the following schools: La Joya Juarez-Lincoln Huskies Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets Hidalgo Pirates Mercedes Tigers Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots Valley View Tigers Rio Grande City Rattlers Roma Gladiators Weslaco East Wildcats

Husky Football

La Joya ISD suffered a tremendous hit with the division of one high school into three. The La Joya Coyotes, which had been setting new records for the district (advancing to higher playoff games than ever before), suddenly saw themselves playing against their past teammates, now the Palmview Lobos and the Juarez-Lincoln Huskies. Unfortunately, the Palmview Lobos had a less-than-stellar inaugural season in District 30-5A, winning none of ten total games in the 2008 season, but that was not the case for Juarez-Lincoln. Despite being the underdogs in a different classification, Juarez-Lincoln beat BOTH La Joya High School and Palmview High School during the inaugural season. In 2009, La Joya High School decided not to play against Juarez-Lincoln High School, but Palmview did. Once again, Juarez-Lincoln Huskies proved to be the "Kings of the Kennel" by beating them a second year in a row. The Juarez-Lincoln Huskies share their home turf with La Joya Coyotes and Palmview Lobos at La Joya ISD Stadium, a 12,500-seating capacity stadium which opened in 2000. It is often referred to as the best-looking stadium in South Texas, and has been home to international soccer games, BOA Regional marching band contests, and many more events.

Other sports

Baseball Golf Softball Soccer The Juarez-Lincoln Soccer team is doing the unthinkable. In just its second year in existence, the Huskies have broken records and turned the tides in their favor. The Huskies have advanced to the State Final 4 in soccer, and are currently the ONLY valley team in the playoffs. The Dogs are packing a lot of game, and with the help of star player J. Bocanegra, the Huskies are seeking the State Title. More on this as the season progresses. Track and Field Volleyball Basketball CrossCountry Wrestling Swimming Diving Special Olympics

Fine arts

Juarez-Lincoln High School Husky Band

La Joya High School had built a tradition of excellence within the band program, classifying four consecutive times (1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004) for the Texas State UIL 5A Marching Contest above many other Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Corpus Christi and San Antonio schools. With the split, La Joya divided its musicians into the three high schools. Now, the Juarez-Lincoln Husky Band marches to a new director, Mr. William Henry.

Juarez-Lincoln High School had the most challenges ahead of them, more than any of the other two schools. The JLHS Band was a very small band, with a student count of about 74. Despite the hardships, they started off history with their first marching show, "Carmen". The band was unable to attend UIL Pigskin Jubilee during its inaugural year because of lack students able to participate. This did not deter the band program. Now in its second year, the marching band has grown to an impressive number of about 60 students, and has recently marked its first official showcase in contest at UIL Pigskin Jubilee, where they received a Division II "Excellent" rating with their show "The 47 Ronin". What started off as a humble program with humble beginnings has grown into a proud program with the fire to succeed.

Choir

Orchestra

Mariachi

Grupo Folklorico Sol Azteca

Folklorico Sol Azteca has two years and its amazing dances and costumes fulfill the school's pride. Juarez-Lincoln High School is honored to have Ms. Daisy Garza as the Director.

The Company has concerts every year in February, in La Joya Fine Arts Auditorium. The Company dancers enjoy dancing, as well as performing to the community. This students do not only dance, they also have to keep their academics high in order to perform in this events. The Company has gone to Competition "Bailes De Mi Tierra," for two years in a row, bringing back 10 trophies in total. In order to be in this Company, you need to try out. Only a few amount of students make it each year. A total of 40 members are permitted, 20 girls and 20 guys. This program has enriched the school pride and tradition, by performing dances from our culture, Mexico.

Dance

Theatre Arts

Other Clubs/Organizations

JLHS National Honor Society JLHS Silver Stars(Dance/Drill Team) H.O.S.A. (Health Occupations Students of America) S.W.A.T. (Students With A Testimony) Gear Up F.F.A. (Future Farmers of America) JLHS Student Council Hispanic National Honor Society

New Traditions

Alma mater

Juarez-Lincoln High School's school song, "Alma Mater", uses the music of La Joya High School's original Alma Mater. The words to the song were written by the Student Council.

War Hymn

Juarez-Lincoln's fight song, "War Hym", is the Texas A&M University fight song.

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