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RAILSPLITTERABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL | 2600 S.W. 9TH DES MOINES, IA | Vol. 90 | RS #1| SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
“Covering the Pride of the South Side”
-HOMECOMING SPECIAL-
CHECK OUT ALL THE HOMECOMING FUN AND MORE INSIDE!
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WELCOME bACK!
HOMECOMING DaNCE SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
SPIRIT WEEK EVENTSSEPTEMBER 16-21
KICKBALL TOURNAMENT SEPTEMBER 16
CORONATION- SEPTEMBER 20
POWDER PUFF GAME SEPTEMBER 19
KickballKickin’ off spirit week with the annual kickball game Whoooooo’s ready for kickball?! Get geared up for the biggest kickball tourna-ment of the year! Come sup-port your friends as you root for their teams!
The first game begins at 4:00 on Monday, September16th. The teams will check in 5 minutes before their games but spectators can come any-time beginning at 4:00. There will be two teams playing at the same time on two differ-ent fields at Rail’s Academy. Concessions will be available during the game. Come support Lincoln and all the fan-
tastic kickball teams!
The first of the Spirit Days- Neon Day!
Monday
NEON DaySpirit week
Spectators will pay an admission of 2 dollars at the gate.
On Monday, wear your brightest and best neon colored clothes to school.
Support our school and let your school spirit burn bright! --as bright as your clothing on Neon Day.
Pictures: below right- Students dressed in neon for their spirit day.middle: neon ball pit top left - neon party, get ready for homecoming
Pictures: coverage of last year’s kickball tournement.
LincOLn ROyALTyThe 2013 homecoming court is...
Brittany Day
Courtney Hoferman
Taylor Little
Sydney Newton
Emily Wiese
Tyler Alessio
Zach Cook
Jared Herzog Phi
Nguyen
Sam Sides
“I was speechless! Be-yond excitement. I hon-estly didn’t think I’d make it because I’m not “popular.” It would be great to win, but I’m just going to let it happen!”
“I was shocked when I heard my name and real-ly excited! I’m honored to have my peers nomi-nate me to be on court. It was a huge surprise.”
“It’s an honor because it’s a great achievement and it’s a dream come true. I’m really grateful the student body chose me to represent Lin-
“I’m proud to have been nominated. I’ve always looked up to the people on court and it’s a great opportunity to represent Lincoln on court.”
“I’m super excited and grateful for this oppor-tunity. I feel super spe-cial, that’s how i can de-scribe it and I feel very blessed!”
“It’s an honor to be fill-ing in some great shoes of the past at Lincoln. It makes me feel honored that my peers selected me. Win or lose I’m hon-ored to be on court.”
“It was a rush of joy that overcame me when I heard my name and I was very excited it was my classmates that selected me to be on court.”
“It feels good and I’m happy. I was excited, it’s been a dream of mine since I was young. It feels good that people like me and nominated me for king.”
“I don’t know how to feel. I guess I’m happy and excited. But, I’m happy that I have a lot of friends that voted, and may the trillest win!”
“Well, I definitely wasn’t expetecing it and I actually didn’t hear my name until later when everyone congrated me. It was a big whoa feeling.
It’s Country day at Lincoln High on Tuesday, September 17th. Break out your cowboy boots and overalls and come dressed for a hoedown. Don’t forget to follow the dress code and don’t wear something too scandalous.
Tuesday
CountryDaySpirit week
Get Gray and OldAlex Louw, staff writer
Time to dig out your grandparents old clothes and dress up for senior citizen day! • Flannel shirts
• High-waisted jeans• Suspenders• Gray wigs• Big glasses
What’s not alloWed:• Canes• Walkers• diapers
Wednesday
SeniorDaySpirit week citizen
Seniors vs Juniors, who will come out on top?Powderpuff It’s time to put your cheer outfits on boys, Powder puff is here! Powder puff is an exciting flag football game be-tween the senior and junior girls that happens once every year dur-ing homecoming week. It has been a tradition here at Lincoln for ap-
proximately six de-cades. It is a full out football game with announcement s and the concession stand. This year’s senior coaches are Adam Arthur and Cole Van Vark. The ju-nior coach is Chris-topher Dow.
The game kicks off on Thursday, September 19th at 6:30 pm. Its two dollars to get in and SATs are NOT allowed!
Come help the rest of the senior and junior student bodies cheer on their classmates! You won’t want to miss it!
Students will come to school dressed up as we continue spirit week fes-tivities on Thurs-day. Remember to
dress up in busi ness casual and school appropri-ate clothing. No jeans, club wear, miniskirts, strap-less dresses, sag-
ging pants--you get the idea--it’s What you would wear to a nice event. So Take a break from the wacky spirit week and dress
up in some of your nicest clothes as the day of the game and dance are coming close. So put on your best, boys, and I’ll wear my pearls.
•Notschoolappropriate • Schoolappropriate
Take a break from our spirit week as we approach the game and the dance, and come dressed in your best! Let’s show the southside that Lincoln has class! Also seniors will have their class photo taken that day!
Left: Larry and tod-dler, displaying what is not appropriate for dress up day.Right: an example of how you should dress for dress up day. semi-formal.
Below: 2012-2013 senior powderpuff Right: Coach Dow for 12-13 powderpuff
Senior boys as cheerleaders
Left: 2012-2013 juniors powderpuff girlsBelow: Coach Adam Arthur and Cole Van Vark
Thursday
DressUpDaySpirit week
CORONATION
PEP ASSEMBLY
GAME VS. EAST
LET’S GET REaDY TO BEaT EaST!
Spirit Day is Friday September 20Activities include: Coronation/Pep assembly,
Football game against East and so much more! Deck yourself out in school colors, and join in
the spirit day fun!
Friday
Spirit DaySpirit week
• tickets They will be sold in the commons before school, during lunch, and after school for $10
•DresscodeBusiness casual, no costumes
Girls: dress Guys: shirt, tie, and dress pants
•DateandTimeSaturday, September 21 from 8pm - 11pm
•LocationRoundhouse
•RequirementsCan't buy a ticket if you have 10 unexcused absences from the beginning of the year to spirit week
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Saturday
DanceDaySpirit week Homecoming
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