Lincoln presided over the Civil War, which was in a sense a major remodeling of the entire country. You could build on the Reconstruction by calling your theme “reconstructed” or “a new beginning.”

How about “Lincoln the Beautiful” - then you could write along the lines that Abe Lincoln, for whom the school is named, was not beautiful and last year neither was Lincoln High School . . . then go on to tell in what ways the new school is superior and “beautiful.”

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