Mr. Al Graziano

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  Published on: 5/10/2009    Last Visited: 5/11/2009  

  Lincoln High School Principal Albert Graziano said in a news release the threats written in the restroom at Lincoln Main are written in handwriting similar to graffiti threats that appeared at the school in March.

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  Published on: 11/9/2007    Last Visited: 11/10/2007  

  For information, call principal Al Graziano at 242-7500.

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  Published on: 10/23/2007    Last Visited: 10/24/2007  

  Lincoln Principal Al Graziano said school officials over the past year have increased their emphasis on the importance of taking the test and are boosting their support to students who choose to do so.
  
  "There has been a real effort among Lincoln's faculty and staff to encourage more students to take the test," he said.
  
  Lincoln faculty and staff met this fall with members of the junior class to discuss and share information about the ACT, Graziano said.
  
  Those meetings have traditionally taken place in the spring, but school officials are trying to help students get a jump on their preparations for the exam, he added.
  
  That effort includes a daily, 25-minute advisory period during which students can get help from faculty with their plans for life after high school, which includes college and taking the ACT for many, Graziano said.
  
  "The focus is: 'don't close any doors, or burn any bridges,' " he said."There are many options out there and taking the ACT is one of them."
  
  Outreach to parents is also part of Lincoln's efforts to help prepare students for the ACT, he said.
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  Graziano said it's good to look at the composite scores to see where Lincoln ranks among its peer schools, but it's important not to get too hung up on the numbers.
  
  A new state law requires all students, beginning with this fall's freshman class, to take four years of English and three years each of math, science and social studies.State educators hope the new requirements will better prepare students for college or the workforce when they graduate from high school.
  
  Graziano agrees with those who feel the new requirements are likely to have overall benefits and he's hopeful it also will yield improvement among all students who take the ACT.
  
  "It's probably too early to tell because we don't have any data, but I think it's logical to say it will have a positive impact," he said.

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  Published on: 1/6/2008    Last Visited: 1/6/2008  

  "We try to appeal to their sense of citizenship," Lincoln High School Principal Al Graziano said."We don't yell or come across as arbitrary.We just appeal to them to be respectful of people and property."
  
  Graziano and other Des Moines high school leaders emphasize that a small percentage of troublemakers are responsible for the bulk of the misdeeds, but they said they understand that doesn't minimize the headaches some homeowners and business owners put up with all too often.
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  In the days that followed, Graziano, who attended the meeting, sent a letter to Lincoln's staff that detailed public pressure to close the campus.The letter emphasized the need for an effort inside and outside the school building to combat the problems.
  
  Graziano spoke to students over the public address system.Teachers talked to students about the neighborhood's growing frustration.
  
  Police stepped up patrols near the school.Graziano and others went out on foot and in cars to knock on doors.
  
  A hallway display case inside Lincoln gave students another visual aid to emphasize the stakes: Graziano put a box filled with trash picked up on Southwest Ninth Street inside the case.
  
  Students wondered what it was all about.
  
  "Every piece of litter we find on Southwest Ninth Street is a vote for closed campus if it comes to that," Graziano told them.

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  Published on: 10/11/2007    Last Visited: 10/12/2007  

  Lincoln High School Principal Al Graziano has asked residents to call the school at 242-7500 if they witness what they believe to be student misconduct off-campus.
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  Six Des Moines police officers and Lincoln Principal Al Graziano met with about 25 members of the Indianola Hills Neighborhood Association on Tuesday night to discuss concerns about the school's open-campus policy.
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  Graziano apologized to attendees of Tuesday night's meeting and said school officials will re-double their efforts to address the neighborhood's concerns.
  
  "The vast majority of our kids are responsible," he said.
  
  Those who cause the problems are in the minority, but they're a "determined minority," he added.
  
  Graziano encouraged residents to call the school when they witness students misbehaving and said he felt "terrible" and "disgusted" by some of the graphic details residents shared.

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  Published on: 8/21/2007    Last Visited: 8/25/2007  

  Lincoln High School Principal Al Graziano has documented and filed information and drawings showing the renovation of the school since summer 2004.
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  Lincoln High School Principal Al Graziano has documented and filed information and drawings showing the renovation of the school since summer 2004.
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  Lincoln Principal Al Graziano asked with a smile as he squeezed by one of the stacks, referring to a scene in the 1981 Harrison Ford adventure film that shows a mass of treasures packed inside a warehouse.
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  Graziano said the drama room restoration is one example of many that exemplify the lengths school officials have gone to preserve Lincoln's historic look and feel.
  
  "It gives you historic perspective and it's very refreshing," he said.
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  This summer also marked the end of four mobile classroom units the school used for nearly a dozen years, Graziano said.
  
  Two of the units that were removed from the building's south side will give the school more room for green space, he said.
  
  Uncovering the school's history and preserving its heritage have been among his favorite experiences of the renovation project, said Graziano, who graduated from Lincoln in 1960 and has worked at the school since the early 1980s.
  
  Dozens of photographs that chronicle the renovation since it began in 2004 are tacked on poster boards in the school's administrative office.
  
  Officials from Roosevelt High School recently found an architect's conceptual sketch of Lincoln High School drawn in 1919, which Graziano had framed.
  
  Most importantly, Graziano said, the renovations have largely been carried out without sacrificing the character so many on the south side and elsewhere have come to cherish, namely the building's facade.
  
  "The community made it clear: don't fool with the front of the building," he said.

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  Al Graziano albert.graziano@dmps.k12.ia.us
  
  2600 S.W. Ninth St. Des Moines, IA 50320
  
  P: (515) 242 7500 / F: (515) 242 7517

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  www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/8/2008    Last Visited: 2/22/2008  

  Pilon and Al Graziano, principal of Lincoln High School, pitched their extension to McCombs Middle School parents Thursday night, rounding out a tour of south-side middle schools.

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  www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/ - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/11/2007    Last Visited: 10/12/2007  

  Six Des Moines police officers and Lincoln Principal Al Graziano met with about 25 members of the Indianola Hills Neighborhood Association on Tuesday night to discuss concerns about the school's open-campus policy.
  
  Residents who live near Lincoln said they have seen students trespass, vandalize private property, use drugs, park illegally, smoke cigarettes, litter, jaywalk and have sex while off school grounds.Some also complained students have urinated and defecated on their properties.
  
  Graziano apologized to residents Tuesday and said school officials will re-double their efforts to address the neighborhood's concerns.

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  Published on: 11/6/2008    Last Visited: 11/6/2008  

  "People would drive by over the last four years," Lincoln Principal Al Graziano said.
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  "Extra care was taken to maintain the historical architecture of the building and preserve the wood finishes," Graziano said.

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