Seniors
Information for Seniors
Class Meeting:
The next Senior class student meeting is October 31st.
Lincoln Graduation June 2026
TBD – Date and location set by the district.
Important Senior Dates – TBD
We are still working on our 2026 Senior Dates and Deadlines. Please check back often to the page for all the important events, deadlines, and requirements that seniors and their families need to know about before graduation.
Cap and Gown for 2026
Cap and gown orders are now open and are ordered directly from the graduation vendor, National Achiever, using the site Lincoln-lynx.com or the following link. If you have questions about any of the items on that page, please call National Achiever directly at 425-357-1338. No payment for graduation items is made to Lincoln; it is all handled by National Achiever. To pay by check, please send payment and order form to address noted on the bottom of the order form.
The deadline is December 15th.
Each graduate is responsible for purchasing the cap and gown package titled “Lincoln High School Cap and Gown Unit,” or if you or someone you know has a black cap and gown that will fit you, you will only need to purchase the tassel and stole for the year your graduating class (titled “20XX LHS Class Stole Only + Tassel only”). To see these items, scroll down towards the bottom of the page linked above.
Beyond the basic cap and gown package, all purchases are optional. Swag items will be shipped to the school before winter break for distribution, but caps and gowns will be distributed at school in late April.
If you need financial assistance for the cap and gown purchase, please reach out to your counselor as soon as possible. We do have a limited supply of donated gowns of various sizes to borrow.
Senior Grad Ads
Celebrate your Senior! Parents, friends, family can purchase a half-page, quarter-page, 1/8-page space in the 2026 yearbook. You can upload your photos and write a message to create a congratulatory and memorable Grad Ad in the Walsworth Yearbook website: Yearbook Forever (password: lincoln – note all lower case!). Go to “Personal Ad – Get Started.” Enter information for the student. Choose a size. Design your Grad Ad. Checkout and pay (PayPal or credit card), certify the proof and submit. Deadline 12/1/25
Senior Portraits for the Yearbook – Due December 1, 2025
(updated information for graduating class of 2026)
All seniors may submit a senior portrait that meets our guidelines (see below). Submitting a senior portrait is free! If you choose not to submit a portrait, we will instead use your student ID photo in the senior portrait section.
Portrait guidelines:
- Color photos only
- Plain / neutral background preferred
- Full face view, facing forward
- Clothing and jewelry must fit in school dress code guidelines
- No creative filters or photographic treatments
- No weapons or hand signals of any kind
- High-resolution images only (Please don’t submit a screenshot or image from social media. Also, if image is a full-body pose, student’s face may appear small compared to other portraits on the page; for this reason, we reserve the right to crop photos as necessary for visibility and aesthetics)
Submit your senior portrait via Walsworth Yearbook’s Snap website @ YearbookForever. We will not accept photos submitted after December 1.
Follow these instructions to submit your Senior Portrait:
- Visit YearbookForever and click on Visit Yearbook Snap button. Search for Lincoln High School in Seattle, WA.
- Enter the code lincoln (code is case sensitive).
- Select “Upload image” and select the portrait you want to submit from your computer or phone.
- Check “This photo is a portrait” box, enter the information, and submit. Be sure to include student’s full first and last name and grade.
- You’ll receive an email confirmation once successfully submitted processed.
Questions? Please contact yearbook adviser Wyn Pottinger-Levy, wypottingerlev@seattleschools.org
Senior Spree
Not an SPS event. Parent organized, contact the PTSA for information.
Final Transcripts
All Seniors MUST designate their college/university to receive a final transcript on Naviance. Not only is this step necessary for routing your final transcript to your designated college, but completing the college designation in Naviance is one of the steps to be cleared for graduation. A PDF with instructions is available on the Counseling Schoology page in the “Class of 2025” folder. If the college/university is not available in Naviance, email the registrar before your last day of school: lamiller@seattleschools.org.
Once transcripts are available, they will be submitted as soon as possible on behalf of all Seniors through Naviance.
Colleges may “require” final transcripts as early as July 1 which typically cannot be accommodated due to our academic and grades submissions calendar. A letter explaining this delay has been prepared by the counseling team and can be found on the Counseling Schoology page in the senior section. Download and email the “Final Transcript Delay” letter to send to your college if you are concerned about transcript deadlines.
Final transcripts will be sent to colleges during the week of July 7-11.
Recommendation Letters for College Applications
The process for students requesting letters of recommendation from LHS staff members is presented in the Spring of a student’s 11th grade year, and again in the Fall of their 12th grade year during Mentorship class meetings. Seniors need to only request letters IF the institution(s) they are applying to requires them. Not all institutions or programs require letters of recommendation, so please visit their respective websites to find out if you need one. If you do need one, students must request them in writing to their staff member at least 3 weeks in advance of the due date.
Please email your teacher your request. In the email include the name of the institutions you are applying to that require letters, and please include the application deadline. In return, the LHS staff member will reply back students with a link to an online form that students must complete.
Parents and families: Please help us support the college application process by encouraging your student to reach out to their desired recommenders in a kind and professional manner to receive the online letter of recommendation request form. Counselors presented the process to request a letter of recommendation from teachers and staff in their 11th and 12th grade year. The whole staff is following the same process and students are welcome to ask any teacher or counselor if they have any questions about that. We appreciate your partnership.