Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School
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| Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School |
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| Established | 2006 |
| Type | Public Charter |
| Students | 300 (Approx) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Midland, Pennsylvania USA |
| Colors | black & silver |
| Website | http://www.lppacs.org |
The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is a public charter school located within the world class Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland, Pennsylvania. It opened 2006.
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School (LPPACS) accepts students from all over the surrounding area of Midland and is a tuition free public school. The school has 6 focuses that students can embark on in their studies. These are Theater, Musical Theater, Dance, Music, Media Arts, and Creative Writing. The school is planning on adding a music composition focus in 2007. The school currently has about 300 students.
[edit] History
The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center and Charter School is built in the same spot that once belonged to Midland's Lincoln High. After the High School closed in 1987 due to low enrollment, the area of Midland became increasingly depressed. Midland Burough School District's superintendant Dr. Nick Trombetta then came and started to make things increasingly better for Midland. In 2000, he opened the Western Pennslyvania Cyber Charter School so students from Midland could finnally attend high school in their own town. This cyber scholl has grown to be the largest in the state. Dr. Trombetta had a dream of building a world class arts center and school for Midland, Beaver County, and Western Pennslyvania, and with his efforts, the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center was built.
