Lincoln College Preparatory Academy

Lincoln College Preparatory Academy
Motto "If You Are Not Here To Learn, You Are Trespassing."
Established 1865 as Lincoln High School, Renamed LCPA in 1986
Type Public High School
Principal Mr.Joseph Hesman
Students 955
Grades 6–12
Location 2111 Woodland Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
District Kansas City Public Schools 33
Colors      Blue
     Gold
Mascot Blue Tigers
Website Official website

Lincoln College Preparatory Academy (LCPA) (Also known as Lincoln Prep Academy or The Castle on the Hill[1]) is a 3 year middle school and 4 year college preparatory Magnet School in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. The school is highly competitive as students are required to take entrance exams to get in. The high school offers Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs.

Lincoln was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the "Top 100 High Schools" in the United States in 2012. In 2008 and 2014, the school received the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.[2]

Academics

Lincoln College Preparatory Academy is an award-winning middle and high school in Kansas City, Missouri. More than 90% of Lincoln graduates enroll in college annually. The 2014 graduating class of 151 students received $15.6 million in scholarships, grants and financial aid. High achievement has been consistent as the 115 graduates in 2002 received scholarships and financial aid in excess of $3 million. The student teacher ratio is 14.0:1.[3] The school actively participates in the FIRST robotics competition and JROTC. The high school Wind Ensemble band played at Carnegie Hall in New York during the 2008–2009 school year and returned during the 2012–2013 school year. In 2011, the high school Wind Ensemble traveled to China. Also in the same year, the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Chamber Choir received their first "1" Superior rating at the State Festival in April. No choir at Lincoln has received this high honor since 2002 and no choir at any other school in the KCMSD has received this score since 2001.[4]

Athletics

The Lincoln Tigers actively participate in the following sports

Extra curricular activities

References

  1. ↑ http://saving17000kids.kansascity.com/schools/lincoln-college-prep/
  2. ↑ http://www.greatschools.org/modperl/achievement/mo/933#blue_ribbon
  3. ↑ http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/mo/other/933#from..HeaderLink
  4. ↑ http://lcpabands.org/

External links