The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School provides a tuition-free course of study to Pennsylvania students in grades 9-12, using highly-qualified teachers, accredited courses of study, and state-of-the-art facilities and technology. The program's key components are:

Arts Immersion

Through rich instruction in a student's chosen art form, as well as meaningful encounters with all arts mediums in an interdisciplinary atmosphere, the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School provides a nurturing environment for students who have a strong interest in the creative and performing arts. This is world-class arts instruction in the area's only world-class performing arts center.

Arts Exploration

Through on-going seminars, workshops, and internships, as well as a variety of performance and production opportunities and other special programs, students at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School can discover and develop their unique interests and aptitudes while exploring a range of career opportunities.

Traditional and Online Academic Instruction

Every student at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School receives an Individualized Learning Program — tailored to his or her unique abilities and requirements — delivered by highly-qualified, state-certified teachers using accredited curriculum.

Early College Program

Why wait to graduate from high school to start earning college credits? Through a special partnership with the Community College of Beaver County, Lincoln Park students can earn up to 10 credits per year. All costs, including tuition and course materials, are paid by the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School.

Every student at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School receives:

• A professional evaluation by our academic and artistic staff
• An Individualized Learning Program
• A laptop computer
• An iPod™ portable digital audio player
• Textbooks, materials, and other supplies
• An Academic Advisor
• A Fine Arts Advisor
• Comprehensive guidance services
• PSSA preparation
• SAT preparation

Guiding Principles

The curriculum for the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School was developed in keeping with a set of principles and guidelines that reflect the philosophy of the School. That philosophy stresses a nurturing environment and a view of the arts as a special way of knowing the world. The guiding principles that follow were designed to implement the mission of the school based on that philosophy and create a distinctive prominence that reflects the true character of the School.

• Commitment to creating an academic enterprise that stands unique among arts specialty schools and one grounded in a firm core curriculum required for all students.
• Commitment to an emphasis on an education in the arts as an interdisciplinary experience.
• Commitment to an emphasis on individual works of art used as "texts" for study.
• Commitment to an emphasis on process over product wherein the primary challenge and purpose of acquiring artistic skills and expressing them is for the purpose of self-discovery and self-knowledge.
• Commitment to an emphasis on the integration of the arts in all the areas of study within the program.
• Commitment to individualized student curriculum plans as guided by artistic mentors attuned to individual student artistic goals and needs. This mentorship is balanced by similar scholastic advisors who utilize the flexibility provided by the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School.