Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School
File:LPPACSMainImage.png
Address
One Lincoln Park Midland , Beaver County , Pennsylvania 15059 United States
Information
School type	Public Charter
Motto	“Our Students Create Art. We Create Artists.”
Opened	2006
School district	Midland Borough School District
Board of Directors	Phil Orend, President Sonsheehray Robinson, Vice President Bill Oslick, Treasurer Rachel Book Elizabeth A. Douglas Scott Portonova Vincent Trombetta Shon Worner, Solicitor
CEO	Patrick K. Poling
Principal	Roylin Petties
Vice Principal	Tonya Milsom
Director of Curriculum	Alyssa Mick
Grades	7–12
Number of students	752
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Newspaper	The Siren
Website	www.lppacs.org

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is a public charter school located in Midland, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Pittsburgh. It enrolls students from school districts in Beaver, Allegheny, Washington, Butler, and Lawrence counties.

”LPPACS” enrolls students in grades 7-12, offering seven “majors”: five artistic majors (Theatre, Music, Dance, Media Arts, and Writing & Publishing), as well as Pre-Law and Health Science.

The school is run by a seven-member board of directors that appoints the school's administration, which consists of a CEO, Principal, Vice Principal, Director of Curriculum, and Business Manager.

History

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center is built on the same plot as Midland's former Lincoln High School. Lincoln High closed in 1987 after the collapse of the local steel industry led to a steep population drop in Midland. As a result, the town became increasingly depressed, and Midland Borough School District, along with town leaders, initiated the construction of the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, which also houses the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School.

During the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting need for changes to public education to accommodate isolation and quarantine guidance from the CDC, the school and its attached Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center instituted innovative quarantine and testing policies, as well as novel technological initiatives to provide continuity and consistency for its students and performers alike.

Extracurriculars

Lincoln Park offers a variety of clubs and activities typical to a traditional public school, such as student council, National Honor Society, musical ensembles, and a school newspaper.

It also uniquely features various extra-curricular extensions of in-class arts instruction, such as improv nights, student-directed one-acts and experimental theatre, student films, fine art showcases, BatCat Press (a student-run independent publisher), various dance and choreography showcases, and a house band, among others.

LPPAC also offers boys’ and girls’ basketball and golf, and girls’ volleyball and tennis, all of which are part of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Lincoln Park’s boy’s basketball team has won multiple WPIAL championships over the years.