{"id":101235,"date":"2020-06-08T23:25:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T03:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=101235"},"modified":"2020-06-08T23:25:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T03:25:36","slug":"the-lehigh-valley-charter-high-school-for-the-arts-holds-park-and-circumstance-bus-tour-to-celebrate-with-members-of-its-class-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=101235","title":{"rendered":"The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts holds \u201cPark and Circumstance\u201d Bus Tour to celebrate with members of its Class of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (June 8, 2020)&#8212; \u00a0On Monday, administrators of the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) embarked on a bus tour, called \u201cPark and Circumstance\u201d, to celebrate with members of its Class of 2020. \u00a0 Since the school\u2019s student body hails from more than 40 school districts across a ten-county region, the ability to visit senior students individually who reside in such a wide geographic region was not logistically possible, so the school arranged public park stops throughout the region.<\/p>\n<div>Seniors were invited to attend a destination close to their residence.\u00a0 The tour started and ended at the school, which is located at 321 East 3rd Street in Bethlehem, and park stops throughout the day included: Emmaus Community Park, Quakertown Municipal Park, Cedar Beach Park, Bucky Boyle Park, Saylor Park, Danielsville Park, Jacobsburg Park, and Forks Community Park.<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-has-spacing su-image-carousel-has-lightbox su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-adaptive su-image-carousel-slides-style-default su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-none\" style=\"\" 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https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bus-6-1.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_6a0085b920af0_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_6a0085b920af0\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_6a0085b920af0_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_6a0085b920af0_script\");if(su_image_carousel_6a0085b920af0_script){su_image_carousel_6a0085b920af0_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_6a0085b920af0_script);}<\/script>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This special initiative allowed administrators to celebrate these extraordinary students on the day that would have been their original graduation ceremony date (the school\u2019s graduation ceremony which was originally scheduled for June 8, 2020, has been rescheduled to July 30-31).<\/p>\n<p>Due to a fundraising effort initiated by the school in early May, funds were raised to send graduation boxes to seniors a few weeks ago. The boxes included their cap and gown, a yard banner, and more!\u00a0 For \u201cPark and Circumstance\u201d, seniors and their families arrived to take pictures in front of the school bus with decorated caps, signs, and props.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Charter Arts)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charter Arts is an audition-based, public charter school that provides a comprehensive curriculum for high school students, grades 9-12, who have a passion for the arts.\u00a0 Students major in one of seven artistic areas: dance, instrumental music, literary arts, production arts, theatre, visual arts, or vocal music.<\/p>\n<p>Charter Arts&#8217; rigorous curriculum fosters both academic and artistic excellence for its students. The school\u2019s impressive Future Ready PA Index ranking, Advanced Placement (AP) exam statistics, Keystone exam statistics, SAT scores, prestigious artistic accolades, and graduation rate are a testament to the outstanding education Charter Arts provides.<\/p>\n<p>Charter Arts is proud to celebrate its eighteenth year as one of the most respected high schools for the arts in the nation.\u00a0 Charter Arts was one of only 349 schools in the nation to be named a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education.\u00a0 In 2020, the school earned the Title I Distinguished School designation for the fourth year in a row, placing it in the top 5 % of all Title I high schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Charter Arts is located at 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem PA 18015. For more information about Charter Arts, visit: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charterarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.CharterArts.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1591757409684000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFnGgzSJ42xO4arSEApeQu5GNoVLQ\">www.CharterArts.org<\/a> or call 610-868-2971.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information &amp; Images\u00a0Provided By:<br \/>\nAnn Gillette<br \/>\nManager of Public Relations and Media<br \/>\nLehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts<br \/>\n321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CharterArts.org\"><strong>www.CharterArts.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lv-charter-Arts.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/101236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}