{"id":115839,"date":"2023-01-31T21:11:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115839"},"modified":"2023-01-31T21:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:12:30","slug":"lehigh-valley-charter-high-school-for-the-arts-holds-black-excellence-show-art-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115839","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts holds  Black Excellence Show &#038; Art Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM,\u00a0 PA&#8212;\u00a0 The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) Black Student Union will hold its annual\u00a0Black\u00a0Excellence Show on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 7 PM.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s show will also coincide with an Opening Reception for the Black Excellence Art Exhibit in the school&#8217;s Corpora Gallery from 6-8 PM.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s show, Black Excellence &#8220;The\u00a0Power to the People&#8221;, is produced and directed by students, incorporating song, dance, skits, and group numbers performed by students. Producers of the show share, \u201cThis showcase brings together our community to showcase our students\u2019 powers, passions, and inspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monetary donations or the donation of new or gently used diverse books will be accepted. All proceeds will benefit the BSU&#8217;s Little Free Libraries in Bethlehem and Allentown.<\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Charter Arts)<\/b><\/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 dedicated 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 testaments to the outstanding education that Charter Arts provides.<\/p>\n<p>Charter Arts, opened in 2003, is 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 Recently, Charter Arts was ranked as #1 Best Public High School Teachers in PA and #1 Best Charter High School in Pennsylvania on Niche&#8217;s 2023 Best Schools in America Rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Charter Arts is located at 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem PA 18015.\u00a0 Audition appointments for the 2023-2024 school year are being scheduled now. Prospective students and families can learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charterarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.charterarts.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675300168930000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3l53TMXvrKGMQ-Py4wCgtF\">www.CharterArts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information &amp; Image\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<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM,\u00a0 PA&#8212;\u00a0 The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) Black Student Union will hold its annual\u00a0Black\u00a0Excellence Show on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 7 PM.\u00a0 This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115839\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts holds  Black Excellence Show &#038; Art Exhibit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115840,"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-115839","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\/2023\/01\/power-to-the-people.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115839"}],"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=115839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}