{"id":127715,"date":"2024-02-22T18:33:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=127715"},"modified":"2024-02-22T18:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:33:29","slug":"lehigh-valley-charter-high-school-for-the-arts-presents-black-excellence-show-and-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=127715","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts presents Black Excellence Show and Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA&#8212;The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) Black Student Union (BSU) presents its\u00a0<i>Black Excellence Show<\/i>\u00a0on Friday, February 23 at 7 PM in the school&#8217;s theatre located at 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>This show is fully curated and produced by students and is a collection of artistic mediums including uplifting songs, emotional monologues, powerful dance, and fashion. The showcase embodies brilliance, beauty, resilience and the power within the Black community.\u00a0 It will be an evening of celebration!\u00a0 Suggested donation at the door: $5. Proceeds to benefit the BSU&#8217;s school and community initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The school&#8217;s Corpora Art Gallery will also be open that evening from 6-8 PM to view the Charter Arts Visual Arts Department&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Black Excellence Exhibit<\/i>.\u00a0 This stunning exhibit features works of professional artists, Alvin Booth and Mr. Imagination from private collections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information, visit: CharterArts.org.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Charter Arts):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 creative and performing 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>Recently, Charter Arts was ranked as #1 Best Charter High School in PA &amp; #2 Best Public High School Teachers in PA on Niche&#8217;s 2024 Best Schools in America Rankings. Charter Arts was one of only seven Lehigh Valley schools to make The Top 100 Public High Schools in PA on U.S. News &amp; World Report&#8217;s 2024 Best Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Audition appointments for the 2024-2025 school year are currently being accepted. For more information, visit\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=1708716299441000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0muAycmgLxZ4D4ftN4AGCc\">www.CharterArts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Charter Arts is located at 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem PA 18015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Excellence-REAL-poster-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-127717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Excellence-REAL-poster-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Excellence-REAL-poster-1-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Excellence-REAL-poster-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Excellence-REAL-poster-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Excellence-REAL-poster-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, PA&#8212;The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) Black Student Union (BSU) presents its\u00a0Black Excellence Show\u00a0on Friday, February 23 at 7 PM in the school&#8217;s theatre &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=127715\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts presents Black Excellence Show and Exhibit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127716,"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":[5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Excellence.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127715"}],"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=127715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/127716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}