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Keystone Exam Testing Window

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SCHOOL CLOSED- Winter Break

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EARLY DISMISSAL- 11AM

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SCHOOL CLOSED

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EARLY DISMISSAL- 11AM

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National Honor Society Induction

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The Poetics of Crossings – Public Lecture

The Poetics of Crossings:

Please​ ​join​ ​us​ ​for​ ​a​ ​Public​ ​Lecture​ ​by David​ ​Rubin​ ​of​​ ​​Land​​ ​​Collective November​ ​3,​ ​2017​ ​at​ ​6:00pm in​ ​the​ ​Commons​ ​Room​ ​of The​ ​Lehigh​ ​Valley​ ​Charter​ ​High​ ​School for​ ​the​ ​Arts,​ ​321​ ​East​ ​3​rd​​ ​Street, Southside​ ​Bethlehem
This​ ​lecture​ ​is​ ​part​ ​of​ ​a​ ​Special​ ​Architectural​ ​Design Studio​ ​run​ ​by​ ​Professor​ ​Anthony​ ​Viscardi​ ​at​ ​Lehigh University’s​ ​Department​ ​of​ ​Art,​ ​Architecture​ ​and Design​ ​and​ ​funded​ ​by The​ ​Mellon​ ​Digital​ ​Humanities​ ​Initiative

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SCHOOL CLOSED- Teacher In-Service

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Admissions Open House

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Back to School Bingo

Back to School Bingo & Raffle
Parents are invited to the first school-wide fundraiser of the year. This event is presented by the Charter Arts Parent Association.

Enjoy twenty rounds of bingo and win some great prizes!! Plus, there will be some fun extras that include: entertainment, food, concessions, and tricky tray raffles.

Friday, October 13
6:30-8:30pm
Doors open at 5:30pm

$20 ticket purchase in advance
$25 ticket purchase at the door
$10 for students/children K-12

You can purchase tickets by downloading the order form from the fundraiser page on our website. (the fundraiser page is located at charterarts.org under PARENTS tab.)

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SCHOOL CLOSED- Teacher In-Service

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Early Dismissal- 11AM

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Venture Academy IV BEGINS

VENTURE ACADEMY IV
FALL 2017

BUILDING A CREATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY IN BETHLEHEM
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A series of guided explorations about making Bethlehem a creative and sustainable community with an emphasis on the collaborative contributions of governmental, business, educational, cultural, and arts leaders.   The Venture Academy, now in its second year and fourth installment, is a series designed to promote provocative ideas, images, and sensations for venturesome adults seeking to cope with an increasingly complex, bewildering, exciting, interesting, and sometimes scary world.

The Venture Academy is produced by Norman Girardot, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion, Lehigh University in collaboration with the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts’ Adult Enrichment Workshop Series.  Presenters volunteer their time to the Venture Academy and proceeds benefit the Charter Arts Creativity Fund for Teachers which supports distinctive creative projects and opportunities for teachers at Charter Arts.

All sessions take place at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem.

SESSION I

Community Redevelopment in Bethlehem

Tuesday, Sept. 26 6-7:30 pm. with Tony Hanna (Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Bethlehem/RDA).

This illustrated presentation is about the transformation of a portion of the former Bethlehem Steel mill into the SteelStacks Arts and Cultural Campus and our innovative approach to creative placemaking using a combination of civic leadership and public investment to help redefine Bethlehem’s identity.

SESSION 2

Northampton Community College’s Impact on our Community: Past, Present, and Future

Tuesday, Oct. 3 6-7:30 pm. with Mark Erickson (President of Northampton Community College)

This illustrated talk will give an overview of Northampton Community College, its present impact in our community, and its future plans including a new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on its Southside Campus, Student Success and College Readiness efforts in concert with our local schools, its commitment to sustainability efforts, new summer theatre program, and more.

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Community, the Arts, and Business on Bethlehem’s South Side

Tuesday, Oct 10. 6-7:30 pm. with John Saraceno (President of Saraceno Design and on the board of the Southside Film Institute) and Jeff Vaclavik (Owner, Déjà Brew Coffeehouse & Deli and on the Board of the Southside Film Institute)

This presentation will focus on the personal perspectives of two very engaged and influential members of Bethlehem’s Southside business and arts community. Saraceno has been active for more than 30 years as a founding member of the Southside Merchants Association and subsequently a formative figure in many other important arts and business ventures (e.g. Spring on 4th/ What’s on Third, and First Friday Southside, Touchstone Theatre).  Vaclavik opened the Deja Brew Café in 1995 as both a community and college hangout and over the years has been involved as a volunteer for many different community groups and events.  Both John and Jeff are on the board of the South Side Film Institute.

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Cultural Place-making and the Sustainable Arts
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Tuesday, Oct 17, 6-7:30 pm. with Doug Roysdon (Artistic Director of Mock Turtle Marionette Theater and a founding partner and presenter at the Charles Brown Ice House and a lead contributor to the Cultural Placemaking Project with Lehigh University) and Anna Russell (Artistic Director of Allentown Public Theatre with previous work at Touchstone Theatre and currently involved in a film about “making art local” in the Bethlehem arts community).

Understanding and addressing cultural place as an ecosystem, a living thing, is essential to its growth and survival.   Our Cultural Placemaking Project, conducted in partnership with members of the Lehigh University faculty and our local arts community, is engaged in exploring the nature of genuine cultural places, how they work and how they may be made sustainable.  Working with a long list of established and young Bethlehem artists has given us a fresh and informed perspective on the sustainable arts of place.

NOTE THAT THERE IS NO SESSION ON OCT 24
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SESSION 5

The Politics and Economics of Creating a Culturally and Commercially Vital, Livable, and Sustainable Community in Bethlehem

Tuesday, Oct 31, 6-7:30 pm with John Callahan (former two-time mayor of Bethlehem and now with Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader LLC in Bethlehem where he assists clients with government relations, real estate development and strategic planning)

The bankruptcy of Bethlehem Steel created the largest brownfield site in the United States. The future of the City of Bethlehem depended on our ability to bring new life to this site. But what and how difficult was the challenge, and doing it all in the midst of the Great Recession didn’t make it any easier. Together we will explore the process of creating a shared vision for the redevelopment of Steel and discuss the past, present, and future of this site going forward.

How to Register?

Adventure Pass (Single) : $85
Covers all sessions.

Buddy/Couple Pass( Must purchase at least two at the same time):  $75 ea.
Covers all sessions.
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“One Session” pass: $25

Call to register over the phone at 610-868-2971 Ext. 3185 OR download the registration form and mail to address listed or email listed on the form.

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Back to School Night

11/12th grade parent/guardian schedule:

6:00 – 7:00pm Administrative assembly in Theatre

7:05 – 7:35pm Artistic department presentations

7:35 – 8:00pm Walk the school, see the building, meet your child’s core teachers*, visit club tables in Commons

9/10th grade parent/guardian schedule:

6:00 – 6:30pm Artistic department presentations

6:35 – 7:00pm Walk the school, see the building, meet your child’s core teachers*, visit club tables in Commons

7:05 – 8:00pm Administrative assembly in Theatre

*This time is not reserved for individual conferences with teachers.  If you would like to talk with a teacher specifically about your child, please email them to set up a meeting as necessary.

 

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School Picture Day- 11th & 12th grades

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School Picture Day- 9th and 10th grades

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SCHOOL CLOSED- Labor Day

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First Day of School

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New Student Orientation

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Teacher In-Service

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Venture Academy Film Session #4

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Venture Academy Session #4

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Seminar: So your child wants to be an actor?

SO YOUR CHILD WANTS TO ACT IN COMMERCIALS, TV AND FILM!

Tuesday, July 25:  6-8pm

Learn how the commercial, tv, and film business really works!  This two-hour seminar is designed for parents who have a child interested in becoming an actor in the commercial, tv and film business.  This informational session is jam-packed with valuable information about how to find and work with agents/managers, the role of casting directors, pay rates, headshots/resumes, child labor laws, audition and set protocols, how the business works in our local/ regional market vs. the larger markets of NY/LA, and more!  There will also be a Q & A session at the end of the seminar.  The seminar will be led by Ann Gillette, who prior to her role at Charter Arts, worked in the production industry for more than twenty years, both in casting and as a producer. She has over 600 credits casting and producing for commercials, corporate industrials, television, and film.

Not recommended for children to attend.

Fee: $25 (paid at the door in cash or credit card)

RESERVATIONS are a must!  Limited seating.  Send an email to communications@charterarts.org to request a seat reservation.

MORE ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Ann Gillette has worked in casting and as a producer for over twenty years.  She has worked on more than 600 commercial, industrial, television, and film projects.  Ann began her career with Wickline Casting in Philadelphia as an Associate Casting Director in the early nineties, working on projects for:  NBC Daytime, QVC, Spelling Television, films like “The Long Kiss Goodnight” with Geena Davis and Samuel Jackson, “Broadway Brawler” with Bruce Willis, commercials including McDonald’s, Best Buy, and Verizon.   She then began freelancing with advertising agencies and production companies, working on projects for companies like GIANT Foods, Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, Armstrong and Penske, to name a few.   She worked on the production team for the CBS television series, HACK, starring David Morse and Andre Brauer its first season.  She also worked as a field producer for a variety of media outlets, including:  “Access Hollywood” and “Hard Copy”.   In addition, Ann has been a successful acting and media coach, working with actors, celebrities, politicians, and corporate executives.  Ann semi-retired from the production industry in 2012, and began working part-time for the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts.  Through this period, she has continued to work on a variety of productions and projects and continues to be a ‘first-call’ by agents and managers in the region to prepare clients for auditions in Philadelphia, New York and LA.

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Venture Academy Film Session #3

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Venture Academy Session #3

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Venture Academy Film Session #2

VENTURE ACADEMY III:  Religion & Art–SUMMER 2017

LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE, A PILGRIM’S JOURNEY FOR THE YOUNG OF MIND AND HEART.  This series of guided explorations is designed to promote provocative ideas, images, and sensations for venturesome adults seeking to cope with an increasingly complex, bewildering, exciting, wondrous, interesting, and sometimes scary world.

The Art of Religion and the Religion of Art:  A series of multi-media explorations from the Painted Caves of Prehistory to the Digital Caves of the 21st Century.  Each week of the series will feature a live session on Tuesday evening and a guided film session on Thursday evening.

Week 2:  Tuesday, July 11 (6:15-7:30pm)— In the Beginning:  The Sacred Entanglement of Religion and Art, Norman Girardot, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion, Lehigh University

Consideration of Paleolithic and Neolithic origins of human culture as rooted in the Symbolic Explosion of language and image and the related technology of knowing and participating in the cosmic round of life via religion and art.  6:15-7:30pm

 FILM:  Thursday, July 13 (6-8pm):  Nigel Spivey’s “How Art Made the World—The Day Pictures were Born”.  A revelatory BBC documentary about the shamanistic and visionary origins of art and religion.

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Venture Academy Session #2

VENTURE ACADEMY III:  Religion & Art–SUMMER 2017

LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE, A PILGRIM’S JOURNEY FOR THE YOUNG OF MIND AND HEART.  This series of guided explorations is designed to promote provocative ideas, images, and sensations for venturesome adults seeking to cope with an increasingly complex, bewildering, exciting, wondrous, interesting, and sometimes scary world.

The Art of Religion and the Religion of Art:  A series of multi-media explorations from the Painted Caves of Prehistory to the Digital Caves of the 21st Century.  Each week of the series will feature a live session on Tuesday evening and a guided film session on Thursday evening.

Week 2:  Tuesday, July 11 (6:15-7:30pm)— In the Beginning:  The Sacred Entanglement of Religion and Art, Norman Girardot, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion, Lehigh University

Consideration of Paleolithic and Neolithic origins of human culture as rooted in the Symbolic Explosion of language and image and the related technology of knowing and participating in the cosmic round of life via religion and art.  6:15-7:30pm

 FILM:  Thursday, July 13 (6-8pm):  Nigel Spivey’s “How Art Made the World—The Day Pictures were Born”.  A revelatory BBC documentary about the shamanistic and visionary origins of art and religion.

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Venture Academy Film Session #1

VENTURE ACADEMY III:  Religion & Art–SUMMER 2017

LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE, A PILGRIM’S JOURNEY FOR THE YOUNG OF MIND AND HEART.  This series of guided explorations is designed to promote provocative ideas, images, and sensations for venturesome adults seeking to cope with an increasingly complex, bewildering, exciting, wondrous, interesting, and sometimes scary world.

The Art of Religion and the Religion of Art:  A series of multi-media explorations from the Painted Caves of Prehistory to the Digital Caves of the 21st Century.  Each week of the series will feature a live session on Tuesday evening and a guided film session on Thursday evening.

Week 1: Tuesday, June 27 (6:15-7:30pm) The Complete and Authoritative Tour of Holy Stuff , Emma Ackerman, General Manager, Touchstone Theatre 

What’s holy in our lives—church, spirituality, music, or football?  How about activism, veganism….Star Trek fandon?  Emma Ackerman will guide you with this one-woman show about the things we hold sacred, the lengths to which we go for them, and the souvenirs we pick up along the way.  6:15-7:30pm

FILM:  Thursday, June 29 (6-8pm):  Peter Freidman & Roger Manley’s “Mana-Beyond Belief”  A brilliant documentary film about the ubiquity and ephemerality of holiness West and East.

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Venture Academy Session #1

VENTURE ACADEMY III:  Religion & Art–SUMMER 2017

LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE, A PILGRIM’S JOURNEY FOR THE YOUNG OF MIND AND HEART.  This series of guided explorations is designed to promote provocative ideas, images, and sensations for venturesome adults seeking to cope with an increasingly complex, bewildering, exciting, wondrous, interesting, and sometimes scary world.

The Art of Religion and the Religion of Art:  A series of multi-media explorations from the Painted Caves of Prehistory to the Digital Caves of the 21st Century.  Each week of the series will feature a live session on Tuesday evening and a guided film session on Thursday evening.

Week 1: Tuesday, June 27 (6:15-7:30pm) The Complete and Authoritative Tour of Holy Stuff , Emma Ackerman, General Manager, Touchstone Theatre 

What’s holy in our lives—church, spirituality, music, or football?  How about activism, veganism….Star Trek fandon?  Emma Ackerman will guide you with this one-woman show about the things we hold sacred, the lengths to which we go for them, and the souvenirs we pick up along the way.  6:15-7:30pm

FILM:  Thursday, June 29 (6-8pm):  Peter Freidman & Roger Manley’s “Mana-Beyond Belief”  A brilliant documentary film about the ubiquity and ephemerality of holiness West and East.

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Last Day for Teachers

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Graduation

Graduation Rehearsal will take place in the morning.

Graduation will take place at Packer Memorial Chapel on the campus of Lehigh University at 7pm.

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Last Day for ALL Students- Early Dismissal 11am

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Final Exams- Early Dismissal 11am

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PROM

The 2017 Charter Arts Prom will take place at Iacocca Hall at Lehigh University.

Event begins at 6:30pm.

This event is coordinated by Prom Committee and Mrs. Kemp.

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Senior Send-Off

Senior Class Send Off

This event will take place in the Commons Cafe at 7:00pm.

This event is coordinated by Mr. Chaban.

 

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SCHOOL CLOSED- Memorial Day

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NHS Murder Mystery Theatre

National Honor Society’s Murder Mystery Theatre Fundraiser.

This event is coordinated by Mrs. Genao.

The National Honor Society, in association with the Theatre Department, is excited to be presenting “Murder By the Book” on Saturday, May 27th, at 6pm in the Commons.

Your $25 ticket includes the show and an Italian-style dinner (vegetarian and gluten free options available).  All proceeds from this event will be equally distributed to the 7 artistic departments!  Come support the students, the school, and the arts!

Tickets can be purchased using the link below.  All tickets are will call — you will not receive a paper or e-ticket.

https://sites.google.com/a/charterarts.org/charter-arts-nhs-murder-mystery-dinner/

 

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Snow Make-Up Day & Graduation Presentations

This is a FULL day of school for ALL students.

 

 

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Keystone Exam Testing Window

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Keystone Exam Testing Window

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NHS Children’s Artistic Afternoon Project

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EARLY DISMISSAL- 11am

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AP Exams

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Story Slam!

Charter Arts vs. Moravian Academy

7pm

Black Box Theatre

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AP Exams

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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

Executive Session begins at 6pm.

General Session begins immediately following Executive Session.

Meetings are held at Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, 321 East 3rd Street, in the 2nd Floor Conference Room.

**This meeting date was rescheduled from April 20,2017.

For a list of board members, dates of board meeting dates for the 2016-2017 school year, or to download meeting minutes or agendas, click here.  (This information is listed under WELCOME tab under Board of Directors)

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SCHOOL CLOSED- Spring Break

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Gala of Dreams

Click here to access Gala page on the school website, which is listed under the GET INVOLVED tab.

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Venue: ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks

SCHOOL CLOSED- Teacher In-Service

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Vocal Dept. Fundraiser “Students Say, Teachers Do”

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