Literary Event: Senior Literary Showcase
May 30 @ 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) LIterary Arts Department will hold its Senior Literary Showcase on Friday, May 30th in the school’s Commons Cafe. Students will share their original works of poetry, novels, short stories, and more! Guests can walk around the room to speak with these talented writers about the work, their passion and writing process.
Doors open at 6:30 PM. This is a free, non-ticketed event.
Literary Arts is one of Charter Arts’ seven artistic majors. Students of the literary arts department engage in a comprehensive writing curriculum with courses such as Character Development, Exploration of Modernism & Postmodernism, Children’s Literature, Film Studies, Exploration of the Romantic Style, Media Studies, and more.
Literary Arts Artistic Director, Kristin Liemberger, shares: “Students write and analyze creatively and critically, experimenting with their own creative voices in the construction, production, and performance of original works. This intensive program provides students with a rigorous curriculum rooted in the creative process while reinforcing that reading, writing, film, and the spoken word are integral parts of the history and advancement of society.”
Guests are encouraged to also attend the school’s Production Arts Portfolio Event, taking place the same evening. Student designers will display their various set designs, costume designs, prop designs, lighting designs, films that they created this year to support the school’s productions and events. This is also a non-ticketed event.
ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Charter Arts):
Charter Arts, opened in 2003, 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. Students major in one of seven artistic areas: dance, instrumental music, literary arts, production arts, theatre, visual arts, or vocal music.
Charter Arts’ rigorous curriculum fosters both academic and artistic excellence for its students. The school’s 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.
Charter Arts ranked #1 Best Charter High School in PA & #1 Best Public High School Teachers in PA on Niche’s 2025 Best Schools in America Rankings. Charter Arts is one of only four Lehigh Valley schools to make the Top 100 Public High Schools in PA on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Schools.
Prospective students and families who are interested in learning more about the literary arts program and the school are invited to attend an upcoming information session or to contact the admissions office at 610-868-2971 Ext. 3137. For more information, visit www.CharterArts.org.