The new Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) facility, located at the corner of E. Third & Polk Streets in south Bethlehem is open and ready to welcome students for the start of the 2015/2016 school year.
After twelve years as a respected Lehigh Valley educational institution, Charter Arts has outgrew its previous leased location on East Broad Street.
The new facility in south Bethlehem will provide much-needed additional classrooms and studios, a resource library, digital laboratory, a ‘green’ roof, commons deli and a 350-seat performing arts theater. The building will also be classified as LEED Gold (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices.
Charter Arts is grateful to the countless individuals and businesses that, without their support, this project would not be possible.
If you or your business would like to be part of the new building by naming a room, a theatre chair or a sidewalk star….Click Here.
Every donation received is critical to the remaining fundraising goals for the project’s Capital Campaign.
The Journey
Groundbreaking...June 2013
Removal of trees and preparation of site…December 2013
Digging on the site began in January 2014….
One of the worst winters in years…2014
Construction resumes….2014
October 2014– Former Governor Tom Corbett and Susan Corbett visit the site with students and school officials.
January 2015- And the walls are up!
February 2015- Topping Off!
May 2015….Charter Arts staff, faculty, parents and board members were excited to tour the new facility during a series of ‘hard hat’ tours.
June 2015….the Gala of Dreams takes place at the ‘under-construction’ facility. The first floor is transformed for the evening into an elegant venue.
September 2015- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Our new home…