Lincoln College Preparatory Academy (LCPA) (also known as Lincoln Prep Academy or The Castle on the Hill) is a three-year middle school and four-year college preparatory magnet school in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. The school is highly competitive as students are sometimes required to take entrance exams to get in. The high school offers Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs.
Lincoln was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the "Top 100 High Schools" in the United States in 2012 and 2015. In 2008 and 2014, the school received the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
In 2015, the Academy was named the best public school in the State of Missouri.
Academics
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy is an award-winning middle and high school. More than 90% of its graduates enroll in college. The 2014 graduating class of 151 students received $15.6 million in scholarships, grants and financial aid. High achievement has been consistent, as the 115 graduates in 2002 received scholarships and financial aid in excess of $3 million. The student-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
Athletics
The Lincoln Tigers actively participate in the following sports:
Extra-curricular activities
- Band
- Chamber Choir
- Gospel Choir
- Concert Choir
- Debate: In 2015, Lincoln Prep Tiger Debate became the first school to "triple crown qualify" to three different national championships. Under the coaching direction of Sohail Jouya, Ellen Baker and Monica Medeiros qualified to the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues National Championship, the National Speech and Debate Association National Championship, and the National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament.
- Drama Club
- FIRST LEGO League
- FIRST Robotics: The Tigerbytes are FRC Team 1775. In 2014, the team competed in the Kansas City Regional and the Oklahoma City Regional. They advanced to compete at the 2014 FRC World Championship held in St. Louis with 400 teams from around the world.
- Jazz Band
- JROTC
- Key Club
- Newspaper
- Science Olympiad
- Solar car racing
- Student Council
- Wind Ensemble: In March 2015, the Wind Ensemble traveled to Orlando, Florida to compete in Festival Disney, an annual musical performance festival. They performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in March 2013.
- Yearbook
References
External links
- Official website of Lincoln Athletics
- Lincoln Prep at KCPS
- Lincoln College Preparatory Academy at International Baccalaureate Organization
- Lincoln College Preparatory Academy at U.S. News & World Report
- History of Lincoln College Preparatory Academy
