Pine Lake Preparatory

Pine Lake Preparatory is a public charter school located in Mooresville, North Carolina, educating students in grades K–12. PLP was founded in 2006 and started with Kindergarten, first, and second grades, and opened its doors to 1,300 students PLP's Upper School students choose a fine arts discipline (orchestra, band, visual art, theatre, and chorus) to study for their four years. In addition to the three schools, the campus includes a Fine Arts Building, Athletic and Community Center, and will have a Science, Engineering, Technology and Math building in the Fall of 2016. Students also must Spanish every year, and the school offered an optional Spanishimmersion program in Fall 2015.

Enrollment

Pine Lake Preparatory's students come from all over the Lake Norman area and beyond. Most families live in Iredell or Mecklenburg Counties. Like other area charter schools, PLP holds a public lottery each year for available spots.

Education

The college preparatory curriculum is rigorous. Students write a research paper in their junior year focused on a career interest, and follow up with a comprehensive project senior year. Because of the school's smaller size, students may participate in numerous athletic, civic, and other clubs and teams. Pine Lake has a graduation rate of +95% with students being admitted to universities including UNC Chapel Hill, Colorado School of Mines, Duke, Clemson, M.I.T., and Vanderbilt.

Mission and goals

Pine Lake Preparatory prepares individuals in a nurturing environment for leadership and academic success within the kaleidoscope of an engaging community.

Mission-specific goals:

1. All Pine Lake Preparatory students will experience a literature-rich K–12 curriculum and become life-long readers, observers and learners.
2. All Pine Lake Preparatory students will receive instruction in the arts beginning with Kindergarten and will self-select art discipline(s) for focused study in grades 9–12.
3. All Pine Lake Preparatory students will study Spanish. Spanish study will begin in Kindergarten and continue through grade 12. Pine Lake Preparatory students will achieve spoken and written fluency in Spanish by high school graduation.
4. All Pine Lake Preparatory students will experience a community-service learning education every year in grades K–12. Students will accumulate a minimum of 40 hours per year of service-based learning.
5. All Pine Lake Preparatory students will take college preparatory coursework that opens opportunities in higher education.

External links

• School website (edited by students in webcomm)