LP Dancers Score College Scholarships, Recognition at National HS Dance Festival

Members of Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School's Dance Department attended the National High School Dance Festival at Point Park University earlier this month. Several juniors and seniors in the department were recognized for scholarships and special achievements at the festival.

(PITTSBURGH) Among the more than 1,600 dancers who attended the National High Sshool Dance Festival, a group of LP students made their names known.

At the closing ceremonies, held on the campus of Point Park University, several LP Dance Department juniors and seniors received scholarships and special recognition from a group of colleges and universities.

Those upperclassmen included:

Meg Mikula (Junior) 

• Webster University Summer Dance Intensive (full scholarship) 

• Acceptance into Point Park International Summer Dance Intensive

Mollie Waldron (Junior) 

• AMDA 40k scholarship (Fall 2026)

• Point Park International Summer Dance Intensive (40% scholarship),

• Webster University Summer Dance Intensive (full scholarship) 

Gianna Lipomi (Senior)

• Acceptance to Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts (Fall 2025) 

Sydnee Davison (Senior)

• Artistic Approval certificate from Rutgers

• Temple University admission into BFA program

Ashlinn Berger (Senior)

• Acceptance into Dean College Summer Arts Institute

• Acceptance to Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts (Fall 2025) 

• Acceptance into The Hartt School

• Acceptance into Rutgers

• Temple University Admission into BFA program

• Broadway Dance Center $250 scholarship to the Summer Dance Intensive or $500 scholarship to the Yearly Training Program

• Acceptance to the University of South Florida

• Acceptance into SIUE (South Illinois)

• Acceptance into Ohio University (Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts) 

Nylah Dischert (Senior)

• Acceptance into Shenandoah University Dance Program

Tessa Lindner (Senior)

• Artistic Approval certificate from Rutgers

• Acceptance into Ohio University with scholarship

Lincoln Park dancers also received recognition from the following colleges and universities: the University of Utah, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Towson University, Bennington College BFA Dance Lab, Arizona State, Webster University, University of South Florida, Slippery Rock University, Adelphi, Palm Beach Atlantic University, High Point University, Goucher College, AMDA, Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, Nazareth University, Ohio University, Florida Southern College, Rowan University, University of Cincinnati, Mercyhurst University, TCU, West Virginia University, Rutgers University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Ohio State University, Brenau University, and Point Park University.

Also providing recognition were some Summer Dance Intensives, which included Peridance, Ruth Page Center, Joffrey Ballet School, Point Park, Open Space

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is a tuition-free public charter school located in Midland, PA, and open to all Pennsylvania families. Students grades 7-12 are bused from more than 90 different school districts to study the arts concentration of their choice: theatre, writing and publishing, media arts, health science and the arts, music, dance, and pre-law and the arts.

For more information, visit lppacs.org or contact: admissions@lppacs.org