Lincoln College Preparatory Academy (LCPA) (Also known as Lincoln Prep Academy or The Castle on the Hill) is a 3 year middle school

Middle school

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 and 4 year college preparatory Magnet School

Magnet school

In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...

 in the Kansas City, Missouri School District

Kansas City, Missouri School District

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. The school is highly competitive as students are 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

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as one of the "Top 100 High Schools" in the United States

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 in 2008. That same year, the school also received the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education

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, the highest award an American school can receive.

Academics

Lincoln College Preparatory Academy is an award-winning middle and high school in Kansas City, Missouri. More than 90% of Lincoln graduates enroll in college annually. The 115 graduates in 2002 received scholarships and financial aid in excess of $3 million. The student teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The school actively participates in the FIRST

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 robotics competition and JROTC. The high school band has gone to Carnegie Hall in New York during the 2008-2009 school year. In 2011, the high school Wind Ensemble traveled to China. Also in the same year, the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Chamber Choir received their first "1" Superior rating at the State Festival in April. No choir at Lincoln has received this high honor since 2002 and no choir at any other school in the KCMSD has received this score since 2001.

Athletics

The Lincoln Tigers actively participate in the following sports

• Baseball
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• Boy's Basketball
  Basketball
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• Girl's Basketball
  Basketball
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• Cheerleading
  Cheerleading
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• Cross Country
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• Football
  American football
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• Boy's Golf
  Golf
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• Girls's Golf
  Golf
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• Gymnastics
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• Soccer
• Swimming
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• Tennis
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• Track and Field
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• Volleyball
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Extra Curricular Activities

• Band
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• Jazz Band
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• Wind Ensemble
• Concert Choir
• Chamber Choir
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• Yearbook
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• JROTC
• Drama Club
• Debate
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