LeAp: Learning through an Expanded Arts Program
Welcome to LeAp
LeAp is a nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of public education through a hands-on, arts-based approach to teaching the academic curriculum. LeAp empowers students to reach their full potential.
This month, LeAp's student inventors and future CEOs are meeting with business professionals - app designers, web developers, industry innovators - in a series of Guest Visits as part of LeAp's Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs Program! Click here to read more about LeAp's Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs Program, funded by Blackstone Charitable Foundation.
FREE EVENT: Thursday, May 23rd at 11:30am---Join us at Union Square Park for the kick-off of the largest student exhibition in NYC Parks history! Preview the artworks and hear what students have to say on critical community issues. Speakers: NYC Chancellor Dennis Walcott, and Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey, and others. View invitation! or read about LeAp's Public Art Program!
FREE EVENT: Monday, May 6th at 7pm---come support LeAp students as they advance to the National August Wilson Competition on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre! The event is free and open to the public, and will feature special performances by celebrity Broadway actors and musicians. View the invitation here or read more about LeAp's August Wilson Program.
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Educators implement LeAp programs to bring the arts into their classrooms.
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Individual donors support LeAp's efforts to improve arts education.
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Talented teaching artists and staff contribute to LeAp's ongoing success.
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Volunteers help LeAp in the office and at performances and events.
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Partners & Supporters
Partner organizations help LeAp develop innovative programs, and supportive foundations and corporations fund critical LeAp initiatives. See who's working with LeAp to deliver high quality arts education programs.
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LeAp News & Events
LeAp STUDENTS KEEP THE VOICE OF AUGUST WILSON ALIVE IN NYC MONOLOGUE COMPETITION
February 01, 2013On March 6 2013, LeAp students participated in the citywide August Wilson Monologue Competition, a continuation of a nationwide initiative, which introduces new generations of high school students to the works of renowned playwright...
Read More »Student artist reception for LeAp's annual exhibit hosted by Citigroup
December 20, 2012Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LeAp) honored the young artists whose works are currently on display in LeAp’s 11th Annual Citigroup Student Art Exhibition on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. The exhibition featured works by New ...
Read More »LeAp’s afterschool program at P.S. 84 showcased at Lights on Afterschool
November 13, 2012LeAp’s afterschool program at P.S. 84 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn was recently showcased at “Lights on Afterschool,” an annual celebration of afterschool programs. Each October, thousands of communities across the country celebrate Lights...
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