2026-27 Program Overview

Link @ ACE

We have designed our Lift Program to not just help students reach the next level individually, but to learn what personally gives them lift and how, together, we can lift each other higher.

The Lift Program is available to school aged students ages 5 through 14.

The core principles of the Lift program are creativity, challenge, collaboration, choice, and context. At the beginning of each term, students set goals that challenge them in their strengths. Then they begin exploring the term topic in class and at home. As students are exposed to new ideas and cultures, are given hands-on learning opportunities, and collaborate with their peers, they discover their interests, passions, and abilities. As the term continues, students direct their learning, choose their own projects, and develop their skills. The term culminates in an in-person celebration where students demonstrate their learning through displayed projects, performances, and a personal learning portfolio.

Each 8-week long term is centered in a shared term topic. As the students dive in and immerse themselves in learning about the topic, we expand naturally into covering the other academic subjects as well. This year, the terms will be focused as follows:

First Term - Planet Earth - Celebration on October 10 at Clearfield Library Auditorium from 2:30 to 3:30

Second Term - Ancient Greece - Celebration on December 15 at Clearfield Library Auditorium from 6:30 to 7:30

Third Term - India - Celebration on February 27 with location TBD

Fourth Term - A Wrinkle in Time / Student Marketplace at Guys and Dolls Jr Concessions Stand / Celebration on May 15 with location TBD

Students are guided by their teachers and are also given the freedom to discover and explore their own interests and supported as they set goals and challenge themselves.

Alpha (ages 5-8)

2-Day Program:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:00 am – 3:00 pm

OR

1-Day Program:
Tuesday ONLY
9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Beta (ages 9-12)

2-Day Program:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Gamma (ages 12-14)

2-Day Program:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Whether one or two days, both options are project-based, multi-age, and cross-curricular. They culminate in shared celebrations at the end of each term.

This class has a strong base in all aspects of art, including theatre. MUSE students will join with ACE students in preparing to perform Guys and Dolls Jr. next Spring. They will learn through improv, storytelling, choir, sewing, music appreciation and art classes with theater and theater design classes gradually taking over more and more of their day.

Wednesdays 11:00 am – 3:30 pm
Year-Long Class

Performance Dates are April 30 and May 1, 2027 with location TBD

Class Schedule & Fees 2026-27

Lift Program (ages 5-14) - Tuesday/Thursday from 9:00 to 3:00 - $3,000 for year

Lift Program (ages 5-8) - Tuesday from 9:00 to 3:00 - $1,850 for year

Muse Program (ages 7-16) - Wednesday from 11:00 to 3:30 - $900 for year

  • Your registration is complete after filling out the registration form HERE and paying the $25 non-refundable registration fee per student. PLEASE NOTE: Registration is not complete until the $25/student registration fee has been paid.

    After applying via the registration form, you will receive an acceptance letter and invoice via email that makes it easy to pay online with credit/debit cards. A deposit, which will be applied to the last month’s tuition, is required to secure your student’s spot.

  • Deposits are required to secure a spot at Link Education League.

    $300 for the 2-day Lift Program
    $150 for the 1-day Lift Program
    $50 for the MUSE Performers Program

    Deposits are due by June 1st. If accepted after June 1st, deposits are due within a month of your acceptance or by August 1st to secure your spot.

    For families with more than 3 kids, $900 will hold all of their spots, but the full deposit amounts must be paid by August 1st.

    Deposits are applied toward the student’s final tuition payments. (Non-refundable after July 1st).

    Deposits paid after the deadline will be assessed a late charge of $50. Note: Late fees are not applied towards tuition.

    If deposits are not paid by June 1st, or within a month of your acceptance after June 1st, the student’s spot will be opened to the waitlist.

  • Prepayment of first month’s tuition and deposit is required in order to attend class. First month’s tuition is due by August 15th.

    The registration fee of $25 per student is non-refundable

    The deposit of $300 per student is non-refundable after July 1st and is applied to your final tuition payments. MUSE Performers deposits are $50 per student and follow the same rules.

    Payments are due the 1st of every month (August/September is one payment and due Aug 15th. The last payment is due April 1st). Late payments made after the 5th of each month will incur a $20 late fee.

    Should collection become necessary, the responsible party agrees to pay a collection fee of up to 40% and all legal fees of collection with or without suit, including attorney fees and court costs.

    If you decide to drop your funding or your funding ends for any reason, you will be responsible for the unpaid remainder of your tuition.

  • We have a strict no refund policy.

    We do understand that our style of teaching and encouraging thinking and individual responsibility isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. If by the end of September, your child is not happy in our program you may withdraw by notifying admin@artofcreativeexpression.org no later than September 30 of your desire to withdraw and you will not be responsible for tuition for the remainder of the school year. If you have already paid for tuition beyond September 30, a refund will be issued. If your payment was made directly by a scholarship vendor, the refund will be paid directly to the scholarship vendor as required by our contract with that vendor.

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