HOPE ACADEMY 2025-2026

HOPE ACADEMY FALL 2025 REGISTRATION OPENS JULY 15TH!

IMPORTANT LINKS

How to enroll in Hope Academy classes

Log into your existing account in our FAMILY PORTAL or, if you are new, set up an account. This is where you will enroll in classes, workshops and events. If you are applying for a scholarship, please set up an account in the FAMILY PORTAL but do not enroll in any classes. We will do that for you once the scholarship has been awarded and accepted.

Please note, a $30 per year registration fee is applied to each student, except for those who are only taking one of our FREE classes.

Family Portal - Create an Account

Family Portal - Log-In to Existing Account

Scholarships at Hope Academy

We reserve at least half of the spots in our classes and private lessons for students from low-income families and/or those who identify as Black, African American, or Indigenous.

Benefits for Scholarship Students:

Priority Placement: Scholarship students are given priority when enrolling in classes and lessons
Tuition Assistance: Financial support to cover tuition costs (on a sliding scale)
Material Resources: Additional resources to support your child's learning experience (dance clothing and shoes, instruments, extra coaching, etc)

Before Applying:

Review Scholarship Levels: Visit our Scholarship Levels page
Determine Eligibility: Identify which scholarship level your family qualifies for, HHS Poverty Guidelines for low income eligibility
Understand Benefits: Learn what benefits are available at each scholarship level
Know Your Responsibilities: Understand the responsibilities associated with receiving a scholarship at the scholarship level you are eligible for

Apply for a Scholarship

Private Music Instruction at Hope Academy

We offer private music lessons for violin, viola, and cello.

Scholarship Information:

Majority Scholarship Recipients: Most of our students receive scholarships and priority placement.
Eligibility: Scholarships are available for students from low-income families and/or those who identify as Black, African American, or Indigenous.
New violin students (ages 5-8) will be required to take the String Explorers class to determine their readiness for private lessons.

For Non-Scholarship Students:

If you are not eligible for a scholarship and are interested in paying for lessons, please fill out the Inquiry for Private Lessons form.
We will contact you about available spots in our teaching artists' studios once all scholarship and returning students have been placed.

Submit an Inquiry for Private Lessons

2025-2026 - Terms and Breaks

TERM DATES: Two 15-week terms for classes and private lessons

SAT 9/20/25 to SAT 1/24/26 Term 1
TUES 1/27/25 to SAT 5/16/26 Term 2

Recitals and performances may be scheduled after the term ends, until the end of May.

BREAKS

11/25/25 to 11/29/25 Thanksgiving Break
12/23/25 to 01/03/26 Winter Break
03/31/26 to 04/04/26 Spring Break

HOPE ACADEMY CALENDAR

LOCATION, DIRECTIONS, PARKING & public transportation

EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

116 S. Highland Ave

Pittsburgh, PA 15206

412-441-3800

The church building is open Tuesday-Friday 9 am to 8 pm; Saturday & Sunday 8 am to 4 pm. If you are coming to the church building outside of regular Hope Academy class hours, please call first to make sure someone is at the front desk to let you in.

PARKING

Parking is available behind the Carnegie Library East Liberty Branch (enter from Beatty Street) and also at the East Busway (Highland and Center Avenues)

Metered street parking is available on Penn Ave, Highland Ave and throughout Penn Circle

Download the free Go Mobile PGH app on the App Store and Google Play Store to pay for parking. You’ll receive alerts when your parking is about to expire and you can extend your time, automatically, from your phone.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Port Authority 412.442.2000

Take any of buses listed below within a block or less of East Liberty Presbyterian Church

64, 71C, 74, 74B, 77, 81B, 86, 88, 89A, 500, EBA

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