Link Community School, Newark, NJ -- Student Life

Link Community School
120 Livingston Street
Newark, NJ 07103
Tel 973-642-0529
Fax 973-642-1978
admission@linkschool.org
development@linkschool.org

Student Life

Link's student life activities are designed to help students achieve the intellectual, social, moral and academic foundation necessary for the student's overall development.

Link's core values-based education and student life activities inspire students at a very critical stage in their lives to choose their own positive path to personal, social and moral values, as well as become aware of ways to further develop and deepen themselves as future citizens and leaders of the world.

Advisory System
With an 8:1 student-to-faculty advisor ratio and regular opportunities for individual follow-up, the Advisory System provides faculty mentorship for every student, whereby students check in daily with advisors regarding homework and meet weekly with advisors individually to discuss personal issues and school work and in small groups to engage in activities that explore values and character development. The advisory system also provides a regular system of communication between parent and advisor.

Electives
Through a comprehensive and varied electives program, Link students are discovering new areas of interest. Elective courses expose students to a variety of activities and interests outside the curriculum, including African Dance, Yearbook, Newspaper, Poetry Slam!, Advanced Piano, Choir, Film, Student Government, Ambassadors Club, Junior Police Academy, and Karate. These classes are taught by a combination of Link faculty and outside instructors who specialize in the topic being presented.

Community Service
Link's community service is designed to enhance students' character development, and to further Link's mission of providing opportunities for students to "give back to others." By performing community service, students develop vital character, grow in social responsibility, and gain leadership skills. Community service, a graduation requirement, is performed by all Link students. Each 8th grade community/homeroom designs and participates in a one-time service project. Each 7th grader participates in an 8-week project by reading and sharing stories with 3- and 4-year-olds in NCC's Community Hills Early Learning Center in Newark. In addition, students and their families participate in student-organized projects such as canned food drives for Thanksgiving and coat/sweater drives during the winter. It is Link's hope that community service activities, required over the course of two years at Link, engender in our students an enduring propensity to give back to others.

Sports
Link offers opportunities to its scholar-athletes to engage in organized sports, including girls' and boys' basketball, girls' volleyball, co-ed soccer, cheerleading, lacrosse and fencing, all designed to build teamwork and develop good sportsmanship.