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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. Students 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!, Choir, Film, Student Government, Japanese, Music Ensemble 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. For the past couple of years, 8th graders have worked with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission to clean up the banks of the Passaic River in the Ironbound section of Newark. 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.  SportsLink offers opportunities to its scholar-athletes to engage in organized sports, including girls' and boys' basketball, girls' volleyball, flag football, cheerleading, lacrosse and fencing, all designed to build teamwork and develop good sportsmanship. After School Instrumental Music Program Link offers small group instrumental lessons to students each week. Students learn fundamental skills as well as basic reading and music theory. The orchestra meets bi-monthly and work towards a final performance in the spring. Instruments studied include the violin, cello, guitar, keyboard, clarinet, trumpet, flute, and saxophone. Currently, instructors include graduates of The Julliard School, Yale University and other notable institutions as well as other professional musicians. |
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