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

Calendar for the 2008-2009 School Year

The school calendar has been prepared with care and good intent; but please check back periodically as dates may change and new dates will most likely be added. Major holidays and vacations are set and should not change.

Students will bring home a monthly calendar on the first day of every month. That calendar will be considered the official one.

Note: Dismissal on Wednesdays will be at 12:45 pm unless otherwise announced.

August 31 Tuition payment due
 
September 3 School opens for 7th Grade only, half day (8 am - noon). No lunch served.
  4 School opens for 8th Grade only, half day (8 am - noon). No lunch served.
  5 Half day for 7th and 8th Grade, half day (8 am - noon). No lunch served.
  11 1st Quarter Electives begin
  14 Mandatory Pot Luck Supper and Candy Drive Kick Off, gym, 3 pm - 5 pm
  18 Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  25 Novartis Community Partnership Day
  26 Professional Development Day, no school for students
  29 Founder's Day Celebration, 3:30 pm, gym
 
October 1 Tuition payment due
  2 High School Night, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
  9 Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  13 Columbus Day, no school
  15 Mandatory Back to School Night, 5 - 7 pm, gym
  16 1st Quarter Progress Reports mailed home
  22, 23, 24 Outdoor Education Overnight Trip with Project U.S.E., all 8th Grade students
  27 Picture Day
  28 7th Grade Quarterly Exams, 12:45 pm dismissal for 7th Grade only
  29 7th Grade Quarterly Exams, 12:45 pm dismissal for 7th Grade only
Link Family Pumpkin Carving Night, 6 - 8 pm, gym
  30 1st Quarter Electives end
  31 End of 1st Quarter
 
November 1 Tuition payment due
  6 1st Quarter Electives Assembly, 2:30 pm
Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  11 Mandatory Report Card Night, 4-6 pm
  12 Early Dismissal, 12:45 pm, all students
A Taste of Newark 2008, 5:30 pm, NJPAC
  13 Professional Development Day, no school
  19 Open House, 6 pm
  20 2nd Quarter Electives Begin
  24 End of Candy Drive
  26-28 Thanksgiving Recess, no school
 
December 1 Tuition payment due
  4 Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  11 Progress Reports mailed home
  12 Holiday Celebration, 6 - 8 pm, gym
  21 Winter Vacation begins, no school
 
January 3 Tuition payment due
  5 Professional Development Day, no school
  6 School reopens
  8 Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  9 Alumni Ice Cream and Movie Night, 6 pm
  16 2nd Quarter ends
  19 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, no school
  20-21 7th Grade Quarterly Exams and 8th Grade Mid-term Exams, early dismissal 12:45 pm
  21 Open House, 6 pm
  22 2nd Quarter Electives end
  27 Alumni-Student Basketball Game, 6 pm, gym
  29 2nd Quarter Electives Assembly
  30 Homecoming Dance, 6 - 10 pm, gym
 
February 1 Tuition payment due
  4 Mandatory Report Card Night, 4-6 pm
  5 3rd Quarter Electives begin
Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  13-16 Presidents' Weekend, no school
  26 Progress Reports mailed home
  27 Black History Month/Grandparents' Day Celebration, 6-8 pm
 
March 3 Final tuition payment due
  4 Open House, 6 pm
  5 Summer Opportunities Fair, all students, 1 pm
Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  13 Professional Development Day, no school
  23 3rd quarter ends
  24-26 7th Grade Quarterly Exams, early dismissal, 12:45 pm, 7th Grade only
  26 3rd Quarter Electives end
 
April 2 3rd Quarter Electives Assembly, 2:30 pm
Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  7-8 Terra Nova Testing, early dismissal, 12:45 pm, all school
  8 Mandatory Report Card Night, 4-6 pm
  9 Link Field Day, all school, details tba
  10-19 Spring Break, no school
  20 School reopens
  21 Open House, 6 pm
  23 4th Quarter Electives begin
  30 Progress Reports mailed home
 
May 2-3 Alumni Project USE Overnight Trip, details tba
  7 Link Parent Association Meeting, 6-8 pm
  15 Professional Development Day, no school
Celebratory Dinner for the Link Classes of 2001 and 2005, 6 pm, gym
  24 Memorial Day, no school
  28 4th Quarter Electives end
  28-29 8th Grade Final Exams, early dismissal, 8th Grade only, 12:45 pm
  29 4th Quarter ends
 
June 1 8th Grade Make Up Exams
  2 7th Grade Quarterly Exams, early dismissal, 12:45 pm
8th Grade Class Trip, details tba
  3 7th Grade Quarterly Exams, early dismissal, 12:45 pm
8th Grade Ring and Awards Ceremony, 6 - 8 pm
  4 7th Grade Make Up Exams
8th Grade Dance, 6 - 10 pm, gym
  5 Graduation, Emmanuel Church of Christ, 6 pm, no school
  6 Fifth Annual Link Family BBQ, details tba
  8 7th grade, last day of school, Awards Ceremony, 11 am
  12 Last day for teachers
  26 Report cards mailed home