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| 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 | |
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