Spaces still available for the 2025-2026 School Year in Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 5th grade.
Over 60 families enjoyed this year’s Family Math Night, which was full of student-created stations and run by our scholars. The wall of the gym was plastered with posters of math problems written by our scholars and the stations were full of creativity and run by our energetic 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade scholars. Stations included opportunities for families to compete in Family Feud style, play a spirited math bingo game, try to be the speediest at math facts, and so much more!
5th graders gathered together for lunch in the cafeteria for NO ONE EATS ALONE DAY, a national event which encourages inclusiveness and kindness. Students were seated (with Plexiglas between them, for Covid safety reasons) with others whom they normally don’t have the chance hang out with at school. Ice breakers and games helped them to get to know one another better. Judging by the happy sounds in the cafeteria, students enjoyed this time of socialization.
Link is partnering with the City of Newark, Department of Health and Community Wellness, to hold a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Friday, March 25, from 1:30 – 5 pm at the school. Link families have received pre-registration forms (via child’s backpack and email) and are asked to have their children return them to the school prior to the 25th. Community members are also welcome to come to the school, at 23 Pennsylvania Avenue to receive the vaccine.
All families must complete the Vaccination Screening Consent Form and return it to the school. All scholars ages 5 to 11 must have parental supervision. Scholars ages 12-17 do not need parental supervision, but the back of the consent form must be signed. Once completed, please return the form to the Main Office. This will serve as your registration. You can send the form with your child when s/he comes to school tomorrow morning or email a scan of the form to us at link@linkschool.org. Here are the forms:
For information about the vaccine, please visit the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-10 Vaccine EUA Fact Sheet (fda.gov) website.
PROJECT LIT MEETS YOUNG ADULT NOVELIST ONLINE
Students in Link’s Project Lit Book Club meet Jessica Kim, author of Stand Up, Yumi Chung, a novel about a young Asian American girl trying to find her way in life, that the book club has been reading this month. Ms. Kim, an elementary school teacher turned author, shared her journey as a writer, including how she started, the importance of finding a “writing community” for feedback and encouragement, and her successes and failures. Students really enjoyed the book and asked Mrs. Kim many questions about it. Thank you Mrs. Kim for sharing so wonderfully with our young scholars!
Seventh Grade Scholars in the Girl’s Mentoring Program visited virtually with Katrina Adams this past Friday. Ms. Adams is a professional tennis player, former CEO and President of the United States Tennis Association, and author of the book, Own the Arena. She was the first black woman, and youngest person ever, to hold the top leadership position at the USTA. The girls enjoyed learning about the importance of setting goals, expressing gratitude to those who mentor us, and how to embody a confident attitude to own “arenas” in our lives. Thank you, Ms. Adams, for sharing your wisdom and insight with Link scholars!
Linkers spent the month of February focusing on Black History in several ways. Each morning students learned about the achievements of a number of African Americans throughout history during morning announcements. Students in grades 5 through 8 researched, planned, and created bulletin boards commemorating significant times or people in Black History in the U.S. and then each team prepared a presentation for Morning Circle on their event or person. See some of their bulletin boards below.
Kindergartners too learned about famous African Americans, including Dr. Mae Jemison, Elijah McCoy, Madame C.J. Walker, and many more.
The month culminated in the annual Black History Month program. This years’s program was fabulous radio show, “Let Freedom Rain,” written and produced by Mrs. Johnson, performing arts teaching artist at Link and featuring Link scholars and staff. The program included art by Mrs. Howard, Link’s fine arts teacher, as well as student art, and music by the Link Choir, directed by Ms. Santiago, music teaching artist. Click here and use the passcode Lfr07114! to view this amazing program!
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BULLETIN BOARDS
