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Linkers create art in the environment

By Sharon Machrone / July 8, 2019 / Comments Off on Linkers create art in the environment

Link students adopted and painted four catch basins (aka sewer or storm drains) in the area around the school as part of a citywide program to protect Newark’s  waterways and make it more beautiful initiated by the City of Newark Office of Sustainability, Newark Riverfront Revival, Newark Department of Public Works, and the EPA’s Urban Waterways Federal […]

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Link’s Class of ’19 earns record-breaking $6.5m in scholarships and aid for high school

By Sharon Machrone / July 5, 2019 / Comments Off on Link’s Class of ’19 earns record-breaking $6.5m in scholarships and aid for high school

Link Community Charter School is pleased to announce that the graduates in the Class of 2019 have been awarded over $6.5 million in academic scholarships and financial aid for competitive private high schools.  This amount is the largest granted in the school’s history. The graduates received acceptance into, and scholarships to attend, prestigious boarding schools […]

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Link’s Head of School honored with RFK Urban Education Award for School Leader

By Sharon Machrone / May 14, 2019 / Comments Off on Link’s Head of School honored with RFK Urban Education Award for School Leader

Link is proud to announce that Maria Pilar Paradiso, Link’s head of school, was honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Urban Education Award for School Leaders at the Schools That Can 14th Annual Forum 2019 Luncheon in Newark. The award, presented by Schools That Can (STC) in partnership with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, is […]

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Link’s musical talent shines at Jazz House Kids’ Newark Showcase

By Sharon Machrone / May 14, 2019 / Comments Off on Link’s musical talent shines at Jazz House Kids’ Newark Showcase

Link’s Choir, Percussion Elective Class, and female music ensemble, Her Voice, performed at the annual Jazz House Kids Annual Student Showcase in Newark recently. Students were directed by Ms. Lisette Santiago, teaching artist, who comes to Link through JHK.  By all accounts, the students were amazing!

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Link students perform at STC Forum

By Sharon Machrone / May 14, 2019 / Comments Off on Link students perform at STC Forum

Students from Link’s Spoken Word Troupe, under the direction of Ms. Erica Bradshaw, teaching artist, performed original pieces for the participants of the Schools That Can 2019 Forum at the Robert Treat Hotel.  The pieces focused on self-awareness and self -confidence. Students spent several months in after school sessions perfecting their performance. Kudos, scholars! Link […]

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Link students display art in Essex County Youth Art Month Exhibit

By Sharon Machrone / April 3, 2019 / Comments Off on Link students display art in Essex County Youth Art Month Exhibit

The art of six Link scholars was on exhibit during March at the Art Educators of NJ (AENJ), Essex County Youth Art Month Exhibit at the Newark Hall of Records.  Link students’ art was displayed, along with that of students from 16 other schools in the county – public, charter, and private schools. Students, accompanied […]

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Link Alumni speak to Life Skills class

By Sharon Machrone / March 19, 2019 / Comments Off on Link Alumni speak to Life Skills class

Jalen Coleman ’17, Caleb Jakes ’18, Kelsey Cruz ’18, and Tre-Elijah Williams ’18 served on a panel during Ms. Dandie’s Life Skills class (Team Veritas, grade 5) and spoke with students about coping in school, what it takes to succeed, the preparation and then transition to high school and so much more. Our young scholars […]

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Scholastic Book Fair at Link beginning March 1st

By Sharon Machrone / March 5, 2019 / Comments Off on Scholastic Book Fair at Link beginning March 1st

Encourage your child to read! Purchase books from our book fair for your child’s home collection! For parents, the Scholastic Book Fair will be open on Friday, March 1 from 5:30 – 6:30 pm and on Thursday, March 7 from 5 – 7:30 pm. Students will have time to select their own books during their […]

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Laila Little ’98 gives back to the community

By Sharon Machrone / March 5, 2019 / Comments Off on Laila Little ’98 gives back to the community

Laila Little, Class of ’98, is giving back to her community…to Link, the City of Newark and beyond. To Link, Ms. Little has brought her passionate concern for children’s health and Double Dutch jump roping to a weekly elective class. Ms. Little started jumping rope at a young age at the Boys and Girls Club in Newark […]

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Learning Never ends for Link’s performing arts teaching artist

By Sharon Machrone / March 5, 2019 / Comments Off on Learning Never ends for Link’s performing arts teaching artist

Sahirah Johnson, Link’s teaching artist in performing arts, traveled to Wroxton College in Oxfordshire, England to study recently. The residence was part of her studies to complete a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ.

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