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We are pleased to share that the Nourishing Newark Community Grants Program and the Education Department at Greater Newark Conservancy awarded a Newark Grows School Gardens Mini-Grant to Link Community Charter School. Ms. Boyle, Link’s lower house science teacher, had a vision for the school and applied for the grant, which will transform the courtyard […]

What a wonderful night for families to celebrate the upcoming season! Families circulated through the building to attend three sessions: creating a paper art winter scene; hearing Link students on their recorders and the Link Choir sing, as well as joining in a sing-a-long; and viewing a performance by students in this quarter’s Performing Arts […]

What a wonderful day of “giving back”! Students at all levels and in both buildings engaged in various activities, parents actively participated, and staff kept everything moving! We collected over 1200 canned and boxed foods that went food pantries/shelters in Newark, Irvington, Hillside, and East Orange. The team donating the most food was Team Bridges, […]

The Vocabulary Parade (grades K-6) and the Vocabulary Fashion show (grades 7 & 8) this week reflected student creativity as many came to school in costumes that represented a vocabulary word of their choice. The parade, outside in front of 23 Pennsylvania Avenue, was exciting, with students cheering their peers for their costumes!  7th and […]

Link joined in the National Red Ribbon Week, the most extensive drug abuse awareness and prevention campaign in the U.S. The week of October 23-27 was dedicated to encouraging our students to make healthy choices and live drug-free lives. On October 23rd, Upper House students were introduced to the theme in a virtual Morning Circle. […]

Twenty-eight Link 8th grade students visited Novartis in East Hanover, NJ, on October 26th for the annual Novartis Multicultural Teen Corporate Mentoring Program. Besides introducing students to the pharmaceutical industry, this one-day program provides students with “real-world, practical guidance on planning a path to academic and professional success.” Students, ours and those from many schools […]

Our first Family Write Night of the school year is in the books, and it was a lovely evening! We had a great turnout from kindergarten through grade 6 students and families who experienced fun and engaging literacy activity stations and enjoyed a delicious homemade dinner. Some of our 6th grade scholars helped with the […]

Our 5th and 6th graders had fun in the sun at Alstede’s Farm in Chester, NJ! They enjoyed picking their own bag of apples to take home, riding on the hay wagon, meandering through the maze, petting the animals, climbing hay bales, and much more.

Link’s 6th graders cleaned up Lincoln Park last week. This community service project, called “Slam Dunk the Junk,” was held in partnership with Newark Department of Pubic Works. Students filled many bags with debris and leaves. We are proud of our youngsters who took on this project with eagerness and excitement…another example of Linkers “giving […]

The Link Parent Association’s Trunk or Treat event on October 27th was a great success!  Children and their families came– in great costumes – had a wonderful time going from car trunk to car trunk to select candy and other treats. There was so much excitement in the air!