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Linkers shine in two Black History Month performances

By Sharon Machrone / February 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Linkers shine in two Black History Month performances

Friday, February 24th was a special day at Link.  In the morning, our Lower House students, those in Kindergarten and Grade 1, presented their amazing Black History Month Showcase for families. They recited poems, sang songs, and performed an original play by one of the teachers. Our small scholars spent much time in rehearsal with […]

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Celebrating the 100th Day of School!

By Sharon Machrone / February 16, 2023 / Comments Off on Celebrating the 100th Day of School!

Hooray! We hit the 100th Day of School!!! Linkers celebrated the day in many ways. Kindergarten and first graders cycled through a variety of stations, including making their 100th Day crowns, playing games involving 100, building with 100 Legos, making towers with 100 cups, and more! Fifth grade scholars created 100 Day tee shirts to […]

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Link receives NJDOE charter renewal and approval to expand

By Sharon Machrone / February 14, 2023 / Comments Off on Link receives NJDOE charter renewal and approval to expand

Link Community Charter School (LCCS) is pleased to announce that the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) has renewed the school’s charter through June 30, 2028. Renewal, which is required by the state every five years, is based on the school’s “academic performance, fiscal viability, and operational stability.” LCCS appreciates that the state regards Link positively […]

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Peer-to-Peer Community Service at Link

By Sharon Machrone / February 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Peer-to-Peer Community Service at Link

A group of Pingry students visited Link to work on a community service project with  Linkers.  They sorted boxes and boxes of excess books that had collected at the school over a period of years. They arranged the books by genre and other categories and then determined the distribution of the books – to Little […]

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K-1 Observe World Read Aloud Day

By Sharon Machrone / February 4, 2023 / Comments Off on K-1 Observe World Read Aloud Day

On February 1st our Kindergarten and 1st Grade celebrated World Read Aloud Day by dressing up as a favorite book character and participating in a number of special classroom activities. Classrooms were set up with stations in which students made bookmarks and crowns, wrote a story as a group, shared reading with a buddy (we […]

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Launch of Black History Month at Link

By Sharon Machrone / February 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Launch of Black History Month at Link

On February 1st, students of all grade levels attended a special virtual Morning Circle to begin Black History Month (BHM).  During the circle students learned the history of the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing, and watched a video of it being sung by the HBCU Concert Choir, consisting of members from various […]

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Lower House celebrates National School Choice Week

By Sharon Machrone / February 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Lower House celebrates National School Choice Week

During National School Choice Week, scholars in Kindergarten and Grade 1 showed their appreciation for their school – Link – during special activities including making posters and creating individual worksheets on what they love about Link. Some of the student responses on their worksheets: “I love my school because …we have fun and we learn […]

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Celebrating a Special Anniversary at Link!

By Sharon Machrone / January 18, 2023 / Comments Off on Celebrating a Special Anniversary at Link!

Congratulations to Ms. Marlene Wilson on the 30th anniversary of her employment at Link! Students and staff celebrated with her – with cake, flowers, and cards. Marlene started in the cafeteria at Link on January 3, 1973 when the school was located on Irvine Tuner Boulevard. Ever popular with students and remembered fondly by alumni, […]

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Literacy lifts young learners

By Sharon Machrone / January 3, 2023 / Comments Off on Literacy lifts young learners

To practice their reading fluency skills, a group of Link’s 7th and 8th-grade scholars had an opportunity to bring their reading skills and strategies from the upper house at Link to young readers in the lower grades. 7th graders who recently completed their study of The Lightning Thief, shared interesting Greek mythologies with the younger […]

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Fun at Family Write Night!

By Sharon Machrone / January 3, 2023 / Comments Off on Fun at Family Write Night!

Link’s first Family Write Night, for grades K, 1 and 5, was a great evening! Families were treated to a delicious dinner of baked ziti and salad and circulated through the room taking part in many literacy – reading and writing – related activities. Thanks to Mighty Writers, a Newark non-profit that promotes literacy, for […]

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