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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Link’s Kindergarten teams took walking field trips across Lincoln Park to the Mighty Writers, a non-profit that teaches young people “how to think clearly and write with clarity.” Our friends at Mighty Writers took some time teaching mindfulness and giving. Scholars read a book, drew on a chalk wall, and spent time expressing themselves.Each student […]

Students in grades 5 through 8 prepared 125 lunches that were delivered to Apostle’s House. They decorated the lunch bags and made cards to go in each bag. They also created placemats and wrote letters for veterans and seniors. We are proud of our scholars for giving back to their community!