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Twelve Link students accompanied twelve students from Pingry School in Martinsville, NJ to Newark Science and Sustainability, Inc., an urban garden a residential neighborhood in the city of Newark.  These 24 scholars have been partnering together in our joint “Peer-To-Peer Pingry and Link Program,” in which the students have been meeting via Zoom regularly since […]

What an exciting day!  Students and staff dressed in costumes they devised to represent a vocabulary word…and how clever the costumes were!  Our smallest scholars paraded through the building showing off their costumes to the older students.  Later in the day, everyone participated in a school-wide parade on the street in front of the school […]

Link observed Red Ribbon Week® 2022, with this year’s theme is “Celebrate Life. Live Drug Free.” Students engaged in activities that promote a drug free and healthy lifestyle. Students in grades 5 through 8 created bulletin boards using the drug-free theme.  Kindergarten and first graders tied red ribbons around the outside of the school building […]

Scholars and staff dressed in pink and donated $661 to the American Cancer Society on October 21st in observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This annual event at Link is one of the ways that students are learning to “give back” to their community, the country, the world.

Sister Alice Uhl and Sister Eleanor Uhl are volunteering at Link – working with our Kindergarten and 1st grade scholars on a weekly basis. They have been reading books with students and talking about the books with them as well as helping with writing activities and practice work. They are members of the Sisters of […]

Kudos to Linkers – students, staff, and families – who joined in the October 16th Newark Breast Cancer Walk – Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Thank you for giving back to the community and for the Core Value of Caring!

Link is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage this month. Each day during morning announcements, students are learning about famous Hispanic Americans and their contributions and achievements and well as a number of heritage related facts. Middle school students were treated to a demonstration and lesson in Latin Salsa Dancing by performers from the Newark School of […]

Link opened its doors to students on Tuesday, September 6th for the new school year! They seemed eager and excited to meet their teachers and their fellow classmates. The first week of school was spent in reacclimating students to school – reviewing school culture and procedures. And settling in! Link is looking forward to a […]

Link Community Charter School is proud to announce that the Class of 2022 received over $6 million in academic scholarships and financial aid for competitive high schools for the fall of 2022. Here is a list of the schools where Link Scholars received acceptances this year: Cate School, CA Church Farm School, PA Deerfield Academy, […]

Linkers enjoyed the llama, donkey, bunnies, goats, and other furry friends brought to the school by the Mountainside Traveling Petting Zoo.  What a fun and relaxing experience for our scholars and staff, especially after several weeks of testing! This event was a reward to show our scholars how much we appreciate all their hard work […]