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Students learned about Negro League Baseball and Yogi Berra during their virtual field trip to the Yogi Berra Museum in Montclair this past week.  They discovered that the Negro League was formed due to the racism inherent in Major League Baseball, and how that began to change, although slowly, with the hiring of Jackie Robinson […]

Dean of Students Da’Cheray Thomas-Ruth hosted an on-line cooking class for parents and students recently. She taught them how to make one for her favorite dishes – Curried Chicken Alfredo. Judging by the photos, the lesson was a success…a new recipe for families to enjoy!

Dr. Ken Kunz, ELA consultant working with Link, secured a large number of young adult books from Book Smiles, a non-profit organization that puts books into the hands of youngsters. Kathy McCue also facilitated the donation of books to Link on the same day through her company, AKJ Education. The generosity of the book donors […]

Link’s teachers and staff have been working hard for the past two+ weeks to get ready for the start of the new school year. They have been busy refreshing themselves on the platforms and practices they used successfully in the spring and summer for remote learning – improving upon them  and discovering  even more ways […]

Link will open the 2020-2021 school year on Tuesday, September 8. The LCCS Board of Trustees voted in August to make the change from the original date of September 2 to give staff additional time to plan for the opening. The plan currently is to open both virtual/remote learning and in-school hybrid learning (2 days […]

During Link’s Summer Academy, students created music in a virtual format known as DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).They produced audio tracks using digital content and virtual instruments. Soundscapes and digital compositions reflected on personal themes and current social events. Students showed tremendous development over the course of just four weeks. Listen to examples of  our talented […]

Congratulations to Mrs. Johnson’s 2020 Summer Performing Arts Class on the video they produced during the month of July – “It’s Not OK to Cyberbully.” Students created their own scenes and monologues, collaborated on scenes, and learned the art of self-taping, under Mrs. Johnson’s guidance. This video is the culimnating product of their four week […]

On June 18th, seventy Link scholars graduated from 8th grade and joined the cadre of over 3000 other Link alumni from the school’s previous 48 graduating classes. While we could not celebrate together in a traditional ceremony due to the COVID-19 crisis, we gathered in spirit through a virtual graduation ceremony, a pre-recorded graduation ceremony. […]

You are invited to visit the annual June Art Show, featuring art created by Link students throughout the school year in Mrs. Howard’s class. Since we couldn’t have the show in the building this year,  Mrs. Howard produced a lovely virtual art show to celebrate the work of our talented scholars. Sit back and enjoy our […]