Spaces available in Kindergarten - Grade 8.
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!
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 last spring - discussing current events as well as sharing stories and insight from their respective school experiences, while building friendships and networking skills. The trip to Newark Science and Sustainability was an enriching opportunity to work together, to give back to others, and to learn about urban farming and sustainability. Students worked together to clean the urban farm (plot of land in Newark dedicated to helping grow food to feed local families). Mr. Tobias Fox, founder and managing director, spoke with the students about his journey to becoming a community activist and about how he has spread his knowledge and skills around Newark and other communities around the globe. In addition to learning about the urban farming and gardening business and skills, the students also had time outdoors to play, laugh, and learn about each other, and reflect on their community service experience.
At the same time, a group of students from Pingry visited Link to work on a project for the school, as part of their annual Rufus Gunther Day of Community Service, a day when Pingry students give back to the greater NJ community. Along with several Linkers, they sorted loads and loads of books collected over time into three categories: to give to students, to donate to other organizations, and to toss.
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 and there was a contest for the best costumes.
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 and planted red tulips to observe the week. Students took a drug-free pledge and wore red on Wednesday to reinforce the theme of the week, that everyday Americans across the country make significant contributions to their community by being the best they can be because they live drug-free! More photos will be posted on the school website this week.
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 St Dominic, Caldwell, the organization that founded Link in 1971. In the early 1980’s, Sister Alice had served as a principal at Project Link, the name of the school prior to changing to Link Community School and then Link Community Charter School. Both Sisters have remained involved in the school in various ways over the years. It is wonderful that the Sisters still feel a strong tie to the school and enjoy volunteering here. And Link loves having them involved with the school!
