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for the Week of October 29-30, 2020
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This week
Wed., Oct. 28           Early Dismissal for Students, 12:45 pm
Wed., Oct. 28           Staff Professional Development, 1:15 pm
Wed., Oct. 28           Project Lit Book Club Meeting, 4:15 pm (See detail below.)

Important Upcoming Dates
Tues., Nov. 3       Election Day. School will be session but remote for ALL students.
Wed., Nov. 4        Early Dismissal for Students, 12:45 pm
Wed., Nov. 4        Staff Professional Development, 1:15 pm
Thurs., Nov. 5       NJSEEDS Zoom Presentation for 7th Grade (See below for details.)
Fri., Nov. 6        No School for Students
Fri., Nov. 6        Staff Professional Development Day
Fri., Nov. 6        End of the First Quarter

ATTENTION ALL FAMILIES
Link will extend the current all remote and hybrid learning programs through January 22, 2021, as
approved by the Link Community Charter School Board of Trustees on October 19, 2020. If any
parents/guardians have questions about their students' enrollment in either program, please
contact Ms. Hester at khester@linkschool.org.

PROJECTLIT BOOK CLUB 2ND CHALLENGE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED!
Congratulations to Armani McDiarmed from Team Ujima, the winner of the second reading challenge on
the book the club is reading this month – Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. Don’t forget to join
the ProjectLit Book Club Meeting on Wednesday, October 28 at 4:15pm via Zoom for discussion and
activities on this month’s book. And, the book for November will be announced at this meeting. The link for the meeting
will be shared through the Google Classroom and Calendar.

ELECTION DAY SCHEDULE CHANGE
Pursuant to the Governor's Order, we cannot have any in-person instruction on Election Day because
public school buildings must be available for voting if the county requests it as a site. Therefore, on
Tuesday, November 3rd, the 5th and 7th graders who normally come to the school building must
remain home for remote learning. Classes for ALL grades will be remote on that day.

REMINDER: RETURN ACCEPTABLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FORMS
Link sent a form titled Acceptable Use of Technology to all families in a mailing with many other
documents. Please review the form with your child, both parent and child sign it, and mail it back to Link
in the stamped return envelope that was provided in the mailing. If you cannot locate it in the mailing,
download a copy from the Link website (click here), take a photo or scan it, and email it to Ms. Siebecker
at msiebecker@linkschool.org.

OPPORTUNITY FOR 7TH GRADE SCHOLARS
NJ SEEDS, a FREE, RIGOROUS, AND PRESTIGIOUS academic scholarship program will host as
information session on Zoom on November 5th from 6 to 7 P.M). This will be an opportunity for
students and families to learn more about the program that has been helping academically

motivated students from low-income families, to apply for, gain acceptance to, and earn financial aid/scholarships to the
best independent DAY and/or BOARDING schools in New Jersey and all around the country. Students must register to
participate in the Zoom meeting. Click here to register. After registering, the student will receive a confirmation email
containing information about joining the meeting. Here is the inquiry link for students who want to get started with the
application process. All students (and their parents) who are committed to their academics and to the Link Core Values,
are encouraged to attend this information session. Please contact Mr. Silver at gsilver@linkschool.org if you have any
questions.

DAILY AFFIRMATIONS
10/26- I am grateful for my life.
10/27- I am important.
10/28- A talent that I am very proud of is ________.
10/29- I can do hard things.
10/30- I don't take "L"s; I learn lessons!

                                                IN THE CLASSROOMS
5TH GRADE SCHOLARS READ ON STORIA!
Our 5th graders have access to more than 2,400 e-books through Storia, a service Link provides to our
scholars. This is a wonderful tool for students and they have so many reading books at their fingertips.
We encourage students to utilize this reading resource every day so they can have greater academic
success and build lifelong skills. Congratulations to Team Jennings (with Mr. Locklear) for reading a
total of 2,066 pages on Storia so far this school year

ONLINE WITH ELECTIVES! 7TH AND 8TH GRADE ELECTIVES
7TH and 8th grades students are enjoying their elective classes this quarter. They had a great selection, including
printmaking, comics and manga, hip-hop, yoga, canvas painting, photography, digital music production,
Hair/Beauty/Culture, knitting, Fantasy Football, and Product Design, and Cawdel’s Adventures.

Click here to see some art from students in Mrs. Howard’s Print Making Elective..

Ms. Tanella’s Knitting Class – Students are learning the basics and beginning to think about what they would like their
final product to be.

Ms. Snyder’s Little Women Book Club – Students are reading and discussing the book. Here they are viewing a clip from
one of the many versions of the movie.

CREATIVE WRITING CLASS WRITES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
7th and 8th grade Creative Writing Scholars are writing amazing essays. The prompt we recently
used was, "Keeping the Breona Taylor case in mind, what is racial injustice and how would you solve
racial injustice in the United States?" The scholars' work was great! For example, Chyna Ingram
wrote, "One way that racial injustice can be fixed is fixing the way police officers are taught during
training and making their police training longer. I think this can help because police officers should
be learning about how to not racially profile even though they should already know not to. Police academy is about 5-6
months which isn’t enough time in my opinion. Extending the academy time will allow officers to learn more about
prejudice and things like that. This would make it less likely for officers to racially profile POCs… Also, by fixing the way
immigrants are treated in the US. Immigrants are often looked at as threats and mistreated. Even though some
immigrants come to the US for a change of scenery and to escape bad conditions. And for more job opportunities. Since
a lot of immigrants are POC, this can help stop racial injustice." We’ll be sure to share more student work over time!

                                              IN AND AROUND TOWN
COVID TESTING
Click here for the Essex County COVID testing schedule and the link to make an appointment for the testing.

NEWARK FOOD BANKS AND PANTRIES
Click here for a list of food banks and pantries in Newark.

Grade 5 Award Recipients for the Week Ending October 23, 2020
          Award                        Student                  Team
Core Values Award         Jerel Brown                       Caldwell
Core Values Award         Naliyah Brown                     Veritas
Core Values Award         Messsiah Lopez                    Dominic
Core Values Award         Aden Magwood                      Jennings
Scholar of the Week       Shania Dieujuste                  Veritas
Scholar of the Week       Keith Kumahlor                    Jennings
Scholar of the Week       Nylah Gabriel                     Dominic
Scholar of the Week       Diane-Corey Enwelim               Caldwell

Grade 6 Award Recipients for the Week Ending October 23, 2020
Award                     Student                            Team
Core Values Award         Kyla Duncan                        Malala
Core Values Award         Andrea Taitt                       King
Core Values Award         Felipe Souza                       Chavez
Core Values Award         Nora Gautier                       Link
Scholar of the Week       Jasolyn Spears                     King
Scholar of the Week       Serenity Jones                     King
Scholar of the Week       Nicole Denlus                      Chavez
Scholar of the Week       Anais-Skye Clark-Avignant          Link
Scholar of the Week       Alia Toussaint                     Malala

      Grade 7 Award Recipients for the Week Ending October 9, 2020
          Award                         Student                 Team
Core Values Award         Jayla Young                        Haki
Core Values Award         Fraina Charles                     Imani
Core Values Award         Keona Edwards                      Kuumba
Core Values Award         Ayla-Karan Riley                   Staha
Scholar of the Week       Ayanna Beckett                     Haki
Scholar of the Week       Nathan Adu-Gyebi                   Imani
Scholar of the Week       Dalia Sandy                        Kuumba
Scholar of the Week       Alexis Dowell                      Staha

      Grade 8 Award Recipients for the Week Ending October 9, 2020
          Award                        Student                  Team
Core Values Award         Samuel Oshuporu                    Nia
Core Values Award         Kendra Badoo                       Paz
Core Values Award         Kalea Epitime                      Ujima
Core Values Award         Jair Byer                          Ujima
Core Values Award         Jayda Badoo                        Umoja
Scholar of the Week       Naomi Craig                        Nia
Scholar of the Week       Jayden Lindsay                     Paz
Scholar of the Week       Armani McDiarmid                   Ujima

Scholar of the Week   Nia Foote   Umoja