What is Link Crew?

Link Crew is a high school transition program that welcomes freshmen (grade 9s) and makes them feel comfortable throughout the first year of their high school experience. Built on the belief that students can help students succeed, Link Crew trains members of the grade 11 and grade 12  classes to be Link Leaders. As positive role models, Link Leaders are motivators, leaders and teachers who guide the freshmen to discover what it takes to be successful during the transition to high school and help facilitate freshman success.

More and more studies show that if students have a positive experience their first year in high school, their chance for success increases dramatically. The Link Crew high school transition program provides the structure for freshmen to receive support and guidance from juniors and seniors who have been through the challenges that high school poses, and understand that the transition to a larger school can sometimes be overwhelming.

Link Crew begins with a powerful orientation day that makes freshmen excited and proud to be attending their new high school and allows them to begin developing relationships and strategies that will contribute to their high school success.

After orientation, Link Crew continues, providing a variety of both Academic and Social Follow Up Activities throughout the year. Academic Follow Ups are lessons presented by trained Link Leaders during visits to freshman classes; Social Follow Ups are events organized by your Coordinator team in which the freshmen and Leaders attend fun school sponsored social events together.

Link Crew's goal is to provide schools with a structure in which students make real connections with each other. Through this program, students learn that people at school care about them and their success. Link Crew is the high school transition program that research shows will increase attendance, decrease discipline referrals and improve academic performance by our grade 9 students.

Link Crew Kickoff

All our new grade nines are required to attend our kickoff event at Yale Secondary on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:00 am.  Students will meet their new classmates, get introduced to their senior link crew leaders, participate in team building activities, take a tour of the school, and learn lots about how to transition succesfully into high school.  We look forward to seeing you!