Monday, May 10, 2010
Link Crew Success...Something to think about
A Change for the Better
That is the fundamental premise that makes Link Crew successful. When you connect upperclassmen with underclassmen with the structure and training to make the relationship meaningful, then students have the opportunity to focus on the important aspects of their lives.
Specifically, Link Crew helps address the three fundamental transition needs that students have: Safety, Information and Connection.
Connection
Even when students feel safe and informed, they may not successfully transition into a new school if they do not develop a sense of connection. In every transition in our lives we need to feel a sense of connection to the new situation. This is true whether we are connecting to a new job, a new child, or a new reality in our own lives.
The more connected students are to their new school, the better they will do in all the measures that are important in tracking their success: grades, test scores, attendance, and discipline. All these measures are positively affected when students are connected.
Schools try to promote this crucial component of transition by offering co-curricular activities, athletics, and special events in the hopes that kids will connect. Unlike the two other components to a successful transition, this one is left to chance. Even the most robust co-curricular programs only involve a percentage of the students.
Link Crew creates a structure that connects every incoming freshman with a caring upperclassman from their first day through the end of their freshman year.
--Link Crew, Boomerang Project
That is the fundamental premise that makes Link Crew successful. When you connect upperclassmen with underclassmen with the structure and training to make the relationship meaningful, then students have the opportunity to focus on the important aspects of their lives.
Specifically, Link Crew helps address the three fundamental transition needs that students have: Safety, Information and Connection.
Connection
Even when students feel safe and informed, they may not successfully transition into a new school if they do not develop a sense of connection. In every transition in our lives we need to feel a sense of connection to the new situation. This is true whether we are connecting to a new job, a new child, or a new reality in our own lives.
The more connected students are to their new school, the better they will do in all the measures that are important in tracking their success: grades, test scores, attendance, and discipline. All these measures are positively affected when students are connected.
Schools try to promote this crucial component of transition by offering co-curricular activities, athletics, and special events in the hopes that kids will connect. Unlike the two other components to a successful transition, this one is left to chance. Even the most robust co-curricular programs only involve a percentage of the students.
Link Crew creates a structure that connects every incoming freshman with a caring upperclassman from their first day through the end of their freshman year.
--Link Crew, Boomerang Project
First Day of School Poem
By G E Barr
A LINEAR LIFE
Every day upon awakening
Every book that's cracked
Every question that is asked
Every day
Is the first day of school
Graduation is in
The Great Beyond
Way out West
When they say you're gone
A LINEAR LIFE
Every day upon awakening
Every book that's cracked
Every question that is asked
Every day
Is the first day of school
Graduation is in
The Great Beyond
Way out West
When they say you're gone
Link Crew Interviews!!!
Tuesday May 11th we will start Link Crew Interviews promptly at 8am. Please be on time! You will receive passes in homeroom.
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