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Student leaders describe Link Crew program that mentors more than 500 incoming freshmen
Summary
Student Link Crew leaders told the Warren Township High School District 121 board that a summer training and an Aug. 6 orientation served more than 500 incoming freshmen, with the program aiming to improve ninth-grade on-track rates, belonging and engagement.
At a Sept. 9 Committee of the Whole meeting, student leaders and district staff described Link Crew, the high school's peer-mentoring program for incoming freshmen, saying the program gave new students a positive first-day experience and lines of adult and peer support. "Hi. I'm Anya Polanski and I'm a senior here at Warren," student Anya Polanski said in introducing the team. Student presenters said the program trained upperclassmen over the summer and ran orientation activities on Aug. 6 that drew more than 500 freshmen. "So Link Crew is our freshman mentoring program," one leader told the board. District staff connected Link Crew to the…
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