Link Crew

Libertyville High School is excited to announce meaningful changes to the way we approach the transition of our incoming
freshman students into high school. An evaluation of the current freshman transition model revealed several areas for im-
provement in terms of meeting the needs of our incoming students.  As a result, the Skills for Success and Computer Skills
programs that currently facilitate the freshman transition will be replaced with a new program called Link Crew.   
 
Link Crew offers our incoming students a host of benefits that have not been available previously.  Libertyville High
School’s Link Crew Program is a yearlong freshman transition program that pairs incoming freshman students with hand-
selected junior and senior Link Crew Leaders in a 5/1 ratio.  Incoming freshman students will be introduced to their Link
Crew Leaders during Freshman Orientation on August 9th and will continue to meet with their Link Crew Leaders twice
each week during half of their lunch period for the remainder of the school year. During these meetings a variety of timely
topics will be addressed by Link Crew Leaders in an effort to ease the transition to high school as well as maximize the op-
portunities available to students at LHS.  Topics addressed in the Link Crew curriculum range from social and emotional
topics such as “How to Approach the Freshman Dance” to academic topics such as “How to Thrive During Finals”.  Many
other important topics will also be covered such as internet safety and information literacy.   The Link Crew approach is
based on sound principles of learning and delivers messages in an active and social manner that students embrace.  For more
information on Link Crew, we invite you to visit the Link Crew website at http://www.boomerangproject.com/link .