Link Crew

Link Crew is a North American student leadership program. Its focus is on making select individuals from the Junior and Senior classes, known as "Link Leaders," into mentors for freshmen.

Link Crew operates in 3,705 schools in 47 U.S. states. The U.S. trained 11,424 Link Crew educators. Canada, has 1,712 trained educators spread across seven schools. Link Crew has benefited 1.8 million students.

The training process consists of team building, cooperative skill development, discussion skills, situation scenarios and other activities. After two to four days of training, leaders then get assigned six or seven freshmen. The experience exposes students to a variety of positive experiences.

The program teaches students that by working together they can be successful in a positive experience. It claims to increase academic success through the peer support. It welcomes freshmen and makes them feel comfortable throughout their first year.

Link Leaders start the school year by helping at freshman orientation. This allows the Link Leaders to get the freshman class excited and develop relationships that will contribute to their success. After orientation, Link Crew continues, providing academic and social follow-up activities throughout the year. Through this program, students learn that people at school care about them and their success.[1]