Link Crew is HERE!
What is Link Crew?
What is the LINK Crew Program?
Link Crew is a high school transition program at Marysville Getchell to welcome freshmen and make them feel comfortable throughout the first year of high school.  One of our goals at Marysville Getchell is to increase freshmen success, and the Link Crew program will help us do that. Link Crew begins with a powerful orientation day that makes freshmen excited and proud to be attending MGHS and allows them to begin developing relationships and strategies to be successful in high school.  After orientation, the Link Crew program continues, providing a variety of Follow Up activities presented by trained Link Leaders throughout the year. Through this program, students learn that people at school care about them and their success.

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Who are Link Leaders?
Link Leaders are juniors and seniors who are good role models for younger students and who have been successful at MGHS.  Link Leaders communication skills, leadership potential, responsibility and personality have helped them succeed in the high school environment.  Potential Leaders are compassionate, committed, reliable, passionate and enthusiastic people with school spirit.  Link Leaders have a tremendous influence on new students and gain valuable leadership skills while having fun in the process!

We are looking for a diverse group of caring and dedicated individuals who represent a wide variety of our student population to serve as mentors to our freshmen.
Qualities we are looking for in LINK Leaders:

  • Strong communication skills, energetic, creative problem-solver
  • Willingness to lead others, leadership potential
  • Responsible enough to manage a group
  • Accountable to all LINK attendance requirements, not over-committed
  • Willing to take risks, enthusiastic, a sense of humor
  • Interest in helping others, compassionate
  • Positive role model, in and out of school
  • Dedicated, reliable
  • Self-confident and self-directed
  • Has respect for diverse ideas and personalities, perhaps multilingual  
What will it mean to be a LINK Leader?
As a Link Leader, you will be trained to work with the incoming freshmen class.  After the extensive training, you will help run freshmen orientation before school starts in September.  At the orientation, each of you will be given a small group of freshmen to work with for the day and will be asked to assist that same group through the first week of school with any questions or challenges that may arise for them.  During the school year, you will meet again with your freshmen group to touch base, discuss problems or concerns, and help plan social activities. You can have a tremendous influence on the success of the students whom you work with, and also learn many valuable leadership skills in the process as well.  

APPLICATION PROCESS for 2019/2020 year.
Link Crew Leaders must be available to attend ALL of the dates and times as listed on the application. Answer all the the informational questions on your submission form.
AND Submit your video to mghslinkcrew@msvl.k12.wa.us, by Friday, March 29th

To complete your full application, please submit a video answering the following six questions: Why would you like to be a Link Leader?
What makes you who you are?
What “goodness” can you bring to the lives of the Freshman?
What is something nobody knows about you?
What is your favorite moment at MGHS?
Whom do you go to for advice?
​Send the video to mghslinkcrew@msvl.k12.wa.us *PLEASE ADD “LINK CREW” IN THE SUBJECT LINE
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Your acceptance into the Link Crew will be based upon the following criteria:
How you answer the questions on the application (please take this seriously)
Your level of involvement in extracurricular activities (Link Crew does require a lot of time, so some of you may be over involved already)
Teacher recommendations (we will take care of this part)
Grades (Keep in mind we are not just looking for A & B average students, but you should be passing)

and available and if selected, you be required to attend ALL the dates for the Link Crew Program at Marysville Getchell High School. Late submission, conflict in attending the required meetings will become ineligible. Letters of notification will be emailed on April 26,  2019. Good Luck!