LINK Leaders Summer
Explore, learn, & grow.
7th-12th Grade
9:30am-3:45pm Monday-Thursday
9:30am-4pm on Friday field trip days
LINK Leaders Summer will run for six weeks from Monday, June 30 through Friday, August 8. We will be closed Friday, July 4th for Independence Day.
Monday-Thursday we will be onsite at Village Learning Place, participating in our updated curriculum focusing on career and college planning, financial education, entrepreneurship, service learning, enrichments, and movement time outdoors. Wednesday afternoon will be dedicated to off-site trips to various workplaces to learn more about jobs and career pathways. Fridays will be reserved for full-day field trips. Please note our slightly earlier start time this year. We will begin each day at 9:30am.
Enrichment, exploration, and fun.
Enrichments
Typically including a mix of art, STEM activities, cooking, athletics/dance/yoga, music or podcast production, graphic arts, photography, and more. We use student feedback to determine which enrichment partners to schedule each summer.
Field Trips
Varying from a day at the beach, to college visits, museum tours, to students challenging themselves to climb a rock wall or kayak around Fort McHenry, to learning something new about Baltimore and its history.
Opportunities to earn while you learn
- Teens who will be 14 years old by July 4 may apply to
YouthWorks (oedworks.com) and be paid a stipend through the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) to attend our programming.
You must apply to Youthworks by the application deadline to be accepted into that program.
The deadline this year is April 14. If your student needs assistance with their Youthworks application please
join us at the library during our Tech Help hours.
- All enrolled students will participate in a group service-learning project that can yield up to 25 hours of service hours towards the high school graduation requirement.
- Interested teens are invited to sell concessions to families at our summer Family Fun Night, which will be held on Thursday, July 24.
- Our entrepreneurship curriculum often culminates with a judged competition with prizes awarded to top finishers.
- Students not earning a stipend through Youthworks may get a smaller stipend for participating in career and college programming.
- Additionally, our college and career curriculum will help motivated students find work outside of summer hours.
How to Enroll:
A link to our online application will be emailed to returning families on Monday, March 3, 2025 at 12pm. Families whose students have previously been enrolled in our programming will have a jump start on pre-registering for Summer 2025.
Pre-registration opens for new students opens March 10th. Pre-registration holds your spot in line while we process the first round of applicants. If a spot is available for your student, you will receive an email with a link to our online application.
We will close pre-registration when our roster and waitlist are full.
To finalize enrollment, all families must submit a completed application and plan to attend a mandatory family orientation in the VLP library. Family orientation is required for all enrolled students, including those enrolled in Youthworks.
Orientation dates are below.
Tuesday, June 3rd @ 6pm
Thursday, June 5th @ 4pm
Note: A parent/caregiver or an emergency contact (18 years or older) MUST attend the mandatory LINK Leaders family orientation. Students who will receive a Youthworks stipend are also expected to attend the family orientation. Failure to attend will result in a loss of the roster spot and (potentially) the loss of a Youthworks placement.
The Village Learning Place (VLP) prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program.