Link Crew is a nationwide peer mentoring program that helps students transition from their 8th-grade year to their freshman year of high school, beginning with freshman orientation in August. At freshman orientation, each incoming freshman is automatically placed in a “Crew” of ten students with two upperclassmen “Link Leaders.” These “Link Crews” spend the day together at freshman orientation and then meet periodically throughout the year for social and academic follow-ups. Von Steuben's Link Crew began recruiting its first cohort of leaders in the spring of 2018 and has continued to grow ever since!