The new Link Crew leaders for the next school year were revealed on Apr. 3 at the Rally Court during lunch. Link Crew is an organization at Arcadia High School where juniors and seniors, known as Link Leaders, help welcome and mentor incoming freshmen as students transition from middle school to high school to ultimately help them feel more comfortable in their new school environment.
The Rally Court was adorned with two posters that displayed the words “Congrats Link Crew 2025-2026” and “Link Crew Reveal Day 25-26” with blue and white balloons to create a party-like atmosphere for the reveal.
“Being in Link Crew has been so much fun, and I’m super excited for the incoming Link Crew leaders because it looks like a great batch of leaders, and I hope they have as much fun as I did!” said senior Maila Paraiso-Carrasco, who will be graduating and departing from Link Crew this year.
Numerous students from all grades gathered close to the stage where Link Leader Naveen Imran announced the returning and new members of Link Crew.
Firstly, the leaders who were returning for the following school year included Treasurer Heather Lam, Secretary Issy Tran, Commissioner Maegan Cericos, and President Evan Hua. The list continued with the rest of the Link Leaders including Maegan Cericos, Izabella Chan, Avery Gu, Collin Hang, Hazel Jung,Aiden Khun, Zachary Lam, Malia Leba, Abby Parker, Evan Qiao, Jacob Stemwell, Sky Treetas, Lea Wang, Terrence Wu, Melinda Yu. All together, these returning leaders will continue to bring the responsibility and leadership needed to the upcoming school year.
The incoming new leaders included Gabriel Aldaco, Zayne Bannoura. , Sebastian Chen, Dakota Dang, Emma Ding, Brooklynn Eskridge, Noa Etuati-Edwards, and finally, Jerry Guo, Sachi Gupta, Nicholas Hernandez, Chloe Kai, Tyler Kim, Eden Lee, Joseph Lee, Kaeden De Leon, Estella Lim, Mark Ma, Tyler Nguyen, Alanis Portocarrero,Aiden Punm, Riley Regis, Joshua Rizk, Carolina Santo, Evan Skinner, Naimah Smith, Stella Wang, and finally Jason Xu.
“As I approached the rally court and they started calling people up people’s names, I was nervous and excited at the same time. When I didn’t hear my name get called for a while, I went to my friend and told him that I didn’t think I got in. But suddenly, he said that he heard my name get called and it was such an unreal feeling to know that all of my hard work paid off and I can finally participate in Link Crew,” said junior Jerry Guo.
Congratulations to the new and returning Link Leaders who have been selected to participate in Link Crew for the next school year.
