The Link School’s mission is to provide a nurturing and empowering learning environment where students thrive and gain confidence. Our team is committed to providing education that meets students at their readiness level. Fostering lifelong interests and passion for learning. Through innovative instructional approaches and personalized learning, The Link School cultivates a community of engaged learners who are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and resilience to succeed.
Rebecca Sartain was a homeschooling mom to four children for 15 years. The need for this school arose from her autistic son’s needs not being met by public school or a boxed homeschooling curriculum. Through reaching her special needs son in different ways and sharing that knowledge with other families in similar situations, she realized an alternative was needed. The Link School was created with the help of another educator, Lori Kennedy, who helped Rebecca’s son thrive and grow. Rebecca earned a BBA in Marketing. She returned to school when The Link School became a reality for a Master of Science in Education with an emphasis on curriculum, instruction, and assessment in 2014. She completed a post graduate certificate in Criminal Justice-Behavior Analysis in 2018 and passed the Board Certification Exam in 2021 to become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She stated her own ABA company to serve Link School students called Buckeye Behavioral Associates in 2023.
The Link School Opened it’s doors for the first time!
The Link School was founded by a mom, Rebecca Sartain, looking for the right learning environment for her special needs son. She knew from the beginning that the school would have small class sizes (no more than six students per class) and focus on social and life skills as well as academics. The Link School had become one of only a handful of special needs schools in the state of Georgia.
ABA therapy was formally added to daily curriculum in order to focus on implementing targets and behavior modifications for our students.
Link School celebrated its first high school graduate!
Chickens named by the students, quickly became treasured school pets. The students help feed and care for the chickens as a part of their daily chores. They built the first and second chicken coops, learning measuring, cutting, joining and leveling skills. They also learn how to cook those farm fresh eggs in their life skills class.
In June 2023, the founder and principal of The Link School opened her own ABA company to service students at The Link School. We have three RBT’s and two BCBA’s to help support our students and teachers and hope to add more very soon.
The Link School currently has eight teachers and four support staff employees. We serve 28 students, which is our maximum capacity.
The Link School Foundation has been created in order to serve the special needs community. We hope to provide additional resources for our students such as a facility with a vocational wing, lunch room, kitchen and laundry areas for life skills. We also hope to add adult education resources and to add other school locations to better serve our community.
404.558.9809
thelinkschool@yahoo.com
3891 Nance Road
Acworth, GA 30101
