BJSHS Sophomore Maya VanSickle and her Links partner, senior George Killian, share a laugh while they work with Halloween decorations.
BJSHS Senior Grace Danielak, left, listens to her peer, BES fourth-grader Hailie Maka, during their regular Links session.
BEAVERTON
You could call them mentors. You could call them buddies. Participants in Beaverton Schools’ new Links program are equal parts confidant, listening ear and older sibling. But they’re one hundred percent friend. And though it’s early in the program’s rollout, it’s already obvious that Links is a formula where everybody wins.
“Links is a peer-to-peer support program that has our typical-deve…
