The Link Leaders of Merritt Secondary School (MSS) had their first after school game night on October 17 to celebrate the hard work they have put in so far. 

Link leaders are Grade 11 and 12 students who are a part of an extracurricular mentoring program for the Grade 8 students. They are divided into ‘crews’ to help make the transition from elementary school to high school easier for the younger grade. Each Crew has about 4 – 6 link leaders and about a dozen Grade 8’s. 

On the first day of school, link leaders met up with their assigned freshmen to help sort out their schedules, tour the school, and introduce them to the rules of MSS. Once a month, Link Leaders meet up with their assigned Grade 8s to play games, help with work, and answer any questions they may have about high school. 

Their theme this year comes from a game titled ‘Among Us.’ On Monday, October 17, the leaders played a real-life version of the game created by their wonderful supervisors Krystal Thompson and Molly Brigden. Before they started the fun, the group had cheeseburgers and mini apple pies, donated by McDonalds. 

The link leaders were given envelopes to determine if they were a crewmate or an imposter, a concept players of the online game are very familiar with. Crewmates were given a task list containing items they needed to bring to the library. Imposters had a sheet of stickers they used to eliminate crewmates. Once the envelopes were distributed, the game commenced. 

Everyone ran off to open their envelopes in secret. Crewmates were trying frantically to find the items on their task lists while imposters were determined to catch their friends and eliminate them. It seemed that all imposters had one thing in common – cornering their friends to eliminate them first. 

They played two rounds of the game, leaving everyone sweaty and exhausted. After returning all the items and restoring each classroom to its original state, players wrote thank you cards to all the teachers and janitors to thank them for their hard work too! Overall, it was a fun night with memories made to last. We cannot wait to see what the link leaders continue to do as the year goes on!