Connect Charter Family Weekly Update

School Council Communications for  Weekly Principal Update

Save the Date: The topic of our parent learning session during the March 12 Movie Night follows:  

Presenter: Samantha Woods, Founder, Kaizen Education Services

Title: From Chaos to Clarity: Empowering Our Children With Executive Functioning Skills

We all rely on our executive functions in our daily lives, from planning out our day, remembering to pack our lunch, or mapping out our next road trip. Unfortunately, adults often take these learned skills for granted, assuming that our children will “naturally learn” how to organize, stay on task, focus, and attend to a boring task while effectively preparing for the week ahead. 

Weaker executive skills can be the root cause of stress, anxiety, shame, and frustration both at home and at school. Youngsters with weak executive skills often exhibit disorganization, forgetfulness, difficulty initiating tasks, challenges with emotional regulation, and a tendency to be easily distracted. For a child with ADHD, the development of these skills is significantly delayed, creating a noticeable gap in social, academic and emotional maturity compared to their peers.  The promising news is that these skills are both teachable and learnable! With patience, practice, persistence, and most importantly, positivity, adults can foster the development of these executive functioning skills in their children and students.

Join Samantha Woods, a former teacher, seasoned executive brain functioning coach, and founder of Kaizen Education Services, as well as a parent to two young men, to learn more about the brain’s self-management system and how parents can help their children practice and develop these essential skills for learning and life.

You will learn:

• What skills are included in executive functioning?
• Some key insights from neuroscience include where executive functions reside in the brain and how they develop.
• Why do all children, but especially students diagnosed with ADHD, need an abundance of support in developing these skills?
• Learn simple, practical parent-coaching tips that can support the development of executive functioning in children (and adults!) of all ages. No diagnosis required!

Fun Lunch Reminders

As the new school year starts, so do all the field trips and overnights.  Please remember to cancel your students lunch five days in advance of these events (including Thrive days) as we are unable to hold class orders in our fridge.  We also do not hold uncollected lunches over long weekends.

Volunteers Wanted!!

Do you want to get involved with the school? Have just a little bit of time to share or A LOT of time to share? Interested in only one or two things or EVERYTHING?  No matter what your jam is, our school council is excited to have you come out and be a part of our volunteer community! 

Get started by completing our volunteer form and we will be in touch as volunteers are required for specific roles, committees and tasks!  It’s a great time to get involved! CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED! 

Bottles to Recycle?

Did you know that you can donate your bottle recycling to Connect Charter School through Skip the Depot and they will even pick them up!!  You can find out more on the Skip the Depot website.

When they pick up don’t forget to label your bag with our Connect School Code:  XZ8L

Click HERE or use the QR code to get started!

As always, if you have any questions please contact our school council at [email protected].

Have a great week!