Parent Update September 21 – September 24 – Connect Charter School

Connect Charter Family Weekly Update

September 21 - September 24

Important Updates

No School Reminder

  • Friday, September 25 No School for IPP Meetings
  • Parents with students who have an IPP will be contacted about how to set up an appointment time for Friday’s IPP meeting.

Camp Connect Programming Update

  • Fall overnight programming at Camp Connect for Grades 4, 7, 8, and 9 has been cancelled. There will be no overnight Camp Connect experience for these students this fall.
  • Teachers have adapted programming to provide alternate experiences and will communicate specific information directly with families.

Upcoming Events

  • Tuesday, September 22 — Grade 9 – Bowness Park
  • Tuesday, September 22 — Fun Lunch – Mucho Burrito
  • Wednesday, September 23 — Grade 9 – North Glenmore Park
  • Wednesday, September 23 — Grade 4 – Bowness Park
  • Thursday, September 24 — Grade 4 – Bowness Park
  • Thursday, September 24 — Fun Lunch – Via Cibo

Terry Fox Run -September 28

 Connect Charter School is proud to participate in our upcoming Terry Fox Run, a meaningful event that brings our school community together to celebrate Terry’s legacy of courage, perseverance, and hope. Students and staff will be running and walking on September 28th and will be raising funds to support cancer research while honoring the impact Terry Fox continues to have across Canada. If you would like to support our fundraising efforts, please consider making a donation here: https://schools.terryfox.ca/136408.

School Council Update

Please review the school council update below where there are many details about events, opportunities and fundraisers. 

Happy Friday Connect Families!


  • Launch of our Fall Fundraisers

  • FunLunch 

  • Save-The-Date for Movie Night and Parent Session
  • Volunteer Opportunities

NOTE: for all links, if you are using iOS you may need to copy and paste into a browser.

Fall Fundraisers

We are excited to announce that our Fall Fundraisers are officially underway, and we are accepting orders NOW! 

We have some delicious favourites available this year, including:

  • Bow Valley Meats
  • Spolumbo’s Sausages
  • Sun-Oka Orchard Fresh Apples
  • Pie Junkie Sweet & Savoury Pies

Our goal is to raise $5,000, with proceeds going toward student activities and our new playground! Every order makes a difference and helps us reach our goal.

🥩 How to order Bow Valley Meats and Spolumbo’s

  1. Visit our campaign: https://connectcharterschool.myteamfund.ca
  2. Click the orange “JOIN OUR FUNDRAISER” button.
  3. Browse the available products and place your order online

Order Deadline: Monday, September 28 at 11:00 PM
Pickup: Thursday, October 8 from 3:00–4:30 PM
Location: School Gym

🍎 How to order Sun-Oka Apples

  1.     Visit our campaign: https://fundraising.sunokafruit.com/seller_1/082674825/org-campaign/connect-charter-school-harvest-2026
  2.     Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the green “Go To Buyer Page”
  3.     In the new window that opens, click the red “Buy Now”
  4.   Browse the available products and place your order online.

Order Deadline: Tuesday, October 6 at 11:00PM

Pickup: Thursday, October 22 from 3:00–6:00 PM

Location: School Gym

🥧 How to order Pie Junkie

  1.     Complete Google order form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSci509PqtDib-jPN-uPYEmWEzwZBSzLhE6bkhe7uftRMZsgGg/viewform?usp=publish-editor
  2.     Calculate total and e-transfer your order total to [email protected]

Order Deadline: Tuesday, October 6 at 11:00PM

Pickup: Thursday, October 22 from 3:00–6:00 PM

Location: School Gym

Your purchase helps support our students and school community – we thank you in advance for your support!

 

FunLunch

 Order FunLunches via Healthy Hunger (www.healthyhunger.ca). FunLunches are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays or Fridays (depending on scheduled days off) through the school year and most lunches are already loaded, so don’t delay! 

Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

Save-the-Date for Movie Night and Parent Session

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! October 22 Connect Charter & School Council will be hosting a movie night and parent session at 6:15 pm.  As in past events you can drop your child off in the gym for a movie and head to our Learning Commons to participate in our parent session. Plan to come straight from work?  We will have food ordering options coming soon through HealthyHunger (our FunLunch platform).  

Stay tuned for more details including our guest speaker!

Volunteer Opportunities

We are looking for volunteers to help with:

Scholastic Book Fair: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AA5AC23ABFCC16-65482033-scholastic

Meat distribution:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AA5AC23ABFCC16-65950044-meat 

If you’re interested in volunteering some other time throughout the year, we’d love it if you’d take a minute to fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc25YVFPjzlKBasMnieki3LuuzRqRnUbZcKF7bGnmNR5KKFkg/viewform?usp=header

Thank You to all the parents who participated in our School Council and Parent Society meetings!

Have a GREAT weekend!

 Your Connect Charter School Council Team

Laura – School Council Chair

Megan – Vice Chair

Melissa – Treasurer

Stefanie – Secretary

Sandra – Past Chair

Tricia – Past Treasurer

Our Playground 50/50 has passed $2,000 — can we double it?

The bigger the pot gets, the bigger the prize for one lucky winner and the more we raise toward our new playground!

🎟️ $5 = 1 ticket
🎟️ $10 = 3 tickets
🎟️ $20 = 8 tickets
🎟️ $40 = 20 tickets
🎟️ $75 = 50 tickets! (EFT payment option available)

Let’s see if we can get that pot to $4,000!

Tickets are cash only, but we’ve made it easy to grab yours — just pop into the office when you’re dropping off or picking up your child during the school day. We’d love to see you!

The winning ticket will be drawn October 19 at 10:00 a.m.

To donate online directly to the project, please use the QR code below.