Connect Charter Family Weekly Update

Here’s all you need to know about our upcoming Movie Night & Parent Program at Connect!

Thursday, April 20
5:30pm School Opens
5:30pm-6:15pm Dinner & Snacks served (pre-ordered dinner from Panago, pre-ordered snacks and on-site snack sales)
6:15pm Movie begins in Gym (Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish); Parent Program beings in IAC (Julie Freedman Smith, details below)
7:15pm Intermission / Snack sales (10 minutes)
7:30pm Movie and Parent Program continue
8:15pm It’s a wrap!

LINKS YOU’LL NEEDRSVP: this event is FREE for Connect families

Volunteer: consider a short shift to help make this event a success
Panago Pizza Pre-Order: sign up through Fun Lunches site; find “MovieNight” under Orders list; order by April 15
Snacks Pre-Order (same page as Panago): drinks! chips! popcorn! treats! Some quantities will be available to purchase at the event. These affordable snacks are also a School Council fundraising offer.
Note, there are some drinks and deserts listed on the Panago menu – this is a bit confusing (and they are more expensive) but it’s not something we can edit. Apologies for any confusion!
Remember you can also Bring Your Own dinner, drinks, water bottle and snacks.
Parent Program – details below

Questions? Contact us!
schoolcouncil@connectcharter.ca

Connect Charter is proud to present a return to Parent Enrichment Programming! 

Regardless of whether your student is attending the movie, parents are invited to a special program and conversation with Julie Freeman Smith. We’ll talk about parenting in a post-pandemic world and pick up new ideas and tools to help with current challenges we may be facing. Julie was a Connect Charter parent,  providing her with context of our community. We’re thrilled to welcome her back in the school.

Author, Blogger, Podcast Host, and Parenting Expert, Julie Freedman Smith has been supporting parents for over 20 years. Her clients include individual families, schools and organizations supporting caring parents who want to best-help their kids. Julie believes that parenting is hard – it’s easier together, and combines research-based information, humorous anecdotes and parenting hacks resulting in audiences and clients ready to face their parenting challenges head on!

Julie’s tips and strategies have been found in the National Post, the Globe and Mail, Today’s Parent Magazine, Canadian Families Magazine, GlobalNews.ca, and CBC.ca. She frequently appears on local and provincial media and has been a guest expert on CBC Radio’s The Current. Julie has also interviewed many parenting experts from around the world and is eager to share what she has learned from those conversations.

Julie is the creator and founder of Parent – Break, an online community providing time and space for parents to get in touch with themselves and each other, to offer guidance, and to acknowledge the challenges of parenting while celebrating the successes. She’d love for you to join her www.parent-break.com/jo