| Link: Welcome to Connect Charter School | Giving back will result in positive changes at local organizations, bettering the community as a whole |
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| Nurturing thriving classrooms and other learning environments where teachers are informed by research and where students and teachers explore and develop deep understanding as active researchers | Student academic ability or achievement do not determine whether a student is offered a spot in the school — it is based solely on their place on the waiting list |
Recognizing a need for enhanced learning options, Alberta Education legally established charter schools in 1994, making Alberta the first Canadian province to move forward on this exciting path.
| Providing environmental, outdoor and global education learning opportunities for students to experience and appreciate the world outside of the classroom and to develop social, leadership and stewardship skills | We keep 100 names on the waiting list for grades 5 to 9 because we occasionally have students withdraw from the school and so we need to fill those spots |
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| School Connect is a nonprofit organization that helps children reach their full potential by building relationships between the community and schools | When siblings from multiple families are on the waiting list for a particular grade they are ordered based on the date the family first contacted the school |
The demand to get into the school exceeds the capacity we have in the building to place students in classrooms.
| At its core, an inquiry-based way of teaching provides for a more authentic way of learning, it is rigorous, it demands the involvement of outside expertise, normally technology plays a role in how information is gathered or how students demonstrate their learning, and it is far more collaborative than a traditional way of teaching and learning | Recognizing a need for enhanced learning options, Alberta Education legally established charter schools in 1994, making Alberta the first Canadian province to move forward on this exciting path |
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| We have an enrichment fee that provides for the many field trips excluding one of the overnight trips , a laptop or iPad for each student, resources for special events and guests to the school and more | While we end the year at the same time as most other public schools, we operate on a modified calendar |
Our students and teachers return in mid-August in order to allow for a number of non-student Professional Development days through the year as well as some extended holidays including a week off in October.