October 3, 2025 - Update to Families
MidSun Families,
As you are aware, the Alberta Teachers’ Association has announced strike action beginning on October 6. We understand this news may create uncertainty for families and recognize that this situation impacts families in different ways. We truly appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through it together. Please know that our commitment to your children’s safety, well-being, and learning remains at the heart of everything we do.
Thank you for your ongoing support of MidSun School.
All school events have been cancelled from October 6 - October 31 including:
- Basketball and Soccer Athletics
- Fun Lunch Subway - Oct 8
- Fun Lunch - Papa Johns - Oct 22
- October School Council - Oct 28
The Healthy Hunger Orders - All parents who placed an order will have an automatic credit added to their account for future use. If needed they can contact Healthy Hunger directly for refunds - support@healthyhunger.com
Terry Fox Run Update - our MidSun Lakers raised $1000 to help keep the Marathon of Hope alive and help support cancer research.
CBE is preparing for an Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) strike beginning on Monday, Oct. 6. An email was sent on October 1 to all CBE families informing of:
All classes will be cancelled. Do not send your child to school.
Transportation will be cancelled. Do not leave your child at a bus stop.
Other information:
- All school athletics, trips and extracurricular activities will be suspended or cancelled.
- Access to D2L and Google classroom will be available for students, staff and families.
- Most childcare/daycare facilities located in CBE schools will continue to operate.
- After-hours public rentals in schools will continue.
- Fees paid at the school for activities that have been cancelled may be adjusted once the strike concludes.
- The Alberta government has made financial and learning resources available to families:
- To access funds, eligible parents must create an account online. Registration and verification can be completed online.
- Families can also access a learning resources toolkit on the government’s website.
- We value the contributions of all employees who support student success, and we respect the bargaining process.
- The most up-to-date information can also be found on the labour action page.
Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids - Lunches During School Strike or Lockout
If a school strike or lockout occurs, resulting in the closure of all or some of the schools accessing the Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids (BB4CK) School Lunch program, we are committed to continuing to provide lunches to kids who need them via a lunch-pickup model at designated sites in Calgary.
As this is an evolving situation, we will be keeping this webpage updated with further details and with the locations at which your family will be able to access BB4CK lunches. https://bb4ck.org/strike-response/
Thank you
Jody Reid Latta
K-12 Team lead
Alberta Health Services
Visit the AHS Community Education Service website to register for their free community programs. Topics include managing stress, bullying, peer-pressure, managing anxiety, grief and loss, brain science, addiction, birth control and sexuality, domestic violence
Upcoming Programs: OPEN HERE for more information
- October 6 - 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Digital Dilemma: Screens, Social Media and Gaming
- October 7 - 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Is Your Child Struggling at School? It may be time for a Psychoeducational Assessment
- October 8 - 11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Level up: Exploring the Impacts of Gaming on Adolescent Learning and Cognition
- October 15 - 11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Mental Health & Youth
- October 20 - 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Cyber Safety
- October 21 - 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: ADHD is Awesome!
- October 22 - 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Executive Functioning Essentials for Parents
- October 22 - 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Vaping: What’s Really Going On?
- October 29 - 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Stressed but Strong, Anxious but Awesome: Understanding your child’s worries through a strength-based lens
- October 30 - 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Navigating the Pressure to Perform: Benefits of Well-being Centered Identity Development for Children and Teens
Other Resources
- Distress Centre: 403-266-4357
- Health Link Alberta: 811
- Addiction Services Helpline: 1-866-332-2322
- Mental Health Helpline: 1-877-303-2642
- Family Violence Info Line: 310-1818
- Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Division: 780-482-6576
- Suicide Information and Education Services: 403-342-4966