Hi Middle School Families,
It’s hard to believe that it is January 20. Summer is right around the corner!
Thank you all for providing the MS staff with a delicious lunch on Thursday.
We also appreciate so many of you covering lunch duty for our teachers. It was a treat for the staff to be able to eat without students. Again, thanks to all of you!
Below you will see that our 4th - 8th graders will have Check Ins Administered Jan. 24, 25, and 26 for 5 and 8.
Our 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students need to bring their laptop to school and the laptop should be charged. Students will need their laptop during check ins if they use it at school. We are going to have all grade levels administere their check ins at the same time.
Dates:
Tuesday, Jan. 24 ELA Check Ins for grades 4-8, start time 8:30
Tuesday, Jan. 24 School Improvement Team Meeting, 4:00, High School
Wednesday, Jan 25 Math Check Ins for grades 4-8, start time 8:30
Wednesday, Jan. 25 Virtual Parent Meeting, Rising 9th graders, 5:00-6:00
Thursday, Jan. 26 Science Check Ins for grades 5 and 8
Thursday, Jan. 26 100th Day of School
Tuesday, Jan 31 EC 8th Graders Transition Meeting, 6:00
Math Tutoring for 8th Graders
We are so excited to have Mr. Sweed Dalton return to the Middle School. Mr. Dalton will work with our 8th graders who need some extra support in Math. Mr. Dalton will certainly have the students working and learning.
Voyager Academy was awarded the Heart Safe School distinction on January 4th from Project ADAM and affiliate partner Duke Children’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. Voyager has been working diligently with the team at Duke Children’s and Project ADAM over the past year to design and implement CPR and AED training for teachers, coaches and staff, as well as developing emergency action plan preparedness for sudden cardiac arrest. A school with Project ADAM Heart Safe School distinction has successfully implemented a quality sudden cardiac arrest program of awareness, training, and effective emergency response in an effort to promote a safe environment for students, staff, and visitors.
To learn more about Project ADAM and Heart Safe schools, click here:
https://www.projectadam.com/Heartsafeschools
2023 -2024 Application Process is Open
The 2023-2024 application process is now open. Please remember to submit an application by the February 28, 2023 deadline for any siblings that you would like to enroll for the 2023-2024 school year. Students that are already enrolled at Voyager do not need to reapply. Information, resources, and the timeline for the application and lottery process are under the admissions tab on the website. We will be hosting a virtual information night on February 1, 2023 for all prospective families. Voyager continues to strive to reach a diverse demographic that reflects our community. Please reach out to your friends and neighbors and share information about our wonderful school community. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee will be recruiting at area preschools and community centers. Voyager also partners with the Head Start program and has already shared our school brochures and participates in their open house events.
Student Award Winners
Five 8th graders entered the Patriot's Pen essay contest in October. The Patriot’s Pen essay contest sponsored by the local VFW Post 2740 theme for 2022-2023 was "My Pledge to Our Veterans".
1st Place ($300) Sophie Chorosevic
2nd Place ($200) Jake Brennan
3rd Place ($100) Bernadine Dela Pena
Rotary 4 Way Essay contest
1st Place ($125) Bernadine Dela Pena
3rd Place ($50) Evelyn Leonard
Congratulations to our student winners on their accomplishment!
Go Vikings Go!
Yearbook Online Ordering
Yearbooks ordered before 1/2/2023 cost $30.
Yearbooks ordered after 1/2/2023 are $35.
The final deadline to order is 2/17/2023.
Please use the link below for online ordering instructions.
8th Grade Yearbook Ad Purchase a personalized yearbook ad for your 8th Grader using the following link, https://plicbooks.com/go/BVQXG5. Deadline to order 2/1/2023. Once you place an order, an email will be sent to you with further instructions on designing your ad online. Detailed directions on using the ad designer can be found here: https://bit.ly/3ypUtb4
Notifying You if Work is Incomplete
This year we are sending info to you through a Google Doc notifying you that your student is not submitting all work or that your student is not making all passing grades. Our athletes must pass 4 of 5 subjects in order to stay on the team. Please continue to check PowerSchool as we are in the third nine weeks.
The 22-23 Voyager Parent Activities calendar lists all programs and activities so all families have access to the events and programs offered on campus. The calendar is posted on the school website.
To subscribe to 22-23 VA Parent Calendar
View 22-23 VA Parent Calendar on Voyager Website under the Calendar tab
Select the plus sign at the bottom right of the calendar to add to your Google calendar
This will open your Google calendar
Select other calendars, add calendar
Select subscribe to calendar
Once subscribed, Voyager events will populate on your Google calendar
The Titan Family Portal and LINQ Online Ordering system work together like a checking/ debit card account. All student lunch accounts must be preloaded with funds for ordering. Parents then order lunches for students based on the funds availability in their Titan account. Families who have a negative balance on the account will no longer be permitted to order lunch online. Please be sure to send your student(s) to school with lunch if no meal was ordered. If your student's lunch account currently has a negative balance, we please ask that you pay this balance as soon as possible by either form of payment:
Online at https://family.titank12.com There is a $2.80 flat fee charged by the bank per deposit online. (Example: $100 deposit + $2.80 fee = $102.80)
A check/ money order made payable to Voyager Academy. Please include your child's name and id# on the memo line. You can also use this pre-printed form.
Lunch menus are published for the month of October. The lunch ordering rule is a week in advance. If you need assistance email foodnutritionservices@voyageracademy.net.
LINQ ONLINE ORDERING - View and order student/staff meals. Website: https://family.onlineordering.linq.com
Website: https://family.titank12.com
TITAN SCHOOL STORE
Pay your school fees, manage your students accounts, and apply for free and reduced meals. Use the chart below as a guide for where to pay your fees or deposit money for lunch.
Deposits - The "one time" and "recurring payment" feature is ONLY for lunch accounts.
Assigned Fees- They are automatically assigned to the student it applies to, but you still have to select the item, complete any required fields and then add to your cart. Then you check out to make payment.
Transaction History -You can view payments & transactions.
Gwen
Gwen Johnson
MS Principal
919-433-3301
gjohnson@voyageracademy.net