Dear
VAMS Families,
Wow, if
you were not at the NC School of Math and Science on Thursday night, you missed
a terrific performance. The middle
school and high school music departments provided an evening of entertainment
and it awesome. Both schools have
incredibly talented students. I was
certainly proud of the middle school students as well as the high school
students.
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STUDENT COUNCIL
Our
Student Council continues to provide services to others. On Friday afternoon, the Student Council and
the PTO coordinated a dance/social for our 4th, 5th, and
6th grade students. The money
raised will go towards a worthy charity.
I am proud of how our students want to support others. Once the students started dancing, they
really had a great time. A huge thank
you to Mr. E for serving as Student Council sponsor.
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PROGRESS REPORTS
Progress
reports were sent home on Thursday with 4th and 5th
graders and all second quarter grades for 6th, 7th, and 8th
graders should be in PowerSchool so parents can review. Some of our students are completing their
assignments but not giving the assignments to the teachers. It’s important that teachers receive the
papers, projects, etc. so the students receive credit for their work.
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PTO LUNCHEON
The
staff enjoyed the November luncheon provided by many parents. The different soups were delicious. The salads and fruits were so very tasty and
the desserts were fantastic. Thanks to
all of you who helped with the lunch whether it was setting up, serving,
bringing food, covering classes or cleaning up.
We appreciate each of you!
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BENCHMARKS
Our
first benchmark administration is scheduled for the week of December 5. Our benchmarks are used to determine how well
our students are doing in reading and math.
The results are used to determine what skills need additional attention
and the skills that only need review throughout the year. Once we administer and receive the reports,
we will send home the student reports.
It’s important for students to be on time and do their very best as we
take our benchmark testing seriously.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Date
|
Event
|
Tuesday,
Nov. 21
|
4th
grade Pie Day
|
Tuesday,
Nov. 21
|
7th
grade guest speaker, Ralph Hardy
|
Thursday,
Nov. 22-24
|
Thanksgiving
Holiday
|
Monday,
Nov. 27
|
Tryouts
for Spring Musical begin
|
Tuesday,
Nov. 28
|
School
Improvement Team meets, 5:30
|
Wednesday,
Nov. 29
|
8th
grade to NC Estuary in Washington, NC
|
Friday,
Dec. 1
|
Book
Fair begins
|
Monday,
Dec. 4
|
4th
grade Language Arts
|
Tuesday,
Dec. 5
|
- 8th
grade Language Arts
- 7th
grade Language Arts
- 6th
grade Language Arts
- 5th
grade Language Arts
- 4th
grade Math
|
Wednesday,
Dec. 6
|
- 6th
grade math
- 7th
grade math
- 8th
grade math
|
Have a
great weekend,
Gwen
Gwen
Johnson gjohnson@voyageracademy.net
Principal
Voyager
Middle School