GO VIKINGS GO!
In this issue...
- Remote Learning Extended to the End of December
- Remote Learning Tips For Parents: How to Help Your Child be Successful in a Remote Learning Setting
- Stay Up-to-the-Minute on Your Child’s Progress: Become a “Parent Observer” on His/Her Canvas Account
- Turn On Those Cameras!
- Students Must Regularly Check Their Voyager Academy Email Accounts
- Career and College Promise - Take Community College Classes While at VAHS
- Ordering 2021 Graduation Items (Like Caps and Gowns)/Class Rings
- Learning Chemistry Without a Lab
- How Teens Across the Country Are Staying Mentally Healthy
- Check out the VAHS Counselor’s Blog (and subscribe)
- PARENTS: Sign up to receive text messages from the school
- Other great sources of information for and about VAHS
- Important dates
- Buy a Voyager Academy Face Mask from the PTSO
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Remote Learning Has Been Extended to the End of December
With input from the (multi-stakeholder) Reopening Taskforce, the Voyager Academy Leadership Team has made the decision to extend our current remote learning model to the end of December. The team also decided to solicit feedback from the community about how our remote learning model has gone for students and parents for our first three weeks. Families will also be receiving a form asking if they would like their Voyager student to remain in remote learning for the entire year, regardless of the school’s decision to return to in-person instruction.
Remote Learning Tips for Parents: How to Help Your Child be Successful in a Remote Learning Setting (see full article here)
- Create a learning space for our child (click here for tips)
- Make a schedule and stick to it.
- Reduce distractions.
- Use a calendar and color-code it. Use an electronic calendar if possible, like Google, or Canvas.
- Stay in touch with your child's teacher.
- Get plenty of exercise.
- Stay in touch with your child’s progress.
- Become a “Parent Observer” on your VAHS student’s Canvas account (see how below).
Stay Up-to-the-Minute on Your Child’s Progress: Become a “Parent Observer” on His/Her Canvas Account
Click here to become an “Observer” in your child’s Canvas account. Once there, you can set it up to receive notifications about upcoming assignments, and grades just entered, keeping you updated on progress, daily.
Turn on those Cameras
Students are highly encouraged to turn on cameras during class. It makes for a much better connection, not only with the teacher, but with classmates. And feel free to be creative and set a cool background. We've seen everything from cartoon characters to inside of a moving spaceship to a chocolate covered doughnut (a favorite).
Students Must Regularly Check Their Voyager Academy Email Accounts
Voyager Academy High School strives to make all students career and college ready. Good email communication skills are essential for a student to experience that success.
Parents, please remind your students to check their VAHS student emails often. This account is set up so that the staff can readily communicate with the students through a secure server. Also please remind your students to use their VAHS email account when emailing teachers as many times their personal emails do not contain their names or are inappropriate and we do not know who is contacting us in regards to an assignment or question.
Career and College Promise CCP - Take Community College Courses While at VAHS
If you are a junior or senior and are interested in taking courses at Durham Technical Community college, for free university transfer credit, please click below for more information. It is important that you read this now, as registration for Spring 2021 is coming up soon.
Click here for the general information site about CCP
Ordering 2021 Graduation Items (Like Caps and Gowns)/Class Rings
Families of Juniors and Seniors are required to fill out a Contact Card with Herff Jones in order to establish a direct contact. Juniors will have the option to purchase class rings, and seniors will be ordering caps and gowns and any other graduation products directly from the company.
- See the video Here: https://youtu.be/ksboq5QNrEM
- Go directly to the website here: https://hj-contact-card.herokuapp.com/
Learning Chemistry without a Lab....
Usually the best part of Chemistry class happens when students are actively engaged in experiments where they can see for themselves how chemicals react with each other. This year, we have to get creative with our experiments because we cannot be in our laboratory. As part of our recent study of mixtures, students were challenged to find ways to separate different mixtures using techniques like filtration, distillation, crystallization, and sublimation. Here is a link to a slideshow created by students with an example of how to separate a mixture.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1c1JzxKNOs3Y-_lmU8zrJED7gz1_Mm191MbM8f_QpOJ4/edit?usp=sharing
How Teens Across the Country Are Staying Mentally Healthy
Click here for a great article about how teens across the U.S. a staying mentally healthy.
PARENTS: Sign up to receive text messages from VAHS
Even though you may have been subscribed from last year, all must re-subscribe. This is because some cell phone numbers may no longer belong to last year’s subscribers (as people may change numbers or mobile providers). Click below for subscription instructions, sorted by student’s graduation year.
VAHS Counseling Department Blog
Please be sure to check the VAHS Counseling Department blog frequently. The blog provides news, information, and opportunities for VAHS students and parents all in one convenient location. Topics range from Career/College Counseling and Application Support to Summer Programs and Opportunities. Check it out!
CLICK HERE FOR THE VAHS COUNSELING DEPT. BLOG
PARENTS: Sign up to receive text messages from VAHS
Even though you may have been subscribed from last year, all must re-subscribe. This is because some cell phone numbers may no longer belong to last year’s subscribers (as people may change numbers or mobile providers). See subscription instructions below, sorted by student’s graduation year.
For parents of class of 2021:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahsp21
For parents of class of 2022:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahsp22
For parents of class of 2023:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahsp23
For parents of class of 2024:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahsp24
OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
FOR AND ABOUT VAHS
Voyager Academy Academic Calendar
The Voyager Academy High School Website
The Voyager Academy Athletics Website
Important Dates
Stay healthy while supporting Voyager Academy.
Purchase your Voyager Academy face mask from the PTO.
Click here for details, including more colors and styles.
This is a limited time offer. So act now.