GO VIKINGS GO!
In this issue...
- VAHS Safety Guidelines for Students and Staff
- What to Do If You Are Not Receiving Group (Parent) Emails From Voyager Academy
- Yearbook Pictures for grades 9-11
- High School Student Parking
- Crazy Science Happenings This Week in Biology and Zoology
- The Voyager Academy High School Website
- Check out the VAHS Counselor’s Blog (and subscribe)
- Help Our Biology Books Find Their Way Home
- Join the High School Club Ultimate Frisbee Team
- Sign up to receive text messages from the school.
- Subscribe to the “21-22 VA Parent Calendar” (google calendar)
- Other great sources of information for and about VAHS.
- Important dates.
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VAHS Safety Guidelines for Students and Staff
It is important that students begin school each day with a mask that fits them properly. Please make sure your child has a mask that will stay over their nose. This is our number one safety feature.
When we returned in April of last year, we had specific directions for lunch. We will continue to reinforce the fact that students will have 14 minutes to eat lunch and then their masks will go back on. If students do not finish their lunch in that amount of time, we will have the students who need more time to sit at a table while the other students can talk as they will have on their mask.
Students will be asked to keep their masks on for outdoor lunch if and when they cannot be at least 6 feet apart.
Students need to continue to wash hands and use hand sanitizer when needed.
If students have any symptoms of sickness, the student should remain home until they have no symptoms. Please do not send a child to school if he or she has a fever.
Our school nurse and managing director are keeping a very close eye on the ever changing safety guidelines for schools. We will keep you updated as information is shared with us.
If we have a student who tests positive for Covid, that student will be asked to isolate for 10 days before returning to school. Voyager will send out a health email that tells families we had a positive case within our school community. Positive cases are reported to the health department. Students who are exposed to a positive Covid individual within their home, should report that to the building principal as soon as possible. That student will be asked to quarantine based on the most recent guidelines. All cases will be followed by the school nurse. If a student begins to show any Covid symptoms then that student would need to quarantine. Thank you for working with us as we seek to keep every student and every staff member as safe as possible. I understand we may not like the various guidelines, but I think we can all agree we need to do everything possible to keep our Voyager family healthy.
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What to Do If You Are Not Receiving Group (Parent) Emails From Voyager Academy
Please click here if you are not receiving group emails from Voyager Academy. This is a form, on which you can provide us your email address.
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Yearbook Pictures for grades 9-11
Students in grades 9-11 will take yearbook pictures on Tuesday, August 31. Order forms went home this week, OR order online at www.Strawbridge.net with the code: FM364820.
The make up picture date for all high school grades (including senior yearbook portrait) is 10/4/2021.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR AN ORDER FORM.
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High School Student Parking
Student Parking is now available for students who drive to school. Thank you for your patience as we set it up.
Here is what you need to do in order to have a parking permit
Additional Information:
- All students should begin to park in their assigned spot on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021.
- Student Parking will be assigned in the back parking lot.
- Students should bring their signed "Parking Rules and Regulations" form to the office and sign up for an assigned spot
- There is plenty of parking available.
- The student gates will be locked each school day from 9:00-2:00
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Crazy Science Happenings This Week in Biology and Zoology
We had an action packed week in Biology Honors and Zoology with Mrs. Huntington. This week zoology students took turns teaching their classmates and Mrs. H about the different classes of cnidarians with their colorful presentations. We then topped off the week of cnidarian study by dissecting moon jellyfish. What an awesome experience it was getting to see the ectoderm and endoderm layers and even seeing the reproductive organs that "look like giant Cheerios", according to Youssef Elserwy. In Biology Honors we dove in to the world of evolution and natural selection by taking a look at the a few highlights of Darwin's time, we looked at artificial selection and the ethical implications of this and also we talked about ways animals behave in nature to survive. We rounded out the week with our animal behaviors lab where the students observed the behavior of pill bugs (rolly poly) and designed an experiment to test learned behaviors versus innate behaviors. We were lucky enough to witness the miracle of birth as Caitlin Beck and Kynlee Brook's pill bug was a momma that decided she was ready to leave us a gift. We are now happily Huntington's Nursery as the students in the class decided they would like to try and rear the younglings so we will keep you updated.
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The Voyager Academy High School Website
One of the first places to check for basic information about VAHS is the VAHS website. Among the information you can find there is calendars and schedules, student clubs and organizations, faculty directory, the counseling page, special bulletins, etc. Here is the VAHS website:
http://voyageracademy.net/vahs
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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
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Help Our Biology Books Find Their Way Home
Doing some spring cleaning...if you happen to find a biology text book under your child's bed we would love to take that off your hands. Please send it in with your student to the front office or have them drop it by room C115 so we can get them back on the shelf with all their friends!
Thanks for your help,
-The Science Department
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Join the High School Club Ultimate Frisbee Team
The High School is starting a Club Ultimate Frisbee Team this year! The season runs from now through early November, and no experience is required--all are welcome, and anyone can come and learn to play! The team is Co-ed, so both young men and young ladies are welcome to attend. The team will practice twice a week after school, and once on Saturdays, and will compete against a number of other Club High School teams in our area, including Jordan, Riverside, Durham Academy, East Chapel Hill, and more! Email VoyagerAcademyUltimate@gmail.com for more information.
Click here to see a cool video of Ultimate Frisbee in action.
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PARENTS and STUDENTS: 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.
PARENTS
Texting from your cell phone…
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 @df2ah6
For parents of class of 2025:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahsp25
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STUDENTS
Texting from your cell phone…
For the class of 2022:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahss22
For the class of 2023:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahss23
For the class of 2024:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahss24
For the class of 2025:
In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahss25
Subscribe to the 21-22 VA Parent Calendar
You can view this calendar in two ways:
1. You can subscribe to the 21-22 VA Parent Calendar, so that it merges with yours. Here are the instructions:
Go to your google calendar
Go to settings, the little gear in the upper right corner----->
Settings
Add calendar
Subscribe to calendar
In the “Add Calendar” field, paste the following:
c_rf81ppekino4980nbie6tkvggs@group.calendar.google.com
OR
2. You can simply view it on our website, by going to https://www.voyageracademy.net/calendar/.
You can also add it from there, by clicking on the “+” sign at the bottom right of the calendar..
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OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR AND ABOUT VAHS
Voyager Academy Academic Calendar
The Voyager Academy High School Website
Important Dates