Voyager Academy High School News, Aug. 19, 2022

GO VIKINGS GO!


In this issue...

  • Stay Up To The Minute On How Your VAHS Student Is Doing In Each Class
  • Yearbook Pictures Are On Wed. Aug. 24th
  • Let’s Work Together to Shorten Carline
  • Would You Like to Serve on the School Improvement Team?

  • Mark Your Calendar for Fall Festival: Friday, Sept. 16, 5:30-8:00pm
  • Join the Voyager Academy PTSO (Parent/Teacher/Student/Organization)
  • The Voyager Academy High School Website
  • VAHS Counseling Department Blog
  • Parents and Students:  Sign up to receive "Remind" text messages from VAHS
  • Important Dates

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Stay Up To The Minute On How Your VAHS Student Is Doing In Each Class

As you know, VAHS uses the learning management system called, Canvas. Learning management systems are used widely in high schools and colleges/universities around the world. Students use Canvas to access course materials, manage an assignment calendar, submit assignments including homework, quizzes, tests, and projects, communicate with teachers, and collaborate with their peers. Canvas is also a multimedia platform, allowing for many different methods of instruction. All grades are posted on Canvas.

 

One of the great features of Canvas is one that enables a parent/guardian to stay up to the minute with a student’s progress and participation in a class, as a “Parent Observer.” As a Parent Observer, you can also receive email notifications about grades and assignments.

 

Please click here for instructions on how to log in
as a parent observer on your student’s Canvas account.

 

 

Yearbook Pictures Are On Wed. Aug. 24th

A photographer from Strawbridge Studios will be at Voyager Academy High School on Wednesday 8/24/2022 to photograph students' Fall pictures.

 

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ORDER INFORMATION

 

The link below allows parents/guardians to sign up to receive updates via email regarding their VAHS students' school portraits. These updates include promotions, additional deals and the ability to order more pictures at a later time. When entering student information, parents/guardians should be sure to enter the student's name as it is on file at the school:

 

https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/voyager-high-school/fall-pictures-8-24-2022-59/optIn

 

 

Let’s Work Together to Shorten Carline

As you may know, carline has always been a tremendous challenge at Voyager Academy.  Here are 2 great recommendations on how we, as a community, can shorten the carline, and your weight time:

  • It is highly recommended that families from the same neighborhood consider carpooling to school. 

  • Consider partnering with another family (or two), to meet up at the Lowe’s parking lot (or another nearby parking lot), to group students in one car. Not only can you take turns dropping off at the school building, but this will also shorten the carline.

 

Teamwork makes the dream work ! !


Would You Like to Serve on the School Improvement Team?

The School Improvement Team is an important part of the development of Voyager Academy High School. It consists of parents, teachers, students, counselors and administrators, who work together to help build and develop the school, as all perspectives are shared.  Come join us! If you are interested, please contact Amey Hendriks at ahendriks@voyageracademy.net.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Mark Your Calendar for Fall Festival: Friday, Sept. 16, 5:30-8:00pm

Mark your calendar for Voyager Academy Fall Festival!  It is Friday Sept. 16, 5:30-8:00 pm and the rain date is the following day, same time. A Sign-Up Genius will be available soon to obtain parent volunteers. We need help to pull off this event–we had over 2,000 attendees at each festival last school year.


 

Join the Voyager Academy PTSO

Have you joined the PTSO?  We are hoping to have 100 families per grade join PTSO.  We are a non-profit and all membership goes to providing support for our staff and students. Please click on the link below to join Voyager’s PTSO.

 

Please click here if you would like to join!

 

 

OTHER GREAT SOURCES OF INFORMATION AT VAHS


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



PARENTS and STUDENTS:  Sign up to receive "Remind" 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 below for subscription instructions, sorted by student’s graduation year.  


PARENTS

Texting from your cell phone…

  

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

 

For parents of class of 2026:

In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahsp26


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STUDENTS

Texting from your cell phone…

 

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

 

For the class of 2026:

In the “To” section of the text, please type 81010 and in the message section please type @vahss26


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Important Dates


Dates

Events

Sept. 5

NO CLASSES – Labor Day

Sept. 16

5:30pm-8:00pm 

F.A.L.L  F.E.S.T.I.V.A.L.!.!

Sept. 22

Remote Learning Day (asynchronous)

Sept. 23

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct. 5-6

Mid-term exams 

Oct. 7

End of 1st half of Fall semester

Oct. 10-14

NO CLASSES – Fall Break

Oct. 24-28

SPIRIT WEEK ! !

Nov. 2

Pre-ACT/CRAA (required for all 10th graders)

Nov. 29

Project Exhibition Night

Dec. 15 - 21

Final Exams




VOYAGER VIKING VALUES

CONFIDENCE   -   CURIOSITY   -   EMPATHY

REFLECTION   -   INTEGRITY