Hi Middle School Families,
Wow, another great week we’ve had! Just a reminder that if a student must bring a phone to school the phone needs to be off and in the bookbag. We encourage phones to be left at home.
It's that time of year! Time for VIKING TROUPERS! I am so excited for our kick off but need a little help from you! We have a few new teachers who aren't familiar with this awesome group and the flyer will give more information about it.
If you get any emails with questions about the program, do not hesitate to forward it straight to me and I will assist them the best I can! Most of you send things out in a weekly newsletter of some kind so if you'd like to mention it in there, that would be awesome! I have given each of you flyers to send home, too! There are only a certain number of spots available and it's first come first served.
Registration OPENS FRIDAY, AUGUST 26th
Registration CLOSES NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd
Once registration is complete, I will send you a list of all the students who are participating that are in your class.
Thanks again for your support and if YOU have any questions, please let me know!
It's that time of year! Time for VIKING TROUPERS! I am so excited for our kick off but need a little help from you! We have a few new teachers who aren't familiar with this awesome group and the flyer will give more information about it. Heather Thompson
2022-2023 VAMS Student Council Campaign and Election
Information
Executive Council Offices and Requirements (will meet once a week/as needed)
President: 8 th grade students only may run for office
Vice President: 8 th and 7 th grade students only may run for office
Secretary: 7 th grade students only may run for office
Treasurer: 7 th and 6 th grade students only may run for office
Press and Public Relations: 6 th , 7 th and 8 th grade students may run for office
Community Relations: 6 th , 7 th and 8 th grade students may run for office
General Assembly Requirements (will meet once a month)
Each homeroom will need to select a homeroom representative from each homeroom in grades
4 th -8 th
These representatives will be chosen after executive council elections are complete.
Campaign Regulations
-You may create 2 posters and place them on the 6 th ,7 th and 8 th grade hallway starting Monday,
August 29 th . Only positive things on your poster (no slandering other candidates).
-You may campaign during morning carline with signs, you CANNOT hand out anything (no
candy, prizes, flyers, etc.), you CAN hold posters and verbally promote your campaign.
-You may have 2 volunteers campaign in the morning with you that are from 6 th , 7 th or 8 th grade-
they must have permission from their homeroom teacher.
-Candidate speeches will take place during morning announcements on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday.
Campaign and Election Week Dates
Monday, August 29 th - posters up and campaign in morning carline
Tuesday, August 30 th - campaign in morning carline
Wednesday, August 31 st - campaign in morning carline; treasurer and press and public relation
speeches during announcements
Thursday, September 1 st - campaign in morning carline: secretary and vice president speeches
during announcements
Friday, September 2 nd - campaign in morning carline: president speeches during announcements
*ELECTION DAY*
Please feel free to ask me questions and GOOD LUCK!!!!
Hi all,
Kathy Robinson and team are ready to coordinate monthly lunches for the MS staff.
It’s time to sign up for the first Teacher Luncheon. Thanks so much. It is really appreciated.
Thanks So Much!!
Kathy
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0949A8AE2A1-vams
Curriculum Nights: We began Curriculum Nights on Wednesday, Aug. 17 All grade levels had Curriculum Nights so you could learn more about your child’s newsletter. From what I heard, the Curriculum sessions were very informative. We hope Curriculum Night was helpful to you!
FALL PICTURES: We will have a make-up date for students who were not at school. Our Make Up Session is Oct. 20.
Playground Update - We are so excited that our middle school playgrounds are adding some additional pieces of equipment. We are adding 4 basketball goals with new basketballs, 8 swing seats in addition to the ones we have, 4-Square will be painted on the sidewalk and Hop-Scotch will also be added to the sidewalk. We are now waiting for mulch. Our new equipment is terrific and it is because of you and the donations you made to our Step It Up fundraiser and it’s coming back. Our Step It Up campaign for this year begins August 30 and we hope to get more equipment along with some additional technology.
Announcements from PTO
Fall Festival 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 year.
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
Carline— Wow, what a great job you all are doing to ensure that the carline is safe and the process is well done and moves quickly. We do need to remember that in the morning our teachers also need to get to their parking spaces. Beginning Monday if you see a bright yellow card in the driver’s side windshield, know that it’s a middle school teacher. Please let them enter the drive so they can get to their classrooms.
Morning: Morning carline begins at 7:45 and ends at 8:15. If you are coming earlier than 7:45 a bottle neck often happens and we can’t move .
Your child/student needs to be in the class by 8:15. If not, the student will be marked tardy. At 8:15 your student/child will need to enter through the front door and will need to get a tardy pass to take to the homeroom teacher. Please note that classroom instruction begins at 8:15 which means entering the classroom late disrupts the class and the teacher.
Afternoon: Make sure your BLUE CARD is on the driver’s side windshield every afternoon and that your number is on the card. . When we have to look up numbers, it slows down the process. Please make sure your numbers on the blue card are large and written with a marker so they can be read from a distance. It is extremely helpful if you wait until 3:10 to come onto campus. We do not dismiss students until 3:10.
Cheerleader Interest Meeting
- Interest Meeting Friday, August 19th at lunch in MS gym
- Tryouts- Tuesday, August 30th and Wednesday, August 31st 3:45pm-5:30pm (ES gym on Tuesday and MS gym on Wednesday)-results posted 7pm on cheer website by #
*VB players interested in trying out will have tryouts during lunch time on those days.
- Tuesday, September 6th- 1st practice and parent meeting 3:45-5:30pm- parent meeting at 5:30pm
Bring Your Own Device: For the 2022-2023 school year we asked that 6th, 7th, and 8th graders Bring Their Own Device to School.
BYOD stands for “Bring Your Own Device”. It is a strategy for providing personal computing in business and education where the end user (employee, student), as opposed to the organization, provides, owns, and maintains his/her own device. It is typical in universities and colleges, and is gaining in popularity in K-12 education and businesses.
Daily Expectations.: Access to a computer is essential to learning at Voyager Academy. The student’s personal device is considered an essential school supply, just as pencils and paper traditionally have been. Students are required to be prepared at the start of each school day with their fully-charged and functional devices. This is considered a part of being prepared to learn. As with all technology at Voyager Academy, students are required to follow the Acceptable Use Policy and the Ethical Use Policy when using their personal devices.
LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO SHORTEN CAR LINE: It has been suggested that if possible 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.
If you have questions, feel free to contact me. I will respond as soon as possible.
Gwen gjohnson@voyageracademy.net 919-4333-301 ext 101
Gwen Johnso
Middle School Principal