NEWS FROM ELEMENTARY: We hope that you and your family had a wonderful week of school. We are now getting into a routine and great learning is happening. The following announcements will be helpful for you and your family for the week of August 29-Sept. 2
SCHOOL CLOSED MONDAY: Voyager Academy will be closed for students and staff on Monday, September 5, in honor of Labor Day. We hope you enjoy the long weekend.
READING WITH GRANDPARENTS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY: Voyager Elementary will be honoring our grandparents and special friends on Friday, Sept, 9 and Monday, Sept. 11. Each grade level, K-3, will be inviting grandparents and special friends to our building on one of these days. Please be looking for an invitation from your child’s teacher. We hope this will be a wonderful memory for you and your students. Visitors will be able to park in the high school parking lot as well as around the pond located in front of the elementary school.
CHICK-FIL-A READING CHALLENGE: We are so honored to partner with Chick-Fil-A on Roxboro St. They will be giving a FREE gift card to students every month who read 15 books. This challenge began on Sept. 1. As your child reads or you read to your child, please record the books on the reading log and return it to your child’s teacher once you have 15 books listed. Your child can earn one free gift card per month.
SEPTEMBER PTSO LUNCHEON: The Parent Teacher Student Organization sponsors a monthly luncheon for the teaching staff. This is a highlight of the month for the teachers. We are thrilled that the PTSO wants to continue the luncheon tradition. The first luncheon is scheduled for Sept. 9. If you are willing to contribute a food item or provide serving assistance, please click on the sign up link listed below. Thank you for making our teachers feel so special.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054AACAB29A5FF2-vaes2
THANK YOU: Thank you for attending our elementary curriculum nights. We appreciate your support and partnership. If you have any curriculum related questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher, to Mr. Manning or to Mrs. Morton, our curriculum director.
SAVE THE DATE: Voyager’s PTSO will be hosting our Fall Festival on Friday, September 16, 2022 from 5:30-8pm. The rain date is Saturday, September 17, 5:30-8pm.
GOOD MORNING MR. MANNING AND MRS. WEILAND: Beginning in September, Mr. Manning and Mrs. Weiland will be hosting morning meetings in grades K-3. This will give the students another opportunity to learn more about their principal and assistant principal.
PARENT ENRICHMENT NIGHTS: Click Here For Parent Survey
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STEP IT UP: Our fundraising program is going so very well. Thank you!! To date, Voyager has made a profit of over $20,000. We have had so much fun with this program. Our Day of Awesomeness will be held on Friday, October 7. This will be a morning filled with fun as ALL students celebrate being a Viking. We will have numerous inflatable activities for the students to enjoy. If you are a parent and you would like to volunteer to help at this event, please click on the link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c49afae2fa64-step1
If you have not been able to participate in the fundraiser yet and you would like to, please click on the link below:
https://app.pop4kids.org/voyageracademy27704
What is a Day of Awesomeness? Click on the link below:
https://www.pop4kids.org/video/d-of-a
FALL PICTURE DAY: Strawbridge Studios will be at Voyage Academy on Sept. 15 to tall FALL PICTURES. Every student will have their photo taken so that we have a picture for our yearbook. Families may order photos to remember this amazing school year. Ordering details are listed below:
110322 Voyager Elementary School FALL1 398075 Run 1.pdf
DUKE VOLLEYBALL GAME: Duke Athletics will be hosting a back-to-school night at Cameron Indoor Arena. The Duke Blue Devils will take on the East Carolina Pirates this Saturday, September 3rd, at 7pm. Admission is FREE for all, and we will have Duke notebooks, folders, and pencil pouches to give away while the supplies last! We would love to see you and your students there!
COVID UPDATE FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE: Each week, our school nurse will provide us with a brief Covid related update. The message for this week is listed here: Our CDC COVID-19 Community Level is: HIGH
**Masks are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED indoors, even if you are vaccinated**
The health and safety of our students, teachers, staff, and volunteers are our top priorities. Voyager Academy is following the CDC COVID-19 Community Level guidance. We sincerely appreciate your consideration.
MONDAY’S SCHEDULE: Each and every Monday, Voyager will dismiss students at 12:45 pm. Since our staff attend meetings every Monday, it is imperative that students are picked up on time.
BIRTHDAY ROCK: The Voyager Birthday Rock is such a popular thing! We hope you and the students enjoy seeing the various birthday designs. The Birthday Rock is available on a sign up basis. The sign up was sent out late summer. If you would like to see if there is any availability left, please click on the link below.
CHICK-FIL-A READING CHALLENGE: We are so excited to partner with Chick-Fil-A on Roxboro Street. Beginning on Sept. 1, students are challenged to read 15 books per month (at home). Once they read the books or have a family member read to them, they will turn in their Chick-Fil-A Reading Form to their teacher and they will receive a FREE Chick-Fil-A gift card. Students may earn one gift card per month.
LUNCH UPDATE: Voyager Academy will offer a hot lunch meal option from K & W Cafeteria! Hot meals will be delivered daily to each school prior to meal time. The meals are made fresh offsite at K&W’s kitchen. They are delivered in individual hermetically sealed meal plates kept warm in commercial grade insulated food delivery bags. These meal containers closely resemble microwave meal trays. We assure you that the meals are made fresh daily following the USDA National School Lunch Program (NSLP) meal requirements.
Lunch orders are placed on the LINQ Online Ordering system (https://family.onlineordering.linq.com/) The cost for lunch is $4.50 per student per meal for all students not participating in the Free and Reduced lunch meal program. There is a Vegetable Plate option listed under A la Carte items. It generally has the vegetables of the day and a starch item. The cost is $4.50 for a vegetable plate entrée. It does not qualify for the NSLP pricing & program.
All meal purchases are prepaid. You will add money to your student’s account via the Titan Payment portal (https://family.titank12.com/). It is recommended that families set up reoccurring payments by week or month. This ensures you have enough funds on account when preordering. You can also make one time payments/deposits. You can order meals by the week or month. We recommend purchasing by the month to ensure your family doesn’t miss the ordering (7 days in advance) deadlines. A week’s worth of lunch is $4.50 (price per meal) x 5 days (school week) = $22.50+ processing fees* a week or $90 + processing fees* per month (4 weeks). The processing fee for lunch is $2.60 per deposit.
We will only serve meals to students who have pre-ordered and paid for lunch. All families participating in the school’s lunch program regardless of their status (Free, Reduced or Paid) have to use this system to pre-order the meals. All meal orders must be in by 11 pm. There is a 7 day advance order cutoff policy to allow the vendor time for meal planning and preparation.
LUNCH FUND DONATIONS
Some families require more help than others with daily purchases and outstanding meal balances. A few extra dollars from families with the ability to donate can help us make sure all of our children have consistent access to nutritious school meals, while keeping Voyager Academy’s finances strong! If you would like to contribute to the Voyager Academy Lunch fund, you can do so on the School Store at https://Family.TitanK12.com
What you need to know:
There are two systems that work together for ordering and payment
LINQ ONLINE ORDERING - View and order student/staff meals.
TITAN FAMILY PORTAL -Pay your school fees, manage your students accounts and apply for free and reduced meals.
Pre-Payment Options - Please take advantage of the options to prepay your student's meal accounts.
The online payments are a simple, safe and a secure way to make payments to your students account 24 hours a day at your convenience.
Online at https://family.titank12.com There is a $2.60 flat fee charged by the bank per deposit online. (Example: $100 deposit + $2.60 fee = $102.60)
A check/ money order made payable to Voyager Academy. Please include your child's name and id# on the memo line. You can also use this pre-printed form.
Send/mail Check or money order to school with your student. Please place the payments in an envelope marked clearly with your student's name, their ID #, their teacher's name, the $ amount and the check #. Turn in prepaid deposits to the teacher or school office.
Download and Print Out a pre-formatted #10 Envelope for making Deposits
Ordering Rules
You can pre-order meals for the week or the full month.
There is a week advance Order Cutoff date. All orders must be made the Monday of the week before.
We can not accept same day orders. Changes/cancellations can be made up to 2 days before the meal date.
All orders must be pre-ordered and pre-payment made to the Family Portal account on Titan or sent to school.
Lunch Menus are available on the School Nutrition website
Images/photos on the menu are for promotional purposes and are not actual meal photos.
Free and Reduced Lunch meal pricing is available at Voyager Academy.
Applications must be renewed each school year. If a new application has not been completed, the student will automatically revert to “paid” status.
Verification of income will be requested. You will be required to submit supporting documentation during the verification process.
View the USDA Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2021-2022)