NEWS FROM ELEMENTARY: We hope Labor Day was wonderful for you and your family. We are back into the swing of school and listed below are some announcements for the week of September 12-16.
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
PLAYGROUNDS ARE OPEN: The new playgrounds are complete and OPEN. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Your STEP IT UP FUNDS (from last year) helped us upgrade our playgrounds.
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.
SUPPORT VOYAGER CHEERLEADERS: Come support the Voyager Middle School Cheerleaders and get discounted tickets to the Duke vs. NC A&T football game!
The girls will be performing during the 2nd quarter of the Duke home game on Saturday, September 17th at 6pm for Cheerleader Day!
If you or your family would like to purchase game tickets for $15 each please see the link below or the attached flyer with QR code. We would LOVE to see as many Voyager families there as possible.
Purchase Tickets HERE
TOAD’S DISGUISE IN THIRD GRADE: Things are not like they appear in third grade this week! The students are in clever disguises! Third grade finished our first units read aloud; The Wind in the Willows. In this charming story one of the main characters, Toad, disguises himself as a washerwoman to break out of jail. In celebration of our completion of unit one students were allowed to come up with their very own clever disguises and wear them to school! We wanted our disguises to help us fit in and blend with our community and yet still conceal our identity. It was fun to see what our students came up with!
STEP IT UP: Our fundraising program is going so very well. Thank you!! To date, Voyager has made a profit of over $39,000. 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
HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR CHILD BE SUCCESSFUL AT SCHOOL? We are partners working together to help create independent life-longt learners. What can you do to help your child have the most academic success?
READ WITH AND TO YOUR CHILD EACH NIGHT. READING IS THE KEY. THE MORE WE PRACTICE THE BETTER WE WILL BECOME.
REVIEW 5 MINUTES EACH NIGHT WITH YOUR CHILD. ASK THEM WHAT THEY LEARNED AT SCHOOL AND THEN TALK ABOUT IT. SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH YOUR CHILD.
IF YOUR CHILD IS IN THE 3RD GRADE–PLEASE, PLEASE BEGIN TO PRACTICE THE MULTIPLICATION FACTS.
ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO KEEP A JOURNAL–THEY CAN PRACTICE WRITING, SPELLING AND HANDWRITING SKILLS VIA A JOURNAL.
MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD GETS ENOUGH REST EACH NIGHT.
CARLINE REMINDERS: The word CARLINE causes many of us to increase our blood pressure. We understand the difficulties associated with carline and we appreciate all you do to partner with us. I want you to know we have been meeting with a group of parents to try and brainstorm some solutions that MAY help.
Please be kind and neighborly. Jumping in line is just the wrong thing to do.
We should only make right turns when trying to come to the Voyager carline. If you turn in at Lowes and you see all the other cars waiting on Ben Franklin, it is not right to turn left and get into the line while so many other cars are sitting on Ben Franklin.
We have asked middle school parents to turn their flashers on (in the afternoon) so elementary parents will know if they have ended up in the middle school car line.
There should be NO Voyager parents parking at the businesses on Ben Franklin
Parents should NOT park and walk students to the elementary or middle school. This is not safe.
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: Thank you to every parent, grandparent and family member who helped make our first PTSO Staff Luncheon a BIG success. The food was wonderful and your kindness is much appreciated.
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.
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.
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)