Voyager Academy High School News, April 25, 2025


GO VIKINGS GO!

New This Week

  • Final Exam Schedule
  • PTSO Teacher Appreciation Luncheon- May 2, 2025

Recent News Items

  • 2025 AP Exam Schedule
  • Donations needed for Senior Breakfast
  • 2025 Senior Breakfast and Awards Ceremony
  • 2025 Advanced Placement Exams
  • Opportunity For Science Minded Students: STEM Hands On Workshop Hosted By Voyager Academy Alumni!
  • Class of 2025 Graduation Tickets

Helpful Sites And Resources

  • Stay Up-to-the-Minute on Your Child’s Academic Progress: Become a “Parent Observer” on His/Her Canvas Account
  • The VAHS Master List Of Scholarships
  • VA Student Support Services Offers Book Club for Parents and Caregivers
  • The Voyager Academy High School Website
  • Voyager Academy Athletics Website
  • VAHS Counseling Department Blog
  • The Voyager Academy Parent/Student Handbook
  • Voyager Academy Academic Calendar
  • Important Dates

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Final Exam Schedule

Final exams are just around the corner!  Below is the Spring 2025 Final Exam Schedule.

(click here for a printable version)


Teacher Made Exams

Time

Thurs.

May 15

Fri.

May 16

8:45 – 10:45

  • Pd. 1 Teacher made exams

  • NCVPS exams

  • EOC classes review

  • Pd. 2 Teacher made exams

  • NCVPS exams

  • EOC classes review

10:45 – 11:15

LUNCH

11:20 – 1:20

  • Pd. 3 Teacher made exam

  • NCVPS exams

  • EOC classes review

  • Pd. 4 Teacher made exams

  • NCVPS exams

  • EOC classes review

 

Dismissal is at 1:30 on Thurs. May 15 and Fri. May 16

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End-of-Course Exams (N.C. Statewide “EOCs”)

Time

Mon.

May 19

Tues.

May 20

ALL EOC TESTING BEGINS AT 8:45AM.


Students must arrive by 8:30AM.

English 2
EOC Exam 


Math 1
EOC Exam 


Teacher made exam make-ups

Biology 

EOC Exam


Math 3 

EOC Exam




Dismissal process for EOC Exams

  • EOC exams provide a break approximately every hour. A student may leave at the break, ONLY IF, he/she provides a note or email to the front desk (cmangum@voyageracademy.net) by 8:30am the day of the exam.

  • Students may leave when the last student in the room completes the test.


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PTSO Teacher Appreciation Luncheon- May 2, 2025

Hello Voyager Families,

Thank you for your donations and the wonderful food brought in for our April luncheon! 

On May 2, we will host a pasta luncheon and we need your help! We are purchasing a pasta dish and will need some other items to go along with it. 


- We will need all food donations by 10:30am


Click here for the link to the Sign Up Genius.  


Thank you in advance for supporting our awesome teachers!


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2025 AP Exam Schedule 

AP exams are standardized tests offered by the College Board at the end of Advanced Placement (AP) courses. These exams are designed to assess a student's mastery of the course material and are often used by colleges and universities to grant students college credit or advanced placement for qualifying scores. Voyager will be administering 9 different   AP exams this year.  

(Click here a printable version)


2025 VAHS Advanced Testing Placement Schedule and Locations

8:00  

12:00 

Tuesday 5/6/2025

AP Chemistry - Hybrid VAHS Gym

AP US Gov. & Politics VAHS Gym

AP Human Geography A-150


Wednesday 5/7/2025

  AP English Literature A-150 

None 

Thursday  5/8/2025

*AP Statistics (8)- Hybrid C-114

None

Friday 5/9/2025 

                    AP US History C-114                             

None 

Monday 5/12/2025

*AP Calculus AB (16) Hybrid C-114

None  

Tuesday  5/13/2025

None

AP Environmental Science C-114

Wednesday 5/142025

AP English Language C-114 

None


Additional information for parents can be found on the College Board website: https://blog.collegeboard.org/parent-resource-understanding-ap


Please contact your student's AP teacher or Jill O'Kane with any questions or concerns.


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Donations needed for Senior Breakfast

The families of Voyager are continuing the tradition of providing the food and beverages for the Senior Breakfast and Awards Ceremony. This event is a tribute to our seniors, and will take place in the VAHS gym for seniors and their parents on Weds, April 30, 2025 from 8:45-10:30. We are asking for donations from 9th-11th grade families. Please see the suggested food items below and sign up to provide an item if you can: Thank you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C44A5A62AA5F58-55544270-2025


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2025 Senior Breakfast and Awards Ceremony

The Class of 2025 Senior Breakfast and Awards Ceremony will be held in the VAHS Gym from  8:45-10:30 a.m. on Wednesday April 30, 2025. All seniors and parents/guardians are encouraged to attend. The event concludes with a senior class photo and parade!  


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2025 Advanced Placement Exams

Advanced Placement Exams are scheduled at VAHS during the first two weeks of May 2025. These exams will be taken digitally by all AP students. All AP students will need to either install the Bluebook Testing Application on their personal devices, or indicate whether or not they will need to use a school managed device since the Bluebook App is not compatible with personal Chromebooks. Students were emailed a Form: 

AP Exams: Bluebook App/Chromebook Need (click here) by the AP Coordinator, Jill O'Kane. 


Parents/Guardians are asked to check in with their students to ensure that this form is completed.  Additional Bluebook Information can be found at https://bluebook.collegeboard.org/students


The AP Exam dates are available here:  https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/exam-administration-ordering-scores/exam-dates


There is also a great parent AP resource here:  https://blog.collegeboard.org/parent-resource-understanding-ap


Please contact your students AP teacher or Jill O'Kane if you have any questions or concerns.


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Opportunity For Science Minded Students: STEM Hands On Workshop Hosted By Voyager Academy Alumni!

Curious about research? Want to learn basic lab skills? Join us for a hands-on workshop
where we’ll cover essential lab techniques and discuss what research really looks like! This incredible workshop is a great way to learn more about college and professional research and also will look great on your college applications. See Ms. Lilly in room C116 (or email her at dlilly@voyageracademy.net) to sign up. See you there!



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Class of 2025 Graduation Tickets

Congratulations to the VAHS Class of 2025! Senior families should have received a School Messenger notice with  a Google Form to request tickets for the big event. Please contact Ms. Mangum (cmangum@voyageracademy.net) or Ms. O'Kane (jokane@voyageracademy.net) if you have any questions.


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HELPFUL SITES AND RESOURCES


Stay Up-to-the-Minute on Your Child’s Academic Progress: Become a “Parent Observer” on His/Her Canvas Account

Click here to become an “Observer” in your child’s Canvas account. Once there, you can set it up to receive notifications about upcoming assignments, and grades just entered, keeping you updated on progress, daily.


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The VAHS Master List Of Scholarships

For a master list of scholarship opportunities for Seniors, as well as scholarship search engines an platforms, please click here.  Seniors may want to bookmark this and check it from time to time as it is often updated. Good luck!!


The VAHS Master Scholarship List


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VA Student Support Services Offers Book Club for Parents and Caregivers

Student Support Services is hosting a book club for Voyager parents and caregivers. Families across campus are welcome to join for discussion and community. Fill out the interest form below and select from three book options, or offer a suggestion of your own!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMx9KSQNl9VHkKRsTw5vGYLy_SKJRa7N6MnbMJH-E7h75uNA/viewform


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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 are 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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Voyager Academy Athletics Website


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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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Voyager Academy Student/Parent Handbook


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Voyager Academy Academic Calendar



Important Dates


Dates

Events

April 30

Senior Breakfast 

May 5-16

AP Exams

May 15-16

Teacher made final exams 

(click here for the final exam schedule)

May 19-21

EOC final exams

(click here for the final exam schedule)

May 22

Graduation at Carolina Theater 5:00-6:00pm



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