VAMS 3.14.14 Dear Parents/Guardians: Snow Make Up Days: 1. Monday, March 17 (Full Day) – No Enrichments 2. Friday, March 21 3. Monday, March 24 (Full Day) – No Enrichments 4. Monday, April 21 (Full Day) – No Enrichments 5. Starting on Monday, March 24, the school day will be extended by 7 minutes for the remainder of the school year. - Monday dismissals (1:07) - Tuesday through Friday (3:07) Congratulations to sixth grade student Rosie Scott-Benson. She represented Voyager Academy at the Regional Spelling Bee last weekend and finished in the top 13 out of 61 contestants. She made it through 9 tough rounds. Two of our three Science Olympiad Teams competed last weekend as well in their regional competition. Both teams finished second place overall in their divisions. Every student won at least one medal in their events. The students and their competition areas are listed at the end of the update. Best of luck to our Middle School Science Olympiad Team as they compete this weekend. Voyager Academy is very proud of these students!! Please feel free to contact me at 919-433-3301 or [email protected] . Take care, Chris Principal, Voyager Middle School “GO VIKINGS GO!” Updates for the Week of March 17, 2014 • Dont forget to go online to the Voyager Website and order your tickets for GREASE. This electrifyin production will take place Wed. March 19, Thurs. March 20, and Fri. March 21. All shows begin at 7:00pmin the VAHS gym. The Cast includes some of our 7th and 8th graders. Also, be sure to take a good look at the set which was made by Ms.Corrie Davis, middle school students, and volunteer parents! GREASE is the word! • We have several copies of Peak that can be purchased in the front office for $7.00. This is required reading for grades 6 -8 and one of the options for 5th. Students can purchase these before school and during lunch. • The 2014-15 lottery will be held on Saturday, March 15 in the middle school gym at 12:00. • The sixth grade will present their Play Project, “How can theater be used to raise environmental awareness” next week at the Durham Arts Council Theater. This is the culminating event for the nine week project. • Yearbooks are now on sale. You can order your copy online at strawbridge.net. Please contact Mr. Doug Price ([email protected]) if you have any questions. • The Third Quarter ends on Friday, March 14. Please continue to check the parent grade portal if you have a child in grades 6 -8 to make sure they have turned in all work. Report cards will come home on Friday, March 28. • We celebrated 89 students today who earned Viking Pride Awards. Viking Pride Awards are given by staff to students who have gone above and beyond to support the school and other students. These students received a wristband for a Dress Down Day. • Due to the inclement weather make up days, the 4th session of Enrichment classes will not start until March 31. Enrollment for Session 4 will be March 14-23. Please visit the Voyager website to register when the window opens. Contact Mike Huff ([email protected]) if you have any questions. • This week in Middle School athletics: Monday, March 17 - Golf vs. St. Thomas Moore (Home – Falls Village) at 4:00 - Baseball at Vance Charter (Away) at 4:00 - Softball at Vance Charter (Away) at 4:00 Tuesday, March 18 - Baseball at Raleigh Hawks (Away) at 4:00 - Soccer vs. Woods Charter (Home) at 4:00 - Tennis at Woods Charter (Away) at 4:00 Thursday, March 20 - Baseball vs. Vance Charter (Home) at 4:00 - Softball vs. Vance Charter (Home) at 4:00 Friday, March 21 - Soccer vs. East Wake (Home) at 4:00 • Shodor: 2014 Summer Workshops Open for Registration For middle and high school students who are interested in COMPUTERS, MATH and/or SCIENCE, Shodor offers a variety of explorations to satisfy their intellectual appetites during time away from school this summer. Most workshops are half-day sessions (9 a.m. – noon) and (1 p.m. – 4 p.m.). Some are full day sessions (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.). To register and for more information, go to: shodor.org/calendar Middle School (rising 6th-8th) 6/16 – 6/20 Explorations In Engineering at Sigma Xi and Math Explorations at Sigma Xi 7/14 – 7/18 Forensic Science Investigations and Modeling Your World 7/21 – 7/25 Computer Programming Concepts and Web Design • INLCEMENT WEATHER REMINDER: In case of closures, delays and early dismissals, notices will be available through: - An announcement will be posted on voyageracademy.net (by 6 a.m. if possible) - Voyager Connect-Ed messages and emails - TV Channel 5 (WRAL) and TV Channel 11 (WTVD) • Science Olympiad JV Team Results Category Participants Place 321 Blast off Neera Desai and Zayden Parks First Place Backyard Biology Liam Markham and Sam Estes Third Place Bone & Brawn Jordan Rogers First Place Data Crunchers Emma Wilcox and Paige OKeefe Second Place Ecology Expert Neera Desai and Dominic Lemen Second Place Fossil Frenzy Nate Scott-Benson and Jordan Rogers First Place Science Charades Emma Wilcox, Paige OKeefe and Neera Desai First Place Sky Quest Liam Markham and Dominic Lemen First Place Super Sleuths Nate Scott-Benson and Ronan McCartney Third Place Weather Permitting Nate Scott-Benson and Dominic Lemen Second Place Work It Out Maria Eichen and Jordan Rogers Second Place • Science Olympiad Varsity Team Results Category Participants Place Backyard Biologist Jacob Galbraith Fourth Place Describe It Build It Will Vance and Lauren Steiner Third Place Weather Permitting Timothy Avant and Michael Setji First Place Work It Out Lauren Galbraith and Hannah Shinnick Third Place The Heat is On William McCartney and Seth Junker Second Place Trajeggtory Timothy Avant and Austin Shepherd First Place Bone & Brawn Will Vance and Hannah Shinnick First Place Data Crunchers Seth Junker and Michael Setji Second Place Junk Box Build Off William McCartney Third Place Super Sleuths Jacob Galbraith and Rosie Scott-Benson First Place Bridge-a-roni Lauren Steiner and Rosie Scott-Benson Fourth Place Sky Quest William McCartney and Seth Junker Third Place Whats the Matter Will Vance and Michael Setji Second Place
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