Voyage Vikings

Bully Prevention Week

The week of October 6th- 10th is Voyage Academy's Bully Prevention week!

Voyage strives to be a NO-Bully school. Please join in the fun by participating in the following activities next week.

See the Updates tab for other upcoming events at Voyage.

5th grade Community Circle

Today 5th grade hosted our first Community Circle of the year.

Community Circle began with a dance party. Once everybody was seated 5th grade introduced the NORMS and silent cheer.

Our Boy Scouts led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Our new school song was sung for the first time together. Big thanks to Ms. Jeffs for working hard to teach the song to each class. It sounds great! You can hear the school song HERE.

Vikings performed the dance "Continental Drift". Big thanks to Ms. Mills for all the time she put in teaching the dance to each class. You can watch the dance HERE.

5th grade sang a song which you can listen to HERE

September's Design Principle is
"Responsibility for Learning"

Awards were given to...

Ryann: Did extra work over the summer to improve her reading.

Emilie: Worked hard adjusting to a new school.

Exander: Understands how to give a Viking Victory award, recognized positive attributes of a fellow crew member and then awarded him with one of these awards.

The Crew Member award was given to...

Branson for not being afraid to stand up for a member of his Crew.

This year 5th Grade has been learning about Matter.

What is Matter?

I'll let our 5th grade tell you! Watch the 5th grade Matter video HERE

Thanks for the great morning 5th grade!! You did an AWESOME job!!

That's all for Community Circle today. Be sure to check the UPDATES tab at the top of the blog to see upcoming events happening at Voyage Academy. :)

Wearing pink for Jamie

Today Voyage Academy was flooded with the color pink. Not because we love the color, but because we love Ms. Jamie, our Kitchen manager. Jamie has been battling stage 4 breast cancer for the past 2 years, and recently learned that the cancer has spread throughout her whole body. Jamie continues to fight and is dedicated to the kids at Voyage Academy. No matter what pain she is enduring she arrives at school everyday to prepare healthy, delicious food for our kids and staff.

Vikings wanted to show Jamie their support by wearing the color pink for a dress down day, and by donating money towards Jamie's fight against cancer. Our Governing Board made a special visit to the school today to express their appreciation for Jamie and all she does, and to present her with a pink shirt that reads, "Striving for Excellence. . . no matter the Voyage." We love you Jamie!! We think you are AMAZING!! Continue to fight and kick cancer's butt, we're with you every step of the way!

Ms. Jamie and her two children.

Governing Board of Voyage Academy

Click here to watch the video

Office Staff

Lunch Crew

Pink Breakfast

If you'd like to support Jamie you can purchase a pink ribbon in the front office for $5.

All proceeds go to Jamie and her family.

"Voyage Vikings

Strive for Excellence

No Matter the Voyage"

1st day of school

Welcome back Voyage Vikings!!

Students were greeted this morning by our own Voyage Viking Mascot. He was happy to be a part of our special day!

Our Top Dog showed the Viking how to open his locker.

Mrs. Fairbourn taught him how to check out a book from our library.

He showed off his tether ball skills on the playground.

He even stopped by the office to say hello to our awesome Secretaries.

Our Viking said he had a great 1st day of school!
Hope you all did too!

A few new things at Voyage this year are...

Our new Kindergartners

If you see them in the hall be sure to give them a high-five and welcome them to the school.

Kindergarten will not start until Tuesday September 2nd

This week will be used for assessment testing. If you have not scheduled an appointment for your child to be tested please contact Ms. Bradshaw or Ms. Lefevre

1st grade will have early out all this week and next week.

The first week of August 25-29th, 1st grade students will be dismissed daily (including Friday) at 12:30.

The second week of school, September 2-4th, 1st grade students will be dismissed daily at 1:45. Sept. 5th is a Friday and an early out day. 1st grade students will be dismissed at 1:00 PM with the rest of the school.

The Buddy Bench

If you notice somebody sitting on the Buddy Bench and they look sad be sure to ask them if they need a friend.We want every Viking to feel loved and important at Voyage Academy.

We would like to welcome our new Teachers Ms. Dixon (1st grade), Ms. Port (6th grade),Ms. Jeffs, (music) Special Education Director Ms. Mills, and our new Staff members Ms. Olson (RTI coordinator), Ms. Garrett (Teacher aide)

Ms. Sholly and Ms. Granquist (recess)

You can now pay for lunches online HERE

Fundraising

Please help us with our Fundraising efforts! Funds are used for things needed at the school, such as play ground equipment, extra curricular supplies, events and much much more. You can help with fundraising by......
Donating Box tops.
Each box top is worth 10 cents for our school. The money adds up fast so please save all box tops and drop them by the office.

Macey's School Cents
Next time you are shopping at Macey's ask them to add Voyage Academy to your Perks rewards card or
Go to www.maceys.com Log-in to your Macey's perks account. Once in your profile click on Non Profit and select Voyage Academy from the list. Join us at Macey's on November 22nd for Voyage Academy shopping day.

Smith's Community Rewwards
Link Voyage Academy to your Smith's Rewards card and Smith's will donate a percent of your purchases back to the school. This does not effect your personal rewards such as gas points. To link your Rewards Card go to www.smithscommunityrewards.com. Log-in to your account. Go to "My profile" scroll to the bottom of the page and select Voyage Academy under Community Rewards.
For step by step instructions on how to do this click HERE

Chick Fil-A Fundraiser
Monday, September 29th from 5-7pm bring your family to Chick-Fil-A Spirit night and Chick-Fil-A will donate to our school!

Halloween Carnival
Last years Halloween Carnival was such a huge success Voyage has decided to do it again this year. The Carnival will be held on Friday, October 24th. SAVE THE DATE! If you would be willing to help with the Carnival please contact our Parent Crew Organization pco@voyageacademyutah.org

No first day of school is complete without an
"ALS Ice bucket challenge".
Our teachers Miss. Farley, Miss Richardson, Ms. Packer, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Mills accepted the challenge.Vikings got to watch it at the end of school today.
You can watch the video HERE

Welcome Back Vikings

Hello Voyage Vikings!

We are nearing the start of the 2014-2015 School Year. We hope you've been having a fun summer. We've missed you! We wanted to remind you of a few upcoming dates.

August 19th: Watch D.O.G.S Kick off 6pm

August 21st: Back to School Night 6:30pm

August 25: First day of School

Bell Schedule can be viewed HERE

For 1st Grade and Kindergarten the Bell schedule for the first 2 weeks of school will be as follows.

Kindergarten Schedule-

Kindergarten Students come to school on August 25th with a Parent or Guardian to attend an hour long orientation. AM Kindergarten comes at 8:25am and PM Kindergarten comes at 11:00am. Please sign up for a testing time this day.There is no school for Kindergarten students August 26-29. These days will be for testing only. Kindergartners begin school on Tuesday, September 2nd. Morning Kindergarten begins at 8:25am, afternoon Kindergarten begins at 12:15pm.

1st Grade Schedule-

1st Grade Students begin school on August 25th at 8:25am.

The first week of August 25-29th, 1st grade students will be dismissed daily (including Friday) at 12:30.
The second week of school, September 2-4th, 1st grade students will be dismissed daily at 1:45. Sept. 5th is a Friday and an early out day. 1st grade students will be dismissed at 1:00 PM with the rest of the school.
The third week of school, September 8-12th, 1st grade students will follow the regular daily schedule as shown below.
We appreciate your support and know this schedule comes as an inconvenience for parents. At Voyage Academy we make decisions based on what is best for our children. The state allows for this transition and we know it benefits these young students to ease into a full day of school.