Voyage Vikings: May 2014

Field day

Vikings showed up for the last day of school to say goodbye to friends, teachers and their whole Voyage Family.

It was a party!

Getting lunch

Let the games begin!!!

Hungry, hungry Hippo

Water dodge ball

Hula hoop pass

Angry birds

Team building

Obstacle course

Even the Administration got in on the fun!

Principal Phillips, Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Douglas

Mr. Costello shaved his mustache

We got yummy Popsicle to cool off

5th grade got into a shaving cream fight

And best of all the Fire department showed up to cool everybody off!

It was an AMAZING end to an AMAZING year!

Today Vikings hosted their final Community Circle for the school year. Each grade did a short presentation to sum up what they had learned for the year. It was a morning of tears and happiness. Viking students have learned and grown so much this year and we are so proud of all of them! They did amazing on their state testing, grown in confidence and have formed many friendships with one another. Students put together a time capsule to be opened in the year 2020 when our Kindergartners graduate sixth grade.
Here is a summary of the 2013-2014 school year.

Final dance party.

6th Grade

Learned about

Ancient Civilizations and Space the Final frontier.

They performed their cup dance one final time. Which you can view HERE and HERE

Good luck 6th graders! We love you! Remember to come back and visit sometimes!

2nd Grade

Learned about Bison and Economics

You can view their Bison video HERE

They raised money to have a Buddy bench added to the playground.

5th Grade

Learned about creating positive change and electricity and magnetism

View their video HERE .

They have also learned some great dance moves. They performed a dance for us.

3rd Grade

Presented Mrs. Coleman with the "Coleman Mustard" award for rocking Community Circle.

We love you Mrs. Coleman!!!

Third grade learned about Force and Motion and Rights and Responsibilities.

They planted a tree in the back of the school yard.

For closing Community Circle they sang for us while wearing their silly mustache faces.

You can see a summary of their whole year HERE

4th Grade

Learned about The Railroad, Rocks and minerals and

They combined all their songs to sing for us.

You can hear their Railroad song HERE

Our sweet Kindergartners Learned about the Honey Bee and being a good citizen.

1st Grade

Learned about plants and Mapping our World.

They grew cilantro in their classroom and sent Flat Stanley all over the world.

You can see them sing their plant song HERE

Voyage now has a school song!

We are Vikings true, with the members of our crew

We will learn and grow each day.

With our effort strong we will try the whole day long

To strive for excellence every day.

We will do our best as we journey on our quest,

We will work as a team along the way.

We are glad to be with our Viking family

Here at Voyage Academy.

Community Circle closed with an important message from Principal Phillips.

She wanted all Vikings to know.....

That she loves every one of them!

Mrs. Coleman put together a video to summarize the whole year at Voyage Academy.

You can view it HERE

It's been an AMAZING first year at Voyage Academy! Sure we made mistakes that we learned from and will be better at next year, but over all we couldn't have had a better first year. The culture of Voyage Academy was established this year and every member of Voyage is family! We know we can count on each other, because that's what friends are suppose to do, oh yeah.

View "Count on me" HERE

Have a fun summer Vikings!

Be safe, stay smart and we'll see you in the Fall!

Viking K

Vikings trained for a month to prepare for the Viking K. Parents gathered at the local park to watch as students ran the 1K. Vikings did a great job! We're so proud of them and all their hard work in preparing for the race today.

Tomorrow will be the Viking sprint, where the fastest runners will compete in the 50 yard dash. Good luck Vikings!

BIG thank you to Ms. Mills for all she does to keep Voyage Vikings healthy and active!

Kindergarten Community Circle

The most ADORABLE Community Circle was held by our youngest Vikings. The Kindergartners! Yes, even our Kindergartners have an opportunity to teach the school.

This month's design Principle is "Success and Failure" Mrs. Bradshaw shared the story of Derek Redmond who had been training for the 1992 Olympic games since he was 7 years old. He was going to win. Close to the finish of the race Derek's hamstring ripped and he fell to his knees in pain, determined to finish the race he continued on to the finish line. A man came running down form the stands, it was his dad. He was there to help Derek finish the race. See the video HERE