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Vision: "Inspiring life-long learning in every Viking." Mission: "The mission of Voyager Academy is to provide students in kindergarten through grade twelve an academically challenging and supportive learning environment. Staff utilizes experiential and traditional learning strategies so that students become responsible, engaged, and innovative members of society." Values: Confidence: Trusting in your own ability and being willing to take academic risks. Curiosity: Eager to investigate and learn about the world around us. Empathy: Being aware of and respecting another person’s feelings, experiences, and differences. Reflection: Using past experiences to guide future learning and decision making. Integrity: Doing the right thing and standing strong in what you believe Dear Parents: I have to start this newsletter with a big shout-out to our Voyager Viking Baseball players and Coach Shankle. The Voyager Baseball Team won its 7th straight Conference Championship by going undefeated in the conference again! Our inaugural LAX team has also made it to the Playoffs which are tonight, in Carborro. Please come out and cheer on our team! In other very exciting news: Our production of "Cinderella" has been nominated for several awards for this year's Triangle Rising Stars. Also....out of 33 high schools & 110 students participating....our very own Lexia Langley AND Jules Woodward were finalists this year for their roles in our production....Jules made it to the top 24! The Live Showcase & Awards show will be held at the DPAC on Tuesday, May 16th @ 7:00pm. Tickets are typically $10, however...we have been given 25 comp tickets & would love for as many of you as possible to join us that evening!!! Make sure you stay or come back later on for our annual Spring Fling and spend some with your Voyager family. All this comes on the heels of the amazing performances of our Science Olympiad teams in the past 2 weeks. We have a lot to be so proud of this year in our academics, athletics and arts. I am, as always, proud to be a part of a wonderful community of staff, parents and students who make Voyager Academy such a great place to be. Thanks for all your support this year and stick with it as we make our way through the next few weeks of testing…..We are almost at the finish line! Regards, Jennifer Lucas, M.Ed Managing Director “integrity is the consistency between what we say and what we do” PTO Update: Come see us at SPRING FLING! Care Program Update: This message serves as a friendly reminder that May payments for the care program are due Sunday, April 30, 2017. Payments not submitted by May 5, 2017 may be subject to late fees. Additionally, students who do not submit payment by May 5, are not permitted to return to the care program on May 8, 2017 until payment has been submitted, or an arrangement has been made with the program Director, Latia Boney. Parents will be notified of their delinquent payment status. Instructions for making payment are attached to this message. Program fees do not apply to Voyager staff. If you have already submitted payment for the month of May, please disregard this message. Note: The full tuition amount is due regardless of the number of days the student attends each month. Tuition rates are not prorated for any reason. **Please note, that there will be no after school care on Friday, May 26, 2017, the last day of school! Spring Break Camp 2017! The students had GREAT time at spring break camp last week! Many of them were asking if we could have spring break camp every week (LOL). The students enjoyed activities such as baking, science experiments, painting, arts & crafts, video games, and math relay races! If your student attended spring break camp this week, consider this a preview of what is to come during summer camp! Here are a few photos for your viewing pleasure! SUMMER CAMP! SUMMER CAMP! SUMMER CAMP! Are you still trying to figure out what your children are going to do this summer? Look no further! We are offering a variety of camps right here at Voyager Academy! Click the link below to browse our summer camp webpage. It's not too late to sign up! **Please keep in mind that all of our summer camps are open to the public, except for the Kindergarten Camp, and the 1st/2nd grade prep camp. If you know of non-Voyager families that want to attend, please direct them to me and I will help get them registered! Regards, Latia Boney [email protected] Summer Camps link www.voyageracademy.net/summercamps Summer Camp promo Video https://youtu.be/tf9AHLOb8sw Athletics Update: Important Announcements EMERGO ORTHO SPORTS PHYSICAL Triangle Orthopedics is offering sports physicals for just $10 on Wednesday, May 17 from 6:00-8:00 PM. High School Playoffs HS Baseball, Softball and Soccer playoff berths, brackets and times will be released this weekend. MS Results and Conference Championships MS Soccer – Advanced to the Semifinal of the CCMS where they lost a tough game to RCS. MS baseball – Will play in the CCMS semifinal on Tuesday May 9th against RCS. MS Softball – Yesterday Advanced to the finals defeating the number 2 seed Vance Charter. The finals will be played at The Diamonds Butner Athletic Park on Wednesday May 10th at 5pm. MS Golf – Completed their season at the CCMS golf tournament on Tuesday. The team had a strong finish. MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS CELEBRATION – May 24th at 6pm in the MS Gym VARSITY LACROSSE The Varsity Lacrosse team made the North Carolina State Playoffs. They will be playing Carrboro High School at 7pm. VARSITY GOLF Monday, 5/1/17, Voyager Academy High School Boys Golf Team competed in the 1A Mideast Regional at Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course in Goldsboro, NC. As a team, we had a final score of 371. We barely missed out on going to the 1A Boys High School Golf State Championship as a team by just 8 strokes. The Team competed hard and left it all out on the golf course. We had one player who played extremely well and was Co-Medalist at the Regional, Cole Scearce. Cole shot 74 and this was in some pretty windy conditions. That day the wind was gusting upwards of 30 MPH with sustained winds of 20MPH. Cole played the front 9 in 5 over par 41. On the back 9 Cole shot a 3 under 33 with 3 Birdies. Cole will now go on and compete for the 1A Boys High School Golf State Championship as a individual representing Voyager Academy at the Country Club of Whispering Pines in Whispering Pines, NC on Monday and Tuesday, 5/8-5/9/17. Please take the time to congratulate all of the players for a job well done this season. (Jacob Bobbitt, Blake Buchanan, Tyler McLamb, John Paynter & Cole Scearce) MS BASKETBALL CAMP The MS basketball camp for rising 5th-9th graders will be July 24-28 from 530-830pm. Registration is now open at the summer camps section of the Voyager Academy website. Participation will be limited to the first 40 registered. WEST AND WOODALL The athletic department would like to thank realtors, Kirk West and Burt Woodall and the agents in their office, for supporting our student athletes as a level one sponsor. We ask that you support those that support our student-athletes. STATE FARM The athletic department would like to thank Andy Jones and State Farm for supporting our student athletes at Voyager Academy as a level one sponsor. Please support those that sponsor our athletic program. VIC CARD Voyager Academy Athletics now has a new way to raise money. With the Harris teeter VIC Card, type in the account number 3284 and the Voyager Academy Athletic program will receive a percentage of the purchases. LAW OFFICE OF SHELLEY CAMPEN BROWN The Law Office of Shelley Campen Brown is now offering Voyager students and staff a discount on traffic tickets. From now until the end of the year, attorney fees are $100.00 from an original $200.00. In addition, Voyager families and staff will receive a discount if they do a Will and General Power of Attorney for only $175.00. High School Baseball Wednesday 5-10-17 OPEN DATE (Round 1 of State Playoffs) at Voyager Academy TBA Golf State Championships Monday May 8th Women's Soccer Playoffs TBA Softball Playoffs TBA Tennis Tuesday 5-9-17 Voyager Academy at Rosewood High School (Round 2 of State Playoffs) 4:00pm Track Friday 5-13-17 (1-A State Regional Meet) at Trask High School 9:00am Supporters Voyager Families we ask that you continue to support those that support our athletic programs. The companies below have made huge contributions to allow our student-athletes the opportunity to participate in educational driven athletics: North Durham Orthodontics- Who reminds us that a smile is always in style Emerge- who work hard to keep our athletes on the court and fields The Law Offices of Shelley Campen Brown - there to assist you with any of your legal needs and offering specials to Voyager Families Roxboro Road Chick-Fil-A who helps us feed the fire and can provide catering for any of your gatherings Upchurch Drugs and Gift Shoppe – there to help with all your medication, or optical needs while providing a place to find a perfect gift to just show someone you care. Rasberry Maintenance – Providing quality service for of your commercial or residential cleaning and landscaping needs West and Woodall- Providing for your real estate needs from Hyco and Mayo Lakes to Raleigh, Durham.