A BIG thank you to our amazing Voyager parent
community for their support of the Voyager-sponsored dance! Chaperones,
awesome snacks and drinks, fun Mardi Gras gear and Mardi Gras Manicures (super
shout-out to Debbie Rutherford for pulling that fun activity together!)
We raised $630 that will go directly into the field trip fund. Our
mantra for the field trip is that we want it to be FREE for ALL kids, so each
event we support with a bit of time and smaller donations makes a huge impact
and helps us amplify our dollars in a big way!
NEXT UP -- in three short weeks, our BIGGEST
Fundraiser of the year -- The Voyager Recycle SALE!!!! Saturday, March 29th, 9-3. In an effort to streamline the
commitment from each family, we've set up the event in shifts so that no one
needs to work for more than 2 hours...that is IT! Our goal is to raise
$2,000!
Here is the sign-up wiki. For new parents,
the event is simple: it is a giant indoor garage sale. Friday night, we
collect goods to sell the following day in the WCS cafeteria. Goods range
from books, records, CD's, household goods (dishes, plates, cups, decorative items,
rugs, furniture -- anything you'd like to donate that is in good enough shape
to be used again,) sports goods, toys, puzzles, games, clothing (clean and
gently used - no sheets or undergarments - kids and adult jeans are a huge
hit,) working electronics, art, etc.! A group of parents organizes goods,
prices them and sets up tables for the sale. Saturday morning, a team of
parents run the sale throughout the day and at the end of the day, leftovers
are donated to the Good Will. The event is a great way for kids to be
involved too, so there is a food concession that kids can run (baked goods.)
We need everyone's help in spreading the word.
I've attached a flyer that can be posted in your workplace,
e-mailed to friends and family and shared on your social media platforms.
I will place an ad in the Burlington Free press and have the event listed
in local newspaper and TV community calendars. We'll also post to Front
Porch Forum and Craig's list. The beauty of this event is that it
attracts people from all over Chittenden County, so we are not 'tapping' into
our own pockets - we are providing a great service and fun shopping experience.
It is a win-win for the whole community!
Please take some time to gather your donations
and sign-up for a spot to help! If you have any questions, please feel
free to e-mail Ann Schmidt at apechaver@yahoo.com
Thank you!
Voyager FAP
Adam’s Farm Market Pie Sale Fundraiser
Voyager students will be selling delicious Adams
Farm Market pies for $15.00 each. There is a large selection of 10 inch
fruit pies to choose from and you can pick up the pies yourself at Adams Farm
Market. Money is due when the order is placed and all orders can be sent
in to Katie Fieldsend. This fundraiser runs through March 27th and pies
can be picked up April 17th and 18th from 10-5. Students will receive
order forms in school Tuesday!
Voyager 5-8 Spring Field Trip
Camp Abnaki - June 2 - 4
We are pleased to announce that our spring field
trip will be a 5th-8th grade, three day, 2 night experience at Camp Abnaki, in
North Hero, VT. The site will provide a wonderful outdoor location for
activities that are connected to Environmental Science, Language Arts, Personal
Development, and Reasoning and Problem Solving standards and goals. More
information will be sent out later in the spring.
Big Basket Raffle
Collections for the 14th Annual Big Basket Raffle
and Silent Auction are underway! This is one of FAP’s biggest fundraisers
of the year, with proceeds funding FAP programs that support all WCS and ABS
students, families and staff. Items donated by our Williston School
District families will be made into beautiful themed baskets that will be
raffled off at the BIG BASKET RAFFLE on Saturday, April 12, 2014.
We ask each family to donate one (or more)
item(s) that relate to your class theme:
Ms. Wesnak- Teen Time
Ms. Quatt- Let’s Get Fit
Ms. O’Brien- Best of Boston
Mr. Merrill- Fondue Fun
Ms. Q’s Corner
CMP7 and CMP8
Due to the play unit, we had an abridged math
class. Our 7th grade students reviewed ratios, proportions and began
looking at the meaning of slope. In 8th grade we reviewed function
notation and explored parent functions and their translations.
7th/8th Science:
We introduced our engineering task and students
began working with their groups. Next week we will have double science
periods to design, build, test and redesign our cars, space landers, marshmallow
projectiles and ziplines. March 18th is the school wide engineering
competition, and Voyager students will be competing for the
“bragging rights” of best design for the task.
The Week in Voyager 5- 8 Humanities….Brought to
you by Olivia, Halina, Natalie, and Davis!
Words From Our Student Directors: The Voyager play unit has come to an end. As you have probably
heard from your tired cast or crew member, this week was a little hectic. There
were difficulties with sound, headsets and set changes, but we all came through
and performed a great show! We would like to thank all those who participated
in the production, whether cast, crew or staff. Aside from the bumps in the
road, we all put so much hard work into making this play be “audience-ready”
and a great success! Though Tuesday and Wednesday were a little stressful with
full dress rehearsals and working with sets for the first time, Thursday’s
productions were absolutely fantastic. It was truly an amazing experience to
see our creation come to life and we thank you all for supporting Voyager in
this process!
Words From Our Stage Managers: This week was performance week, and we all managed to get back
from vacation and get on track right away. Our lines were memorized, the
red curtain was fixed and blocking was finalized, we were well on our way to
being fully prepared for the show. There wasn’t a single person involved that
wasn’t nervous, but that was natural. The nerves were good.
Before each of our performances, we warmed up
together in the auditorium. One of the most important warmups was when we
gathered together in a circle around the auditorium. We all held hands with the
people next to us, and sent out a “heartbeat” pulse around to everyone. The
warm up showed that without cooperation from even just one person, things
wouldn’t be able to be accomplished. We needed everyone in the room, all of
Voyager house, to pull this play off. Every person was essential to this
production. Now that we have completed all of our performances, we can see that
things have definitely come together. We’ve come so far together as a
house, and it’s going to be hard to say goodbye to it all.
The Week in Ms. O’s
Getting back to some regularity in our schedule,
we set math goals this week related to Habits of Mind and Interaction.
Students have chosen one of four areas to focus: Habits of
Interaction, particularly the commitment to share thinking with dyad partner,
Make Sense of My Thinking and the Thinking of Others (what is the same, what is
different, does the thinking make sense based on what I know), Justifying (how
do I show and explain my work so others can understand, how do I use models to
explain my thinking) and Generalizing (what patterns do I notice, what
conjectures can I make about the structure and regularity of the math, can my
conjecture be generalized to all cases).
Math next week...6th Graders should bring in a
snack for a data analysis project on food. If it can be an extra snack
beyond the usual that would be great. We will be using it to learn more
about data and how to use data to make decisions.
Science: We have a big independent project
coming soon and wanted to give you a heads up. Students will have the
choice to: virtually climb Mt. Everest, make a meal for your family,
interview a doctor about disease, dissect a sheep or pig organ, build a
prosthetic, or build a helmet in order to fulfill the goals of the project.
Students will be using iMovie as a tool to share their learning with
others. We will also have class time dedicated to this work. We
will choose these projects relatively early in the week as we investigate
onion, cheek, and other kinds of cells. This project is due, April 4th.
All documents will be shared with students and then with you!
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