Voyager Academy Monday Enrichment Program
Monday Enrichment F.A.Q. Last Updated July 2009
What is Monday Enrichment?
Monday Enrichment is an opportunity for students to explore other educational/artistic/athletic** activities outside of the regular class day. Participation is not mandatory, and students may go home at the 1pm Monday dismissal time if they choose not to stay for any of these activities.
When do the courses run and how long are they?
Monday Enrichment programs are held on Monday afternoons after the 1pm dismissal, and may be one or two hours long. Allowing time for 1pm dismissal, on-campus classes will run from 1:15 pm through 3:15 pm. (Off-campus offerings may follow a different time frame.) Sessions will coincide with the 9-week grading periods, and be offered four times over the school year.
Do I have to enroll for the entire time?
A student will be enrolled in a particular activity for the duration of the session. There is no partial enrollment. However, a student does not need to commit to Enrichment for the entire school year.** Students can elect to participate for one session, and then do 1pm release the following session, etc. Students are encouraged to explore different areas each session, though they may also continue with the same activity if enrollment allows.
For a particular session, a student may enroll in just a 1:15 – 2:15 class, and be picked up at 2:15. However, a student MUST** be enrolled in a 1:15 class in order to take a 2:15 class. Students will not be permitted to leave school at 1pm and then return for a 2:15 class. In each situation, please use the car line and do not come into the building.
(**The only exception to this is for students enrolled in Kids Kountry afterschool at Voyager; they may go to KK for the 1st hour and then to a 2nd hour Enrichment class and then back to KK.)
How will dismissal work?
On Mondays, there will be 3 dismissal times, each with a car pickup line. There will be 1pm pickup for those not taking part in Enrichment, 2:15 pickup for those enrolled only in the first “period” activity, and then 3:15 pickup for the remaining students.
Where will Monday Enrichment classes be held?
Most classes will take place in one of the classrooms here at Voyager. Other classes may be held off-campus and may require transportation, such as carpooling. Please check the course catalog to see where each class will be held.
How do I sign my child up? Catalogs will be available online at www.voyageracademy.net several weeks before commencement of each session. You will be notified by the school when the catalog becomes available. Simply go over the list with your child & decide which class(es) you would like to sign her/him up for. Send in your request form with your choices, ranked by preference, before the cutoff date given. In a change to the “first-come, first-served” policy of the past, we will now treat equally all forms which are turned in by the initial due date. Should interest exceed availability, enrollees will be chosen randomly from those turned in by the initial deadline. (Should there still be availability after that, students will be allowed to enroll until a second cut-off date.) You should receive confirmation shortly thereafter as to whether your child got their first choice, second choice, etc. Payment will then need to be received in a timely manner to secure your child's spot in that class.
My child didn't get into any of the classes we requested. Now what do we do? Don't give up! Classes that have already filled up will usually be offered again during the next session. If your child does not get into his/her preferred choice because it is full, s/he will have priority to enroll in that same class if it is offered in the following session. There might also still be open classes for the current session, so it can't hurt to list a third choice, fourth choice, etc. when you submit your request sheet. Please also note that, due to the limited number of classrooms available, we can only offer a fixed number of classes per session. We will continue to monitor the interest levels for each of the classes and will, depending on demand, adjust, add, or delete class offerings each session as needed.
We have a question that was not answered here. Whom do we contact?
Please feel free to contact the Enrichment Coordinator.
