Tours and General Info

INFORMATION SESSION & VIRTUAL TOURS FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS/FAMILIES

INFO SESSION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS/FAMILIES

The school leadership team will be hosting an informal information session on February 1, 2023 at 5 pm via zoom to provide general information and answer questions from prospective families.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83210930326?pwd=VHlHak9VdGhLLzdrSWkybzR0bTl2UT09
Passcode: 134752
Or One tap mobile :
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VIRTUAL SCHOOL TOUR & DIGITAL BROCHURE

Voyager Academy Admissions

Voyager Academy seeks to provide students, with a rigorous, experiential, and challenging curriculum.

Voyager Academy admits students without regard to race, sex, disability,color, religion, national, or ethnic origin.

Voyager Academy is a tuition-free public charter school!

Admission to Voyager Academy is by lottery. The application period begins on January 1 for the school year starting the following fall and will remain open for 60 days each year .

**Currently enrolled students do NOT need to re-apply for admission. Voyager families that wish to seek admission for siblings of currently enrolled students must complete an application to be considered for admission.

School Admission Policy – Board Approved 10-27-2022

SCHOOL TOURS FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS/FAMILIES

Voyager Academy offers tours of our campus and facilities on specific dates at specific times during the first part of the new year.

No sign-up is required.

Below are the only tour dates/times. Please attend one of the following dates if you are interested in attending Voyager Academy. The tours are designed to give you information about deciding whether Voyager Academy is the right fit for your student. If a seat becomes available and your student is called from the waitlist, there will NOT be an opportunity to tour any schools at that time.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOUR DATES (GRADES K – 3)

4210 Ben Franklin Blvd

Durham, NC 27704

–Tuesday, January 31, 2023 @ 8:30 AM: Grades K – 3

-Friday, March 10, 2023 @ 8:30 AM: For admitted K – 3 students only. This is the only tour offered for admitted students, so please make plans to attend if you are admitted through the lottery on March 3, 2023. Individual tours are not given.

Is my child eligible for Kindergarten?

Kindergarten Age of Eligibility Effective in 2009-2010, House Bill 150 requires that a child presented for enrollment to kindergarten MUST be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31 of that school year.

http://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/legal-affairs/resources-1/school-entry-age

For more information about the legal school entry age and the NC Standards for Early Admission to Kindergarten, please go to the following website:

http://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/policy-manual/kindergarten-early-childhood/standards-for-early-admission-to-kindergarten

MIDDLE SCHOOL TOUR DATES (GRADES 4 – 8)

101 Hock Parc

Durham, NC 27704

-Tuesday, January 31, 2023 @ 9:45 AM: Grades 4 – 8

-Friday, March 10, 2023 @ 9:45 AM: For admitted 4 – 8 students only. This is the only tour offered for admitted students, so please make plans to attend if you are admitted through the lottery on March 3, 2023. Individual tours are not given.

HIGH SCHOOL TOUR DATES (GRADES 9 – 12)

4302 Ben Franklin Blvd

Durham, NC 27704

-Tuesday, January 31, 2023 @ 10:45 AM: Grades 9 – 12

-Friday, March 10, 2023 @ 10:45 AM: For admitted 9 – 12 students only. This is the only tour offered for admitted students, so please make plans to attend if you are admitted through the lottery on March 3, 2023. Individual tours are not given.

Admissions Timeline for 2023 – 2024 School Year

Jan. 1, 2023 (Sunday) – On-line admission application opens in SchoolMint

Jan. 31, 2023 (Tuesday) – Pre Lottery Tours – Elementary:8:30am, Middle School 9:45am, High School:10:45am

Feb. 1, 2023 (Wednesday) – Virtual Parent Information Session at 5:00pm

Feb. 28, 2023 (Tuesday) – Admission application closes for those who wish to be included in the lottery

March 3, 2023 (Friday) – Admission lottery held at 12:30 pm Virtually. Initial admission offers made.

March 10, 2023 (Friday) – Admitted student tour for students offered admission in the lottery:

Elementary School – 8:30 am (see above for details)
Middle School – 9:45 am (see above for details)
High School – 10:45 am (see above for details)

March 17, 2023 – 1pm -due date to accept offered lottery seats AND complete registration packet. Incomplete registration packets and non-responded offers forfeited.

March 20, 2023 – make 2nd round of offers, IF NEEDED

March 31, 2023 – 5pm -due date to accept 2nd round offered seats AND complete registration packet. Incomplete registration packets and non-responded offers forfeited.

April 3, 2023 -make 3rd round of offers, IF NEEDED

April 7 – 14, 2023 – Voyager Academy Spring break

April 17, 2023 – due date to accept 3rd round offered seats AND complete registration packet. Incomplete registration packets and non-responded offers forfeited.