Duck University Extended Day program and Voyager Project is quickly coming to an end this semester. All campuses are still working very hard to provide a quality program to all of our students.

We are planning our sec-ond full day Summer Pro-gram. The program will begin June 6th and end August 5th. We will pro-vide care to children rang-ing in grades Pre-K through 6th grade. The Summer Program will be held at T.H. Johnson Elementary campus. The hours will be from 7:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Monday through Fri-day. Our summer theme is “The Duck 2016 Summer Olympics”. Our Olympics will include the following activities basketball, track & field events, field hockey, volleyball and golf.

We are excited about re-ceiving two of the Taylor Educational Foundation

Grants. Our Balancing Food and Fitness grant will be implemented this sum-mer. The second grant Grand Slammers will be done in our fall program.

We are also promoting our Duck University Extended Day program for next year. Applications for the 2016-2017 school year can be found on our website and can be turned in at your child’s campus.

Thank you for the privilege of serving your children and the community.

Sincerely,

JoAnn Barcak Duck University Extended Day Voyager Project Program Director

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POINTS OF

INTEREST:

• Duck University

Extended Day

• Voyager Project

• Nourish U: Mini Grant Parent Show-case

• Taylor Educa-tional Enrich-ment Founda-tion TEE Grants

• Parent Summit

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“Parent Showcase”

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studentshosteda“Parent

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P A G E 2

“The Voyager Project

adventure to The Rockdale I & GN

Train Depot Museum”

HEADS UP VOYAGER PARENTS

WHO: VOYAGER CLASSES

WHAT: WILL HAVE AN OPENHOUSE &

CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION

WHEN: MAY 25, 2016 -- 3:45 P.M.

WHERE: VOYAGER CLASSROOMS

WHY: LAST DAY OF VOYAGER FOR STU DENTS

You are all invited to join us to give our Voyager students a warm and successful send off .

Voyager Activities at NPE

Voyager students have been working hard and excitedly to

complete their mousetrap race cars before school ends. Teams of two

students have been reading directions, following the directions, gluing

and sanding the parts to ensure the race cars are working at the end.

When all cars are ready, we will race them to see which one will run

the longest and the farthest.

Voyager students got a treat recently when they were taken on a

field trip to the Rockdale Train Depot Museum. They toured a ca-

boose; saw the dining car where meals were served; were fascinated

by all the model trains running on multiple tracks; and peered into a

Blacksmith workshop where all kinds of metal were forged. The

most enjoyable, though, was the simi-train pulled by a farm tractor

that the students were able to ride multiple times. The tractor driver

even brought the train to the park where we stopped to eat lunch and

have an ice cream bar treat. He drove the students around the park

several times. The students would have loved it if they could have

ridden with him forever.

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Enrichment

Activity:

Students engage

in the Arts&

Crafts enrichment

activity after they

have completed

their homework.

the school year almost to an end the children

have learned a lot and strive to learn more.

Mrs. Debbie and I enjoy having your children

in this wonderful program. We learn so much

from them and teach them fun educational

activities.

Here at THJ Duck University we are

still practicing our ABC’S and letter

sounds, followed by blending sounds

to make words and also learning rhym-

ing words. We are continuing counting

to 100 by 5’s and 10’s!! Kinder stu-

dents are also reading books on their

own with very little help.

We always want to see our kids coming

to Duck U with a smile and ready to

have a fun afternoon!! The children

LOVE to color, play with the Legos,

building blocks, play basketball, bowl-

ing etc.… and of course we can’t

leave out the IPads. We encourage

our kids to always have duck tales and

bubbles because we are still in school

and have to abide by the rules. With

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some of their newfound abilities. In a close race, Jaxon finished first with a score of 63 points with Becca right be-hind at 62. Science club has also started up again opposite Archery, and it's been fun let-ting the kids do some hands-on learn-ing. We've explored rock formations with Starbursts and chemical reactions by making volcanoes and have hopefully learned a few things that will stick with us. In between the scheduled activities we have spent a lot of time playing in the gym and using our imaginations. It is always a joy to watch your kids acting as kids. Thank you for allowing us to spend this year getting to know you and your children. We have a great group with a great dynamic between them and it's been a pleasure to share our time with them. I appreciate that I can look

back fondly on this school year with your kids. The end of the year has come to

our MSI Duck U Extended Day group. We've been making our way to the close by revisiting some old activities and bringing in some new ones. Our Computer Animation group wrapped up the year with the stu-dents taking away some valuable knowledge. Some of our kids have shown a great interest and aptitude in the activity, with a few even de-veloping an interest in animation as a future career. Those who partici-pated have come away with a login so that they may continue their work on their own. Our archery group as also run its course, with the kids learning some exciting new skills. At the end of it all, we had an archery competition so that the kids could show off

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HAVE A FANTASTIC SUMMER AND A

GREAT SCHOOL YEAR TO OUR SOON TO

BE 1ST GRADERS AND KINDERGARDENERS

LOVE

Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Debbie

WE WILL MISS THEM L

Parents if you have any question or concerns

please feel free to email me @

jlopez@taylorisd.or of call or via text any-

time of the day @ (512)965-0425

Thank you

Duck University Extended Day ac-

cepts dona�ons to help keep our

fees at a minimal cost for our

working parents. We also pro-

vide scholarships for students to

be able to a end our program.

To make a dona�on go to the

Taylor ISD website and click on

“School”. Then go to the Duck

University link and click on the

“Donate” bu on or call to make

a dona�on. 512-352-6845

Thanks For Your Support!

Duck University Extended Day

and Voyager Project Staff

PAYING FORWARD!

Taylor ISD

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254-541-5133

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