December 12, 2024
| Happy Thursday Virtual Learning Academy! ❄️ It was such a joy to see so many of you last week at our social, and our students made hundreds of letters for our letter drive as well! Just one week until Winter Break. With the end of Learning Period 4 tomorrow and our special attendance day, please sign the learning log for your student(s) by 10am and take the time to work with your student(s) to ensure all work is completed and submitted. Please note the important information below, and do not hesitate to email virtualacademy@sageoak.education with any questions. We are here for you! |
| ⏰ Important Upcoming Dates Tomorrow, December 13th: end of Learning Period 4 & special attendance day Tomorrow, December 13th: Sage Stage Now- December 15th: VLA field trip sign ups Wednesday, December 18th: afternoon assembly focused on our theme of teamwork and team jersey dress-up day Now-December 20th: Oakschool Q3 sign ups December 23rd – January 7th : winter break Friday, January 24th: end of 1st semester 2024-2025 School Calendar VLA Year-at-a-Glance |
| 🔏 Tomorrow, December 13th: End of Learning Period #4 & Special Attendance Day Tomorrow, December 13th, marks the end of Learning Period 4 and is a special attendance day where we need to report our attendance data to the state. Thank you in advance for signing the Learning Period 4 log by 10am tomorrow, December 13th, and ensuring all work is submitted for the learning period. Please mark your calendars. We appreciate your extra effort to help us meet this important deadline. |
 📍Sage Stage at 9am on Friday Join our Sage Stage tomorrow, Friday, December 13th at 9:00 AM as we welcome Ms. Courtney Morgan from KiwiCo! She will be here to showcase their Vacuum Chamber build, where we’ll learn about air pressure, vacuums, balance, and equilibrium. Then, we will learn how we can DIY our own lung model, so we can see physics and air pressure in action! Click here to join |
| 🗺️ Field Trip Sign Ups Open until December 15th The field trip window has been extended for VLA only until Sunday! These are for the trips until March: SoFi Stadium, Medieval Times, and grade level trips. We apologize that the previous guide was an incorrect link. Use this guide with all of the VLA information to browse all of the field trips and our field trip support web page. You will need to create an account on the Sage Oak website AND you will need your student’s SSID #. Please email events@sagoak.education with any questions. |
| 🎉 Oakschool Quarter 3 Enrollment: Enroll by December 20th Enrollment is open for all Oakschool quarter 3 classes and offerings, which can be viewed on both our master schedule and course catalog. Quarter 3 classes will begin on Monday, January 20th. Our VLA program will purchase any required materials for Quarter 3 classes as long as parents enroll for classes by Friday, December 20th. We hope you will take advantage of this amazing enrichment opportunity! Click here for more information on how to enroll and how to add your child to a waitlist. Please email oakschool@sageoak.education for any questions. |
 💻 Free Online Tutoring We encourage all of our students to use Varsity Tutors on their Clever Dashboard. Varsity Tutors provides free, on-demand 1:1 chat tutoring for all grade levels and all subjects! In addition, Varsity Tutors provides on-demand essay review, live enrichment classes, college & career readiness resources and more! Click here to learn more and please use these these resources: FAQ for parents Clever directions Student Sample Demo Tutoring Experience Essay Review |
| 🗞️ Sage News Check out our all-school newsletter Sage News if you didn’t already! Here are the applicable topics for the Virtual Learning Academy that aren’t already included in this newsletter: Smarter Balanced writing response practice Middle School Hangout in January: sign up here! ATC Art: Video, Padlet, and participate in the mail off! Sage Oak’s annual letter drive Sage Studio podcast |
📸 Photos of the Week We had such a great time at our winter social last week! Click on the slideshow below to see the fun we had! |
| Wishing you a wonderful Fall Break and a very Happy Thanksgiving! 😀 |
 Sincerely, Mrs. Lana Beshara Virtual Learning Academy Principal |