January not only marks the beginning of a new year, it also signifies a time to recognize and appreciate vital members of our school community! As we celebrate School Board Appreciation Month, now more than ever is a wonderful time…
Baby Goats
First, we had baby ducks and then this week our students were visited by Mrs. Fox with Missy and Moe, 6-day old baby goats from the Real Life Farm. The kids and staff loved getting to pet and feed them!…
Clay
In the Ivywood Art room all our students have been working with clay. The 3rd, 5th and 6th grader students have been busy creating pieces of art that are as unique as each one of them. The students are immensely…
Latin
The 6th grade students are starting to wrap up their first year of Latin class. The class was recently discussing personal verb endings. Mrs. Severs had the students doing a fun coloring assignment to help them practice a series of verb…
Dean of Students ~ Amanda McLaughlin
Ivywood will be adding a Dean of Students for the 2021/2022 school year. We would like to introduce our new Dean of Students, Amanda McLaughlin. Mrs. McLaughlin holds a Bachelor’s in Education from Eastern Michigan University and a Masters in…
Monte Cristo
Mr. Warchol has been taking advantage of this beautiful Michigan weather we have been having by taking his 6th grade students outside for Literature class. The students are reading the thrilling adventure, Monte Cristo. As the students read all about…
Ducklings
It has been a very egg-citing week at Ivywood this week! Our ducklings, Eagle, Ivy and Navy, hatched from their eggs and joined us. Our students have enjoyed taking “field trips” to the school office and outside to meet our…
Art ~ Clay Week
In the Ivywood art room this week, Mrs. Wright invited guest speaker Nate Morgan to the classroom. Mr. Morgan is a local artist; a Center for Creative Studies graduate with a BFA and University of Michigan MFA. He joined…
Egg-specting
It is almost time! Our ducklings should be hatching any day now. There is so much excitement throughout Ivywood around the arrival of our little ducklings. Our ducklings may arrive this weekend and we don’t want to miss a minute…
Simplifying Fractions
Simplifying fractions looks easy and pretty when it is presented this way. The 3rd graders in Mr. Bruce’s class have been working on simplifying fractions during Math class which sometimes sounds intimidating, not for these 3rd graders, they have this…