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…
The Water Cycle
The students in Mrs. Reinharts’s class have been learning about the water cycle; evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Part of this lesson focuses on how the water cycle impacts our weather and vegetation. The students then created pictures to show the…
Compound Elements
Mrs. Knutsen’s fourth grade class recently finished reading “Treasure Island.” The students are studying compound elements in Grammar. To blend Literature and Grammar, the students drew pictures from the novel and diagrammed sentences using either compound predicate nominatives or compound…
ICA Board Member Spotlight ~ Jeff Fettig
In the upcoming weeks we will be spotlighting the Ivywood Classical Academy School Board members so our Ivywood Families can learn more about them and their passion and commitment to Ivywood Classical Academy. Jeff Fettig has been an Ivywood board…
Zentangle, Native Americans & Ivywood Vision
Zentangle In the Ivywood art room…its Zentangle for the 3rd graders studying design. It is a modern angle that the students tied into other forms art. The 3rd graders learned about contemporary artists Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts, the inventors…
ICA Board Member Spotlight ~ Myranda Fabian
In the upcoming weeks we will be spotlighting the Ivywood Classical Academy School Board members so our Ivywood Families can learn more about them and their passion and commitment to Ivywood Classical Academy. Myranda…