School News (page 6)

Ivywood Classical Academy returned from Spring Break this week and we are extremely excited to have our classrooms full of well rested students and staff.  As we enter the last quarter of the school year, we at Ivywood are immensely…

Congratulations to our grade level Scholar’s Cup winners! Their submissions have been sent to Hillsdale College to represent Ivywood in the national competition. Grade level winners were: Kdg- Rosemary F. 1st Grade- Will L. 2nd Grade- Alex H. 3rd Grade-…

Have you ever wondered how all the potholes in the Michigan roads are formed?  Well, Mrs. Knutsen’s 4th graders can tell you how the potholes are formed.  The class conducted experiences with chalk and water to learn how the potholes are…

Students in Mrs. Reinhart’s class have been learning about the Earliest Americans and Native Americans that inhabited this continent, Students explored various regions and learned that there have been over 500 tribes. Students explored the different tribes and created dioramas…

Mrs. Boyd’s kindergarten class has spent the week presenting their Animal Habitat models and presentations to the class. The students’ Animal Habitats and presentations included research on where their animal lives and what it eats. The students also had to…

“During our lessons, I teach each grade level specific life and social skills to help students control their words and actions to enable them to get along with others, which are taught based on a curriculum I created from the…

Who does not love to read a good book by a roaring fire? How about getting a book read to you virtually by a roaring fire! Ivywood Board member, Jeff Fettig, was a virtual guest reader to our students this…

Spring is in the air and what better way to start enjoying this beautiful weather, then to get outside. Mr. Warchol and his 6th graders took advantage of the beautiful weather this week and went outside to read. Leaving the…

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…

Ms. Channels 2nd graders have been remarkably busy so far in 2021! The class is working on knowing all the world oceans and their locations. Do you know the largest ocean (the Pacific) and the smallest ocean (the Arctic ocean)?…