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Teaching Tip: Reading

July 20, 2020
Always try to make reading a positive! Too often we say things like, “You HAVE to read for 30 minutes a day.” This makes reading sound like a chore. Instead try, “Sweet! We have time to read. Let’s read on…
Excellence

Excellence

July 13, 2020
Excellence, one of Ivywood’s 7 virtues.  Our students deliver their personal best on a daily basis.  By delivering their personal best, our students are continually growing and learning.
Ivywood students smiling. Caption: Welcome to Ivywood

Welcome Ms. Channels & Mr. Warchol

July 6, 2020
Ivywood is excited to welcome Ms. Channels, as our new 2nd grade teacher, and Mr. Issac Warchol, as our new 6th grade teacher. Ms. Channels is a graduate of Hillsdale College with a double major in English and France with…
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Back to Basics Learning

July 3, 2020
Ivywood Classical Academy is featured in Metro Parent magazine. This great article is about how Ivywood sets itself apart from other schools in the Metro area with it’s Classical Education curriculum. Click here and read how Ivywood is for Everyone.
Wonder

Wonder

June 26, 2020
The primary function of Classical Education is purposeful dissemination of knowledge. Students do not merely need to learn “critical thinking skills” but also need to furnish their minds and imaginations with something to think about. We call this wonder.

In-Person Tours & Virtual Tour

June 26, 2020
Ivywood is for Everyone!  This is a great time for families to come and see what Ivywood Classical Academy has to offer for students.  In-person school tours begin again this week.  So that we can ensure COVID Guidelines are met and…
Last Day of School Popsicle Zoom Party

Popsicle Party

June 22, 2020
Mrs. Boyd’s kindergarten class had a lot of fun at their virtual Last Day of School party.  Along with the last day of school festivities, the class also enjoyed a Popsicle party for their hard work raising donations for the…
Congratulations Ivywood! We've completed our first school year!

Congratulations Ivywood! We’ve Completed Our First Year of School

June 18, 2020
Hello Ivywood Classical Academy Family! We did it! Today is our last day of school for the 2019/2020 school year. It has been a rollercoaster. Even though teachers and staff are not standing on the sidewalk and waving goodbye as…
Math book on table, student laying in the grass

Singapore Math Program

June 15, 2020
Ivywood teaches the Singapore Math Program which provides students with a strong conceptual foundation in basic mathematics.  The program presents mathematical skill building and problem-solving such that students have a better understanding of not only when to use a particular equation,…
Teacher holding white board of diagramed sentences

Diagramming Sentences

June 8, 2020
Our students do not work on diagramming sentences during only one grade level at Ivywood, they work on it throughout all their years at Ivywood Classical Academy.  Diagramming sentences helps our students ensure their syntax is clear and the sentence…