Revolutionary War Art
Painting re-creations are happening all over social media these days as people stay home. Our very own Ivywood Art teacher, Ms. Mason, decided to join in the fun with our 4th graders. Our 4th graders were assigned the task of recreating…
Earth Day Robots
Our 3rd graders celebrated Earth Day this week by creating robots out of recycled materials. After creating their robots, the students then had to write about their robots, giving them a name, explain their function and why consumers would want…
Hearts for Healthcare Workers
Ivywood Classical Academy is supporting local area hospitals, who are battling COVID-19, with some much needed kindness and love. Students and families are making hearts/messages which can be put up on hospital walls to brighten the days of healthcare workers and…
Our Virtual Classrooms
To say that our teachers are incredible just won’t be enough to describe them! Since Michigan schools have closed, due to COVID-19, our teachers have been working hard to continually provide Ivywood students with learning opportunities. Our teachers have taken…
March is Reading Month
This Ivywood parent was disappointed that she was not going to be able to be a Mystery Reader for her daughter’s class since schools are closed. She decided if the students’ homes are their classrooms right now, then she could…
Learning Corner: 13 Colonies
Mrs. Adkins 1st graders are not letting something like a school closure stop them from learning the 13 Colonies. Many of the students are taking this time to map out each of the 13 colonies and/or learn a song about…
School Closure – Ivywood Parent Experience Testimonials
We asked Ivywood parents what their experience has been continuing the learning process at home and this is what they had to say! Parent experience #1 Ivywood’s Virtues have become life lessons for us these past few days in our…
Telling Stories Using Shapes & Lines
Ivywood’s 4th graders were recently learning about the French artist Henri Matisse. The students were asked to use a variety of shapes in a story collage and then add 5-10 different kind of lines to support their story collage and…
Learning Opportunities
Ivywood students may not be in our classrooms right now and they may have chosen a different uniform to wear in their home classroom, but they are still learning. Our dedicated teachers are providing students and families opportunities to continue…
Learning Corner: Cell Structures & Processes
This year both the 5th and 2nd graders at Ivywood are learning about cell structures and processes. At the end of their unit, the students in the 5th grade class made a coloring book to share some facts that they…