A young girl wearing a colorful mask skipped gleefully down a hallway at Ivywood Classical Academy one morning last week, unknowingly serving as a symbol for an upbeat vibe that flows through the Plymouth Township charter school during a year-long pandemic.
Since September its second year of operation Ivywood has managed to figure out a way to hold full time face-to-face learning for its kindergarten through sixth-grade students with just a trace of COVID-19 positivity, boosting the mental and physical health of its students, students parents and staff, staff say I think it s great what we ve been able to do; I love it, Ivywood Principal Stephanie Kooiker (pronounced quaker ) said. There s so much more to school than academics. The social/emotional well-being of the children is so important. And all of the staff enjoy seeing how happy the kids are.