Ivy Preparatory Academy Charter School Utah

Ivy Preparatory Academy (IPA) is a public charter school that provides a developmentally driven holistic education to a community seeking a school environment that prepares their children for the intellectual demands of the future while nurturing the unique social and emotional capacities developed in childhood. IPA students receive rigorous and relevant instruction in mathematics, English language arts, science and humanities centered around the Utah Common Core State Standards. Content is made meaningful and memorable as it is delivered through our unique brain based, whole-child methodology. This methodology is guided by the principle that children learn best when they are engaged in learning in a three-fold manner: intellectually, emotionally, and actively what IPA calls the “Head, Heart, and Hands” method of teaching and learning.
Head- students gain both depth and breadth of knowledge through a comprehensive standards-based curriculum.
Heart- content is made meaningful and memorable through the integration of the arts, music, technology, nature, and community service.
Hands- learning is made purposeful through multisensory hands-on learning and real-world application through project-based learning.
Further, IPA’s approach integrates subjects that stimulate creatively, intellectual curiosity, imagination, critical thinking, self-confidence, as well as, respect for nature and humanity such as: The arts (both visual and performing) Practical arts (woodworking and sewing) Music Movement Project-based learning Technology (basic coding, etc) Nature-based learning Service learning

Through the use of proven whole-child methods, a comprehensive program of instruction, and working knowledge of how children learn, IPA nurtures high academic achievement in every student, as well as, valuable interpersonal and practical life skills. Cooperation, collaboration, and self-advancement are encouraged with the goal of enabling students to concentrate on and celebrate personal growth