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Ivy Academy is a tuition-free public charter high school serving grades 9-12. It is one of the first two charter schools to open in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and opened in Fall of 2009 with 60 students. Each year, 60-80 students will be added until all four high school grade levels are filled. The total number of students attending the school at any given time will not exceed 320 thus allowing for intense personalized education and minimized impact on the natural surroundings.
Designed by teachers who themselves are life-long students, the Ivy Academy will serve a currently underserved population of non-traditional learners. These are students who drop beneath the radar for a number of reasons. They are:
- restricted by structural and schedule constraints in a traditional school;
- frustrated by lessons that do not adequately address different learning styles;
- scoring outside the norms on standardized tests and are either too far above, or too far below for their needs to be met in a large and inflexible classroom;
- voracious learners and lack a sufficient challenge to spark their interests.
Qualifying students are those who currently meet one of the following state qualifications:
- has failed one or more TCAP/GATEWAY core tests
- is zoned for a high priority school
- is failing over-all
- has previously attended a charter school somewhere else
Ivy Academy’s Mission Statement:
Ivy Academy educates students for college and life as environmentally active global citizens by fostering intellectual curiosity, academic accomplishment, physical fitness, and creative expression coupled with direct student involvement in school maintenance and community service.
