This fall, we have had many requests for a place where parents can build relationships with teachers and other ICA parents. In response to this request, we have created the ICA Parent Teacher Partnership Facebook page. This is a closed group with a mission to partner with parents and build relationships between the home and school that ensure the education of the whole child via an academically excellent, Bible-based education.
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Winter Celebreaktion Planned for December 28
The Ignite Christian Academy staff is excited to announce that the 2nd Annual Winter Celebreaktion will take place on Friday, December 28, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. (CT)!
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New Courses in Business and Computers
This school year Ignite Christian Academy launched three new courses that can help you meet the graduation requirements and expand your computer skills. These business and computer courses count towards the fine or practical art elective requirement for high school students.
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If You Give a Puppy Pumpkin Pie
On November 21, 2012, Mrs. Wieneke led a fantastic online class for students in grades 3-7 that focused on the importance of organization when writing stories. She read the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff and discussed how the author used the organization of her ideas, transition words, and a great ending to create a wonderful children's story. The class then went over a couple student-written paragraphs, and the children awarded scores of 1-5 for the organization within the writing samples.
The students in attendance were also challenged to create a well-organized story with a similar chain of events, building off the title "If You Give a Puppy Pumpkin Pie." Here are a couple creative examples we received in response to the extension activity.
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10 Common-Sense Ways to Prepare Your Student for College
Online school is a great way to prepare your student for college. Teaching self-discipline, motivation, and accountability, online school lays the groundwork for independent learning which is necessary to succeed in college. While picking colleges to apply to is the common first step, there are many ways to help your student prepare for this next chapter in his life. [Read more…]
10 Tips for Teaching Your Student Respect
Bullying is ugly. When a student stands by and let's another child be bullied, he is in fact condoning that behavior. Fear of becoming a fellow target or not knowing how to control the situation are several reasons students stay silent. (Warning signs of bullying to look for in your student.) [Read more…]
4 School Supplies to Buy during Cyber Monday
The weekend after Thanksgiving is known for pre-Christmas shopping chaos. Getting up at the crack of dawn to wait in line for that special deal is on the to-do list for many. While not all of us are so ambitious to fight the crowds for a good discount, there still are valuable savings to be had for your student if you're willing to look online or even in store (if you dare.) [Read more…]
Tips for Healthy Eating during the Holidays (and Every Day)
Lessons aren't found just in a textbook; they are also real life experiences. Healthy living is subject better learned hands on. While knowing daily intake of calories and major food groups is helpful, it's the physical action of caring for the body with nutrition and exercise that matters in the end. [Read more…]
Websites for Teaching about Native American Month
Ah, November, the month of Thanksgiving, turkey dinners, and college football games. Yet centuries ago early American were establishing colonies, traveling over dangerous seas, and exploring the unknown. It's hard to think back a few hundred years and appreciate how our ancestors came to America and what they did to live in the New World.
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Student Writing Prompts by Grade Level
November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNo, its affectionately shortened name. Most students today would tell you they prefer texting and emailing to long form writing such as essays and research papers. [Read more…]
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