About Ivy Academia

Welcome to Ivy Academia Entrepreneurial Charter School!  We recognize that raising a child is a joint effort, and we are ready to do our part in shaping the young men and women of tomorrow.

Ivy Academia aims at educating individuals for the 21st century, intends to enable students to think critically, understand and internalize the responsibilities of living in a diverse society, and to utilize technological tools that are constantly changing and integral to the functioning of this society.  Our course of study is an integrated entrepreneur thematic approach that ties the separate disciplines of the curriculum together into studies of the physical universe, the world of nature, art, music, and the human experience. Ivy Academia's curriculum encompasses the full substance of the traditional curriculum of California public schools, and goes beyond to teach students how to think clearly, do their own research, express themselves well in writing and speech, and to put their knowledge to practical application. 

Ivy Academia employs a curricular approach to encourage entrepreneurial thinking and focuses on the core attributes of real entrepreneurship.  Based on research by Marilyn L Kourilsky, Vice President with the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Research at UCLA, and William B. Walstead, Director of the National Center for Research in Economic Education (1), “Education for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking must be broad-based, drawing on many content areas.”.  This concept serves as the foundation upon which our standards-based curriculum program is developed.  Students are engaged in curricular approaches to education that involve both foundational knowledge and hands-on application of entrepreneurial concepts and experiences.  The entrepreneurial content is embedded into the core content areas of the school program.  The knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking are of benefit for any educational or career path, not just for those leading to the start-up and development of business ventures.

In addition, Ivy’s philosophy of education emphasizes parental involvement in all phases of the educational process. Thus, Ivy has mandatory parental involvement requirements.

Ivy Academia graduates will be able to think, read, write, speak and listen confidently and effectively. They will be fluent in technology, creative in problem-solving, literate in scientific and mathematical reasoning, self-motivated and committed to lifelong learning. They will be able to participate in their lives and communities by addressing complex community issues and will communicate capably across race, gender, sexual orientation and class lines.  Ivy Academia graduates will be capable of making meaningful choices in their lives and in their communities.

Ivy’s fundamental educational objective is to ensure that each child, regardless of his/her individual style of learning and/or socio-economic situation, meets or exceeds rigorous State academic content standards.  The curriculum integrates various studies, rather than a traditional model in which curriculum is compartmentalized into separate subjects, with given topics considered only once at a given level. At Ivy, lessons are introduced simply and concretely in early years and are reintroduced several times during the following years at increasing degrees of abstraction and complexity.  This approach is aligned to the manner in which academic content should be mastered as delineated in the State content standards.

Ivy Academia looks forward to serving you in the coming years!

Ivy Academia is non-sectarian in its programs, admissions policies, employment practices, and all other operations. Ivy Academia does not discriminate on the basis of the characteristics listed in Education Code Section 220 (actual or perceived disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code or association with an individual who has any of the aforementioned characteristics). [Ref. Education Code Section 47605(d)(1)]

 [1] Kourilski, M.L. & Walstead, W.B., (2000). The E Generation. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. Dubuque, IA.