Mission

At IK Academy, learning as a competitive gymnast is taken to a new level. Our program allows gymnasts to partake in more training hours without sacrificing education! We allow students to reach their full potential while minimizing stress as many of our gymnasts have the gift of gymnastics, natural ability, and the desire to become a champion.

Our Philosophy

We believe in a holistic approach to learning in an environment that will help support student’s gymnastic career while still being able to reach high academic standards. IK Academy believes in a multimodality approach that will encourage students to understand concepts in-depth and foster curiosity through active learning while maintaining rigorous gymnastic training schedules.

Block scheduling is a type of academic schedule where classes meet for an extended period of time. For instance, instead of having 6-7 subject areas daily for 40-50 minutes, the students will be focusing on 4 subjects daily for a minimum of 60 minutes. This allows for a greater in depth study of content and allows for activities to take place in the classroom in addition to instruction.

The multiage classroom model has been used since formal education has been developed. In this model, students who are within a 2-3 year age span are taught in the same classroom with varying expectations based on academic ability. Illinois State Standards lends itself to this model based on its cyclical curriculum.

At IK Academy, a multimodality approach is used to ensure student understanding and motivate student’s participation and critical thinking skills. Each of our lessons uses visual, auditory and kinesthetic modalities which follows the “see, hear, do”  model.