Welcome to Sherwood Park Global Studies Academy (PK-6)
Sherwood Park is an authorized IB World School - one of only two in West Michigan! At Sherwood Park, we strive to promote Agency, Awareness, and Action. We nurture our scholars to become agents of their own learning, global citizens who are aware of the world around them, and activists within their communities.
For more information about our learning community, please call 616-819-3095.
Principal
Tamika Henry
Sherwood Park Global Studies Academy
School Hours
Breakfast 8:50 a.m.
Start Time 9:10 a.m.
Dismissal 4:08 p.m.
Half Day Dismissal 12:20 p.m.
School Transparency
At Sherwood Park Global Studies Academy, our mission is to provide scholars with opportunities to investigate the world.
Our scholars are taught to recognize perspectives, create questions, communicate ideas, take action, and value differences. We conduct inquiry-based learning, engage in service learning projects, and promote life experiences that enhance global awareness. We encourage scholars to be lifelong learners.
Sherwood Park Global Studies Academy is an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP). Sherwood promotes the learning of new knowledge and skills through a commitment to high-quality, challenging, and inquiry-based education. As an IB World School, each grade level, pre-K-6th, explores our world through six transdisciplinary units that focus on the development of the whole child (academic, social, and emotional):
- Who we are
- Where we are in place and time
- How we express ourselves
- How the world works
- How we organize ourselves
- Sharing the planet
These units are taught with an emphasis on collaboration, global mindedness, digital literacy, and scholar agency. In addition to the six transdisciplinary units, each scholar has an additional Spanish and Global Studies class elective. To learn more about our International Baccalaureate World School Programme at GRPS, check out our Points of Pride or request a tour of our school.
We have incorporated distance learning for years and are poised to be a leader in the district as a blended model of new technologies and old practices, giving our students the best of both worlds. Our 1-to-1 student technology device approach ensures that every student has the opportunity to learn inside and outside the classroom.
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14 Jan
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FAFSA Workshop at Southwest Middle High 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMFAFSA Workshop at Southwest Middle HighDate: Jan 14Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMLocation: Southwest Middle High School - Academia Bilingue, 327 Rumsey St SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USACalendar: GRPS District CalendarTranslation services available in Spanish.
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16 Jan
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FAFSA Workshop - Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy (UPREP scholars only) 5:30 PM to 7:30 PMFAFSA Workshop - Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy (UPREP scholars only)Date: Jan 16Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PMLocation: Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy, 512 Division Ave S, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USACalendar: GRPS District Calendar
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20 Jan
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No School | No LOOP Programming | Martin Luther King Jr. DayDate: Jan 20Calendar: GRPS District Calendar
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22 Jan
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FAFSA Workshop - Union High School (Union scholars only) 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMFAFSA Workshop - Union High School (Union scholars only)Date: Jan 22Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMLocation: Union High School, 1800 Tremont Blvd NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, USACalendar: GRPS District CalendarTranslation services available in Spanish, Kinyarwanda and Swahili.
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23 Jan
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FAFSA Workshop - Innovation Central High School 6:00 PM to 7:30 PMFAFSA Workshop - Innovation Central High SchoolDate: Jan 23Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PMLocation: Innovation Central High School - Grand Rapids Public Schools, 421 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 4Calendar: GRPS District CalendarTranslation services available in Spanish & Kinyarwanda.
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29 Jan
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GRPS School Choice Expo 4:30 PM to 6:30 PMGRPS School Choice ExpoDate: Jan 29Time: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PMLocation: GRPS University, 1400 Fuller Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, USACalendar: GRPS District Calendar
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30 Jan
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FAFSA Workshop - Grand Rapids Public Museum High School 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMFAFSA Workshop - Grand Rapids Public Museum High SchoolDate: Jan 30Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMLocation: Grand Rapids Public Schools Museum High School, 54 Jefferson Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USACalendar: GRPS District CalendarTranslation services available in Spanish.
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4 Feb
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FAFSA Workshop - CA Frost Middle High School 4:00 PM to 7:00 PMFAFSA Workshop - CA Frost Middle High SchoolDate: Feb 4Time: 4:00 PM to 7:00 PMLocation: CA Frost Science Academy High School, 1417 Covell Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, USACalendar: GRPS District Calendar
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FOX 17’s If You Give a Child a Book Campaign raised $37,310 in 2024, allowing us to provide seven books to each student at both Kent Hills Elementary and Cesar E Chavez Elementary.
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