Bixby School’s teaching model supports opportunities to integrate conversations about diversity in organic and authentic ways.

• In 3rd Grade math, students learn about starting their own businesses and have the opportunity to meet and ask questions of entrepreneurs from all different backgrounds and cultures
• 4th Grade highlights/learns Harlem Renaissance in social studies.
• 5th grade highlights/learns about the Civil Rights movement in social studies and literacy.
• Our Literacy Classes highlight authors of different cultural backgrounds by reading stories written by POC authors. This gives a space for students to reflect on societal inequities, learn about different cultures, and highlight struggles that marginalized communities go through every day. 
• In 2022, we highlighted Asian Pacific Islander stories by celebrating Grace Lin and her work on Read Across America Day. 
• Our Music program highlights Scottish dance and songs, showing the rich history of Scotland and giving insight to students about different music in different cultures. 
• Our Spanish programming is rooted in our Spanish teacher’s native culture of Peru. Students learn about authentic Peruvian foods and Peruvian cultural games as they learn the language. 
• Preschool celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color and spring, by throwing colored powders at each other and celebrating the spring season.
• Bixby School values and provides opportunities for families to share their traditions with classes. 
• 80% of families are confident Bixby faculty can lead conversations about various diversity topics. (2021)
• Bixby School’s family community and faculty strongly believe that the school is a place that talks about diversity issues such as race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, ableism, and religion.

25% of our Bixby School community comes from different ethnic and racial backgrounds. (2024)  Below you will find the racial demographics of Bixby School and Boulder County.