Author: Danielle Wood

Creativity requires a safe environment in which to play and take risks. At Bixby, it’s up to us to establish this kind of supportive classroom. Creativity is the most challenging…

This month our school-wide Social-Emotional Learning focus is on Executive Functioning Skills.   Executive functioning skills refer to cognitive processes that help us all to plan, pay attention, focus, regulate…

Global competence means understanding about the world and approaches to living in it that enable learners to meaningfully engage with the world around them. As any parent can attest, to…

“...all work and no play is no good at…” stares up at me in an endless loop from the stem on my old Gary Fisher mountain bike.  I remember this…

Bixby School's Head of School, Nina Lopez is featured in the Daily Camera's Open Forum: We would like to publicly thank the professionals at Boulder County Public Health for their…

October 29, 2020 This morning’s Daily Camera included an article about several recent outbreaks in Boulder County, including one at Bixby School. Because we were unable to share comments in…

During a recent virtual tour of Bixby for a prospective family, one of the parents asked me “how much play is built into the school schedule?” I paused for a…

Bixby’s mission states, “Bixby School serves preschool through elementary level children and their families in a small community setting that compassionately empowers children with critical thinking skills, self-confidence, independence and…

“Progressive schools are characterized bywhat I like to call a ‘working with’ rather thana ‘doing to’ model.”​ This statement from a 2008 article highlights one of the key principles of…

Each time I give a tour to a prospective family, I try to leave Lower Yard for the end.  To me, Lower and Preschool Yards reflect so much about our…

“Whole Child” education is a term often used to describe an approach to education that focuses on more than a narrowly defined set of outcomes (often limited to standardized test…

Several weeks ago, Julie Layne (1-3rd grade math) shared an online article with me about the value of play, and in particular unstructured play.  The article, “Why is Unstructured Play…

Abby McLelland, a Bixby alumni asked this great question at a small gathering of alumni and parents of alumni,hosted by the Pizzi family. It is such a powerful question because…

Is a private elementary education worth it? It’s a question that I hear from time to time and one that I have had to ask myself.   Recently I had a…

Can it be taught, improved, measured, and defined? Creativity is a focus at Bixby so these questions occupy my thoughts often. This recent article offers various perspectives on these questions.…