Rubric Conversations!
I so appreciate that Anna talked about the rubrics for student growth last week, and how she spoke about learning more about the practice of teaching through filling them out.…
Gathering STEAM at home!
We all have a wonderful challenge: Our children are born as creators, scientists, thinkers, and makers! Yet, how do we nurture and foster their natural curiosity at home? How do…
The Teacher and Bixby’s Rubric of Student Growth
As rubric season comes to a close at Bixby, I’ve been reflecting on the experience of writing these reports. For many years the rubric has been a Bixby hallmark. It…
The Bixby Auction
I look forward to this event every year. The Bixby Auction. It’s our school’s biggest fundraiser, and every year I have an absolute blast! I love anticipating the theme, seeing…
School Choice, Transitions and Other Leaps of Faith
Like many families, you may be navigating the important question of school choice in these days. At Bixby, this week alone, a number of families have attended our open house,…
Grateful For Bixby
As we take a weeklong break from school to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends, I reflect on what a special place Bixby is and how grateful I am to…
Coming Together
Last Wednesday morning after a deeply dividing national election, Bixby School’s first- through fifth-graders gathered together in our gym, rather than splitting into the usual grade-level group times. Emotions were…
International Walk to School Day At Bixby School
Wednesday October 5th is International Walk to School Day. It all began in 1997, when the Partnership for a Walkable America sponsored the first National Walk Our Children to School Day in Chicago, modeled…
Taking Care of Bixby
There is work to be done at Bixby! Recycling needs to be put out, the lunchroom needs to be set up…and don’t forget to get it all cleaned up and…
Group Time At Bixby School
Morning Group Time is an important part of the day at Bixby. Meeting together as individual grades gives students a significant anchor at our school. Group Time becomes a safe…
Time For A Snack!
Children work hard in school everyday. Teachers care deeply about academics, but they are also concerned with making sure that students are doing well emotionally, socially and physically. Abraham…
Welcome to the new school year from Bixby’s Director of Admissions.
The start of a new school year is an exciting time for all of us. As our children are navigating new classes, new grades and possibly new friends at a…
Back to School
No matter how many times I’ve done this (and the years are certainly adding up), I experience equal measures of excitement and nervousness as I enter each new school year.…
Welcome To Our 2016-17 School Year
We are off to a great start in our 46th year of continuous service to our Boulder community. I am delighted the board of trustees asked me to stay on…
If you want to be a better teacher, take some time to be a student.
Every time I’ve stepped back into the world of being a student in one form and another over the last few decades, my empathy for other students has increased considerably.…
Bixby School’s 99 Ways To Play With Kids This Summer!
Now, set aside school, work and stress; it's time to focus on 99 ways to play with kids this summer! Build a toy car racetrack out of old boxes, paper…
Nurturing A Bixby Community Across All Grades
One of the things I love about working with preschoolers is that I get to teach in a multi-age classroom with children from two and a half to five years…
Bixby School’s Field Day
Here at Bixby, we love to finish the year with a flourish - Field Day!! Formerly known as the All School Picnic, Field Day has morphed into an exciting non-competitive…
A Bixby Summer
As members of the Bixby community, we’re all aware of the value of the education our children receive during the academic year. In addition to this, summer camp at Bixby…
The Fifth Grade Play
The Fifth Grade Play is an exhilarating Bixby tradition that’s existed as long as I can remember – literally. I remember watching the fifth graders perform it every May as…