How to Support Our Students During the 2024 Election
“The purpose of listening is not agreement but understanding…Listening does not grant the other side legitimacy. It grants them humanity and preserves our own.” ~ Valerie Kaur With the 2024…
Why Bixby?
When asked, “Why should I send my child to Bixby School?” my answer is some version of the following.“Because Bixby is a place that sees the inherent brilliance of each…
Bixby’s Heritage Potluck
Our first heritage potluck since pre-COVID! The joy and beauty of the evening felt to me like a warm blanket of community. Coming together to share foods and traditions of…
What Does Bixby’s Educational Journey Look Like?
An occasional but recurrent question from prospective and current families is some version of “How will my child be ready for middle school if they haven’t taken tests, received grades,…
Navigating Polarization With Your Children
In case you have been living in a cave for the past few months, 2024 is a Presidential election year. As is the case every election cycle the discussion of…
Literacy at Bixby
The overarching vision of Bixby’s literacy program is to nurture children’s intrinsic joy for stories and foster the skills and practices that enable them to independently explore the worlds of…
Sparking Curiosity Fund
This week, Bixby School has launched our Annual Fund, permanently renamed The Sparking Curiosity Fund in recognition of the role these funds play in helping us fulfill our mission and…
Holi Celebration
Family Volunteers at Bixby
Some days it feels like the COVID-19 pandemic was a lifetime ago, and then I am abruptly reminded of how present its effects still are in many ways. One of…
The Importance of Free Time at Bixby
One of the many ways that Bixby is unique is the middle school-type schedule for elementary students. This is a key strategy for how we frame our curriculum/class time and…
Bixby’s ACIS Accreditation
On January 19th, the Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS) Board approved Bixby School’s application for accreditation. We are so proud! For the past several years, our trustees, faculty and…
Discover Spanish at Bixby!
“Teaching language is not just about grammar, syntax, etc, but it's about the culture. Culture is the most important aspect.” At Bixby, Spanish is a part of the Kindergarten-5th curriculum.…
Allyson’s Beginning with Bixby Math
Allyson Rosenbloom is the Math Department Chair/4th-5th Grade Math Teacher. Allyson continues to create a fun and engaging environment for Bixby students! It was August of 2010 when I got…
Stones in the River
According to the frontier-life author, Willa Cather “Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.” Add to that, most authors write using…
Our Reading Community Is Alive!
In January we started a google classroom that focused on sharing the books we are reading with each other. Students post weekly about what they are reading. Most recently they…
Cross Curricular Collaboration
At Bixby, there are many classes and teachers. Each teacher has a specialization and may teach several different grades. It can be easy to view content areas as isolated, separate,…
Author’s Chair – A Day to Celebrate a Job Well Done
In writing class, we generate a lot of text. However, not all this work is shared with classmates and other teachers. Some shorter assignments remain forever tucked away in their…
Building Classroom Environment – 3rd Grade Interviews
The beginning of the school year is filled with excitement and transition. Schedules are being learned, routines are being established, and different expectations are being outlined for the various classrooms.…
The Interest Study
The interest study is a time-tested, time-honored Bixby writing tradition. Essentially research papers, interest studies give students the opportunity to dive deep into personally captivating topics. The process is more…
Field Trips and Glass Slippers
One of my favorite parts of teaching is when an opportunity arises for a meaningful field trip. Leaving the classroom is always an engaging way to extend learning, and it…
Biographies of Classmates
Our latest project in the 4th and 5th grade writing room was completing biographies of classmates. Students began by choosing partners and interviewing each other. The facts, favorites, and anecdotes…