BCB Purpose
To increase community involvement, satisfaction, and unity. To raise funds that support supplemental faculty compensation and to enable special projects and special events to add to the Bixby experience for our children, faculty, and parents.
Goals
- Bixby values its community- the more we come together, the better the experience for students, families, and faculty.
- Our excellent faculty-to-student ratio means our tuition dollars do not always cover everything.
- We LOVE Bixby faculty and want to support them in every way we can.
- We want to offer fun and inspiring events that help everyone connect to our special Bixby community.
Who We Are
All faculty, parents/guardians, and children are members of the BCB. Active members plan, lead, and organize fundraising and community-building events throughout the school year for Bixby. Members share ideas and energy to make these events a success. Volunteering is flexible and all abilities/schedules are appreciated!
BCB Events and Activities
Fall Fest is an event hosted at Bixby to celebrate the start of the school year!
There are fun games like Pie Your Teacher and a dunk tank. We need BCB
volunteers to help coordinate booths for games and prizes.
This event is for our 3rd-5th-grade students who showcase the stop-motion
animation pieces they have been working on in their science classes. Film Fest was created to showcase Bixby’s student-led, hands-on learning in our Literacy, Social Studies, and Science classrooms. It is also a fun way to come together as a community to celebrate our students’ work.
Each family is invited to make a dish that reflects their family heritage and/or
traditions. If you wish, your family’s presentation can include traditional dress, decorations, and a connecting story of a special event, tradition, or holiday that explains its importance to your family. There are usually two potlucks, one in the
fall and one in the spring.
Game Night is a fun way to spend time with the whole family! Join the company of good friends to play games, eat pizza, and have snacks. We play free-choice games, eat, and then offer Bingo for those who want to participate. This event is flexible to be modified based on the lead organizer’s ideas.
For a few hours on this weekday morning, the Bixby gym becomes a store where all Preschool–5th-grade kids can buy gifts for their immediate family. This event is meant to give students an opportunity to shop thoughtfully for their family members during the holiday season and build community, all while practicing math. Students typically spend no more than $1 or $2 total. The BCB will request items to be donated for this event before it happens.
Ready, Set, READ! This event is an opportunity to purchase books for your families and loved ones while benefiting Bixby’s library. It is hosted in partnership with the Boulder Bookstore and has been a hybrid event in the past. Students have an opportunity to recommend books to one another and create wish lists from the in-person display of books at school. Families purchase books online or in person at the Boulder Bookstore at their convenience for the duration of the book fair. A percentage of book purchases returns to Bixby and allows us to grow our library offerings. Teachers also create wishlists from which families can purchase books to donate to the classroom.
This assembly will be held in the Bixby gym to celebrate our grandparents & special friends at Bixby! BCB volunteers can help facilitate the assembly by making a slideshow and creating an all-school craft to showcase at the assembly.
Sept 5th, Oct 3th, Nov 31st, Jan 2nd, Feb 6th, March 6th, April 3rd, June 5th, July 3rd, Aug 7th, Sept 4th
The Community Coffee/Breakfast happens on the first Friday of the month. Monthly community coffees are an informal opportunity to meet other families and staff. Each grade will host one community coffee. Stay for an hour, or just grab a bite on your way off. The BCB reps will need to help coordinate food/beverage orders/pickup and host the day of with their students.
Every spring, the BCB hosts a faculty appreciation luncheon the week after school ends. This event has usually been catered, but can also be potluck dishes brought by family volunteers.
Teacher Appreciation Week is when we celebrate our amazing teachers! We will need family volunteers to drop off breakfast every morning that week, and families are welcome to bring any treats to give to our faculty or write cards of appreciation for our teachers.
