Creative Thinking In The Bixby Classroom
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…
Executive Functioning Skills
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…
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…
Serious Play
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Open Forum – Lucky To Have Public Health
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Bixby School is Committed to the Health of Our School Community and Transparency About our Efforts to Keep Our Students and Faculty Safe.
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How Much Play is Built into the Bixby School Schedule?
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We Need To Talk About Race, With Each Other And With Our Children
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Showing Up With Our Best Self During Remote Learning
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Bixby School Celebrates Read Across America Day!
This past Monday, March 2, was Read Across America Day. Started in 1997 by the National Education Association, the day is part of a nation-wide effort to celebrate and share…
I Am Grateful For…
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Progressive Schools
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Bixby’s Lower Yard
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Whole Child Education
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Bixby School Named Top 5 Private School
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How Math Explains Our World
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Why is Unstructured Play Crucial?
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.1.1"] 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,…
Where Did Your Bixby Questions Lead You?
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.1.1"] 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…
Is A Private Elementary Education Worth It?
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Is Creativity a Skill?
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.1.1"] 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…
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