Happy Summer!
by Nina Lopez, Head of School Bixby School is humming this summer - Zac and Olivia have assembled the strongest team of summer staff that I’ve seen and camp activities…
by Nina Lopez, Head of School Bixby School is humming this summer - Zac and Olivia have assembled the strongest team of summer staff that I’ve seen and camp activities…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Preschool students love gardening! Part of our Preschool programming helps our preschoolers study Colorado’s natural ecosystem, specifically on Bixby’s campus. Our campus has undergone multiple beautifying projects in the last…
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…
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…
by Sarah Brown Nina approached me at the beginning of January with a folder full of our past newsletters from 1999-2001 called the Bixby Snapshot. I will be sharing short…
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…
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…
I am so excited to share with you some glimpses into our classrooms this week. The vignettes below from our faculty are beautiful examples of the many ways we nurture,…
A few months ago I came across this article in the New York Times, Why Your Kid's Bad Behavior May Be a Good Thing. I’ll confess that I picked it…
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…
As part of our social-emotional curriculum, each month we choose a topic to study and practice as an entire school community. This month’s topic is Resilience and Positive Risk-Taking. Little…
As part of our self-study process last year, we were challenged to articulate what we teach at Bixby and what our graduates can expect from a Bixby education. The process…
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…