Bixby Public Schools

Happy #TakeCareTuesday and National School Counseling Week! 🎓📚 Your School Counselors are truly champions, guiding students through their academic journey with dedication and care. 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Their commitment to enrollment excellence ensures that every student and their family receive the support they need. School Counselors play a vital role in empowering students, helping them chart their individual paths Pre K through high school and beyond. 🚀💡 Explore more about their student-focused approach here: https://www.bixbyps.org/page/spartanu #SpartanSuccess #NSCW24

It’s National School Counseling Week and we want all Spartans to know the unique contributions our school counselors make in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. School counselors are standards-based and student-focused with kids at the HEART of all they do. Our district leadership team proudly supports the 22 school counselors serving nearly 8,000 students district-wide! #MotivationMonday #NSCW24 #NationalSchoolCounselingWeek

Come join us in kicking of the annual Penny Drive to raise money for the Bixby Special Olympic Team. If you are Special Olympic Athlete, come to the game with your medals and be recognized at half-time. https://forms.gle/HKRai9Nnwqoyauab7 Use the included link to sign up your athlete.

This Friday, January 26th at the Girls and Boys Basketball Game, our Special Olympians will be walking around collecting money for Bixby Special Olympics to kick off our annual Penny Drive Fundraising Campaign.

This a reminder that our District Special Olympic Parent Informational meeting is tonight at 5:30 at the Bixby Middle School Library. If you would like to get information about Special Olympics, please join us.

Spartans, mark your calendar with #spartansvote on Tuesday, February 13th! We are thrilled to share some exciting #bixbybonds news as we continue building an extraordinary future together at BPS! Learn more and RSVP for a BPS Community Forum at https://bixbyps.info/bixbybonds!

Due to School being canceled, the Special Olympic Parent Meeting will be rescheduled to January 24th at 5:30 at Bixby Middle School. We look forward to seeing you there. I you would like information on Athlete Eligibility, please review this document. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ynb7hTEm2rvQwpM2lK2oSLBpMNCQwBmy/view?usp=sharing

Join us to kick off the Penny Drive on Friday, January 26 at the Bixby vs. Ponca City Game. If you are a family with a Special Olympian Athlete, sign up to bring them to the game to help us collect for this wonderful cause! The Athletes will be recognized at half-time. https://forms.gle/G55TNcdowKWNHgUo9

If you have a student who meets the requirements to participate in Special Olympics, join us at our Parent Meeting on January 17th at the Bixby Middle School Library. https://5il.co/2cebv

It’s #WhatsUpWednesday, Spartans and our cookie breaking is what’s up! cookie breaking: n. The event you host when it’s too muddy for a ground breaking and there’s no walls to demo for a wall breaking. Congratulations to our EI family on the official “cookie breaking” of the Bixby East Intermediate gym! We are thrilled for our East Campus to be equipped with this much needed space. Thank you again to our entire community for investing in this extraordinary future we are building together at Bixby Public Schools! Huge shout outs to Lyle Building Group and Dewberry Architects for their outstanding partnership!

It's the first #TakeCareTuesday of 2024! Today's wisdom comes from high school counselor, Casey Machado. This is a great reflection point as we jump into a new year. Take Care, Spartans!

Do you have a future Spartan entering Pre-K or Kindergarten in August?! Enrollment opens on Monday, January 22nd for all incoming Pre-K and new to Bixby Kinder students! See here for details: https://www.bixbyps.org/article/1399629

Happy New Year, Spartans! We are so thrilled to have students back on campus today! Speaking of new year, our 24-25 BPS Academic Calendar has been approved and posted! For those who like to plan ahead, please visit bixbyps.info/calendars to check it out. We look forward to a wonderful spring semester and hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful winter holiday!

That's a wrap on the semester, Spartans! We wish you a warm and wonderful Winter Break! See you on Monday, January 8th!

It's #WhatsUpWednesday, Spartans and face painting is what's up! Well really, the precious Mrs. Andria is WHO'S up!! Our wonderful, incredible custodian, at Bixby East Intermediate surprised our students and staff with a free face-painting booth for today’s dress up day! If you have ever questioned if you can make a difference in this world- Mrs. Andria will prove to you that you can! Thank you for all you do to make BEI such a special place!

It's #WhatsUpWednesday, Spartans and the groundbreaking of our new BPS Administration Building is what's up! The opportunity to grow and join our campuses and athletics facilities along Riverview Drive is incredibly exciting! Although we will miss our long loved spot in Downtown Bixby, we are thrilled for the extraordinary future we are building together! This new facility will allow for a much more accessible enrollment center to better serve our community as well as expanded office and collaboration space for our growing Spartan Family. Thank you to Bixby Metro Chamber of Commerce and City of Bixby - Municipality for joining us! Also, a huge shoutout to Miller-Tippens Construction and GH2 Architects LLC for being such wonderful partners in this endeavor!

On this #TakeCareTuesday, we're highlighting Lesley Goodnight, school counselor at Central Intermediate. One of Mrs. Goodnight's favorite ways to #TakeCare is through Spartans Serving Spartans, our holiday support for children in need. It's not too late to sign-up and make the days brighter for a Bixby student! Visit bixbyps.info/sss to learn more & help us #takecare of our community.

Spartans, #CyberMonday is a great opportunity to take advantage of some great sales while also spreading holiday joy to our friends and neighbors who may need a little help from a Secret Santa this year! Check out the signups at bixbyps.info/sss for details! Let's fill them up this week!

We wish our Spartan Family a restful holiday break this week! We are grateful for the opportunity to serve so many wonderful families and such a giving community! See you back at school on Monday, November 27th!

Reminder that our Community Resource Night will be on November 28th from 5:00-7:00 at the West Campus. See the flyer included below for more information. https://5il.co/28gvy