Part of appreciating diversity is recognizing that every individual comes with unique talents and learning styles. BxC is committed to creating classrooms in which every child’s needs are met. Teaching strategies at BxC are responsive to children who have different styles and paces of learning through the provision of different pathways to reaching desired goals. Our teaching has a "capacity-building" approach - focusing on children's interests and strengths rather than viewing differences as deficits.  

Every student has strengths and weaknesses. All children, regardless of ability, need modifications at some point in their educational career to make content more accessible. Differentiated instruction requires that teachers know children well and work to build on individual children’s strengths to improve areas of need. Our co-teaching models allow for a great deal of differentiated instruction because their flexible structure make room for multiple forms of instruction. The mini-lesson and share bring the whole group together while work time creates space for independent work, collaboration with a partner or small group, individual or small group instruction, and plenty of time for students to work at the pace that is most comfortable and allows for their best thinking.

BxC recognizes and values the wealth of knowledge and information that students acquire from their families and their interactions within their home communities. All students enter school equipped with unique understandings and skills. At BxC, teachers and staff appreciate the important role that families play in student learning and achievement.

Family members are encouraged to take part in the life of the school through reading or playing a math game with their child at arrival, reading stories to the class, cooking or doing projects with small groups, attending celebrations of class work, and chaperoning trips. Teachers inform family members of opportunities for involvement in regular letters home, and will encourage them to take part in class studies. Teachers also remain in frequent contact with individual families through phone calls and meetings.

BxC hosts many events for families to participate in throughout the year, including the the Latinx Identity and Culture Celebration, Performing Arts Night, the Pancake Breakfast, STEAMfest, the Black Lives Matter Museum, the Juneteenth Community Festival, and more!

Families are essential stakeholders in the school community and BxC is committed to realizing their potential. At BxC, families play a vital role in sustaining and refining the vision and mission of the school. Through positions on the Community Council, the Board of Trustees, and the Personnel Committee, families have a real lasting impact on their children’s education.

We strongly believe in the power of creativity and self-expression, and in providing children with as many opportunities as possible to explore, experiment, and create through the arts. We believe that through the arts, students have the opportunity to represent their ideas about the world. We also value the arts as a social process that allows all people to further understand themselves, their peers, and others in the community.

BxC students participate in dance, drumming, visual art, drama, and technology.  They participate in all of these in K-5, along with physical education, lab science, and field science.  Then in middle school, they have the opportunity to specialize in dance, drumming, visual art, digital art, drama, or technology, digging deeper into their studies to choreograph dances, produce art portfolios, learn to fix computers, and more!