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Well Lit Book Club
Well Lit Book Club
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Recognizing Indigenous Heritage Month
Recognizing Indigenous Heritage Month
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Building Our Future! Brightworks 2024 Annual Fund
Building Our Future! Brightworks 2024 Annual Fund
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Body Arc
Body Arc
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Boxbots at Brightworks - November Event
Boxbots at Brightworks - November Event
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Educating the Next Generation at the Intersection of AI and Technology – Virtual Event
Educating the Next Generation at the Intersection of AI and Technology – Virtual Event
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New Tuition Assistance Tool!
New Tuition Assistance Tool!
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Evening Salon with Gever - October
Evening Salon with Gever - October
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BI&PoC Fall Family Kickback
BI&PoC Fall Family Kickback
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Mexican Heritage Dance Party
Mexican Heritage Dance Party
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Exploring Brightworks, for prospective families
Exploring Brightworks, for prospective families
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Body Arc Begins!
Body Arc Begins!
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Aida Salazar Banned Book Chicana Author Visit’s Brightworks
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Upper School Studios
Upper School Studios
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Salon 01 - Five Dangerous Things Every School Should Measure
Salon 01 - Five Dangerous Things Every School Should Measure
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Our students are now well into their Body Arc Expression phase! They have just been through their project declaration, presentation and approval. By now its time to delve deeper into their individual and small group passion projects! As our older e
A big Thank You to everyone who came out for Maker Marketplace last week! With makers young and old this event harbors the spirit of BWX more than any of our other events! We love to see the creativity of the makers, the skills of the traders &
The BWX Carving Club!! We pride ourselves in our teaching philosophy where making & creating becomes a driver of learning and exploration! When we invite our students to collaborate with trained artists using real & high quality tools we see
We are coming up on Gever's third Salon Talk this season! Come join us on Tuesday Nov 19, 7-8:30 pm, to learn more about his team's Boxbots! Developed by students at BWX/Tinkering School, these bots aim to be accessible and affordable while providin
Body Arc Exploration phase! We are very fortunate to always be able to draw on our parent group that immediately steps up and brings their expertise when called for! This group of Middle School students got to witness a dissection of a cow's eye a
A quick reminder that our admissions season is in full swing! We have two open houses coming up this Saturday, Nov 16th, 10-12 & 1-3pm! We have a few open spots available. Please visit our website (link in bio) or follow the QR code for more info
 
Well Lit Book Club
Well Lit Book Club
Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksNovember 15, 2024Brightworks
Recognizing Indigenous Heritage Month
Recognizing Indigenous Heritage Month
DEI, brightworks, Community, Learning, P&P, Early Elementary, admissionssfbrightworksNovember 4, 2024
Building Our Future! Brightworks 2024 Annual Fund
Building Our Future! Brightworks 2024 Annual Fund
sfbrightworksOctober 31, 2024annual fund, fundraiser
Body Arc
Body Arc
Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksOctober 27, 2024Body Arc, learning
Boxbots at Brightworks - November Event
Boxbots at Brightworks - November Event
Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksOctober 25, 2024Brightworksevents, boxbots
Educating the Next Generation at the Intersection of AI and Technology – Virtual Event
Educating the Next Generation at the Intersection of AI and Technology – Virtual Event
Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksOctober 22, 2024Brightworksspecial event
New Tuition Assistance Tool!
New Tuition Assistance Tool!
admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, P&PsfbrightworksOctober 21, 2024Brightworksequity
Evening Salon with Gever - October
Evening Salon with Gever - October
Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksOctober 17, 2024
BI&PoC Fall Family Kickback
BI&PoC Fall Family Kickback
Activities, Learning, exploration, DEI, admissions, P&P, Early Elementary, brightworks, CommunityBWX WebmasterOctober 10, 2024
Mexican Heritage Dance Party
Mexican Heritage Dance Party
sfbrightworksOctober 10, 2024
Exploring Brightworks, for prospective families
Exploring Brightworks, for prospective families
admissions, Community, brightworks, Early Elementary, exploration, DEI, Learning, Activities, P&PBWX WebmasterOctober 10, 2024
Body Arc Begins!
Body Arc Begins!
Learning, Activities, exploration, DEI, admissions, P&P, Early Elementary, brightworks, CommunitysfbrightworksOctober 10, 2024Brightworks
Aida Salazar Banned Book Chicana Author Visit’s Brightworks
DEI, Community, brightworks, admissions, Activities, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PBWX WebmasterOctober 10, 2024Latin Heritage Month
Upper School Studios
Upper School Studios
BWX WebmasterOctober 10, 2024
Salon 01 - Five Dangerous Things Every School Should Measure
Salon 01 - Five Dangerous Things Every School Should Measure
sfbrightworksSeptember 24, 2024
Banned Book Week
Banned Book Week
Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksSeptember 24, 2024books
Each Year Starts with Community
Each Year Starts with Community
Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksSeptember 11, 2024community arc, community
Camping, Upcoming Events and More
Camping, Upcoming Events and More
Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksSeptember 11, 2024Brightworks
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work ~ Greetings from Dr. Sean
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work ~ Greetings from Dr. Sean
sfbrightworksSeptember 11, 2024Brightworks
Evening Event - Five Dangerous Things
Evening Event - Five Dangerous Things
GeverSeptember 8, 2024Brightworks special event
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