Yellow Band's First Three Days

Build new friendships. Strengthen old ones. Become a team.

It was amazing in just the first three days of school to watch the Yellow Band, in which 50% of us are new to Brightworks, come together so naturally.

Beginning on day one, our focus of the week was getting to know one another and how we will work together and interact with our environment. We learned about each other's hopes and dreams, strengths and challenges, and senses of humor. We worked together to create our band agreements: take care of other's feelings, let everyone learn, respect our environment, have safe bodies, and respect other's belongings. We talked about how our agreements reach far beyond the walls of our band space, into the rest of the school and out of its doors. On top of all of our bonding, it is incredible how much we did in three days. We drew portraits of one another. We worked on asking and offering help in the shop. We brainstormed ideas of how to see rocks from multiple angles. We sorted rocks. We looked for rocks around the neighborhood.We visited the library. We had our first community lunch. We closed out each day with a relaxing read aloud. We are ready and excited to leap, full of questions, forward into the Rock Arc.