Brightworks Blog

Brightworks is a flurry of activity and we are thrilled to share peeks into the lives of the students, our school and the community.

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We are very proud of our Power & Privilege Committee! Consisting of community members, including family, staff, collaborator and students representatives, they are tasked with examining existing layers of power, access & inclusion within th
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
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Cloud Walls: Many Hands Make Light Work

When we founded BWX in an old mayonnaise factory in the mission our students helped us to design and build out the space! It was a fanciful bricolage of spaces that sent the message that students weren't just coauthors of their education, they were coauthors of their space.

At the beginning of this year, the Onyx band (11-13 year olds) was the author of their own space this arc.

We brainstormed needs, broke into teams to create designs and got started laying the foundations for a big wall build out. Rob who worked in construction for years before joining us at Brightworks was our guide and foreman. In teams we learned how to use new tools like the jigsaw and skill saw.

We worked in teams to lift, plan, drill, cut and measure!

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