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 celebrated Earth Day with a good clean up around our school! Our Student Government organized it all and sent groups of students out to collect garbage around our buildings and into The Presidio! And along the way these kids knew how to celebrate
We have just entered the Expression phase of Space Arc in which our students start work on their personal & small group projects! An important part of this process includes our upper elementary, middle and high school students declaring their p
Meet our new Brightworks Gargoyle! Based in an idea that originated back when we did Monster Arc, our elementary students have spent their time in creative woodworking bringing this play structure, guardian agains evil, protector of our buildings to
We love our founder @gevertulley and we fully support his mission of spreading his innovative ideas in education! We do aim to make an impact and we are fully aware that we benefit tremendously from his international reach and the sharing of ideas an
Building our own planetarium during Space Arc? You bet! That is just what we expect our students to pull off! Take a peak at this middle school exploration project and consider all the skills and learning gained in the process; from math & cons
A big & heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who came out for our spring social & potluck last week! We love to get together to celebrate the strength & power of our creative community! In addition to indulging in some really delicious dishe
We are humbled & grateful, immensely proud and beyond excited about this substantial donation and bold act of philanthropy! To learn more visit our website (link in bio) or follow the QR code! #sfbrightworks #bwxnews #bwxdonation
Space Arc Exploration took our high schoolers to the Exploratorium! Still in the phase where they explore the arc topic from multiple angles they aimed to broaden their perspectives and expose themselves to new knowledge! This in turn will help the
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Today was the last day of the first year of Brightworks. It is a blur, so more pictures and details will come, as soon as I wrap my head around these days, weeks, months; these people: kids, parents, fellow staff; these arcs; what we've done.IMG_1299Because the best thing about it is that we did it. The hurtles, the triumphs, the things that crumbled and fell and the ones that sang out and brought smiles and joy in the learning and doing.We did it. This is Brightworks.

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