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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

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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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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

Educating the Next Generation at the Intersection of AI & Technology!

Join us for this exciting virtual event with George Hofstetter, founder and CEO of GHTech and a current grad student @ Columbia University, as he explores the intersection of

Community Potluck & BWX 2024 Annual Fund!

A big thank you to everyone who came out yesterday for our fall community potluck! Having students, staff, families & friends gather around the sharing of some yummy foods, some interesting conversat

On this very specific day we choose to highlight & celebrate community!

Take a look at this extraordinary Body Arc exploration project in which our younger students went out into their community, reached out to strangers, photographed & int

Diwali @ BWX!

On the day after Halloween we got treated to this beautiful celebration by one of our own families!

Learning about and celebrating holidays & traditions that are meaningful to any of our students gives us an opportunity to build

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Bouyancy and Row Boats

brightworksMackenzieMarch 17, 2017

Shanghaied!

brightworksLisaMarch 14, 2017

The Sea & Me

brightworksMegan LepplaMarch 12, 2017

Moving From Land to Sea

brightworksMegan LepplaFebruary 25, 2017

Yellow Band: By Land Expo

brightworksPiper AlldredgeFebruary 24, 20171920 Bryant St-, 2016-2017, arc:by land, Brightworks Beehive, SF Brightworks, Yellow Band

The Experience of Expression From the Teal Banders

brightworksMelissa NoceroFebruary 7, 2017

Iterate, iterate, iterate...

brightworksMegan LepplaJanuary 31, 2017

Time flies when you're having fun

brightworksNicole DominguezJanuary 18, 2017arc: By Land, brightworksbeehive, SF Brightworks

Amber Band Declarations

brightworksMegan LepplaJanuary 17, 2017

Approved and Off Running

brightworksMelissa NoceroJanuary 17, 2017arc: By Land, bridge, Expression, projects, sewing

Yellow Band: By Land, Weeks 8 & 9

brightworksPiper AlldredgeJanuary 13, 2017

It's Time to Declare Those Projects

brightworksMelissa NoceroJanuary 8, 2017arc: By Land, declarations, Expression

Precious Cargo + Persistence

brightworksMegan LepplaDecember 20, 2016

NaNoWriMo is Never-Ending (and we love it!)

brightworksLisaDecember 18, 2016

Duck, Duck...Ratios!

brightworksMelissa NoceroDecember 7, 2016Brightworks on a Bus, ducks, getting to school, ratios, Teal Band

Follow that Food!

brightworksLisaNovember 27, 2016

Biomimicry + Borders

brightworksMegan LepplaNovember 20, 2016

Surveying, Writing, Busing, Planning, Voting, Outlining, and As Always...Eating

brightworksMelissa NoceroNovember 13, 2016arc: By Land, busing, maps, propositions, teal, voting

A Walk Back In Time

brightworksMackenzieNovember 10, 2016

NaNoWriMo

brightworksMegan LepplaNovember 4, 2016