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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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Identity Portraits

Identity Portraits

Learning, brightworkssfbrightworksDecember 1, 2023BrightworksMiddle, community arc

Share your Expertise

Share your Expertise

Activities, brightworks, Community, LearningsfbrightworksNovember 30, 2023Brightworkscommunity offerings, Community, experts

A look at Literacy in Early Elementary

A look at Literacy in Early Elementary

Activities, brightworks, admissions, Early Elementary, Community, Learning, P&PBWX WebmasterNovember 18, 2023Brightworkscheck it out, literacy, early elementary, reading

Current Students Learn More about our High School Program

Current Students Learn More about our High School Program

Community, admissions, Activities, brightworkssfbrightworksNovember 11, 2023BrightworksHigh School

Visiting Author: Robert Liu-Trujillo

Visiting Author: Robert Liu-Trujillo

admissions, Activities, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, LearningsfbrightworksNovember 10, 2023check it out

Being in Community

Being in Community

brightworks, Community, Early ElementarysfbrightworksOctober 30, 2023Brightworkscheck it out

Neurodiversity groups

Neurodiversity groups

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, DEI, LearningsfbrightworksOctober 26, 2023check it out, how we learn, neurodiversity, affinity groups

Fashion: Diving into a New Arc

Fashion: Diving into a New Arc

Activities, brightworks, CommunitysfbrightworksSeptember 25, 2023Brightworksfashion arc, check it out

Brightworks ABC’s

Brightworks ABC’s

brightworks, LearningsfbrightworksAugust 31, 2023Brightworkshow we learn, check it out

Importance of Community

Importance of Community

brightworks, CommunitysfbrightworksAugust 7, 2023BrightworksCommunity

Introducing "Educational Insights"

Introducing "Educational Insights"

brightworks, LearningsfbrightworksJuly 30, 2023Brightworkseducational insights, research, learning, check it out

Looking Back: 2021-22 impact and annual report

Looking Back: 2021-22 impact and annual report

brightworks, CommunitysfbrightworksJanuary 4, 2023BrightworksIAT, Annual Report, 2021-22, check it out

It's your arc too!

It's your arc too!

brightworks, LearningCynthia MetcalfeSeptember 21, 2022Brightworksparent involvement, learning, arc, Community

Community is the Curriculum

Community is the Curriculum

brightworks, Community, ActivitiessfbrightworksSeptember 10, 2022BrightworksElementary, Middle, High School, Community

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

brightworks, Community, ActivitiessfbrightworksSeptember 10, 2022BrightworksCommunity, The presidio, Elementary, Middle

IAT 2020/21 Annual Report

brightworksAaron EdenOctober 30, 2021IAT

BBS has a Spectrum of Stories to Share!

brightworksLisaMay 14, 2019

The World Is A 🌈

brightworksNicole DominguezMay 12, 2019brightworksbeehive, brightworksbeehiveinthewild, bwxred, red band

Green Band Explores Color Meaning Around the World

brightworksRachel ForbesMarch 26, 2019