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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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Uplifting Black Voices of The Past and The Present

Uplifting Black Voices of The Past and The Present

Community, DEI, P&P, Learning, Early Elementary, brightworks, ActivitiessfbrightworksMarch 5, 2024Brightworksblack history month

Parenting, Gender Expansiveness, Allyship and Community.

Parenting, Gender Expansiveness, Allyship and Community.

DEI, Community, brightworks, admissions, Activities, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksFebruary 29, 2024Brightworksspecial event, black history month, community

Upper School Math

Upper School Math

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, LearningsfbrightworksFebruary 25, 2024Brightworksmath, middle school, High School

Lunar New Year Celebration

Lunar New Year Celebration

P&P, Early Elementary, Learning, Community, DEI, brightworks, ActivitiessfbrightworksFebruary 14, 2024Brightworkslunar new year, holiday

Guest Speaker: Jodie Patterson at Brightworks 2/22

Guest Speaker: Jodie Patterson at Brightworks 2/22

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksJanuary 11, 2024Brightworksspecial event, check it out, pri

Student Agency in Learning

Student Agency in Learning

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, exploration, Learning, DEIBWX WebmasterDecember 20, 2023check it out, projects, middle, Elementary, student agency

Diversity in Books - Doors and Windows

Diversity in Books - Doors and Windows

DEI, P&P, Learning, exploration, Early Elementary, Community, brightworks, Activities, admissionssfbrightworksDecember 18, 2023Brightworksneurodiversity

Silkscreen For Change - Middle School group project

Silkscreen For Change - Middle School group project

Learning, exploration, Community, brightworkssfbrightworksDecember 14, 2023Brightworksmiddle, projects, art

Call for Makers, Artists & Crafters

Activities, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, LearningBWX WebmasterDecember 13, 2023maker faire, check it out

Apprenticeship club

Apprenticeship club

Activities, brightworks, Community, LearningsfbrightworksDecember 12, 2023Brightworksclubs, art, quartz, Elementary, check it out, student agency

Take A Walk In My Shoes

Take A Walk In My Shoes

admissions, brightworks, LearningsfbrightworksDecember 12, 2023BrightworksHigh School, learning

Learning In Nature, daily

Learning In Nature, daily

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksDecember 7, 2023Brightworksafter care, check it out, The presidio

Cloud Walls: Many Hands Make Light Work

Cloud Walls: Many Hands Make Light Work

brightworks, Community, admissions, LearningsfbrightworksDecember 7, 2023BrightworksMiddle

Identity Chairs

Identity Chairs

brightworks, Learning, ActivitiessfbrightworksDecember 7, 2023BrightworksElementary

Emerging Mathematical Thinking

Emerging Mathematical Thinking

Activities, Early Elementary, brightworks, LearningGuest UserDecember 6, 2023Brightworksmath, check it out

Guest Artist: Gerald C. Rivers

Guest Artist: Gerald C. Rivers

Early Elementary, Community, brightworks, admissions, Activities, DEI, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksDecember 6, 2023

Mixed Media Handprints

Mixed Media Handprints

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksDecember 4, 2023Brightworksart, aquamarine, early elementary

High School Group Project Has Begun

High School Group Project Has Begun

Activities, brightworks, Learning, explorationsfbrightworksDecember 1, 2023BrightworksHigh School

Math in Middle School

Math in Middle School

brightworks, admissions, LearningsfbrightworksDecember 1, 2023Brightworksmath, middle

Cardboard Relief Self-Portraits

Cardboard Relief Self-Portraits

brightworks, Learning, admissionssfbrightworksDecember 1, 2023Brightworksmiddle