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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

Posts in exploration

Brightworks Bike and Roll to School Week: Spring 2024

Brightworks Bike and Roll to School Week: Spring 2024

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksApril 30, 2024Brightworks Schoolcheck it out, community

What comes from the ground? Windrush farm visit

What comes from the ground? Windrush farm visit

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksApril 30, 2024Brightworks Schoolfield trip, underground, fashion arc, co-teachers, check it out

Outdoor Ed

Outdoor Ed

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&P, DEIsfbrightworksApril 29, 2024field trip, Elementary, check it out

Underground Science

Underground Science

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksApril 29, 2024Brightworks SchoolScience with Ricky

Earth Play. Making Dorodangos!

Earth Play. Making Dorodangos!

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksApril 29, 2024Brightworks Schoolplay, art, early elementary

Mechanical Marvels: a middle school studio

Mechanical Marvels: a middle school studio

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksApril 23, 2024Brightworks Schoolmiddle school

The High School is headed for New Orleans!

The High School is headed for New Orleans!

Activities, admissions, brightworks, DEI, Community, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksApril 19, 2024High School, fundraiser

7th Annual Brightworks Maker Marketplace

7th Annual Brightworks Maker Marketplace

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksApril 16, 2024Brightworks Schoolcommunity offerings, special event

Constructing Knowledge Together

Constructing Knowledge Together

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksApril 5, 2024Brightworks Schoolcommunity, how we learn

Puppet Masters - a middle school studio

Puppet Masters - a middle school studio

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksApril 5, 2024Brightworks Schoolmiddle, middle school

Club Mud - a middle school studio

Club Mud - a middle school studio

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksApril 5, 2024Brightworks Schoolmiddle school

Middle School Moments

Middle School Moments

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksApril 5, 2024

Happy Trans Week of Visibility & Action!

Happy Trans Week of Visibility & Action!

Learning, Activities, exploration, DEI, admissions, Early Elementary, Community, P&P, brightworkssfbrightworksMarch 28, 2024

Updates from Quartz

Updates from Quartz

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, DEI, Early Elementary, exploration, Learning, P&PsfbrightworksMarch 22, 2024BrightworksElementary

Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month

Learning, Activities, DEI, admissions, Early Elementary, P&P, Community, brightworks, explorationsfbrightworksMarch 10, 2024Brightworks

Underground Arc Begins!

Underground Arc Begins!

Activities, admissions, brightworks, Community, Early Elementary, exploration, LearningsfbrightworksMarch 5, 2024Brightworksunderground

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

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