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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
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
 
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
Power and Privilege Event
P&P, DEI, Learning, ActivitiesBWX WebmasterMarch 10, 2024
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
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
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