Self-Guided Open House
Below are recordings of key sections of our virtual open house. Please review these before attending a live online information session so we can get right to the interactive discussions.
The Origins of Brightworks
Founder Gever Tulley shares where Brightworks came from during his journey of exploring the world with young humans, and how Engaged Learning as at the foundation of everything we do.
The Brightworks Arc
The Arc is the underlying framework that guides our learning at Brightworks. Director Mackenzie Price shares the flow of the Arc and its role as the core of how we explore and learn about the world in co-creative endeavor together.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Social Emotional Learning cannot be a standalone class, and cannot be taught as subject. It has to be lived, in every moment, and it is at the core of everything we do at Brightworks. Anthony Consiglio—Director of Community, Slowness, Caring, and Jokes—speaks here about our approach to SEL at Brightworks.
Math and Reading
Director Mackenzie Price explores how Math and Reading fit into the Brightworks approach to learning. (Hint: In an effective way that doesn't negatively affect a child's relationship to learning...).
Distance Learning
Brightworks became an early leader in distance learning in spring of 2020 when Covid-19 hit. We shared our distance learning guidelines with schools around the world and convened an international sharing of best practices on how to learn together because of what was happing in the world, not in spite of it. In this video, Brightworks Director Mackenzie Price shares a glimpse of how we approach distance learning when the situation requires it.
Brightworks Students Share
Soleil interviews fellow Brightworks students. Hear from them on what they love about Brightworks, what they would change, and how they spend their time.
Tour Our Space
Cynthia has been a Brightworks parent since almost the very beginning. Join her as she narrates a visual tour of our space.