Brightworks Blog

Brightworks is a flurry of activity and we are thrilled to share peeks into the lives of the students, our school and the community.

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Our upper elementary school students are studying California Immigration History during the Exploration phase of our current Memory Arc! And they are doing it in typical BWX fashion! After learning about California's immigration history they spent a
'Sit with it!' - A weekly excursion into The Presidio by our high school students who venture out to observe, sharpen their senses, find inspiration and write about it! Take a peek and imagine how this beautiful tradition serves as a bridge to develo
A big Thank You to everyone who came out for our Bi&PoC Family Kickback & Dinner last night! We work hard to create a community that feels supportive, inclusive & safe for all of our community stakeholders! Meeting around the table for s
A Mathematician Like Me! Peek in on our Middle School math learners and see how they work to develop their Mathematical Identities! Aiming to develop their sense of confidence & understanding of math as an everyday language, these students wo
This is our campus. The @presidiosf is our playground. As you may have heard, spending time in nature has been linked to better mental health and a decreased risk of psychiatric disorders among adults and children. Dr Heather Eliassen, at Harvard,
A big Thank You to our visiting friends and educational scholars from the Future Classroom Lab at University College Copenhagen! We have hosted them in the past and were thrilled to see them again on their second visit to San Francisco and Brightwork
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band names

After going out into the world to bond with each other and take a vision quest, the four bands of this school year have returned with names.They went to the Presidio...IMG_2046IMG_2053IMG_2057IMG_2081IMG_2082Glen Canyon ParkIMG_1825IMG_1862IMG_1836Ocean BeachDSCN0064DSCN0068Mt. Sutro ParkIMG_1549IMG_1555IMG_1556IMG_1567Upon their return, we were introduced to:the Rubber Band!IMG_2044the Coyotes!IMG_1838the Ninja Critters!IMG_1552...and the Sand Leopards!DSCN0069Named... and more adventures to come.

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