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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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
We grew a couple of new community members during Community Arc! Please welcome Cinnamon & Monica! These two most adorable creatures currently reside in our youngest students' band spaces where they are being tended to by loving and considerate
Memory Arc is underway and our younger middle schoolers went exploring! More precisely they went to #FortPoint to see Black Gold: Stories Untold, a #For_Site Foundation Exhibition. Our students explored the powerful works of contemporary artists te
In Community Arc we build our own chairs! We often start the year with this provocation, as it provides a fun opportunity to shape our own learning environment while introducing shop work and practices! Our students build confidence in their creative
We start every day in community with a morning circle! While our youngest students are granted a slightly different format, all our students from 3rd grade up contribute to setting their intentions for the day! First they invite everyone in with an
We are so lucky to call the Presidio of San Francisco home! So when we went exploring during Community Arc, that meant taking in everything our park has to offer! We explored nature preserves and play equipment, military & pet cemeteries as well
A big Thank You! to everyone who came out to see us @ the Bay Area Private & Parochial High School Fair this weekend! We had a blast! For more info and to sign up for open houses this fall please visit our website (link in bio) or sign up via Ra
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shawna's band

Shawna and her band have been exploring the world of Brightworks in their own way for the past week and a half, looking closely at the floor of the building, asking questions about our brains and how they work, and wondering what our bodies are made of and how long orca whales can grow. Her experiences as a teacher have taught her to let the kids' interests lead the way and direct their own curriculum (with gentle guidance in the right direction) while still exploring the world of measurement and rulers as part of the arc.UntitledUntitledUntitledUntitledIMG_3873UntitledIMG_1234IMG_3889

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