Brightworks

We are hiring! Are you an educator with a keen interest & experience in learner driven education? We have several open collaborator teaching positions for the 2023/24 school year! Visit our website for more info: sfbrightworks.org/employment

Are you a Curious Educator who wants to learn more about how we teach @ Brightworks? Join us for our Summer Institute to experience, discuss and reflect on how to implements our teaching philosophies in your own classrooms! For more info and to sign up: ow.ly/P1rk50MCWft

Yet another Monster Arc Exploration in fiber arts: After visiting Faith Reingold's American People exhibit at the @deyoungmuseum our HS'ers set out to utilize their embroidery, sewing and block making skills to make a quilt around the question 'What makes a monster in America?'

Monster Arc Exploration: a visit to the Guo Pei exhibit at the @legionofhonor! Mixing such expressive art and exquisite craftsmanship, this exhibit provided the perfect opportunity for our students to explore their inner divas and dive into expression in fiber arts! Stay tuned!

When you are encouraged to just jump in, and you know to trust your imagination, creative ideas and busy hands - this is what you get! A true BWXian tradition! Happy Halloween everyone!

Are you looking for a different school experience for your elementary kid? Interested to learn more about our elementary program past the youngest grades? Come visit to see our kids in action and get a sense for our unique play & project based approaches! sfbrightworks.org/tours

When you get introduced to woodcarving out of the back of a truck - and it turns out to be the biggest hit! We benefit from dedicated collaborators who bring their skills @ talents to share with their students! Check back to learn how this exciting adventure unfolds!

Monster Arc Exploration may also look like this: Read out Glad Monster, Sad Monster, act out emotions with masks from the book, before brainstorming your own list of emotions. Continue researching masks from around the world before you get to work making your own messy versions!

Are you looking for a different school experience for your upcoming middle schooler? Come see us to learn more about our approaches to project based learning and how we focus on relationship & community in supporting each of our students! Learn more @ sfbrightworks.org/tours

If you think young children are the only ones enjoying kite making, think again! These HSers responded to the challenge! With some hands on creativity, good efforts and a few dance steps along the way, they succeeded! Pure fun! And a whole lot of learning occurring along the way

Monster Arc Exploration are taking our students in so many directions! Here, a group of elementary students @ the museum studying mythology in the arts. Their own interpretations suggest some really exciting outcomes as we continue our explorations! Hang on!

We are so excited to show off our new digs when we kick off this admissions season! Take a peak, visit our website & sign up! sfbrightworks.org We are the school that thinks everything is interesting, and we work hard to support your child's creativity & sense of agency

In aftercare our kids get to continue exploring, come up with some new ideas or just wind down after a busy school day! This particular afternoon ended up in the park, engaging with all things slugs & snails! Kids came home with a healthy dose of excitement, dirt and happiness!

Our middle schoolers rocking their camping trip! We have had several bands out exploring lately! Lets just say we are looking forward to seeing how all of this positive energy, camaraderie, curiosity and fun will manifest itself as our school year progresses!

Are you looking for a different school experience for your young child? A warm and welcoming environment that aim to maintain your youngster's natural curiosity & inner motivation for learning? Come see us as we are kicking off this new admissions season! sfbrightworks.org/tours

Who has a campground within walking distance of their school? Our HS students figured it out, took action and went camping as part of their introductory weeks! We know these kids will benefit tremendously throughout the school year from forming such strong bonds early on!

Our local hero: Congratulations to @JMGarcel and the @LatinoCommFnd for this deserved recognition. Latinx voices enrich our communities at every level and LCF and Ms. Garcel are powerful champions. Please join us in following and celebrating their important work and achievements!

Our students are starting the exploration phase of Monster Arc and our youngest students are just rocking it! Look at all their wonderful ideas that were put forward during their first brainstorming session! Follow that with their first hands on project, creating color monsters!

While we celebrate our new digs out in the park, we should not forget that we have easy access to all the exciting offerings of the vibrant city of SF as well! Here are our HS students visiting Dawline-Jane On-Eseleh's exhibit Third Culture Kid @ParkLifeSF. Exciting!

Our youngest learners are out exploring! Who wouldn't like to listen in on the conversation with "Science Man Rich" as they sit still & listen, wonder and ask questions? And how about sharing in their excitement as they walk all the way out to the Tunnel Tops Playground!