The last day of BTT. Families come. The studio shows what was built — not as a polished performance, but as a real glimpse of who they've become. The lip dub plays. The Studio Contract gets read and signed. And then — the moment that makes this exhibition different from any other — D2 learners lead small-circle launches with their families, Spark learners, and Exploration learners. They've been led for six weeks. Today they lead.
Exhibition is three movements — the lip dub, the Contract, and the launches.
The video plays. Families see the studio in motion — every learner, every corner of the space, one continuous shot.
Each learner reads one line of the Contract aloud. The guide reads the last line. Then every learner signs in front of their family. The Contract goes on the wall.
Small groups form. Each D2 learner leads a real launch with a circle of 5–7 people — parents, Spark, possibly Exploration. The launches actually happen.
This is the part that makes Exhibition special. We don't show what we learned — we do what we learned, with the people who came to see it.
Each circle has the D2 learner as the facilitator, plus:
The D2 learner facilitates a 12–15 minute discussion using a guiding question they prepared. Real facilitation — not a presentation. They ask, they listen, they build on others, they hold time. The skills they've been practicing for six weeks, in front of the people they love.
Each learner spends Week 6 (Monday–Wednesday) preparing their launch. The prep happens during Quest blocks. The guide coaches.
Each learner fills one out. Should be on a single sheet they hold during the launch.
One question I'll open with. It should be:
Examples that work: "What does it mean to be a good friend, and what's the hardest part?" / "If you could change one rule about school, what would it be?" / "What's something you used to be scared of that you're not anymore?"
Backup questions if the conversation slows down. Each one builds on the guiding question without changing the topic.
If I want to do a small activity to get people talking (like Two Truths and a Wish, or Same/Different/Interesting), I plan it here. Optional — many great launches don't need an activity.
My first 30 seconds. The welcome. Setting the expectation that "this isn't a show — this is a conversation."
My last 30 seconds. The wrap. Naming one thing I noticed. Thanking everyone for being part of the circle.
Pulled from the activities library. These work in small mixed-age circles of 5–7.
Each person shares two true things and one wish. Use the wishes as the guiding-question entry point.
In pairs (Spark + parent, D2 + Exploration, etc.), find one thing in common, one thing different, one thing interesting. Share back to the circle.
The D2 learner picks 3–4 "would you rather" questions in advance, one warm-up, two real, one closer.
Pick a Thinking Puzzle from the puzzles library and use it as the spine. Works especially well for older circles.
No activity. Just the question. The most advanced format — only learners who've really developed the skill should attempt this. Some will.
No new content gets introduced in Week 6 — everything is in service of Exhibition.
Coach toward: open-ended questions, pauses (5 seconds is fine), naming what someone said before responding, including the quietest person in the circle without forcing them.
Let go of: perfect delivery, hitting every prepared question, the launch running over by 2 minutes. The point isn't polish — it's authenticity. The parents need to see the real version, not a rehearsed one.
The one veto: if a learner's guiding question is too narrow, too loaded, or won't surface conversation — gently redirect during coaching. "What if you opened it up like this instead?"