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Aly Mitchell, our eighth grade history & geography teacher, was selected to attend the Gilder Lehrman Foundation’s history seminar on Reconstruction at Columbia University. Led by Professor Eric Foner of…
BPC Wins Gold Again!
October 1, 2018For the second year in a row, Black Pine Circle was voted best in five school categories in Parents’ Press Best of the Bay 2018. Best Alternative Learning Styles Elementary…
Showing Our East Bay Pride
September 30, 2018BPC marched in the Oakland Pride Parade for the first time! Our 8th grade students in the Sexuality and Gender Alliance club created the banner that we used to represent…
Our Makerspace
September 24, 2018We explore the potential of all manner of student making, including 3D and bio-printing, and the process of getting there.
School Maker Faire
September 24, 2018Inspired by the Maker Faire, students work in teams to accomplish ambitious projects.
Student projects at the Synchrotron
September 24, 2018At the Lawrence Berkeley Labs Synchrotron, student-brought items are bombarded with electrons.
Science Fair
September 24, 2018Students choose their projects, and work to find a scientific answer to their hypothesis.