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Do the Five to stop coronovirus

COVID-19 Information

March 19, 2020

for BPC families

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BPC Teachers Selected for Prestigious Gilder Lehrman Institute Seminars

October 5, 2018

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…

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BPC Wins Gold Again!

October 1, 2018

For 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…

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Anybody can be an Ally (Oakland Pride Sign)

Showing Our East Bay Pride

September 30, 2018

BPC 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…

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Our Makerspace

September 24, 2018

We explore the potential of all manner of student making, including 3D and bio-printing, and the process of getting there.

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School Maker Faire

September 24, 2018

Inspired by the Maker Faire, students work in teams to accomplish ambitious projects.

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barbie bungie experiment

Barbie Bungee

September 24, 2018

Students engage with math and physics concepts in a playful way.

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Student projects at the Synchrotron

September 24, 2018

At the Lawrence Berkeley Labs Synchrotron, student-brought items are bombarded with electrons.

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Fish Mummies

September 24, 2018

Students learned how to prepare and mummify fish.

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Science Fair

September 24, 2018

Students choose their projects, and work to find a scientific answer to their hypothesis.

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