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Cosmic Chat CDC

CDC Cosmic Chat Comes to BPC

February 11, 2021

Cris Mytko, BPC’s STEAM coordinator, currently on leave and working for the CDC this year writing K-12 STEM curriculum related to COVID-19, invited students and parents to join her in viewing the February 10 International Space Station Expedition 64 in-flight event with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC leaders chatted live with astronauts Drs. Kate Rubins and Shannon Walker aboard the International Space Station!

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Student Talks About Harris

BPC Speaks about Electing Kamala Harris as Vice President

January 22, 2021

Upper school members of BPC’s Black Student Union (BSU), lower school students, Kanoelani Connor Joseph, our first grade head teacher, and board member, Sandra Williams-Hamp, speak about why electing Kamala…

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Parents Press Winner Logo 2020 - 7 year stack of medals

BPC is a Winner – 7th Year in a Row!

June 30, 2020

Thank you to all our families and friends who voted for BPC in the Parents’ Press 2020 Reader’s Choice Awards! We’re excited to announce that BPC is a winner in…

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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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Parents-Press-Best-Of-Bay-2018-Logo-Gold 5 category winner

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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