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Annual Report 2020-2021
March 1, 2022Hot off the proverbial “presses,” here’s BPC’s 2020-2021 Annual Report (typically Annual Reports describe the past year, not the current year). In this report, you’ll hear from Head of School,…
Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries Visits BPC
February 1, 2021Last month, BPC hosted nationally renowned Civil Rights scholar and author Hasan Kwame Jeffries for a conversation with our teachers on how to better understand and teach the Civil Rights…
“When words fail, music speaks.”
February 26, 2020Yesterday, our 8th grade students heard musicians Cookie Segelstein and Josh Horowitz, with Violins of Hope, play instruments that formerly belonged to Jewish musicians who perished in the Holocaust during…
New Partnership with Berkeley Meals on Wheels
January 24, 2020We are happy to announce that BPC has begun a partnership with Berkeley Meals on Wheels. Five 8th grade students pioneered the school’s involvement by delivering meals to three homes…
I Say, “NaNo,” You Say, “WriMo”!
November 15, 2019Last night, 60 4th-8th graders novelers gathered in the theater for BPC’s 10th Annual NaNoWriMo Keep on Noveling Party to write their hearts out! They were joined by special guest,…
Advanced Light Source Acknowledges Heat Shield Research by BPC Alum
October 17, 2019Sam Schickler (BPC class of 2015), now a freshman at UC San Diego, recently won third place at the Advanced Light Source User Meeting Poster Slam. Under the mentorship of…
Bach speaks to former BPC student Nick Reeves
September 18, 2019Nick was introduced to the cello when he was a first-grader at BPC. His first music teacher, Dina Weinshelbaum, who has been teaching cello here since 1993, recognized right away…
Black Pine Circle School is a Winner – Again!
May 30, 2019Thanks to all of our families who supported our school in the recent Parents’ Press BEST OF voting.BPC was awarded BEST OF in the following four categories for the sixth…
7th Annual Walkathon
May 13, 2019More than 200 BPC students participated in our 7th Annual Walkathon. Under sunny skies, children ran, walked, strolled, skipped, and ambled for over one hour, with intermittent breaks to catch…
2nd Annual Paci Seeds of Change Day
April 15, 2019BPC’s 2nd Annual Paci Seeds of Change Day, in honor of long-time board member and benefactor Mary Paci for her extraordinary support of our school, took place on April 9….