Administration
Kathleen McNulty
Lower School Librarian
A native of Toronto, Canada, Kathleen McNulty has lived in California since 1987. She received her B.A. in English and history from Western University in London, Ontario, and both her M.A. in English and her M.L.S. from the University of Toronto. Before her three children were born, Kathleen worked in book publishing for many years. In addition to working at Black Pine Circle School (and being the mother of a BPC graduate), she is a longtime librarian at Chabot Elementary School in Oakland. She loves hiking, camping, cycling, baking, attending concerts, reading (of course), eating good chocolate, and spending time at Northern California beaches. Kathleen joined BPC in 2007.
Quick Fact
Mad for Tcho chocolate, beaches and bookstores
Other Faculty for This Grade
Aïda Garcia-Pons
Lower School Spanish Teacher
Aïda attended the same elementary school as opera tenor Josep Carreras.
Alyson Mitchell
Eighth Grade History & Geography Teacher
Keen on floating houses and mutant Basset Hounds
Anatoliy Gulimovskiy
Seventh Grade Math Teacher, Math Club / Math Team Coach
Played soccer on a Zambian teacher team
Carwai Seto
Eighth Grade Math Teacher and Dean of Upper School Curriculum and Instruction
Loves to travel
Gerry Branner
Upper School Physical Education Teacher, Upper School Athletic Director, and Dean of Upper School Student Citizenship
Jerry Kennedy
Seventh and Eighth Grade Music Teacher, Band Director
Performed music in South Africa during the end of legal apartheid.
Nicole Lockwood
Lower School Science and Second – Fifth Grade Garden Teacher
Apprenticed at the National Theater of Croatia
Torin Coffino
Sixth Grade History Teacher
Played Gaelic Football as a youth, and won a Minors championship in Ireland
