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Faculty
Kim Livingston grew up in Oregon, attended UC Santa Cruz, and graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in fine art. She studied art and art history in Sienna and Macerata, Italy, and presented at the Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. She holds an arts integration specialist certificate from California College of Art’s Teaching Institute and an M.A. in education with a focus on art education and social justice and equity from San Francisco State University. She has also been trained in the Responsive Classroom approach and the Project Based Learning teaching method. Outside of school, she loves to sing, play the ukulele, hike, travel, cook, make art, and play with her two delightful children. Kim was the kindergarten teaching assistant at Black Pine Circle School for four years before moving into the full-time role of lower school art teacher. Kim joined the Black Pine Circle School faculty in 2002. Outside of school, she loves to dance, sing, be in nature, travel, cook, make art, and play with her two delightful children.
Teaching Since
2001
Pronouns
she/her
Contact
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Why I Work with Children
I work with kids because it is so much fun!
A Favorite Book
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan is one of my favorite books because it is written with beautiful imagery and imagination.
Quick Fact
Started clowning at age 9
Lower School Spanish Teacher
Aïda attended the same elementary school as opera tenor Josep Carreras.
Full Bio >
Third Grade Assistant Teacher
Minimalism is my favorite art movement.
First Grade Head Teacher, Kindergarten and First Grade Garden Teacher
Learning to play the Celtic Harp and studying Irish Gaelic
Fourth-Sixth Grade Music Teacher
Tamed a mechanical bull in Nashville, Tennessee.
Fourth Grade Head Teacher
When I was 16, I spent three days in the South African bush with just my journal, water, and sleeping bag.
First-Third Grade Cello Teacher
Toured with the Western Opera Theater for eight years
Kindergarten Assistant Teacher
First Grade Assistant Teacher
As a child, I wanted to be a farmer when I grew up.
Second Grade Assistant Teacher
Favorite dish to make and eat is “Sin Nam Thok”
Kindergarten Head Teacher
Where I was born, now stands a Yoda statue
Fourth Grade Assistant Teacher
Bicycled across the U.S. in 2014!
Lower School Physical Education Teacher
Has developed a secret pizza sauce
Kindergarten-Fifth Grade Science and Second-Fifth Grade Garden Teacher
Apprenticed at the National Theater of Croatia
Kindergarten-Third Grade Music Teacher
Was a college volleyball coach
First-Third Grade Violin Teacher
Played at the Grammys
BPC String Orchestra Leader
Creates musical arrangements for fun
Second Grade Head Teacher, Lower School Assistant Teacher Coordinator
Mad for dancing
Fifth Grade Head Teacher
Rescued a pug-mix puppy named Soba
Fifth Grade Assistant Teacher
Trying to re-learn Spanish
Third Grade Head Teacher
Took three and a half months to bike across the country with my husband
