Faculty
Kim Livingston
Lower School Art Teacher
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.
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
Other Faculty for This Grade
Aïda Garcia-Pons
Lower School Spanish Teacher
Aïda attended the same elementary school as opera tenor Josep Carreras.
Chelsea Feldman
First Grade Head Teacher, Kindergarten and First Grade Garden Teacher
Learning to play the Celtic Harp and studying Irish Gaelic
Ke Williams
Kindergarten Head Teacher, Lower School Assistant Teacher Coordinator
Where I was born, now stands a Yoda statue
Nicole Lockwood
Kindergarten-Fifth Grade Science and Second-Fifth Grade Garden Teacher
Apprenticed at the National Theater of Croatia
Romina Ronquillo
Second Grade Head Teacher, Lower School Student & Faculty Operations Coordinator
Mad for dancing
Tess Leverenz
Third Grade Head Teacher
Took three and a half months to bike across the country with my husband