K-8 EXCELLENCE SINCE 1973 2027 7th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (map) • 510‑845‑0876
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Faculty
Michael Feferman received his B.A. in physical education from the Belorussian University of Sports Education. In Belarus, he worked as a camp supervisor and coach for the Belorussian Sports Camp and served as senior wrestling coach for the Belorussian Olympic School for Youth. Since coming to the U.S., Michael has worked for the YMCA in Oakland as a soccer coach, and he was an assistant coach at the Golden Gate Wrestling Club. He also served for four years as P.E. teacher and head soccer coach (K-12) in the Poplar Bluff Public School District, Missouri. Michael joined Black Pine Circle School in 2000.
Teaching Since
1996
Pronouns
he/him
Contact
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Quick Fact
Has developed a secret pizza sauce
Lower School Spanish Teacher
Aïda attended the same elementary school as opera tenor Josep Carreras.
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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
Lower School Art Teacher
Started clowning at age 9
Fourth Grade Assistant Teacher
Bicycled across the U.S. in 2014!
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
