K-8 EXCELLENCE SINCE 1973 2027 7th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (map) • 510‑845‑0876
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“The relationship among the adults has more to do with the character and the quality of a school than any other factor.”
Roland Barthes
Faculty
Sandy Brumbaum has been an educator for over 30 years, consulting and teaching in independent, public, and charter schools, as well as graduate classes at SF State and Mills College. With a credential and M.A. in education from UC Berkeley, Sandy has held a variety of roles in schools and districts around the Bay Area: classroom teacher (grades 1-5), intervention specialist, literacy coach, and curriculum writer. Having lived abroad for 16 years, Sandy loves to travel. Closer to home, she enjoys hiking with her dog and her friends, quilting, knitting, reading and talking about books. Sandy is currently learning how to keep plants alive!
Teaching Since
1987
Pronouns
she/her
Contact
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Why I Work with Children
Children are my teachers. I learn as much from them (if not more) as they do from me.
A Favorite Book
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Quick Fact
Rescued a pug-mix puppy named Soba
Lower School Spanish Teacher
Aïda attended the same elementary school as opera tenor Josep Carreras.
Full Bio >
Fourth-Sixth Grade Music Teacher
Tamed a mechanical bull in Nashville, Tennessee.
Lower School Art Teacher
Started clowning at age 9
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
BPC String Orchestra Leader
Creates musical arrangements for fun
