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
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Sasha Levine deeply values connection and is honored to get to know those that she works with on a deeper level. Sasha has worked as a psychotherapist in a variety of settings for over a decade from school sites, to youth development programs, to clinics and private practice. From 2013-2021 she developed the mental health counseling program at Seven Tepees Youth Program as their counseling program director. In this role she provided direct mental health services to under-resourced youth ages 11-24 and their families, developed the mental health program, and provided consultation and supervision for the staff. Sasha worked as the school counselor at Brandeis Marin from 2017-2022 supporting K-8 students with their social and emotional well-being before joining the BPC community in the fall of 2022. She also has a private practice where she enjoys working with adolescents and adults. Outside of her work as a licensed marriage & family therapist, Sasha enjoys hiking in nature, walking her dog, singing, and dancing.
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Lower School Spanish Teacher
Aïda attended the same elementary school as opera tenor Josep Carreras.
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Eighth Grade History & Geography Teacher
Keen on floating houses and mutant Basset Hounds
Seventh Grade Math Teacher, Math Club / Math Team Coach
Played soccer on a Zambian teacher team
Eighth Grade Spanish Teacher
I speak several languages.
Eighth Grade Math Teacher
Loves to travel
Fourth-Sixth Grade Music Teacher
Tamed a mechanical bull in Nashville, Tennessee.
Upper School Physical Education Teacher and Upper School Athletic Director
Eighth Grade English and Eighth Grade Drama Teacher
Ask me about the time I had a magical and terrifying stand-off with a bison in the Badlands.
Seventh and Eighth Grade Music Teacher, Band Director
Performed music in South Africa during the end of legal apartheid.
Eighth Grade Science Teacher
Apprenticed with a luthier, adept with a paddle
Sixth & Seventh Grade Math Teacher
Lower School Art Teacher
Started clowning at age 9
Fourth Grade Assistant Teacher
Bicycled across the U.S. in 2014!
Seventh Grade History Teacher
Sixth Grade English Teacher
Loves to write or paint
Lower School Physical Education Teacher
Has developed a secret pizza sauce
Upper School Assistant Teacher
Fluent Russian speaker
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
Seventh Grade Science Teacher
Kissed a shark once!
Fifth Grade Head Teacher
Rescued a pug-mix puppy named Soba
Sixth Grade Spanish Teacher
My birthday is April 1st, no joke!
Seventh Grade English Teacher
Obsessed with the Salem witchcraft trials
Upper School Mandarin Teacher
Once ate deep-fried silkworms
Seventh Grade Math Assistant, Math Team Coach
