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BPC’s International Experiential Education Trips 2025
As a part of Upper School’s experiential education, Black Pine Circle partners with Where There Be Dragons to offer eighth graders international study opportunities in China and Guatemala. Both trips…
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From Halloween Musicals to Law School: BPC Alum Simone Bradley (’06) shares exciting updates
Taking time out of her busy schedule, BPC alum Simone Bradley (‘06), recently sat with Head of School, John Carlstroem and Director of Communications, Lesley Jones. She spoke about her…
READ MORE Attention, Attention! Lower School Newspaper Gets Updated Design & New Name: Volume 2, Issue 3 Out Now!
We are pleased to share that the Lower School Newspaper has a new design and a new name: The Jaguar Journal! In our latest issue (Volume 2, Issue 3) we…
READ MORE Music, math, and more! BPC alum siblings reflect on their educational journeys
While at Wat Mongkolratanaram’s Sunday brunch in Berkeley, our Director of Communications and Events, Lesley Jones, ran into Theo and Lena Haber – siblings who both attended Black Pine Circle.…
READ MORE BPC alum makes his mark on local school board
BPC alum, Ian Segall (‘19), is a senior at Berkeley High School and the current Student Director on the BUSD board. After Ian returned to BPC in October for the…
READ MORE BPC Robotics Team, RoBawks, Wins “Judge’s Choice” Award
The BPC Robotics team participated in a First Tech Challenge qualifying tournament on Saturday, December 10. Team RoBawks consisted of 7th & 8th graders. Out of 16 participating teams –…
READ MORE BPC Participates in NaNoWriMo for 13th Consecutive Year
November was National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and BPC participated for the 13th year in a row! ✍️ As part of the 4th & 5th grade curriculum, and as an…
READ MORE Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award Winner
Mina Fedor ’21 and her family recently attended the Broadcom MASTERS® finals week in Washington, DC. Her 8th grade MasterWorks science research project, “EEG Theta During Self-Directed Versus Passive Spatial…
READ MORE “How am I going to create an image of Kentucky fried solipsism? I’ll ask a robot”: BPC alums on the forefront of AI
BPC Alums Jack Gallagher (‘11) and Sam Schickler (‘15) are working together at Midjourney, an independent research lab that produces AI-created images from text descriptions (Think: typing “cat playing with…
READ MORE Team BPC Participates in Odyssey of the Mind Competition
For the second year, BPC’s Lower School is participating in the international creative design competition, Odyssey of the Mind. Seven 4th and 5th graders have been selected to participate, under…
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