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Dear BPC Community,  I’m delighted to share with you BPC’s Online Annual Report 2022 – 2024. The primary purpose of any annual report is to provide insight into an organization’s financial health, and also to thank the many people who give time and treasure to support and advance the mission. I am pleased to be…

BPC’s new week-long intersession program for our middle school students, February 12-16, was a great success. Designed to offer unique classes that foster relationships across grade levels, these classes centered on fun special interest subjects that spark passion in teachers and students alike. Midway through the week, our students and teachers partook in a day…

For the second year in a row, the BPC Math Team (8th graders Kannan Ravikumar, Raman Ravikumar, Aoife Hennessey, and Shoshana Seplow) came in 2nd place in the 2024 Mathcounts Competition, which took place on Saturday, February 10. BPC was one of nine East Bay Area middle schools competing. Kannan Ravikumar came in second place individually and has advanced to the State…

Our upper school students were treated to a wonderful performance from the Yale Whiffenpoofs at a recent Upper School Gathering. Learn more and see photos and video.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Black Pine Circle School! See our 2023 holiday video-message.

Volume 3 Issue 1 of the Lower School’s Jaguar Journal has published. Learn more about BPC’s history as we continue to celebrate our 50th year. Did you know BPC has chickens? Students from the Chicken & Garden Club recently discovered that watermelon is their favorite treat. Have you ever heard of alebrijes? For the first…

Kathy Henderson, our 6th grade math teacher, recently had the opportunity to present at the National Conference for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual conference in Washington, DC. She co-presented with Jay Chow, Lead Computation Layer Specialist at Desmos Classroom, on how teachers can use the Computation Layer which is the programmable layer in Desmos activities.…

Tuesday, December 12, 7pm – 8pm via Zoom Neal Katyal, lawyer, professor and former Solicitor General of the US, talks with Sonia Katyal about government structure and what to expect from those who are in positions of power. Neal speaks about higher justice as a way to serve society’s needs, shares his thoughts on the…

Black Pine Circle celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 30 with a block party, taking over the length of 7th Street and much of the upper school campus. Over 500 revelers across the generations gathered to celebrate this milestone. See photos and more.