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Five BPC teachers and staff attended the PoCC in Nashville, Tennessee last week. All of them found it valuable to spend time with each other and with educators from around…

Our 6th grade students spent four days at NatureBridge in the Marin Headlands, participating in hand-on environmental science programs in nature’s classroom. They learned about native plants and animals that…

Inspired by Caine’s Arcade, we introduced our own cardboard arcade project in 7th grade science. Students use low-tech tools–cardboard, duct tape, foil–and augment them with higher-tech MaKey MaKey boards and…

Aly Mitchell, our eighth grade history & geography teacher, was selected to attend the Gilder Lehrman Foundation’s history seminar on Reconstruction at Columbia University. Led by Professor Eric Foner of…

For the second year in a row, Black Pine Circle was voted best in five school categories in Parents’ Press Best of the Bay 2018. Best Alternative Learning Styles Elementary…

BPC marched in the Oakland Pride Parade for the first time! Our 8th grade students in the Sexuality and Gender Alliance club created the banner that we used to represent…

We explore the potential of all manner of student making, including 3D and bio-printing, and the process of getting there.

Inspired by the Maker Faire, students work in teams to accomplish ambitious projects.

Students engage with math and physics concepts in a playful way.