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Yesterday, upper school, students participated in a Virtual Science Slam! Each guest scientist had ~ 30 seconds for their “pitch” – why do you care about the science you do? – while their slide was being presented. Scientists then moved to breakout rooms and students popped in and out, science fair-style, to hear more about their…

The Asian American Pacific Island Youth Rising Rally & March in support of the AAPI community, organized by BPC 7th graders Mina Fedor and her friends Anna Hill, Bee Norton Tsang, Juno Yu, and Mila Cavagnaro, drew over 1,200 attendees to Berkeley’s Aquatic Park on Sunday, March 28. Student speakers protesting violence against the AAPI…

Even during the pandemic, the BPC Math Team of 15 mathletes has been successful in the Bay Area Chapter Mathcounts Competition 2021. All our students have scored among the top 40% of the participants and our top three mathletes advanced to the Invitational Round, scoring among the top 10 participants. Our Math Team has also…

Today we launched the first edition of the BPC Lower School Newspaper! All ideas for content came from the students, with contributors from all grades. The project was facilitated by Head of Lower School Tanveer Alibhai during our Friday Optional Activities. The next edition will be published at the end of April. Stay tuned!

Cris Mytko, BPC’s STEAM coordinator, currently on leave and working for the CDC this year writing K-12 STEM curriculum related to COVID-19, invited students and parents to join her in viewing the February 10 International Space Station Expedition 64 in-flight event with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC leaders chatted live with astronauts Drs. Kate Rubins and Shannon Walker aboard the International Space Station!

Upper school members of BPC’s Black Student Union (BSU), lower school students, Kanoelani Connor Joseph, our first grade head teacher, and board member, Sandra Williams-Hamp, speak about why electing Kamala Harris as our new vice president is so important to them.

Thank you to all our families and friends who voted for BPC in the Parents’ Press 2020 Reader’s Choice Awards! We’re excited to announce that BPC is a winner in the following categories: Best Independent Elementary School Best Progressive Elementary School Best Independent Middle School Best Progressive Middle School New this Year! Best Math Programs

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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 Columbia and Professor Martha Jones of Johns Hopkins, Ms. Mitchell examined the charged legacy of the Reconstruction Era (the period from 1865 to 1877). One…