Black Pine Circle at a Glance
Back Pine Circle School is an independent, co-educational school for students in Kindergarten through Eighth grade. Black Pine Circle School’s mission is to create a learning community that encourages humanity, empathy, moral depth, cultural understanding, and freedom in intellectual pursuits.
• Black Pine Circle School was founded in 1974
• K-8 total enrollment is 237 students
• Fifty-six member faculty and staff
• Kindergarten from 8:45am-2:30pm, 1st-5th from 8:45am-3:00pm, 6th-8th 8:30am-3:05pm
• On-site Extended Day Program runs 7:30-8:30am and 2:30-6:00pm, Monday – Friday
• Percentage of students of color is 33%
• Tuition Assistance award 2010-11, $600,000
• Percentage of students who receive tuition assistance 33%
• Library has 6,000 volumes on a digitized circulation system
• Campus includes facilities for Drama, Art, Music and Technology
• KBPC, digital-radio podcast studio
• Gardening & Environmental Ed Program
• Upper School sports team – The Jaguars – play co-ed basketball, volley ball, and soccer
• After school clubs: Chess, Improvisation, Computer, Drama, Dance, Writing, 3-D Art, Film, Running, Gaming and more…
• Outdoor Education: Week-long trip to Yosemite (8th grade), Leadership camping trip (7th grade), Marin Headlands Field Science (4th & 6th grades), Three-day trip to the Capital, Sacramento (5th grade)
To experience Black Pine Circle School we invite you visit our school. Please arrange a tour by contacting our Director of Admissions & Outreach, Faye Wu, 510-529-2714 or email fwu@blackpinecircle.org