Camouflage and Cider On a September rainy day, the Starlights and Dragontails took a trolley to Bartram’s Garden. The Starlights learned about camouflage by using Model Magic to sculpt and color an animal to hide in an environmental drawing of its habitat. Then the group was challenged to find the...

Word Power in the Afternoons When children start to read, they begin to discover the power of words. As a child mouths the words in a story, he learns that words can evoke feelings, or paint a picture for his imagination. When a teacher reinforces the idea that words are powerful and evocative tools...

An Award Winning Surprise! Every Friday in the After School Center is Surprise Friday, a day that the children do not know what they will be doing before they arrive. On a recent Friday, the Startlights and Dragontails got a great big surprise when they got to PIC! Several judges from the...

The much anticipated renovations to the After School's Stucco Building are progressing well! The demolition work is complete and new bathrooms have been framed. The HVAC and plumbing are being installed this week. We are on target to be complete in early June, when we will start to get ready for...

Recently, the Dragontails, one of our after school classes, took a trip to the Schuylkill River where they visited the outdoor areas of Fairmount Water Works and some galleries of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The trip began at the water. As they watched the water flow over the dam, children and...

We have been waiting for some time to make the much-needed renovations to our After School Center facility known as the Stucco Building. With its wonderful open floor plan, it is an ideal space for after school activities including a variety of clubs, games, reading, snack, homework, computers, and...

The Stucco Building, home to the After School Hawks and Eagles classrooms, will be under renovation beginning May 1 and is planned for completion in early June. We are thrilled to have these changes underway! During this time, the children will continue their busy after-school schedule in alternate...

After much planning, the After School Center Stucco Building renovation project gets off the ground on May 1. Construction is scheduled to be complete in early June. Once the work is finished, our older after schoolers will have new bathrooms, floors, air-conditioning and ceiling. During the...

We are grateful to PIC's After School teachers and students who worked extremely hard in order to make priceless contributions to the PIC Plant Sale. The Stucco Building, the Spruce Building, and the Sweet building all have beautiful banners in the windows and in the stairwells. Next time you are at...

Surprising Young Teachers Every Friday is surprise Friday for the Dragontails and Starlights. The activities can be anything from an adventure to the laundromat, to group games, to a new glitter craft. On a recent Surprise Friday, the Starlights planned a special activity for the Dragontails. The...