PIC will begin using School Messenger, a communications service, to announce school closings and other important messages to families via text, phone, and/or email. You MUST "opt-in" in order to receive texts from PIC. Soon you will receive a text asking if you would like to receive messages from...
We would love to expand participation on our PIC Board of Directors and various committees. Board Committees include Buildings and Grounds, Development, Diversity, Finance, Human Resources, Parent Involvement, and Quality. You do not have to be a Board Member to serve on the committees and in fact...
Building Up, Up, Up The Moonbeams have really been into building lately. This includes building with blocks, Legos, and most recently, the sound tubes. While building, children are developing social and emotional skills, learning teamwork and experiencing feelings of competence. They are also...
What IS a Roadrunner? PIC's first Fall Festival flowed like a warm autumn breeze. The various activity stations set up invited engaging interactions as our community witnessed a collection of creativity in various areas of emergent curriculum. Each classroom designed t-shirts with a collective theme...
Creating Clubs of Artistry As the weather gets colder, creative minds are just getting warmed up in PIC's After School Center. This session, we are happy to welcome a new set of clubs that focus on artistic expression. The artistic energy can be clearly seen in the kindergarten students of the...
Curriculum, Planned Possibilities, and Play “Where’s my house?” a Firefly asks, looking intently at the West Philadelphia map spread across the table. Nearby, a child drives a toy truck through a “map” of blocks laid out in a grid, and at the Writing Center, another child tells her friend, “This is...
Exploring Light and Color This month, the children in the infant and toddler classes at PIC are exploring light and color. Light, shadow, and color permeates everything we see and captures children’s interest from the earliest moments of infancy. Our intention in the classroom is to give the...
Birding at Tinicum One of the best things about PIC's After School Center is being located in an urban setting. We easily expand our classroom and enrich learning by visiting to nearby sites and destinations. The Starlights took a trip recently to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum...
PIC will have our annual Winter Open House this Thursday, December 11 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. In the beloved PIC tradition, this is a pot-luck event and a terrific opportunity to chat with other families and to not have to think about preparing dinner. We hope that you can join us! Please sign-up so...
PIC's Early Learning program will host a Winter Open House for families on Thursday, December 11. All PIC families are invited to visit each classroom for sensory and make-and-take activities and enjoy festive hallway potlucks. Here's your roadmap to the fun! SPRUCE Building First floor Bumblebees -...
