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Learn about upcoming events, program-related reminders, and other exciting things happening at PIC!

Forman Family returns to ArtStart

Monday, September 16, 2019

We are honored to have received a $5,000 Benefactor level sponsorship for ArtStart from The Forman Family Foundation. They are back for their third year of sponsorship! The stage is set for an entertaining evening with the support from a group of businesses who are also returning as Champions for...

September's New Beginnings

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

September Message from Deb Green September marks a new beginning each year, even for a year-round program like PIC. As educators, we need to take a moment to stop, re-charge, and prepare for new students and their families before we embark on the first days of school. Last week, our teachers had...

You can help ArtStart

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Each year, we ask families to reaffirm their commitment to our community by supporting ArtStart, PIC's fall fundraiser. The money we raise, provides financial assistance to families with children enrolled in our early learning, after school, and summer camp programs. How can you help ArtStart raise...

Playgroups Kick Off on September 6!

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

PIC hosts weekly drop-In Playgroups for families in the community with children under the age of 5. Playgroups meet Monday and Friday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 am throughout the school year. These get-togethers are a chance for children and their caregivers to meet in a casual, volunteer-led...

Great K Play Date!

Monday, August 26, 2019

This year's Kindergarten Play Date was bigger and better than ever! Current PIC families and families from the neighborhood came to meet, play, and learn from one another about the next big step in their child's education. PIC After School Center teachers were also on hand to greet families.

Kindergarten Play Date at PIC

Monday, July 13, 2015

Kindergarten is an important next step in a child's education and this special community event is for families as they prepare for the school year ahead. Families with children heading to kindergarten in the fall are invited to get together at PIC on Sunday, August 25 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. PIC...

Going on a Smell Hunt

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Much like the family in the beloved children's book Going on a Bear Hunt, the Roadrunner's preschool class went on their own adventure. These preschoolers take weekly neighborhood walks—always with an interesting spin. They’ve hunted down sounds on listening walks, scoured for gigantic puddles to...

New nature research shows...

Monday, August 5, 2019

August Message from Deb Green I’ve recently returned from a trip that took me north to New Hampshire and south to North Carolina. The outdoors and nature were at the center of my travels. I was invited to New Hampshire to participate in the closing plenary panel discussion of the Natural Start...

St. Andrews Chapel dressed up for ArtStart

ArtStart 2019 - Mark Your Calendar!

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

WE HAVE SOLD OUT! But you can still support the event! With your help, more families who cannot afford tuition, will have the chance to send their children to PIC. Give a child the gift of tuition assistance. Thursday, October 24 5:30 - 8 pm St. Andrews Chapel on PIC's West Philadelphia campus It's...

Spoiled by ice cream

Monday, July 29, 2019

We had a great Spoil-Your-Supper Ice Cream Social last week. The weather was perfect, children were happy, and families "mixed it up" on the blacktop. Nothing better!

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