Staff Appreciation Week April 24- April 28 During Staff Appreciation Week, we organize a week-long celebration of our teachers. It is a time when the Board, administors, and families recognize our teachers for the hard work that they do each day. We have a wonderful tradition of families posting a...
West Philadelphia Trouble is joining Day of Play for their debut performance on May 20! This group of friends is the new musical adventure of established musician Lucien Dowdell. The pillars of the ensemble are creativity, honesty and fearlessness. (The order varies from note to note.) Sample their...
Our Invaluable Staff If there is a single reason why PIC is so loved, it is most definitely our teachers! I hear it from parents day after day, and through comments in our family feedback survey year after year. For all of our 38 years, PIC has placed a high value on its staff. In fact, the largest...
The Afterschool Spreads its Wings In a whirl of boxes, crates, tables, chairs, and pianos, without interrupting its programming for the children, the Afterschool teachers and six friendly, burly movers dismantled and transported four classrooms to new locations during a blustery week at the...
This year, PIC was honored to participate in the annual conference organized by the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC) in an unprecedented way. We served as a satellite site for conference workshops, which also gave us the chance to shine a spotlight on our...
We doubled last year's turnout! Nearly 50 families participated in the 2017 Community Potlucks (with one more this weekend)...that's over 150 grown-ups and children gathering around food, family, and fellowship through PIC! With nine nearby host sites, all ages and close to all classrooms were...
It was a whirlwind weekend in the Wild Things with the replacement of countertops and flooring (tile and carpeting). The results are breathtaking and we are thrilled to see one more classroom in the Spruce Building upgraded with intention and a clear understanding of the important role the classroom...
Last week, I spent several days in Washington, D.C. representing the Parent-Infant Center at the Public Policy Forum sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Forty-six states were represented at the Forum and I was honored to be part of the Pennsylvania...
PIC's signature spring Plant Sale is transforming into a " Day of Play." EARLY BIRD CONCERT PRICES AVAILABLE ONLINE UNTIL NOON ON FRIDAY, MAY 19 PIC's first Day of Play will take place on Saturday, May 20, 2017 and feature family activities on the playground, a plant sale, a children’s concert, and...
Last month PIC celebrated Safia Abdullah and her 30 years of service to the children and families at PIC. It was an ambitiously planned surprise party. And with a little bit of conniving, a little bit of lying, a little bit of whispering, and a lot of luck, we really GOT her good! Over 100 PIC...
