What a spirited Plant Sale Pre-Sale Campaign! The fighting was fierce, right up to the bitter end! We cannot thank our sellers and buyers enough for your enthusiasm and efforts! After calculating the results behind closed doors all day and drinking LOTS OF COFFEE last night, we are pleased to...
Tech Learning Still in Season As spring begins and After School students start spending more time outdoors, the technological learning that began in the colder months does not stop. If anything, the Eagles (and Hawks) are more fascinated than ever in both robotics and 3D printing and drawing. In...
More Than Just Play Play-dough is a staple around PIC, but parents may not realize just how valuable a learning tool it can be, hitting just about every developmental area. The magic often begins first thing in the morning, when a teacher and the earliest arriving children take a few simple...
We recently learned that former PIC mom and Board member Molly Roth passed away last month. Molly and her husband Michael Hesson along with their two daughters, were at PIC for a decade. Their eldest daughter Elinor enrolled in PIC's After School Center in 2005. Three years later, their youngest...
Bob Behr and Nancy Juergens enrolled their daughter Annie at PIC in the early 1980s. Longtime residents of West Philadelphia, they have remained actively involved in PIC ever since. They were among the earliest supporters of the Sweet Dreams Campaign to expand the center and have participated in...
Big news! The National Association for the Education of Young Children ( NAEYC ) has featured PIC Rainbow Lead Teacher Joanne Browley on the cover of the April/May issue of their professional publication Teaching Young Children (TYC) . The magazine is designed especially for preschool educators. It...
PIC Plants... Cookies without the Calories! It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm that spread through PIC as the annual Plant Sale got underway last week. On its opening day, the online store had over 200 visits and did over $2,000 in sales. By the end of the first week, over $5,000 in plants had...
PIC Plant shoppers broke every record during the first week of pre-sales and the sale momentum continues: 151 orders placed with over $7,000 raised to-date...and climbing! The current top selling plants are impatiens! Participation STILL Counts! After a tight race, the Roadrunners became the first...
PIC Spring Plant Sale online store is open for business! Browse the store for a great selection of houseplants, container plants, and pre-planted pots. There are plenty of choices for inside and out. We also have many new varieties of perennials, annuals and herbs! Pre-sale campaign: March 21- April...
Posted by PIC Mom and Plant Sale Chair Vicky Olsen (Zoe is a Roadrunner and Lukas is a Rainbow). For the past five years, my husband Craig and I have been proud to support PIC's Annual Plant Sale. This year I am thrilled to be chairing the event and invite you to get involved by buying and selling...
