Today, we were honored to welcome PA DHS Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh, Deputy Secretary Shanté Brown, and Representative Rick Krajewski to PIC to highlight Pennsylvania's new Recruitment and Retention Program for early childhood educators. After a brief tour of the center where our guests saw our...

FUNDING FOR LITTLE FREE LIBRARY! PIC has won an award from the Philadelphia Activities Fund to keep our Little Free Library stocked with new books for families and children. Our Magic Circle Nature Playground (right next door to the Little Free Library) is open to families in our community in the...

PIC's Preschool program currently has openings for children ages 3 - 5. Our Early Learning Program is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and has a four-star rating from Pennsylvania’s Keystone STARS child care quality assurance system. We have implemented...

The 2020-2021 school year will be unlike any our children have ever experienced! We are pleased to announce that PIC will offer full-day programs for kindergarten and 1st graders. Like any program at PIC, children will be guided by experienced and professional educators who understand the care that...

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And we want to thank Common Sense for this great video!

Jerome Whitener is one of six new members of PIC’s Board of Directors. While they all bring something to the table, Jerome distinguishes himself as having attended PIC more than 20 years ago. In 1995, a fire caused the child care center where Jerome’s mother worked to close. PIC’s then Executive...

We are excited to welcome Jessica Carter as our Assistant Director. Jessica comes to PIC from Ann Arbor, Michigan where she was the Executive Director of Apple Playschools. This Reggio-inspired early childhood education organization shares many of the core values we live at PIC. Prior to that...

This year’s First Up annual early learning conference, with its focus on equity and inclusion, was very exciting for PIC! We had two staff members co-present workshops on important topics and a PIC teacher won the conference raffle, which had amazing prizes for her classroom. Infant/Young Toddler...

Sig image: Rebecca in yellow outside PIC applauds After School teacher and Early Learning Art Specialist, Rebecca Schedl, who has been selected as one of the National AfterSchool Association’s 2019 Next Generation of Afterschool Leaders! Rebecca will be featured along with other honorees in the...