Come play with us at Smith Playground on Thursday, June 19 from 6 - 8 pm! This year, PIC's Early Learning and After School traditional summer cookouts are moving to Smith Playground in East Fairmount Park and becoming one picnic. We are excited to invite all families and staff to gather together at...

An Award Winning Surprise! Every Friday in the After School Center is Surprise Friday, a day that the children do not know what they will be doing before they arrive. On a recent Friday, the Startlights and Dragontails got a great big surprise when they got to PIC! Several judges from the...

Mark your calendar for Storytime in Clark Park! Beginning May 29, families will gather on Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm by the turtle sculpture in Clark Park (between 43rd and 45th Streets) for read-aloud stories for children ages 7 and under. Many folks bring blankets and picnics, and we always...

post edited on May 14, 2014 Join us on Tuesday, May 27 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in the Small Gym (Spruce Building) for PIC’s Annual Meeting. Join Executive Director Debbie Green and the PIC Board of Directors to learn about exciting center initiatives, including the completion of the Magic Circle...

Post Plant Sale Ponderings As an avid gardener, I was quite certain that I would take great pleasure in being part of my first PIC Plant Sale, but I was surely not prepared for just how much I would both enjoy and learn from the experience. Admittedly, unloading hundreds of plants during what seemed...

It takes a village...You know the expression. Well, here it is with a new twist. It takes a village of volunteers to raise a Plant Sale. This year, more than 60 volunteers, including current families, PIC alumni, and area businesses came out to help make the Plant Sale a success! They worked hard...

PIC parent volunteers came out in full force for our Spring Center-wide Work Day held on April 26. We sealed over 545 KidPots, cleared the Stucco Building of furniture in preparation of upcoming renovations, sanded and primed several book cases, hung signs, built Plant Sale boxes, and more. In...

Once again, PIC's Quality Committee has prepared the annual Family Satisfaction Survey. PIC Board members and Quality Committee Co-chairs Sara Richman (mom of Lily and Celia) and Anne Thomforde Thomas (alumni parent) are asking all families to complete the survey in order to help us learn more about...

Congratulations to all the classrooms that achieved their goal of 100% participation in the Plant Sale Pre- Order Campaign-- 9 out of 13 Early Learning classrooms! The Peanuts led the pack as the top-selling classroom with over $2,000 in pre-sales! For their efforts, the Peanuts will have added...

The upcoming WORK DAY on Saturday, April 26 from 9:00 am - noon is crucially important for PIC! With major renovations to the After School's Stucco Building planned to begin on May1, we will need lots of help to move furniture and other program materials into the Spruce Building. During construction...