Pictured with PIC's Amanda Schroeder (third from left) are Mastery Charter's internship coordinator Kerry Sorenson and students Tanesha Johnson and Amy Parker. We believe that all children deserve the same high quality learning experiences PIC teachers provide in their classrooms. One way we believe...

Written by Rainbows Assistant Teacher Denise Brice Greetings, just look how lovely my veggies are coming along. Yummy! I'll be making a fresh salad right from my deck before I know it. I'm happy to say I'm enjoy a few new berries each week and sharing them with my grandchildren. Can you tell that I...

Last week, despite weather than felt more like March than May, 10 families turned out for PIC's summer series Storytime in Clark Park. Amy Hillier Fraatz read four books including The Color of Us, Mole and Baby Bird, and It's a Tiger. The group seemed a little rusty with their Hokey Pokey, but with...

Make Music Philly is coming to PIC as part of the larger Make Music Philly city-wide festival! The live summer solstice event will be held Saturday, June 21 on the PIC blacktop. People are encouraged to enter at the PIC driveway on the corner of 42nd and Locust Streets. From 10:00 am to 12:30 pm...

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...