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Community Building

Building a strong community of families and staff encourages the healthy development of children. PIC values parent involvement and fosters it through the Parent Participation Program (PPP). Opportunities for PPP involves parents in the many phases of center life and helps to build meaningful...
As part of our Coffee and Conversation Series, PIC families are invited to come to a meeting on "The Importance of Risk in Play". All sessions of this series are from 8:30 - 9:30 am and are held in the A-Z Room, Ground level of the Sweet Building.
As part of our Coffee and Conversation Series, PIC families are invited to come to a meeting on "Cultivating Kindness and Social Justice". All sessions of this series are from 8:30 - 9:30 am and are held in the A-Z Room, Ground level of the Sweet Building.
As part of our Coffee and Conversation Series, PIC families are invited to come to a meeting on "Dealing with Challenging Behaviors". PIC Early Learning Program Coordinators Kharma Hicks and Tamara Clark will discuss common challenging behaviors for young children and share strategies for addressing...
As part of our Coffee and Conversation Series, PIC families are invited to come to a meeting on Wednesday, February 20 about "Talking with Children about Bodies & Sexuality". It is never too early to start talking to kids about their bodies! In this workshop, led by Roadrunners teacher Isy Abraham...
As part of our Coffee and Conversation Series, PIC families are invited to come to a meeting on Wednesday, February 16 on "Friendship and Children's Social Development". Can I come to your birthday party? Only girls can play this game! Can I play too? Young children are working hard to figure out...
As part of our Coffee and Conversation Series, PIC families are invited to come to a meeting on "Speech/Language Development" presented by Special Instructor (and Butterflies parent) Naesha Millwood. Naesha Millwood is the co-founder of Sequoia Seeds, Inc. an early intervention (IE) company...
Public Schools? Independent Schools? Kindergarten readiness? What's a parent to do? As part of our Coffee and Conversation Series, PIC families are invited to come to a meeting on "Thinking ahead to Kindergarten". Children who will be 5 by September 1, 2019 will be kindergarten eligible. Deb Green...
Angela Curry, Mary Beth Fedirko, and Jackie McCrea, are all reprising the role of co-chair for PIC's 40th Anniversary celebration at ArtStart, our annual fall fundraiser. Angela co-chaired last year’s event, Mary Beth led our 2016 event, and Jackie is back at PIC after having co-chaired our event in...
They've got the fever! Event co-chairs Angela Curry (Finbarr and Desmond are in the After School Center, and baby Oscar is in the Doodlebugs), Mary Beth Fedirko (Myles is a PIC alum), and Jackie McCrea (Dylan is a PIC alum in college!!), are putting together a groovy 70s-themed fundraiser on...