Mediocrity Is Not an Option Recently I heard the following statistics concerning the current state of early childhood programs in the United States: 10% of the child centers in this country are considered high quality programs, those that are accredited by the National Association for the Education...

At last night's annual family meeting, Executive Director Debbie Green highlighted projects and events from the past year and presented what families can expect at PIC in the year ahead. Board President (and PIC alumni mom) Carol Lerner shared about the 2014-2015 budget. See the 2014-2015 tuition...

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...

Working Together We Make PIC Bloom! I bought my first plants from the PIC Plant Sale many years ago when I was a novice gardener (at best). I remember not only being impressed by the wonderful variety of plants offered, but being equally impressed at how the PIC Plant Sale was such a community...

Should I Give PIC Children More Candy? Recently, as I was walking through the Big Gym on the way to visit some classrooms, a group of four-year-olds stopped me and asked, “What is your job at PIC?” Before I could respond, one of the children said, “She’s the one who gets to make our school more...

What You Might NOT See at PIC... but look closer! Dear PIC families and friends, I recently visited an infant/young toddler classroom and witnessed what I felt was a beautiful interaction between one of the teachers and a 3-month old baby. As many of the children were having a morning snack and a...

Nurture Children Today to Enrich Their Tomorrow Dear PIC Families and Friends, I’ve been thinking recently about how we view children in our society and how it differs so dramatically in countries throughout the world. In the US, there is always much talk about “preparing” children for their next...

Dear PIC Families and Friends, One of the many aspects of PIC that I have quickly come to value is the diversity within our community. PIC is a place where children “live” true diversity each and every day. Be it making friends or having teachers who have a different skin color, wear different...

December 2013 As a friend of the Parent-Infant Center, you already know that PIC’s high quality early care and education programs have been ahead of the curve for the past 35 years. This past summer and fall, I watched children gather cucumbers and tomatoes from our expanded garden (and later eat...