Posts By: Jen Doyle

Announcing Pine Village Kindergarten

As we look ahead to the 2021-22 school year, we thought a lot about our programming and needs of our families. Due to the overwhelming demand last year and continued interest, we’ve decided to launch a Pine Village Kindergarten program, which will be held in our Brighton and Jamaica Plain – South Street locations. Our school day kindergarten program extends our PreK curriculum and prepares… Read more »

Bilingual Beginnings Program for Kindergartners

As we all emerge from our quarantines and face the new realities of work, life, and school, we are challenged to find new ways to meet current and ever-changing demands. And we are finding new ways to rise up to new challenges. Pine Village is therefore pleased to announce a new program for children enrolled in public or private school PreK or Kindergarten (also known… Read more »

Welcome back!

Is it fair to say that we have all (happy) ugly cried at least once these past few days? We know we have!  How incredible it feels to be back in school! To think that it’s been close to five months since we’ve cared for children, welcomed you all in the morning and laughed and explored together–since we felt complete–is just overwhelming.  It is the best medicine–food for the… Read more »

We can’t wait to see you on August 3rd!

The time is finally here! Pine Village is getting ready for our reopening on August 3rd! We’ve spent the last four months apart, away from each other and away from the children and families, and we simply cannot wait to be together in our schools again! The Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) released their Minimum Health and Safety Guidelines in early June which… Read more »

We must do better.

Over the past five days we have held our collective breath in grim anticipation of yet another horrid sequence of events that has become all too familiar. The murder of yet another person of color in our country, George Floyd, has brought us to our knees. After weeks and months filled with undeniable reminders of the vast inequities in our country–where African-American men are hunted… Read more »

Museum Of Science at Home (#MOSatHome)

This Museum of Science, Boston Facebook post is a few weeks old, but what isn’t old is how much young children–well, children of all ages (from 1 to 92!)–love pictures of animals. And it’s also an awesome opportunity for us to be able to highlight the fact that the Museum of Science has a huge amount of content on their website right now for activities… Read more »

Resources for Families Regarding COVID-19

As we work our way through this ever-evolving situation, we have been grateful for the guidance provided by reputable agencies and organizations. We’re sharing some of those here and will add to the list as new resources become available. If you have seen something that you’ve found particularly helpful and think we should include it on this list, please send it our way. NEW LINK… Read more »

PVP Goes Green

PVP Co-Founder Brid Martin has long been passionate about environmental issues. Currently working on a master’s degree in the Mindfulness Studies Program at Lesley University, her Internship class, Mindfulness as Social Engagement, has given her both the opportunity and dedicated time to develop a more environmentally friendly setting at each of our schools. Brid discovered the Green Newton School Connections group through an online search,… Read more »