Category: School Spotlight

School Spotlight: JP South Street

Our Jamaica Plain South Street location is warm, bright and inviting with seven classrooms. As our second JP location, we love being part of a vibrant neighborhood so close to many outdoor locations. Today, we’re getting the inside scoop from our Director, Johan to hear more about her background and what makes our JP South Street… Read more »

School Spotlight: Pine Village Brookline

Opened in 2018, our Brookline location is located inside St. Paul’s Church right between Brookline Village and the Longwood Medical area. We designed this school to be bright and sunny featuring four small classrooms serving toddlers, preschoolers and PreK children. The Brookline school has a special community led by our Director, Cherina Contreras. Today’s blog… Read more »

School Spotlight: Porter Square

Right on Mass Ave, our Porter Square school opened in 2009 in the historic Henderson Carriage House Building. This wonderful neighborhood school has a large community room we use for fun group activities such as yoga class and special guest visitors. Porter Square Director, Paulina Pena has been a part of our team since 2015… Read more »

School Spotlight: Pine Village JP Revere St.

The original Jamaica Plain school is located in St John’s Episcopal Church within the historical neighborhood of Summer Hill,. Along with our fenced in playground, kids love our bright sunny classrooms and large parish hall for big events! Our Director, Ana Nieto, shares a few of her favorite memories and ongoing events at our Pine… Read more »

School Highlight: Pine Village West Newton

Another feature in one of our neighborhood schools – West Newton! Located on the corner of Washington St. and Highland Ave., the school is nestled inside beautiful historic building with a very large and extra fun playground. Our school also has expansive space for indoor fun and an amazing cook’s kitchen for fun activities! Read… Read more »

School Spotlight: Kindness Curriculum at Pine Village Needham

Here at Pine Village, we empower our teachers to create lessons that resonate with them and their particular neighborhood school. We believe in an individualized learning plan that meets the needs of the classroom and each child as they learn and grow. To that end, one of our amazing teachers, Veronica Guzman, in our Needham… Read more »

School Highlight: South End Pine Village Preschool

As you may have learned from reading our various school highlights these past few months on the blog, each of our 10 Pine Village locations have their own unique community feel and make up a welcoming “home away from home” for our staff, teachers, families and children. We are so proud of each and every… Read more »

School Highlight: Kendall Square Pine Village Preschool

Just a short walk from the Kendall T stop, you can find our open welcoming preschool for kids of all ages starting at 15 months! With individual classrooms, quiet spaces, along with music and movement classes, our Kendall Square preschool is bustling with activities. We love being connected to the community through our large sunny… Read more »

School Highlight: Needham

Another installment of our school highlight, we’re looking at our Needham location which has been around since 2010 and spoke with the Director, Lucy Codoceo. With large, light-filled rooms, this facility also has an open and airy toddler space for our kids to run around and play. Conveniently located on the Newton/Needham border, our Needham… Read more »