Posts Tagged: preschool

Our Partnership with Community Therapeutic Day School

From the very beginning of Pine Village Preschool’s existence, we have placed a very large emphasis on social and emotional growth and learning–-two of our four core values are Love and Laughter. As part of that, we put many practices into place on a daily basis to help our children understand and manage their emotions… Read more »

Fall 2019 Info Sessions

Fall is here and we are excited to announce our upcoming info sessions at each of our 10 locations throughout the Boston area! Join us at one or more of our Pine Village Preschool locations to learn about our Spanish immersion programs and tour the classrooms. Hear from our directors and teachers about developmentally appropriate… Read more »

Pine Village Preschool Goes to Mexico!

This past June, Brid Martin, Marina Ituarte, Peggy Kuhs and I, Emma Lavecchia, had the incredible opportunity to travel to Mexico and represent Pine Village Preschool at two amazing events.  The spirit of our visit was centered on the work we do around Social Emotional Learning in early childhood, and sharing the methods we use… Read more »

2019-2020 Saturday Spanish Is Back!

2019-2020 Juntos Conectamos: Together We Connect Three 8-week sessions during the 2019-2020 school year: When: Saturdays, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. o Sept. 21 – Nov. 16, 2019 [no class 10/12] o Jan. 11 – March 14, 2020 [no class 1/18 or 2/15] o March 21 – May 16, 2020 [no class 4/11] Where: Porter Square (2067 Mass. Ave., Cambridge) AND… Read more »

2019 Boston Parents Paper Favorites

THANK YOU to all of our families for voting for Pine Village Preschool as a 2019 Boston Parents Paper Family Favorites!! We’ve been fortunate enough to have secured a place in the Boston Parents Paper Family Favorites since 2014 and appreciate all of the love and support you’ve given us over the years. Pine Village… Read more »

Please Join us at the Boston Pride Parade

We hope you will join PVP co-founder Emma LaVecchia, PVP Brighton Director Denise Barcelo, and other PVP staff and families–current and alumni–at this year’s Boston Pride Parade! The parade is scheduled for June 8, 2019, at 12 noon, rain or shine. The parade begins in Copley Square and ends in Government Center. We are usually one of… Read more »

WBZ Feature: Spanish Immersion – A Growing And Popular Trend

Recently, we sat down with WBZ’s Yadires Nova-Salcedo to discuss the popularity of Spanish immersion and why it’s so important to learn Spanish in today’s world. Our co-founder Brid Martin discusses this on the English version and you can listen to our Emotional Coach Peggy Kuhs on the Spanish version. Watch the segment on WBZ

Staff Spotlight: Support Staff

Introduction To Some Behind the Scenes Support Staff We’re so glad you’ve enjoyed seeing some of the behind-the-scenes folks at Pine Village! This month’s installment introduces you to two of the women in our Enrollment and Finance area: Christine Williams and Christine Fritts. (Yes, there are two Christine’s, which sometimes causes a bit of confusion…. Read more »

Staff Spotlight: Cynthia Henriquez

We are very proud to introduce Cynthia Henriquez to you. Cynthia was recently promoted to the director position in our South End school after serving families for seven years in our Kendall Square location as a classroom teacher. Cynthia embodies the values of Pine Village every day in her role as Director, and we are… Read more »

New Year’s Resolution: Going GREEN!

We know many of you send in reusable cutlery in your child’s lunch box, and have begun to see sustainable bamboo utensils among these items. Some of you also send your child’s lunch in microwaveable containers or thermoses that stay warm, thus alleviating our need to transfer food to paper plates for warming it up…. Read more »