Parent-Infant Center is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 4205 Spruce St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PA. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Parent-Infant Center receives overwhelmingly positive feedback, with most reviewers praising the quality of early education, caring teachers, and outdoor activities. However, admission is highly competitive with extremely long wait times (18-30+ months). One negative review raises concerns about staff professionalism and management practices.
My neighbors who have gotten a spot love PIC, but getting a spot is like winning a golden ticket. It’s not a waitlist, rather a “waitpool”, and we’ve been in it for 18 months already. It looks like it’ll be another 12 months since they just sent out the email that their classes have been filled, so we are crossing our fingers that next year — after 30 months — they’ll find a spot for our son!
This daycare pick and choose who they want to hire! They talk about each other! They don’t care about your children! Jessica the assistant director is fake professional! I would never recommend anyone to bring their children there. My niece goes to this daycare and when I mean she looks for 1 teacher and 1 teacher only and we just heard she got fired! Absolutely not!
We love PIC! The program is excellent - the kids have lots of outdoor time, go for walks in the community, and engage in “units of study” We loved the infant room with my oldest and now we are lucky enough to have our youngest with the same teachers and we couldn’t be happier. We know she is loved and safe. It makes the transition so much easier to know that she is cared for all day. I wouldn’t want to send my kids anywhere else.
This is a review about the PIC's communication and engagement with potential parents. My wife and I have been on the waiting list some several months before we even had our child. The idea of calling in every month to 'resecure' our spot is silly, but we obliged since they have the upper hand when demand is so high. Fast forward to last month, when we get an email saying a spot has opened up. We are delighted and excited, but had no opportunity to visit the center physically (we did an online "tour", but that was no tour, just a very basic information session given COVID rukes). We requested to see the facility and would happily signup. A few strange and rude emails later...we had no real choice but to just say no thank you to what feels like an elitist center.
PIC is first class early education program in the University City section of West Philadelphia. They have a outstanding group of ECE teachers that guide children as they develop the skills need to be successful on their journey to adulthood. PIC is a great place for a child to start that journey.
Keystone STARS
Level 4 out of 4
STAR 4 (Accredited)
This rating is part of the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Trained evaluators assess staff qualifications, learning environment, curriculum, and family engagement — standards that go beyond basic licensing requirements.
Level 1: Meets basic licensing standards.
Level 2: Exceeds licensing with some quality improvements in place.
Level 3: Demonstrates strong practices in curriculum and staff development.
Level 4: High quality across most assessed areas.