By Erin Dodds, Chairman of the Green Committee When was the last time you went on a field trip? The PIFS Green Committee and Education Committee recently co-hosted a field Read more
Remembering PIFS Teacher Joyce Grund
February 26, 2017The PIFS community recently lost a family member with the passing of former teacher Joyce Grund. Joyce taught with Anne Martine Cook in the Connecting AM class from 1986 until Read more
New Year, New Goals
February 2, 2017By Erin Dodds, Chairman of the Green Committee What are your resolutions for 2017? My favorite goals are the ones I set with my children. Kids love to feel like Read more
Break It Down
December 1, 2016By Erin Dodds, Chairman of the Green Committee The PIFS Green Committee kicked off the month of November with a visit from Aleksandra Moch, who helped us get started with Read more
Thanksgiving at PIFS – Not Your Ordinary School Lunch
November 23, 2016Longtime friend of PIFS, Remy Cook of Party With Moms did a fantastic profile on Nolda Joseph and our school’s Thanksgiving traditions. Check out the great piece here.   Read more
Greenwich Time: Lessons from the garden for Putnam Indian Field School teacher
October 10, 2016By Emilie Munson On an expansive dairy farm formerly belonging to the Rockefellers, Greenwich’s Diane Gordon and a group of about 30 other educators gathered for a one-day crash course Read more
What Does It Mean To Be Green?
October 5, 2016By Erin Dodds, Chairman of the Green Committee Since 1971 when Fred Weirdsma founded the small nursery school that would eventually become PIFS, our focus has always been on the Read more
Building Math Minds from Early Childhood
October 5, 2016By Susan Donaghy, Head of School Nurturing mathematical thinkers and not calculators was the topic of workshops recently attended by teachers and parents at Greenwich Country Day School. We are Read more
Daily Voice: Greenwich’s Putnam Indian Field School Honored As Green LEAF School
June 6, 2016By Frank MacEachern Putnam Indian Field School received an A+ for its green thumb. The preschool was recently recognized as the state’s newest Connecticut Green LEAF Schools. A commitment to Read more