The Patton Book Fair is almost here. It starts THIS Monday! Come prepared to be awed by the many selections offered this year. Here's Mrs Rafferty to tell you more!

This is a reminder to 7th and 8th grade students that Heritage Day permission forms are due today. If you have your signed permission form, please bring it to guidance. Thank you. 

Those students in the From Classic Literature to Modern Movie Club should report directly to the auditorium. Ms. Ballard's students will sit in the front right seats facing the stage, Ms. Steinen's students in the front left seats facing the stage, Mrs. Severino's students in the back right, and Mrs. Zielinski's in the back left seats.

Flag football will meet in the Large Cafeteria for our kick off meeting where will gear up for a season of football fun!

IT'S TIME TO CLEAN THE CLOSETS! Please consider donating gently-used, clean coats and hoodies to the Annual UCFSD Coat Drive. All sizes and styles are needed. Donated items can be dropped off in the Patton Lobby starting on October 26th and ending on December 7th. Collected items will be distributed in December to over 500 families in need in our area.

Don't forget that Former Patton Hawk, Alexander Claffy, is coming home to Patton MS for a concert on October 25th! Come see this home-grown talent and his talented new jazz trio. Check the Patton website for information and tickets!

And now it's time for a new HawkTV feature called Jokes with Jade! Here's Jade with her jokes of the week!

The 7th grade volleyball team beat host Great Valley yesterday in 2 sets 25-8 and 25-11. The entire team served well!  Great cheering by the 8th grade team and Maggie Richardson!!  The team travels to Pierce today. Please dismiss the team at 1:55 for a 2:10 departure.  GO HAWKS!!!

The 8th grade field hockey team played a great game against a tough Great Valley team yesterday. The game ended in a 0-0 tie after a phenomenal performance by the Hawks defense led by goalie Olivia Koetz and defenders Katie Bowers, Olivia Rafferty, Madeline Long and Elaina Habtemichael. Come on out to cheer on the Hawks today as they take on Pierce Middle School! Go Hawks!!

The 8th grade boys soccer team improved their record to 4 wins, no losses and 2 ties with a 4 to nothing win over Stetson on Thursday.  Goals were scored by Barclay Wilson, Liam Martin, Drew Chamberlain and Parker Wyatt with assists from Grey Dougherty, Liam Martin and Barclay Wilson.  Aidan Azar, Ryan Fresco and Chase Landry played well for the Hawks.  The boys play again today against Downingtown.

The 7th grade boys soccer team won again on Thursday, beating Stetson one to nothing and improving their record to 7 wins and no losses.  The only goal of the game came from Jack Reichert and was assisted by Andrew Dirnberger.  The game was extremely tight in the 2nd half with the Hawks holding strong defensively to secure the win.  Great play from Brandon Brookes and Ryan Gonsalves.

Fall Art After School is all about Pumpkin Power!! October and November session will start on Tuesday, October 23rd.  Join us in the art room for fall festivities including pumpkins, pies and critters. Go to Patton's website or see Mrs. Ferron for sign up information. Sign up for Art After School!

GET YOUR PANTS SCARED OFF FOR A GREAT CAUSE!!! UHS Mini-Thon is selling discounted combo tickets to the Bates Motel Haunted House, Revenge of the Scarecrows Haunted Trail and Haunted Hayride!!! Visit the Patton website for a registration form and more details.

The Patton Book Fair is almost here. It starts THIS Monday! Come prepared to be awed by the many selections offered this year.  Here is a sample of what you can expect!

The 7th grade volleyball team beat Kennett yesterday in two sets 25-11 and 25-8.  Great serving by Ava Van Deusen, Olivia Harper, Avery Wiswall, Ava Brenner and Brianna Miller.  The team travels to Great Valley today.  Please dismiss the volleyball teams at 1:45 today.  GO HAWKS!!

The 7th grade boys soccer team extended their record to 6 and zero in a 5-0 win over Great Valley yesterday.  2 goals from Matt Keller, 2 goals from Christian Knight, and one from Adam Shaeffer saw off Great Valley. Great performances were put in by Aiden Alivio, Christian Knight, and Sky Ziegler.

The 8th grade boys soccer team is dismissed at 2:30 today for their home game.

The 8th grade girls soccer team advanced their record to 4-0 with a 6-2 win over Kennett on Monday and a 1-0 win over Great Valley yesterday.  Goals against Kennett were scored by Aly Tryon, Katie Ketterer, and Mirelle Sherman with assists from Kate Heister, Mirelle Sherman, and Sara Daly.  The goal against Great valley was scored by Aly Tryon with an assist from Riley Angstadt. Shout out to Hadee Martinez for shutting out Great valley in goal. 

The 7th grade girls soccer team had a great performance in a hard fought 0-0 draw yesterday against Great Valley. Special shout out to Cherry Wu, Sally Elsen and Ava Haley for playing an outstanding game! Good luck to the girls as they travel to Downingtown on Friday.  

Men's and Vocal ensemble at hawk time.

The Patton Book Fair starts is only three school days away. Please consider placing spare change in your Advisory’s Scholastic Coin Jar. The money collected will be used to purchase books for our school library. 7th and 8th graders - Mrs. Rafferty heard your concerns regarding not enough Young Adult material at last year's book fair.  She spoke with Scholastic and this year they have agreed to feature more YA books at Patton's book fair.  As an example The Hate U Give is going to be sold at this year's fair.Here's another example of a YA book featured in this year's sale.

Come to WRESTLING OPEN MAT. No experience necessary and there's NO cost! Come out and see what wrestling is all about!! In the Patton Middle School Aux Gym. Wednesdays and Thursdays starting today. See the Patton website for more details.

Check out the Student INVENTION CONVENTION! It's a celebration of invention, innovation, authentic learning, and 21st Century Skills. It's a Virtual Competition, held online—winners advance to the Finalists PA Invention Convention at The Hotel Hershey in February. Deadline is December 31. Check out all the details on the Patton website.

Don't forget that Former Patton Hawk, Alexander Claffy, is coming home to Patton MS for a concert on October 25th! Come see this home-grown talent and his talented new jazz trio. Check the Patton website for information and tickets!

ATTENTION Any 7th or 8th grade girl interested in trying out for girls basketball this year at Patton!  There will be an important meeting this Wednesday during Hawk Time in room 205.  

The 7th and 8th grade boys soccer teams are dismissed at 1:45 for their away game today.

The 8th grade girls field hockey team played a great game on Tuesday with a 2-0 victory over Octorara. Goals were scored by Ella Gutting with and assist by Mackenzie Hester, and Mia Price with an assist from Anna Brown. The defense also played a strong game! Great job girls! Go Hawks!

6th grade chorus at hawk time.

Handbells after school.

The Patton Book Fair starts is only four school days away. Please consider placing spare change in your Advisory’s Scholastic Coin Jar. The money collected will be used to purchase books for our school library. Here's another book that will be featured at the fair.

Art After School students who missed their last class for the September session should play to stay after dismissal today.  You will be glazing your white clay containers.

Come to WRESTLING OPEN MAT. No experience necessary and there's NO cost! Come out and see what wrestling is all about!! In the Patton Middle School Aux Gym. Wednesdays and Thursdays starting October 17. See the Patton website for more details.

Check out the Student INVENTION CONVENTION! It's a celebration of invention, innovation, authentic learning, and 21st Century Skills. It's a Virtual Competition, held online—winners advance to the Finalists PA Invention Convention at The Hotel Hershey in February and winners advance to the national competition on Michigan. The Submission Deadline is December 31. Check out all the details on the Patton website.

The 7th grade boys soccer team extended their record to 5-0 in a 3-1 win over Kennett yesterday.  Goals from Ethan Mclaughlin, Adam Shaeffer, and Sky Ziegler were assisted by Kyle O'Neil and Jack Reichert.  Great performances were also put in by Brandon Brookes, Zach Grieco, and Ryan Gonsalves.

7th & 8th grade chorus at hawk time.

Period 1: Violin 6B
Period 2: Violin 6C
Period 3: Viola 6A
Period 8-9: Viola 6B
Period 10-12: Cello/Bass 6
Period 13: Violin 6A
Note that Orchestra lesson group names have changed. Check Canvas and Mrs. Dice's door to see which group you are in.

Thank you to everyone for being such a wonderful audience for our Say Something speaker, Andre Elliott last week. We will discussing more about this important initative today during Pride Time.

ATTENTION ALL READERS: The Reading Olympics competition will be held on Monday, March 18  or Tuesday, March 19 this year.  There will be a meeting for all interested participants after school on Tuesday October 16 in room 111.  If you can't attend the meeting, please sign up with Mrs. Steinen in room 111 or Mrs. Rafferty in the library to join the team.  Practices, which are not mandatory, will start in January. The book list is available on the library website, if you haven't already gotten it.

Patton students, your library needs your help. Please consider placing spare change in your Advisory’s Scholastic Coin Jar. The money collected will be used to purchase books for our school library.  Even better, Scholastic will match what we earn and will purchase books for a school in need. The Patton Middle School book fair starts one week from today.  Here's an author who will be featured at our book fair. Listen up Ms. Steinen's English students, the author, Jason Reynolds, is the same author who wrote the book Ghost, which has been featured in your class (video)

Fall Art After School is all about Pumpkin Power!! October and November session will start on Tuesday, October 23rd.  Join us in the art room for fall festivities including pumpkins, pies and critters. Go to Patton's website or see Mrs. Ferron for sign up information. Sign up for Art After School!

GET YOUR PANTS SCARED OFF FOR A GREAT CAUSE!!! UHS Mini-Thon is selling discounted combo tickets to the Bates Motel Haunted House, Revenge of the Scarecrows Haunted Trail and Haunted Hayride!!! Visit the Patton website for a registration form and more details.

Don't forget that Former Patton Hawk, Alexander Claffy, is coming home to Patton MS for a concert on October 25th! Come see this home-grown talent and his talented new jazz trio. Check the Patton website for information and tickets!

ATTENTION Any 7th or 8th grade girl interested in trying out for girls basketball this year at Patton!  There will be an important meeting this Wednesday during Hawk Time in room 205.  Please attend to find out when tryouts will be held and what you have to do on Family ID to be eligible for tryouts. Any questions see Mrs Hadly or Mr Little.

Period 1: Cello/Bass 7/8
Period 3: Violin 8C
Period 5-7: Viola 8
Period 10-12: Viola 7 and Violin 7D
Period 13: Cello 7/8