Congratulations to the following students who comprised 17 out of 20 finalists for the regional Civics Bee: Breydan Hossack, Kat Feenan, Nathaniel Gushurst, Phoebe Huffman, Winston Cai, Carter Hawkins, Mary Glavin, Nicholas Jones, Oliver Wu, Tobias Torres, Alyssa Lin, Colin Kearns, Brendon Yu, Marissa Lesperance, Saya Patel, Alicia Chou, and Aubrey Pragoff! These students submitted essays based on the following prompt: Identify a problem, challenge, or opportunity in your local community. 

The Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry and its partners hosted the regional Civics Bee on April 15th as part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's National Civics Bee competition. The event included a live quiz to test the students' civics knowledge. The top 5 students then had to present a summary of their essays and answer questions from the panelists. The top three winners from the 20 finalists will compete at the state level. 

Patton students Breydan Hossack, Phoebe Huffman, Mary Glavin, Winston Cai, and Nathaniel Gusthurst were the top 5 finalists. Nathaniel Gusthurst won 1st place and $1000 prize, Winston Cai placed second and won $500, and Mary Glavin placed third and was awarded $250.00. The three of them will go on to compete in the State Competition. 

It was an amazing day. We are SO PROUD of our Patton students! They all were incredibly impressive and represented our school community well. I also wish to thank 8th grade Social Studies teachers, Mrs. Shannon Freehart and Mr. Josh Thomas, for facilitating this opportunity for our students and accompanying the students at the bee on Saturday. Well done, Mrs. Freehart and Mr. Thomas!