Hey, Patton Hawks! Check out the Unionville Math Initiative Academy! It's A student-run math and coding camp in August aimed to foster early interest in math and computer science and to allow students to engage in fun, creative problem solving!
Patton News & Announcements
Do you love to draw? Are you an artist? Then you need to create an original design for the Patton School Spirit Art Contest!! Give your design to either art teacher by May 31st. Three designs will be chosen for next year's Patton pride items!
Congratulations to all 40 Patton students who participated in the Chester County Speech and Debate Competition on Tuesday. Some of the highlights include: Natalie Chow placed 3rd in Prose. Stella Tucker placed 3rd in Oratory. The debate team of Aria Zutshi and Josh Vallabhaneni were semi-finalists in Debate. And the debate team of Aryan Abbaraju and Akash Patel won the Debate tournament with a unanimous 3-0 final decision over Lionville.
This year the Southern Chester County Soccer Camp directed by Unionville Boys Soccer Coach Mr Garber will be held the week of July 29th thru August 2nd at the UHS/Patton Campus. Brochures can be picked up in the main office or downloaded on-line at www.unionvilleboyssoccer.com
Attention 8th Graders- it’s time to celebrate! The 8th Grade EOY Celebration is Friday, June 7 from 5:30 until 9:30 PM at Patton and UHS. Attire for girls is dress, skirt or nice pants, comfortable shoes (no high heels) Boys should wear a collared shirt and khakis/dress pants/shorts (tie optional) This is not a formal event, gowns and suits are not recommended. Order your child’s ticket now!!
For online orders:
Click this link, SCROLL DOWN to bottom of page to find 8th Grade End of Year Celebration
*NOTE: Enter your Child's Name and Advisory teacher in the blank box on Check Out screen where it says “Add additional information to Merchant”. Thank you!
($25 plus $2.50 fee added for online orders)
To pay by check:
Click this link and complete the form. Turn in with payment to school office in an envelope marked “8th Grade EOY Celebration”.
*No ticket needed- online or check order will put student’s name on a master list for entry*
If any questions, please contact Libby Deming esdeming@ucfsd.net
All tickets must be purchased by Monday June 3, 2019
Photos Needed!
We have some fun activities planned for the kids. One of these activities involve a photo wall. We are asking all 8th grade parents (regardless if their child is attending the celebration or not) to send in 1 photo (4x6 or smaller) of their child in K, 1st, or 2nd grade by Friday May 24. Please send to school in an envelope marked 8EOYC-PHOTO. These pictures will NOT be returned, so please do not send your only copy.
Josh Vallabhaneni won first place at the Chester County Student Invention Convention on Monday night - and it came with a nice trophy and check! His innovation, Baby Saver - Hot Car Alert Device, took top middle school honors at the event held at the CCIU as part of the Leadership Transformed event. Way to go, Josh! You made us #PattonProud!!
One of the high school’s robotics teams, Flaming Phoenix, is looking for new members from 7th to 12th grade. We participate in the FIRST Tech Challenge, building robots to compete in annual challenges. This year, Flaming Phoenix had one of its most successful seasons ever, making it all the way to Detroit, Michigan to compete in the World Championship. There, our team was nominated for the second time as a design finalist with one of the top six robot designs in the world. Our season runs primarily from September to April, and we meet two to three times a week.
Whether you enjoy programming, public speaking, or 3D printing, there is a place for you on a robotics team! For more information on our team, visit our website at flamingphoenixftc.weebly.com. If you are interested in becoming a part of our team, please fill out our application at: bit.ly/flamingphoenixapplication. The deadline to fill out the application is Friday, May 24th, 2019. We will notify accepted students shortly after.
We look forward to reading your applications!
Team 7423 Flaming Phoenix
Are you interested in robotics? Then come join a robotics team! First Tech Challenge (FTC) is a program where middle and high schoolers create robots, compete against other schools (even teams around the world) with those robots, and work with their community. This is a fun and enjoyable challenge that will broaden your knowledge of STEM and teamwork. There will be a robotics orientation session on Tuesday May 14, 2019 at the Patton MS orientation from 7:00-8:00 pm. If you have questions please contact: two.eyed.illuminati@gmail.com
Our Spring Showcase & Celebration was a fantastic showcase of student work, classroom projects, music labs, drone flying, Get More Math contests, rock wall, poetry scavenger hunt, Patton Garden tours, printmaking & weaving, My Story digital portfolios and more! Thank you to all the families who attended and enjoyed the wonderful evening, the great weather and the food trucks!! See the photos from the evening here!
This morning we had a mini assembly with C Team to present Mr. Ragland with the Classcraft - Teacher of the Year award! Classcraft is a new, game-based approach to compliment instruction. It's designed to encourage participation, good behavior, and 21st-century skills like collaboration. Only 4 teachers across the United States were selected for this award. Congratulations, Mr. Ragland! And Channel 6 was there to record the event!
It's that time of year again! On Friday May 31, 2019 Patton PTO will sponsor the Staff Appreciation Luncheon. We need many parent volunteers to help make this a special event for our wonderful teachers and staff. Use this SignUp Genius link to help out!
On May 2nd, Lucas Johnson, Alonzo Felix-Tejeda, Pablo Dominguez, Jade Boruk, Jaden Barnett-Matthews, Patrick Clisham and Ayaan Khan competed in the Special Olympics Track and Field Meet at Coatesville High School. All Patton Athletes did an excellent job and came home with many ribbons. Thank you to our Best Buddies Ronan Burns, Jack Finnerty, Tucker Bovard, Zafyr Ahmad and Harold Felix-Tejeda for cheering us on! Here is a video highlighting some of our events.
It's time for new PTO recruits for 2019-2020! Please, please, please, please, please consider being part of the PTO board or a chairperson for a school event! Due to lack of parent volunteers this year we have had to cancel a few events, so please consider spending as little or as much time helping out. Every little bit helps! Read more about how you can help from current PTO Co-President, Paula Hendley Burns. See you at our next PTO Meeting this Thursday, May 9 at 9:30 AM!
The UHS Boys Volleyball teams present their Youth Volleyball Mini-Clinc for any UCF 1st through 8th grade boy who wants to learn the basics of volleyball. The clinic will be held May 10 from 3-6 PM (for middle school students) and from 4-6 PM (for elementary school students) at the UHS main gym. Register via Twitter (@goUbvball) or by contacting Coach Mositer, amoister@ucfsd.net.
It was exciting to see so many of our Patton families, students, and staff at Friday’s Spring Carnival. We want to thank Ms. Angel Brown and her crew of volunteers for their hard work and countless hours in preparing a safe and enjoyable event for our community! The PTO provides so many great opportunities like this for our school - BUT they need the help of parents! Please come to this Thursday's PTO meeting at 9:30 AM in the Patton small cafeteria to see how you can help.
What a treat it was to have Laurie Halse Anderson visit Patton to speak to our students on May 2. She also spent time talking with students individually, signing books and enjoying conversations over lunch. Thanks to Mrs. Kropp and the PTO for making it possible for Laurie to come to Patton!
The Indian Post is having a trivia competition fundraiser tomorrow Tuesday, April 30 after school in the high school LGI from 2:45-4:00pm. Here is the Google Form for registration. There will be food and a chance to win raffle prizes. Admission is $5, and the funds will go towards the cost of printing the Indian Post newspaper.
Patton Middle School Knowledge Bowl participants had the opportunity to compete in the America Answers Quiz Bowl.
The 6th grade students that participated are Stella Tucker, Will Neuberger, Anand Shah, Thomas Gibson, Gareth Liu and Reese Budicak. This team earned 1st place in the 6th grade America Answers Quiz Bowl. They had a team score of 1339 out of 1366 - 98% correct. These 6th graders competed against 80 other schools across the country.
The 7th grade students that participated are Chi Xu, Liam Church, Arjun Suryawanshi, David Perkins and Jacob Sauder. This team earned 11th place in the 7th grade America Answers Quiz Bowl. They had a team score of 1191out of 1366 - 88% correct. These 7th graders competed against 58 other schools across the country.
The 8th grade students that participated are Audrey Smith, Nina Lee, Ria Saxena, Amy Goodman,Ryan O'Leary, Vivian Gushurst, Dimitrios Angelakos, Akash Patel. This team earned 3rd place in the 8th grade America Answers Quiz Bowl. They had a team score of 1343 out of 1366 - 99% correct. These 8th graders competed against 84 other schools across the country.
Please join us tomorrow for Pocopson’s annual Art & Garden celebration! AND we need volunteers! Patton students interested in volunteering in our games area will receive credit for community service hours and also receive a free lunch voucher as thanks for their help! Use the SignUp Genius link right here!
New York Times-bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is coming to Patton Thursday, May 2. All students will have the opportunity to hear Ms. Anderson present. Students are welcome to bring in copies of her books (available through all major retailers) to have signed. Please just drop them off in the library with a post-it indicating (1) the name you'd like the book signed to, and (2) student name / advisory so the book may be returned.