In celebration of Youth Art Month, UCFSD is participating in the annual Student Art on the Square event in Kennett. The show opens, Friday March 29 and will feature K-12 schools from 6 districts. Food will be provided by Kennett Restaurants and music by our own Patton students! T-shirts will be on sale featuring a design from Patton 7th grader Alena Zhang!
Patton News & Announcements
Join Team Patton Hawks in the 10th Annual Run For Our Sons 5K on April 6 at Patton, and help us end Duchenne. Let's do this for our buddies Elliott and Henry! We're joining together to raise funds and awareness to support Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy's fight to end Duchenne, a progressive, fatal muscle disorder for which there is no cure. Register and join Team Patton Hawks today!
Art After School for March-April begins on March 19th. There are 6 classes this session and will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on March 19, 20, 26, 27 and April 2 and 3. Get in the Spring Spirit by painting Chinese lanterns and Japanese fish kites. Meet in Art room 104 on Tuesday and Wednesday after school until 4:15. Pick up is at the route 82 entrance at 4:15 or kids can wait in the library until 5:00. The fee is $75.00 for 6 classes. Please make checks payable to Ann Ferron. All materials and afternoon snack / drink are provided! Get a registration form here.
It's the 6th Grade Spring Fling!! Next Friday, March 22 from 2:45-4:30 pm. Music and dancing with DJ Wes! There will be pizza, soft pretzels, drinks, basketball, dodgeball and gaga. Tickets are $5 and will be sold during lunches next week and proceeds will benefit the FAME fire company in honor of the memory of former Patton student Eric Duerr.
This past Friday, the following students represented Patton Middle School in the PMEA District 12 Chorus Fest held at Valley Forge Middle School. It was a full day of singing and meeting new friends ending with an evening concert. These students were also in the Beauty and the Beast musical and could not stay for the concert except for one ... thanks to Ella Troiano for representing Patton beautifully!
On Saturday the 6th grade MathCounts team had a great day at the 6th grade Chester County Competition. Andy Ye finished in 1st place out of over 150 students. Shivam Maheshwari finished in 3rd place. Rohan Gandhi finished in 5th place. The team of Andy Ye, Shivam Maheshwari, Rohan Gandhi, and Jeremy Hsu came away with a 1st place finish. Congratulations to them as well as all of our 6th grade competitors!
Friday was 7th grade Museum Day where students in Non-Fiction Writing classes displayed their Bloom's Taxonomy projects. What a wonderful day for students to exhibit their research and presentation skills! A big thank-you to teachers, Laurie Palic, Julie Lear, Lauren Owsley and Sarah Friedman for all their work in making this day possible!
Patton Middle School presents Beauty and The Beast, Jr. this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 PM! Get your tickets today!
A new session starts this Tuesday, March 12th. Yoga for Girls meets Tuesdays immediately after school in Room 112 until 3:45. This fun class includes games, yoga flow sequences, relaxation and breathing techniques brought to you by Sunshine Yoga, LLC. Girls will learn age appropriate techniques to tackle teen stress. Questions or to register, please contact kellirich@comcast.net
A new session starts this Tuesday, March 12th. Yoga for Girls meets Tuesdays immediately after school in Room 112 until 3:45. This fun class includes games, yoga flow sequences, relaxation and breathing techniques brought to you by Sunshine Yoga, LLC. Girls will learn age appropriate techniques to tackle teen stress. Questions or to register, please contact kellirich@comcast.net
Doodle for Google is an annual contest open to students in grades K-12. Students are invited to create their own Google doodle for the chance to have it featured on Google.com! This year's theme is: "When I grow up, I hope…" inviting you to show us what you hope for in your future. Take your ideas and put them into your Doodle! Submissions close March 18, 2019. Visit doodles.google.com or see Mrs. Ferron for help or more details.
OK, kids, you’ve been hearing it from your parents….it’s time to get your act together. This time, we mean your TALENT ACT!! Come on out and showcase your talent! Can you sing, dance, play an instrument, do stand-up comedy, or a magic show? Have you seen America’s Got Talent?!? Well, we think Patton’s Got Talent! It is going to take all kinds of acts to make this a fun evening. We’ll also need Announcers and a Stage Crew. If you are interested, please complete the attached form which includes the guidelines and important dates.
The Patton PTO needs volunteers for the Board & Committees for 2019/2020 school year. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Click here for more information. And we hope to see you at our next PTO meeting on March 7 at 9:30am in the small cafeteria.
A SWEET DEAL FOR PATTON FAMILIES! Discounted tickets for Hersheypark on sale now! Enjoy a savings up to 43% OFF regular gate admission. Deadline to order tickets is Thursday March 21, 2019. Tickets will be distributed back to you the week of April 29th. Click Here for flyer and information on how to order.
A big thank-you to Aura Herce-Duchini, a 10th grader at UHS, and her mom, Natalia Duchini, along with the robotics team - The Two-Eyed Illuminati for organizing and hosting an extraordinary STEM event last Saturday. Over 60 middle school students and approximately 20 5th grade students participated in the program. We also had numerous high school students who volunteered at the various stations and an army of adult volunteers who provided captivating and enriching hands-on problem-solving activities for our students. It was a great day!
The course selection window for 6th and 7th graders will be March 4-11. Counselors will be also be at lunches this week to assist students with course selection questions. Parents - if you were unable to attend the Course Selection Meeting on February 28, you may view the presentation from the evening right here.
Patton Hawks had a BLAST at UHS for the first-ever Patton Minithon!! Students had a great night of fun, food and dancing courtesy of the UHS Thon Club and the amazing DJ Wes Saunders!! All proceeds from the event go to THON and the Four Diamonds in support of children with pediatric cancer and their families. Thanks to the incomparable Faith Dilworth and all the great students in UHS Thon!! Thanks for a great night for Patton students!!
Author Laurie Halse Anderson is coming to Patton on May 2nd. If you want to prepare for her visit by participating in some Hawk Time book clubs, please pick up a permission slip in the library. There are two clubs, one for her historical fiction books and one for her young adult novels. If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Rafferty or Ms. Owsley.
Current 8th grade girls looking to play soccer in the fall at the High School are invited to come out and practice with the team on the following dates: Friday February 15th from 7-9pm in the UHS gym, Friday February 22nd from 3-5pm in the Patton gym and Friday March 1st from 3-5pm in the UHS gym.
Middle School softball and baseball tryouts start this week. Baseball tryouts are Tuesday, 3/5 for 7th grade pitchers and catchers only and Wednesday, 3/6 for 8th grade pitchers and catchers only. 7th grade Softball tryouts are Thursday for pitchers & catchers only.