Thursday, January 26, 2012

Questions About the PSSA

With PSSA testing just around the corner, take time to review this list of Frequently Asked Questions about the PSSA.

Course Selection for 8th Graders

On January 31, Mrs. Thacher met with the 8th grade class to review the course selection process.  Packets of course selection information were distributed to students to take home and share with their parents. Click here for more information and a complete list of important dates. You may see the UHS Course Selection Guide by clicking here.

Authors Skype With Students

Young Adult authors have been visiting with students via Skype in Mr. Kelley's Creative Writing classes again this year. So far, the students have chatted with Mitali Perkins, Kathi Appelt and Irene Latham with more to come in 2012. Visit the Author Visits page to check out the conversations between these authors and our students.

We Want YOUR Photos!

The Yearbook staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you have great photos of your friends having fun at school, we'd like to see them. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific yearbook for everyone. Click here to find out how to submit your photos.

U-Factor Results

Saturday's U-Factor Talent Show was a HUGE success!! Congratulations to Hannah Keglovits and Dina Syropoulus on their first place finish and to Eva Sheppard for finishing second! We had many other Patton Middle School students who took part including: Erin Michel, Brianna Bialko, Cameron Cofrancesco, David Taylor, Amber Liu, Zack Horowitz, Ashley Lennick, Matt Dabertin, Chaewon Sohn, Caroline Salisbury & Emily Shiring, Julianna LoMonoco, and Joey Siehl. And if you would like to purchase a DVD of these two outstanding shows, visit the UCFEF web site for more details.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to all students who participated in the CFPMS Science Fair yesterday. All students did an outstanding job.  The following students will be moving on to the County Level Fair in March:

6th grade:  Ryan Hastings - Physics , Sarah Covert - Physics, Bradley Heacock - Physics, Suchi Jain and Arianna Belohoubek - Team project, Sweta Prasad and Roma Pathak  Team project

7th grade:  Matt Beiderman and Catherine Mohr - team project, Matt Daniels and Harris Avgousti - team project, Beth McCormick and Rhea Mundy - team project, Sagar Maheshwari - Environmental Science, Paige Young - Bio Chemistry.

8th grade:  Jace Bridges - Behavior and Social Sciences, Devon Godek - Chemistry, Alice Liu - Consumer Science, Victoria Latham - Environmental Science, Sarah Scheivert - Micro Biology.