Spirit Week 2014!

Our second Spirit Week of the year was a HUGE success! Students and staff had a great time participating in a variety of Spirit Days -- Tuesday was USA Day, Wednesday was PINK Day, Thursday was COLLEGE Day and Friday was PATTON PRIDE Day -- purple & gold! A big thank you to the Student Council for organizing the week - check back for the Spirit Day winners! Here are some photos from the week!

Summer Reading!

The summer reading lists are now available on the Patton Downloads page! All Patton students are expected to read Wonder by R.J. Palacio as part of our "One Theme, One Unionville" Community Summer Reading Initiative. The Patton library will be taking orders for this book through May 23rd and you may download an order form here. All books ordered will be delivered by the end of the year. Wonder will count as 1 of the 3 books to be read over the summer. Our current 8th graders will be reading John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and you may download a book order form here. For more information about the UHS summer reading, click here.

Patton Relay for Life!

Grab some friends, a tent, sleeping bag, and snacks and join your community in the fight against cancer.  Form your own team or join the already registered Patton Power.  Relay for Life will be held at Unionville High School on Friday, June 6th starting at 6:00 pm.  Walk all night or for just a few hours. One chaperone is needed for every 10 students on your team. To register your own team or join Patton Power, you may click here. A youth participation waiver will be needed and can be found here. Join Patton Power today!

Teacher For A Day 2014

It was another outstanding Teacher for A Day at Patton on May 21! Students purchased raffle tickets to earn the chance to be a Patton teacher for a day! The money raised will all go to benefit the Relay for Life, Cuddle My Kids and the Johnson Project. A big thank you to Patton Gives Back and Mrs. DiGregorio for organizing this fun day! Check out the photos from the day right here!

Patton United Nations!

Mrs. Basilio's Geography classes participated in a mock United Nations Security Council session focused on the crisis in the Ukraine. Students researched the role of the Security Council as well as the crisis in the Ukraine. Students then took on the role of members of the Security Council presenting proposals on how the Security Council should address the crisis. Proposals were then put to a vote in the session and students voted based on their representation of each member country. Check out the photos from the event!

Forensics Speech and Debate

Congratulations to the over 30 students from Patton for their performances in the Chester County Forensics Speech and Debate Tournament, which was held on Saturday with over 125 middle school participants throughout Chester County. All of our speakers did an outstanding job. Some highlights of the day were as follows: In the declamation event, Katelyn Tsai placed 2nd, Shuhan Yin was awarded a 2nd place trophy in the poetry division, and Zahra Husain earned a 2nd place trophy in extemp. Two students came away with first place trophies in their events: Michael Iacocca in extemp and Ethan Pan for his original oratory. Great job, everyone!

The Book Fair is Coming!

The Library will be sponsoring a Summer Reading Book Fair from June 2-5. We will have books available that go with the recommended author lists.

Patton Special Olympians

Congratulations to our Patton Special Olympians, Rebecca Pancoast, Jack Badeaux, Justyn Philips and Natalie Kramer who travelled to Coatesville Area High School last week to compete in the Chester County Special Olympics track and field meet! Check out this awesome video from the day's events as well as a collection of photos. A big shout out to our Olympian buddies, Anna Stewart, Danielle James, Mia Maufort, Dakota Kilgariff, Helen Nichols, Brooke Ladd and Natalie Scheuer.

Career Day 2014!

It was Career Day at Patton Middle School on May 9 and this year's event was another outstanding success! Students chose from a variety of awesome career sessions ranging from Aerospace Engineer to Fashion Designer to FBI Agent to Police Officer to Zoo Exhibit Architect and MORE (check out the complete list of career presenters here) Thanks to ALL of our career presenters and to Ms. Ballard for organizing the day. Check out some photos from this fun and informative day!

Model United Nations

As a culminating activity for our Political Geography unit, students in Ms. Lear's Geography classes have participated in a Model United Nations. In collaborative work groups, students served as delegates, researching issues which included Malaria and Tuberculosis, Gender Equality and Economic Development, Global Arms Trade, and the Refugee Crisis in Syria. Students wrote resolutions, presented and debated the resolutions, and then voted on amended resolutions. The students have done an exceptional job on this project- well done!! Check out the photos from this wonderful event!

County Knowledge Bowl

On April 22, 2014, Patton Middle School students competed in the County Knowledge Bowl with 14 other area schools. The Knowledge Bowl is an academic competition consisting of a 60 question multiple choice written round, and four 60 question short-answer buzzer rounds. At the end of the contest, the 6th grade team of Hunter Courtney, Rachel Folmar, Andrew Ge, Cal Harper, Victor Liu, Catherine Odom, Liam O’Rourke, and Austin Weeber came away with first place medals. Additionally, Andrew Ge and Rachel Folmar were presented with certificates as their scores on the written round were among the top four of all 6th grade individual competitors. Furthermore, Patton’s 8th grade team competed with 32 teams, leading the way throughout the entire contest. Eric Folmar, Ryan Hastings, Michael Iacocca, David Linskens, Stewart Short, and Shuhan Yin ended the day with a first place victory and were also awarded team medals. Stewart Short was also named the top student scorer in the individual written round. All in all, it was an exciting and successful day for our Patton teams.

Scholastic Challenge 2014

C.F. Patton Middle School students in 6th and 8th grade recently participated in The American Scholastic Achievement League Scholastic Challenge. This contest  consisted of 100 challenging computer generated enrichment questions, which allowed students to individually demonstrate a variety of problem solving skills and knowledge in many academic areas. We are proud to announce that out of 4500 sixth grade students nationwide, Hunter Courtney was named the state of Pennsylvania champion, and has earned a trophy for this accomplishment. Additionally, Eric Folmar was named the Pennsylvania State Champion at the 8th grade level and will also be presented with a trophy for his efforts. This year’s contest for 8th grade involved the participation of approximately 16,000 very knowledgeable middle school students. We are very pleased to share more exciting news that Eric Folmar, along with David Linskens, Ryan Hastings, and Ethan Pan were named the nation’s Gold Medal Team Winners and will be awarded with gold medals for their outstanding performance.