Halloween Fun!

There was lots of Halloween fun at Patton Middle School today! Students and staff dressed in costumes and gave the school a real Halloween feel! The staff dressed in "decades" -- 6th grade as the 60s, 7th grade as the 70s and 8th grade as the 80s. There was lots of hippies, tie-dyed shirts, big hair and leg warmers -- and some say they even spotted Elliott riding the hallways with E.T. in his bike basket! Check out the photos from the fun-filled day!

Patton Project Celebration

A very special ribbon cutting event took place on Friday, October 24 as students, staff and local dignitaries were on hand to shine a light on the new solar array next to the gardens in front of the middle school, as well as the entire Patton Project which provides fresh produce to the FCS labs, as well as the Chester County Food Bank and homeless shelters. The Project is the brainchild of FCS Teachers Betsy Ballard and Kim Hisler and Patton could not be more proud of the vision and leadership they've provided. Local Tri-M and its vendors graciously donated both the materials and installation of the solar array, which will power the greenhouse with any of the excess energy going to the school. A "dashboard", linked into the front television monitor, will provide students with a visual as to how the solar energy is helping to provide the energy needed to run the greenhouse and make it more self sustainable. The solar array adds to the garden project at Patton Middle School and has taken several years to become a reality. The ribbon cutting was a thank you to all who have helped make this a reality and you can check out some photos from the event here.

Patton at the Fair!

Patton Middle School students and staff made a great showing at this year's Community Fait! Many students proudly entered their work and many came home with ribbons. Both the Patton Kinder Chair Project and the Patton Pride Totem Poles took first place and Best of Show awards and the Patton Garden project won five ribbons for their vegetable entries! Patton teachers Mrs. Steinen and Mr. Kelley took home multiple ribbons and 6th grader Lauren Chamberlain took home the prestigious Youth Award. Check out some photos of our winners and their entries!

Patton Pep Rally!

We held our first Pep Rally of the year on Friday, celebrating our fall sports teams! Our newly-elected Student Council officers hosted the event complete with the Vocal Ensemble singing the National Anthem, an opening cheer from the Cheerleaders, Mr. Little introducing all of our outstanding teams and Mr. Hoffman & Mr. Fulginiti leading the student body in a Purple-Gold cheer! Go Hawks! Check out the photos from the event right here!

Parent Visitation Day

Patton Middle School Parent Visitation Day -- “A Day in the Life of a Middle Schooler” -- is this Wednesday, October 22, 2014! You are invited to come and spend the day visiting your child's classes. Visitation times are from 7:35 AM until 1:42 PM. There is a parent lunch package that we offer for $5.00 and tickets are sold in the morning during registration. Also, if you are interested in purchasing any new books, visit the Book Fair in the Library! You may download the letter that went home with students this week by clicking here. See you Wednesday!