Final Awards Assembly

Patton's End of the Year Awards Assembly took place on June 15 as the entire student body and staff gathered in the gym to say goodbye to the 2014-15 school year. Students were recognized by their teams for achievement in all areas as well as all-school awards for academics, service, extra-curricular activities and sports. Check out the photos from the day right here.

Brown Bag Lunch Program

Hunger does not take a vacation. Help make sandwiches to assist the less fortunate in Chester County! Come to the FCS Room at Patton Middle School on June 23rd and July 1st from 9am-11am. Sandwiches will be delivered to homeless shelters in Chester County. Over 500 sandwiches have been prepared over the past two summers. For more information contact: Betsy Ballard bballard@ucfsd.net or Brendan Boyle: Breboyle@gmail.com or 651-263-2292

Planner Cover Contest

Our school Pride is soaring to an all time high this Spring! 21 students entered their amazing one of a kind designs in this year's Patton Planner Cover Contest. The two winners will be announced at Friday's Pep Rally! Thank you to all who entered; you are winners in our book! Check out all the wonderful entries right here. The art department would like to acknowledge the following students for their participation: Jenna Ahart, Anna Hricko, Sophia Mayer, Murad Wali, Charlotte Scully, Annie Dao, Grace Pignolo, Rachel Folmar, Kylie Harlan, Leah Walter, Giselle Wagner, Colton French, Aleksey Miller, Amelie Assmuss, Payton Hartz, Isabel Debenham, Molly Carson, Dominic DiMatteo, Lauren Driver, Olivia Macmurray-Evans and Devna Chopra.

Summer Reading 2015

Charles F. Patton Middle School is pleased to announce our Summer 2015 One Patton/One Book Selection: "Rain Reign" by Ann M. Martin. Hard back copies of this award-winning book are available in the school library for the discounted price of $14.00. Check out all the summer reading requirements and information by visiting the Patton Library website or the Patton Downloads page.

Making Garageband Music!

Students at Patton enjoy a club period every Friday at the end of the day. Students select three different clubs which they attend over the course of the year. Students in Mrs. Leahy's Garageband Club have been making awesome compositions using Apple's Garageband software. Listen to some of these outstanding pieces by clicking right here!

Sixth Grade Science News!

Exciting News from the Sixth Grade Science Students! Our Landscape Immersion Projects are done and we are proud to invite you to come and see them in the sixth grade science classrooms next week! Do you know what landscape immersion is?  Well, the sixth grade science students from A, B and C teams are now experts on this philosophy.  In short, this design ethic enables animals in zoos to enjoy living conditions that replicate as close as possible their natural habitats.  After learning many concepts regarding ecology in general, the students travelled to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia to view exhibits and dioramas depicting different biomes of the world.  The students were then excited to welcome a real life landscape architect and landscape immersion expert, who also happens to be a parent!  Mr. Mark Beauchamp donated a day of his time to show the kids exciting slides, and explain what landscape immersion looks like in zoos across the U.S. and Africa.

As the culminating project demonstrating their knowledge of ecological terminology, conservation principals and environmental preservation, groups of students were tasked with creating dioramas depicting 22 biomes found throughout the world. The projects are packed with a plethora of information about  the relationships of organisms within a biome, energy needs,  environmental problems and landscape immersion.  The projects look spectacular and will be on display in the science classrooms of Mrs. Bodenstab, Ms. Yarosh and Ms. Pancoast during the week of June 8th.

Please stop by and see these fabulous creations from the hard-working, creative and enthusiastic sixth grade students! Or check out some more photos from this event right here!

District Wide Art Contest

Hundreds of young artists throughout the district submitted work in this year’s District wide art contest. The competition was a difficult one to judge. Approximately 50 works were chosen to be a part of the new book Parenting Rules by Dr. Randall Stutman. Below is a note from Dr. Randall Stutman, author of the Parenting Rules book and sponsor of the 2014-2015 District Art Contest:

Thank you submitting artwork for the Parenting Rules book. The artwork was selected based on the degree that the illustrations fit with the content of our book, how well the images translate to print, and the way that the composition engaged the page. With so many quality drawings, many fantastic illustrations could not be included. 

We were impressed with Unionville’s talented students, and we appreciate the time and effort required on your behalf. 

Warm regards,

Randall Stutman, Shannon Rafferty, and Team

 Congratulations to Patton’s 8th grade artist Anna Semel for being selected. We are very proud of Anna.  Check out her awesome illustration!