Math Madness Competition

Charles F.  Patton Middle School finished in 13th place in the National Interstellar Math Madness competition. Students competed individually and the top 5 students scores during each match made up the school score.  Congratulations to all the students who competed in this high level math competition including Daniel Hu, who finished 25th overall, and Victor Li, who finished 27th overall!

MLK Day of Service

For the Martin Luther King Day of Service, Patton Middle School is providing an opportunity for our students to make part of their day off, a day on Monday, January 18, 2016. This year our students will again be working outside in assisting clean up at Anson B. Nixon Park in Kennett Square. The general information for the day is to meet at the Patton Middle School at 8:30am with work gloves in hand, district transportation to ABN Park, on site for clean-up efforts, and arrive back at Patton at 12 pm. If your son / daughter desires to serve, please have them complete this brief electronic registration by Thursday, January 14. Thank you very much for your consideration of this service opportunity in support of others. If you have any questions, please contact Jim Fulginiti, Patton Middle School Assistant Principal, at 610-347-2000 x3810.

Patton Dance Club!

Attention students! Patton is starting a Dance Club! This will be for every grade level and no experience is needed. The club begins after Winter break on Tuesdays after school starting January 5 from 2:30-4:00 PM. There is a flyer in the main office with more information.

Giving Tree Delivery!

All donations to the Patton Giving Tree were delivered on Thursday, December 17! They were accepted with many thanks and joyous hearts. Additionally a team of Patton Students spent the day doing community service, packing 550 boxes with sugar, flour, corn, green beans, oil, rice, pinto beans, gravy and cranberry. This weekend a turkey or ham, carrots, onions, eggs, bread, and fresh pears will be added to the food boxes for needy families to pick up at the Christmas Basket Event in New Garden township. Thank you everyone who donated, together we have made a difference in our local community. And a big thank you to Patton Art teacher, Ann Ferron for her continued leadership in this program throughout the years at Patton. Check out the photos from this great day on our Patton Photos Page!

Patton Tournament Team

Three teams represented Patton at the National Academic Quiz Tournament on Saturday at Great Valley High School. Teams competed in 8 rounds of academic questions where a total of 24 teams from Chester County and Delaware schools competed. Catherine Odom placed 3rd in earning individual highest points scored, and our team of Catherine Odom, Andrew Ge, Hunter Courtney, Angie Shen, Rachel Folmar, and Austin Zhou made it to the championship round and came away with a 2nd place win, where they awarded a team plaque. Congratulations to all of the Patton teams for doing an outstanding job!

Food Drive Results

A HUGE thank you from the Patton Student Council to all who donated to the annual Canned Food Drive. Your tremendous generosity will benefit hundreds of area families this holiday season. In total, our Patton family donated 3,100 items! Patton Proud!

Smart Music on YouTube!

If you were not able to attend the Smart Music Clinic presented by Mr. O'Rourke on November 24, make sure to check it out on the Patton Band YouTube channel! See this revolutionary technology that is changing how students view practicing! Check out what people are saying about SmartMusic!

Patton Writers Recognized!

Congratulations to Jessica Zhu, who scored first place, Lily Yang, who scored second place and Rachel Folmar who earned third place in the Patriot's Pen Essay Contest!  All three girls wrote beautiful essays!

Patton Band at the Movies

Patton Band Goes to the Movies!!!  Join us at Patton MS on December 11th for a night of fun! The pizza party kicks off at 6 PM ($5 cash) and movie time is 6:30 PM (in the Patton band room) Parent pickup is 8 PM. Click here for more information.

The Giving Tree!

Patton's Annual Holiday Giving Tree will be busy now through December 16! Please support Patton’s annual December Community Service Project by donating new, unused, unwrapped gifts for people of all ages. All contributions from Patton Middle School are donated to The Kennett Area Community Service. This organization distributes food as well as gifts to less fortunate families in the Kennett, Unionville and Avon Grove area so that they TOO will have a happy holiday season. On December 19th, over 625 local families will be invited to the annual “Christmas Basket” charity event so we’ll need LOTS of gifts! Our Patton family has always proven we have hearts of gold, so remember…TIS BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE! What will YOU bring in for the Giving Tree?