April Art After School

Art After School for April is White Clay Pottery! Make a Piggy Bank or Tea Pot using white clay and colored glazes. Tuesday and Wednesdays after school until 4:00. Dates are April 5,6,12,13,19,20. All 6th, 7th and 8th grade young artists are welcome!! Sign up early, Class size is limited to 15 students -- see this informational flyer for more details.

Patton's Library Page!

Have you checked out Mrs. Rafferty's awesome Library pages? There, you will find her blog -- full of book recommendations, announcements and events -- as well as links to resources, databases, reading lists and more! Head to the Library page by clicking on the LIBRARY link on either the top or right hand side of the Patton homepage!

Science Research Competition

The following students received awards for the Chester County Science Research Competition in a recent ceremony. Students who earned 1st or 2nd place will be advancing to the Delaware Valley Science Research Competition on March 29 through March 31st. The winners are: Shikha Bhattacharjee (Honorable Mention in Botany), Yash Rotkar (Honorable Mention in Physics), Evan Wang (2nd place in Chemistry), Addison Liu (2nd place in mathematics), Viraj Joshi (1st place in Medicine and Health) and Will Knipe (1st place in Computer Science) Congratulations to all of our Patton Scientists!

Patton Drama Club Showcase

April 8th at Patton: Middle School Drama Club Showcase! Two scripts based on Grimm's Fairytales -- "Rumplestiltskin" (modernized) and "King Thrushbeard" -- each written, directed and performed by the students. Come support these budding playwrights, thespians and director!! Showcase will run from 7:30PM to 8:30PM.

Podcasting with Hillendale!

Hey! Was that Mr. Kelley we saw over at Hillendale, recording an episode of "The Classroom" podcast with some Huskies!! It was!! Mr. Kelley travelled to Hillendale to record an episode of the podcast with some 4th and 5th grade students. The Classroom podcast features episodes with Patton 8th graders recorded at lunch time with Mr. Kelley. Check out the podcast on iTunes and look for the "Book Talk With Hillendale" episode as well!

STEM Competition

Patton Middle School will be participating in the Chester County STEM Competition on Friday, March 3rd.  The following four 6th graders have diligently worked to create an environmentally friendly building with K'Nex that holds weight.  Dylan Huffman, Ibraheem Qureshi, Robert Wang and Adnan Shaikh.

AMC 10 Competition

Patton Middle School is very proud to announce that Addison Liu and Victor Li scored exceptionally well on the recent AMC 10 (American Math Competition) Exam and were invited to participate in the AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Exam). This is quite an accomplishment for both students as they qualified by scoring in the top 2.5% on the AMC 10 Exam.

Run For Our Sons 2016

Attention Patton students and staff!  The 7th Annual Unionville Run for Our Sons is now open for registration.  Gather your friends and family and form a team!  Or better yet, join Patton Pride!  Registration fee before April 3rd is $20 for students and $25 for adults.  After the 3rd, $25 for students and $30 for adults.  The race will be held on April 16th here at school.  Race time is at 9am.  Visit the Run For Our Sons web page for more information!

Pythagorean Spirals

Honors Geometry students recently wrapped up a unit on right triangles. During the unit, they studied the Pythagorean Theorem and then created Pythagorean Spirals to explore the theorem. Some students created them with traditional paper and pencil while others used paper folding and others even wrote computer programs to create them. Great job, Honors Geometry!

Empty Bowls Dinner

Patton Middle School Art teacher Sherri Schultz and her art club did a fantastic job of supporting the Kennett Food Cupboard this February. The club made 45 red clay bowls that were donated to the "Empty Bowls" dinner at the Red Clay room in Kennett Square last week. The dinner is a charity event created to raise funds to support the Food Cupboard and Kennett Community Services. This is one more example of Patton Middle School students and staff making the effort to help those in need in our immediate area. A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Schultz and her club for making a difference and for making us ‪#‎PattonProud‬! Check out the wonderful photos right here.

Spelling Bee Winner!

6th grader Arnab Sircar has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2016 Pennsylvania National Geographic State Bee. The contest will be held at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg on Friday, April 1, 2016. This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 28th year. School Bees were held in schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to determine each school champion. School champions then took an online qualifying test. The National Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories to compete in the state Bees. Congratulations to Arnab and good luck at the state level of the National Geographic Bee!

Patton Talent Show - UPDATE!

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE for the Talent Show on April 15th! NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday, March 7th!! KIDS - get your act together! Acts must be 2 minutes or less.
Review dates are March 9th OR March 14th. TEACHERS - This is a show for Patton - we know the kids would love to see you up there! Come join in the fun!  If you have a little talent or a lot of talent - it is all about the fun! Parents, Teachers & Kids - Instructions and Registration forms are available at this link.