Art After School

January’s Art After School with Mrs. Ferron is “2018 Winter Wonderland" - join other kids who love to be creative in the art room!! It’s going to be lots of fun to learn how to make this cute string snowman, snow covered 3-D Winter trees and a variety of other art projects with Winter as the theme. Download a registration form here!

6th Grade Door Decorating!

Sixth graders were in the holiday spirit last week with their door decorating contest! The doors looked wonderful -- thanks to everyone for participating! The judges had a tough decision but here are the winners: A Team (a FOUR-way tie): Sudimak, Steinen, Nanis and Lear -- B Team: Bodenstab -- C Team (a two-way tie): Bunting and Ragland.

Essay & Poster Contests

Enter The Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (PSBR) Essay & Poster Contests! Enter today for your chance to win cash prizes and more! The Essay Contest is open to PA, DE, and WV students in grades 7th-12th grade. The Poster Contest is open to K-12th grade students.

Hotspot Devices For Loan

We are excited to announce a pilot program that will provide portable internet hotspot devices for loan to our students. Through a grant available from Kajeet Smartspot technology, Patton has obtained six hotspot devices. During this pilot year, the devices are available at no cost to our students. With this parent permission form, students will be provided the opportunity to borrow a Kajeet Smartspot device for one week at a time via the Patton Middle School library.

Spelling Bee 2018

The School Level of the Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place January 30, 2018 and is open to all students. English teachers will hold team spelling bees and send 15 representatives per grade level. Want to start preparing? Check out these practice lists for each grade!

Garden of Distinction!

The Family and Consumer Science Garden Initiative at Patton Middle School has done it again! FCS Teachers Betsy Ballard and Kimberly Hisler are proud to announce that the garden project has been named by the Philadelphia Horticultural Society as a 2017 Garden of Distinction in their Garden and Greening Contest.

Patton Giving Tree

The Patton Hawk-Elves were busy today! Students delivered the Giving Tree gifts to the New Garden Township Building and then spent a few hours organizing food donations for The Kennett Area Community Services. KACS provides temporary assistance for families in the Kennett, UCF, and Avon Grove school districts. A big shout out to all the Patton families who donated gifts, to our Patton elf-helpers as well as our chief elves, Mrs. Ferron and Mrs. Schultz who make the Giving Tree and the trip a reality every year!

Patton Competitions

Hey Patton Hawks! Looking for a competition??

January 12, 2018 - History Bee (Open to all students, no tryout required) New this year; online contest.

January 23, 2018 - School Level of the National Geographic Bee (open to all students, top 35 scores from the tryout quiz will participate)

January 22-26, 2018 - Science Research Projects need to be turned in and put on display to be judged. Open to all students. More information will be given to Science teachers about logistics.

January 30, 2018- School Level of the Scripps National Spelling Bee: open to all students. English teachers will hold team spelling bees and send 15 representatives per grade level.

SwiftK12 Communications System

We will be conducting an emergency test on November 30th at approximately 11a.m. Families will receive a test message from the district by text, phone and email. Following the emergency test, we will send out phone and email messages confirming that all our families received a communication from the district. If you feel you need to make changes to your contact information, a step by step guide is attached. The SwiftK12 System is integrated into PowerSchool and allows you to set your text, phone, and email message preferences. You now have the opportunity to set up your contact preferences using the parent portal. For help, see the Swift K12 Instructional Manual.

Auditions for Patton Musical

This year's Patton Musical is "Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jr" with performances on March 8.9 and 10. Auditions will be held December 4 and 5 after school. Prepare a 30 second acapella song of your choosing for Monday. Tuesday we will be reading dialogue. Bring your best stage presence! Anyone who wishes to perform will be cast in some capacity.

Heritage Day 2017

Patton's Heritage Day was a huge success and a wonderful experience for our 6th grade class! Thanks to all the 7th & 8th grade students who took the time to share about their wonderfully diverse backgrounds and cultures. A big thank you to Mrs. Battinieri, Mrs. Hoge, Mrs. McMahon and Mrs. Thacher for another great job organizing this annual event! Check out the photos from this great day!

Reading Olympics

Do you love to read?  Come join the Patton Reading Olympics team!  We will be having an organizational meeting after school next TUESDAY,  NOVEMBER 14 in room 111.  If you can't make the meeting, just stop down to room 111 any time next week to sign up. The Chester County Reading Olympics competition was so huge last year that it will be split this year, to be held May 7 and May 9, 2018.  Come be part of the fun! This meeting will be finished by 3:15 PM.

New Half Day Schedules

Don't forget that with the new school start and end times, we have new half day start and end times as well!

Art After School

Last month Art After School kids had a blast painting pumpkins and carving jack-o-lanterns. Join Mrs. Ferron for November's session starting next Tuesday. November's theme is Art and Nature! We will be spending time outside gathering natural materials and then using them to make decorations and crafts for the Fall season. Check out this link for the registration information.

Parent Visitation Day

We are excited about our upcoming Parent Visitation Day! We have an awesome school filled with amazing kids, wonderful teachers, caring support staff and challenging curricula. We are Patton Proud and we welcome the opportunity to showcase our school. Please join us on Friday, October 27 for Parent Visitation Day. This is your opportunity to get a first hand glimpse of “a day in the life of a middle schooler.” Parents are invited to join us beginning at 8:00AM and ending at 2:00PM. Check this document below for more details.

Next Week is Spirit Week!

NEXT week is our FIRST SPIRIT WEEK of the year! Monday will be PJs Day, Tuesday is Halloween, Wednesday is PATTON Day, Thursday is Sports Day and Friday is Color Wars and our first Spirit Rally -- 6th wears red, 7th wears is white, 8th wears blue. ALL week we will be collecting gift cards for our sister school in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey. The following gift cards are recommended: Lowes, Home Depot, Amazon, Ace Hardware, Walmart, Target, JC Penny and Bed Bath and Beyond. Thank you!!

Gift Cards Needed!

Patton Parents! We will have drop-off boxes available during Parent Visitation Day this Friday to place gift cards for our sister school in Texas for the Harvey Relief fund. Gift cards would be appreciated from the following locations: Lowes, Home Depot, Amazon, Ace Hardware, Walmart, Target, JC Penny and Bed Bath and Beyond. Thanks! See you at Parent Visitation Day!

UTHON Fundraiser

Don't forget that UTHON is selling discounted Bates Motel Haunted House Combo tickets. These tickets are good for all 3 attractions at the Arasapha Farms Bates Motel in Glen Mills on Route 352. Thanks in advance for your support! Download the flyer for more details!

After School Pickup

If your student has to wait to be picked up from after school activities, please have them report to the library. The library is open to all middle school students until 5:00 pm. And as you know, the activities bus service will end on November 16, 2017, at the end of the fall season. The rationale for this recommendation is that this service is not self-funding. See this district communication about the activities bus service.

Patton Book Fair!

Saddle Up and Read at the Patton Wild West Book Fair from Friday, Oct. 20th through Friday, Oct. 27th, 8am – 3pm. Gallop on over and explore this exciting collection of fun, engaging, and affordable books! There will be new and favorite authors, popular series, adventure, sci-fi, mystery, reference books and much more. We look forward to seeing you as we explore this new reading frontier! If you can’t join us please visit our Online Book Fair, Oct. 25th through Nov. 14th.

Family Movie Night!

Come to the 1st Annual Fall Family Movie Night outdoors at Patton this Friday, October 20th from 5:30-8:30 pm. Tickets at the door- $5 per person or $20 for a family of 5 or more. Concessions and drinks available for sale! The movie will be "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"! This is a family event - all children must be supervised by a parent or guardian during the entire event. RSVP by using this link!

Nominate a Teacher!

The Citadel Heart of Learning Award is a teaching excellence award that recognizes Chester County teachers who show dedication both in and out of the classroom.  Chester County students, parents, and community members are encouraged to nominate a deserving teacher who goes above and beyond the call of duty. To nominate a teacher visit the Citadel website!

October Art After School

It's pumpkin time in the Art Room! October's Art After School kids will be making red clay pumpkin pie plates and painting pumpkins with sugar skull designs! Registration forms are available here.

Sixth Grade Mixer!

It’s mixer time! Grab all your friends and come to the 50’s Sock Hop 6th Grade Mixer on Friday October 13 from 3-4:30 pm. There will be food, music, games, and fun times for all. You won’t want to miss it. 50’s theme costumes are optional and there will be a costume contest! Tickets cost just $5.00 and will be on sale during 6th grade lunch on 10/10, 10/11, 10/12, and 10/13.

STEM Night at UHS

Our second annual STEM night at Unionville High School is on October 4, 2017, from 6:30-8:30 PM. Our school district is collaborating with the Chester County Intermediate Unit to provide this experience for our community. The evening is for families of middle school and high school students. Participants will learn about: Careers in the STEM related fields, real world experiences from professionals working in the field today and STEM education in action in our schools.

Breakthrough Video Contest!

Is your child great at explaining math or science concepts? They could win a $250,000 scholarship! Khan Academy is proud to support the Breakthrough Junior Challenge video contest again this year. To enter, your child should create a short (under three minutes) video explaining a challenging concept in physics, mathematics, or the life sciences in an engaging, illuminating, and creative way. Learn more and register today! The deadline for submission is October 1, 2017.

Chester County Walks Day!

September 23 is Chester County Walks Day! In the week running up to Chester County Walk Days we are asking all students in Chester County to week walk (or run) a mile and log the steps toward our one BILLION step goal. To find out more and to register with WalkWorks ChesCo! visit www.chesco.org/walkworks.

After School at Patton

Don't forget - the Art After School and the Backyard Ecology after school programs will be back when school reopens in August! Use the links above to register today!

Spirit of Community Awards

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards were created in 1995 to recognize students in middle level and high school grades who have made meaningful contributions to their communities through volunteer service. Any student who is in grades 5-12 and has engaged in a volunteer activity that occurred at least in part after September 1, 2016 can apply. Applications should be completed and submitted to the school principal by November 7. The online application form will be available in September at spirit.prudential.com.

Support Longwood Rotary

The Longwood Rotary would like to offer our thanks to all the parents and teachers who donated school supplies to our collection drive in the summer of 2016.  In total we gathered enough supplies for approximately 50 children! While you are out shopping this summer for your own children we ask everyone to consider buying some of the “loss leader” school supplies such as spiral notebooks, glue, folders, paper, composition books, etc. that are available at all various office supply stores. We work with Kennett Area Community Service (KACS) to make sure these supplies are going to properly qualified children in our community. We have large blue collection bins placed in the lobbies of all the schools. If you have any questions about this project or would like to learn more about the Longwood Rotary group please contact Jordan Gushurst (jordan@gushurst.com). Thank you for your support!

New School Start Times

This past spring our School Board approved a change in the UCF school start times. Research shows there are many benefits from later school start times, including decreases in teen depression, car crashes, behavior problems, discipline referrals, absenteeism, and tardiness. The UCF new school start times are as follows -- Elementary: 9:10 AM - 3:40 PM, High School/Middle School: 8:00 AM - 2:43 PM. A list of all schedule changes and FAQs are available on The School Start Time website. The communications team is here to help - please forward your questions to communications@ucfsd.net. You may also view the new Patton Bell Schedules right here.

Transition Camp Presentations

Looking for the presentations from Thursday's Transition Camp? Then look no further! Click here for the "Staying Connected at Patton MS" parent presentation. You can also find a video recording of this presentation on the Patton Hawks YouTube channel. Students may view today's "Technology@ Patton" presentation by clicking here. Any questions, contact Mr. Walsh at jwalsh@ucfsd.net.

National Science Competition!

Look at this letter Mrs. Knauer received! Naman Razdan is under consideration for semifinalist and finalist status for the Broadcom MASTERS national middle school science competition! Congratulations to Charles F. Patton Middle School on this achievement! Way to go Naman!

Congratulations, Dr. Layton!

Join us in celebrating Patton Assistant Principal, Dr. Devin Layton, for successfully defending her dissertation! Congratulations! #PattonProud!

Published in English Journal

Hey! It’s Patton Creative Writing teacher, Brian Kelley, published in NCTE’s English Journal! Check out the article right here! Congratulations, Mr. Kelley!

Summer Chromebook Repair

During the summer break students who are a part of the 1:1 Chromebook program will be permitted and encouraged to bring their device in for repairs to the Technology Department Located to the right of UHS at the District Office (740 Unionville Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348) For more information, or to submit a repair form please visit - Summer Chromebook Repair & Return or Reparación y devolución de la Chromebook de verano. If you need to schedule a repair, use the UCFSD Chromebook Summer Repair Form.

EOY Awards Assembly!

June 14 is the last day of school! Check out the live stream of our EOY Awards Assembly starting at 8 AM!

Indian Post Visits Patton

Students from the UHS student newspaper, The Indian Post, visited with Patton 8th grade Creative Writing classes on Thursday. Kate Tsai and Julia McDonell spoke to our students about how the Post is produced and how to get involved next year as 9th graders. What a great opportunity for our students to grow and share as writers!

Summer Reading Lists!

The Patton Summer Reading lists have been updated and can be found on the Patton Middle School Library web page. Summer is almost here, it's time to relax and read!

Imagine Brandywine

The Patton Art Department is honored to announce that we will exhibit 160 pieces of student work at the Brandywine River Museum June 8-October 8th. The Imagine Brandywine student show will run in conjunction with the Andrew Wyeth Retrospective.

Submit Artwork for the Fair!

Keep your child's artwork in mind for our Unionville Community Fair in October!  Students can enter artwork in multiple categories. Find further details at www.ucfairinc.org. The entry date is Wednesday, October 4 from 2:30 PM to 9:00 PM in the red barn behind Landhope Farms. Judging is Thursday, October 5.

Planner Cover Contest!

Thanks to all the students who entered this year's Patton Planner Cover Contest. And congratulations to our winners, Julia Vaughn (front cover), Francille Zhuang (back cover) and Angelina Jin (Patton Postcard). These three winners were announced at Friday's Pep Rally -- #PattonProud!

Great Books To Read!

Great News! The 2017-18 Reading Olympics Book List is now available on the Patton Middle School Library Webpage. Start planning your summer reading. You don't have to join the team to read the books. There are some great titles, so check out the library web page for more info.

Student Council News

Check out these Student Council Accomplishments for the 2016-2017 School Year! They sponsored the Fall Canned Food Drive for the Kennett Food Bank, the Winter Book Drive to support the UHS Book Sale (2000 books collected), Spirit Weeks and Domino’s Pizza Day! Some additional achievements include, the Service Project to Kennett Head Start Program, MC for the Pep Rallies, created a Makerspace committee to meet and work with Mr. Marshall and Mrs. Rafferty to order supplies, create challenges and plan for next year. The Council also allocated funds for Makerspace, Writers Day, the Outdoor Benches, Dance Troupe on Heritage Day, a new Sound System, Classroom Furniture, a new paper cutter, prizes for the Airplane Contest and Knowledge Bowl Equipment. Well done Patton Student Council!

Transition Camp 2017

Patton will be holding a “Transition Camp” for all incoming 6th grade students on Thursday, August 10, 2017 from 9:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. Transition Camp provides students fun activities designed to make students more comfortable in the middle school setting. These activities include meeting various staff members, understanding class schedules, successfully opening lockers, learning cafeteria routines, negotiating the building, and making new friends. The cost of “Transition Camp” is $25.00 per child and this fee includes lunch. If your child is interested in “Transition Camp” please download and complete this form.

7th Grade Writing Contest

Congratulations to the winners of our 7th grade writing contest, held in conjunction with Writer's Day! Prose: 3rd place "The Smell of Summer Nights" by Michael Gurney, 2nd place "Encountering Memories" by Francille Zhuang, 1st place "Holes in the Horizon" by Alenka Doyle. Poetry: 3rd place "Wayfinder" by Heidi Huffman, 2nd place "Lure" by Lauren Atwell, 1st place "When I Was Small, I Used to Believe" by Glorianna Yin.

Patton at Head Start

The Patton Student Council visited the Kennett Head Start Center last Friday. The students brought kits to make a lightning bug sun catcher and a lightning bug jar. They also read to the students two books about insects. The forty 3-5 year olds loved making the crafts with our students! A final gift included a bug net for every child. This experience was as important and enriching to our middle school students as it was to the students in Head Start! This trip continues to be a special experience with this wonderful school! Check out the photos here. #PattonProud!

Parent-Youth Relationships

So what are the key elements of a strong parent-youth relationship? Check out these great ideas from Patton's School Social Worker, Dr. Fulton! If you need more resources, always feel free to contact Mrs Fulton or your child's counselor in our wonderful Counseling Department!

STEM Options at PSU!

A group of 7th graders traveled with Mrs Spisak and Mrs Gera to Penn State Brandywine on May 11 for a day of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workshops designed specifically to engage middle school girls. This workshop was designed to give girls a day of exploration and discovery in STEM-related topics presented by local female experts. It was a great day!

9th Grade Summer Reading!

Hey Patton 8th graders! You'll be in 9th grade before you know it - so get a head start on that summer reading! Check out the reading requirements right here!

County Knowledge Bowl

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the County Knowledge Bowl. Everyone did an outstanding job answering 4 rounds of academic questions. We are happy to recognize the 6th grade team of Mirielle Brady, Suhan Neema, Ria Saxton, Samantha Ellis, and Vivian Gushurst as third place winners, as well as the 6th grade team of Ryan O'Leary, Nate Lawrence, Elias Bomberger, Rikhil Kumar, and Dimitrios Angelakos as the first place winners in the competition! Great job to all of Patton's teams.

Lunch and Code!

The Brandywine Virtual Academy is hosting a "Lunch and Code" event this summer for middle school students. Please see attached flyer for more information.

Adopt-A-Bed!

The FCS Patton Garden Beds will need YOUR help this summer to maintain them and and get them ready for next school year. Adopt our Garden Beds for a week or more and help us water, harvest and deliver to the Food Bank. It is a win-win proposition for all. Work with your families while helping those who are less fortunate!! Sign up here!

Course Change Requests

Don't forget -- Friday, May 12th is that last day for Patton course request changes for the 2017-2018 school year. If a student wants to make a change, parents must contact the Guidance Office or send in a note indicating the course request change. Thanks!

Activity Bus Ends May 25

Don't forget that Thursday, May 25th will be the last day for the after school activities bus and after school library hours.

Writers Day Books!

Patton is excited to invite a variety of authors to our school on Writers Day, May 1st. In efforts to expose our students to a variety of authors presenting to our students, books are available for purchase. For information regarding book orders, please visit Patton Library's Webpage at http://cfpms.ucfsd.org/library.html.  Thank you for supporting this worthwhile event.

Planner Cover Contest!

The Patton Planner Cover Contest starts on April 25th and ends on May 9th. The contest is open to all 6th and 7th grade students. Use the 2016-2017 planner as a guide. Submit your original designs to Mrs. Ferron or Mrs. Schultz. Winners will be chosen by the art teachers and team leaders and announced closer to the end of school. There will be three pieces of artwork chosen, a Planner front cover, Planner back cover and Patton Hawks Postcard. You may enter more then once! Good Luck!

May Art After School

Sign ups for Art After School in May begin this week! Join Mrs. Ferron in the art room and outside to make your own amazing basket! Classes start on May 9th, more information is right here.

We Love Clay!

6th grade students at Patton got really dirty last week with our newly purchased "Shimpo Pug Mill". We had lots of fun recycling clay to prepare for the upcoming Red clay house unit.

Adopt A Garden!

An exciting opportunity for the UCFSD students and their families!! Save Money, get fresh vegetables and help others in need this summer! The Family and Consumer Science program at CFPMS built 22 raised beds and constructed 2 greenhouses all with grant monies raised by the FCS department. The beds will be planted in the coming months, but when summer comes we will need YOUR help to maintain them and and get us ready for this coming school year. Adopt our Garden Beds for a week or more and help us water, harvest and deliver to the Food Bank. It is a win-win proposition for all. Work with your families while helping those who are less fortunate!! For more information please contact Kim Hisler at khisler@ucfsd.net

Art After School

Art After School with Mrs. Ferron is Celebrate Spring in April by learning to weave a basket! Weaving is relaxing and very rewarding. It’s the perfect activity after a day of testing! Weather permitting we will be outside for this session. Click here for more details.

Sixth Grade Gives Back!

Did you know that 95% of the public schools in Philadelphia have NO functioning library? The West Philadelphia Alliance for Children, or WEPAC, strives to address that devastating issue. WePAC renovates and opens closed elementary school libraries, collects and donates books to the libraries, and provides trained volunteers to staff and run the libraries. Starting in 2009 with two schools, WEPAC currently operates libraries in 14 public schools in Philadelphia and has dozens more schools on its waiting list. The sixth grade mixer held last Friday raised almost $400 to donate to this worthy organization. Great job, sixth graders!

Quiz Bowl

Please congratulate the 7th grade team of Chirag Choudhary, Ibraheem Qureshi, Arnab Sircar, Brandon Tsai, and Robert Wang for placing third in Saturday's Quiz Bowl tournament held at Great Valley High School. They competed against 20 other teams to reach the quarter finals and come away with 3rd place. Arnab was also named 4th place winner for the most individual points scored in the entire tournament. Great job! #PattonProud!

PMEA StringFest

Patton students participated in the 7/8th StringFest last Thursday, March 16th. Lilly Cole, Claire Li, Emma Maloney, Sivani Srinivasan, Rachael Stone, and Maile Talbert represented Patton in this 100-piece orchestra from 22 local schools. They had the opportunity to work with Gary White of the Philadelphia Sinfonia and performed a concert at the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center. Congratulations!

Middle School Honors Band

This past weekend, 17 of our Patton band members performed in the Southern Chester County Middle School Honors Band, held this year in Oxford, PA. Special shout outs go to Jenna Ahart, Julie Griswold, and Ashley Mariani who were awarded solos during the concert.  Congrats to the following band members for representing Patton with pride -- Maggie Buchanan, Jenna Ahart, Julie Griswold, Jonathan Hong, Stephen Thomas, Jarrett Conway, Drew Mannion, Sophie Walter, Ashley Mariani, Sadie Acland, Hope Paulson, Abby Jennings, Anju Zhang, Ashley DiNatale, Ibraheem Qureshi, Paige Haplea and Jack Beauchamp,

Patton Post

The winter edition of Patton's newspaper, the Patton Post, is available online now! Check it out today!

Writers Needed!

Patton's 2nd Annual Writers Day is May 1 - and we're looking for writers! Writers Day is a Writing Conference for kids. We are looking for community members who write within their job requirements or for personal enrichment (and everything in between) to workshop with groups of 20-25 students in the morning. The students bring a notebook and a pencil to your assigned classroom and learn something about writing--from you! Last year, we had community members lead sessions on food blogging, social media marketing, technical writing, advertising, personal journaling, writing for business, journalism, developing a script, historical research, legal writing, science fiction, and many other interesting topics. You do not need to consider yourself a professional writer in order to participate. Follow the link below to sign-up!

Proud to Plant!

On Monday, Patton 6th Graders, as part of our Olweus program, participated in a service project to benefit the Chester County Food Bank. Facilitated by teacher Jenny Steinen, each Advisory class worked together to plant spinach, beets, lettuce and cilantro seeds into flats, with 128 pots per flat.   The flats will be brought  to a greenhouse to germinate, and then back to Patton this spring, for our students to plant in our garden tunnels. This will translate to thousands of healthy, fresh vegetable plants that will be donated to the Chester County Food Bank. Another great example of Patton Pride, as our students are literally, and figuratively, planting the seeds of kindness and service. Check out some photos of the event here.

Patriot's Pen Essay Contest

Congratulations to the Patton students who entered the VFW Patriot's Pen Essay Contest. They wrote an essay about "The America I Believe In". Jesscia Zhu finished first and won a $100 first prize. Emily Harper and Saanvi Garg tied for second and each received $50. All 3 girls advanced to the next level of the competition! #PattonProud!

Mary Poppins at UHS!

Unionville High School is proud to present, Mary Poppins, with performances on March 16th, 17th and 18th at 7:30pm. The Broadway musical version of this beloved Disney classic will be brought to life with an enchanting mixture of irresistible story, unforgettable songs, breathtaking dance numbers and astonishing stagecraft. Tickets online at www.showtix4u.com or at the door. Come support our former Patton Hawks as well as current Patton Hawks, performers Kaeli-Kaymak Loveless and Bobby Mozzani, crew member Emily Clark and choral director, Mrs Stratton!

Chester County Band Festival

This Saturday, 17 of our Patton Middle School students will be participating in the 2017 Southern Chester County Middle School Honors Band Festival. This event has been around for 40 years and we are honored to keep the tradition alive. This year's concert will take place at Oxford Area High School on Saturday, March 18th.  Concert time is 12:30pm. We hope to see you there!

Lion King Jr

Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Lion King Jr on three outstanding performances this weekend! A very special thank you to director Cathy Quigley and everyone at Carousel Performing Arts Center!

March Art After School

March Art After School with Mrs. Ferron is Youth Art Month! Show your school spirit by working on public art projects for Patton! Participate in mural painting, Totem making and preparing the Patton Pride Flower garden for the Spring and Summer seasons. Click here for details and the registration form -- first session is March 14!

Get Ready to Run!

Heart & Sole is returning to Patton this Spring! Heart & Sole (Girls on the Run) is a physical-activity based, positive youth development program for girls in grades 6-8. Life skills are taught through interactive lessons and motivating running games and culminate with a high energy 5K running event! Heart & Sole will meet Tuesday and Thursday afternoons beginning the week of March 13 and end June 3. Click here to register!

National Geographic State Bee

Patton 7th grader Arnab Sircar is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2017 Pennsylvania National Geographic State Bee. The contest will be held at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg on March 31. This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 29th year. The National Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories to compete in the State Bees. We are #PattonProud of Arnab!

Dream It, Do It Contest

The “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” Student Video Contest is LIVE! Our students did a fantastic job with the video – we encourage everyone to show their school spirit and cast their vote for our Patton team of 8th graders - Addison Liu, Naman Razdan, Stacy Huntley, Ellie Barrickman, Allison Murphy, Gillian Haldeman and Whit Phillips. Click here to vote for the Patton team!

Lion King Jr!

Carousel Performing Arts Center and Patton Middle School present Disney's The Lion King on March 10 and Saturday, March 11 at 7pm and on Sunday, March 12 at 3pm, at the new Patton auditorium. You may purchase tickets online here! Mark your calendars today!

Patton Forensics

Students who would like to participate in debate in the middle school forensics tournament are invited to attend a debate training session and workshop thisThursday after school until 4:00 pm in room 218. Please see Mrs. Schuster if you have any questions.

Patton Airplane Contest

Patton’s First Ever Paper Airplane Contest is coming soon! It's open to everyone and you still have time to sign up! So far, we have a number of students and several teachers who have signed up including, Mr Palo, Mrs Spancake, Mrs Spisak, Mr Baumgardner, Mr Ragland and DOCTOR CROWLEY!  Click here for the registration form and here for the contest rules. You can now sign up in groups up to 4 members! Encourage your teachers to sign up as well! Thanks to Sam Duncan for the awesome logo!

Lego Robotics Award!

Team Aha Moment, a UCFSD lego robotics team was recently awarded the FLL Gracious Professionalism Award at the Champions Tournament held at the University of Pennsylvania. The team had earlier been awarded the FLL Research Award at the Penn Qualifier in Downingtown. The team is comprised of Patton 6th Grader Matt Yu as well as Pocopson 5th graders Bridget Hoban, Chi Xu, David Perkins, Matt Yu, Janhavi Rotkar, Easha Gundecha, Arjun Suryawanshi, Josiah Hoopman and Nadine Srinivasan.

Writers Day Dine and Donate!

Check out these two upcoming fundraisers the English Dept. is having for Writers Day! They are "dine and donate" events at Sovana Bistro (February 22) and PJ Whelihan's (March 23) in West Chester. If you go eat there on these specific nights and tell them that you're there to support the Patton fundraiser, 15% of your check goes to help fund Writers Day!

STEM Design Challenge

Congratulations go out to the following 4 students who will be representing Patton at the Chester County STEM Design Challenge on March 3, 2017: Sebastian Tucker, Naman Razdan, Manav Gundecha and Ansh Abbaraju.

Drama Club Showcase

The Patton Drama Club is presenting two student-written, original scripts based on two favored children's stories: "Stranger in the Woods" and "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day".  The performance will be February 24, 2017 from 6PM-7PM in the new Patton Auditorium. Appropriate of all ages!

Science Research Competition

Congratulations go out the the following 7th and 8th grade students who will be representing CFPMS at the County Science Research Competition in March 6, 2017: Matthew Farr, Leah Walter, Taryn Blecher, Naman Razdan, Addison Liu, Adam Kitay & Kristian Tobert, Marissa Lux & Emma Yin, Alenka Doyle, Simon Hjaltason, Aniruddh Mutnuru. 6th grade will be announced on Monday!

February Art After School!

Art After School will be clay plates with broken bottle glass! A super cool project. February's Classes will meet on the 21st, 23rd and 28th and March 2nd. Click here for more information and sign up forms.

American Revolution

As part of our study of the American Revolution, 6th Grade students had the opportunity to examine artifacts provided by the Chester County Historical Society. Students analyzed both these artifacts and primary source documents, which represented British, Patriot, and even civilian belongings. It was valuable experiential learning for all, and they all agreed that life in camp would have been pretty boring, with only a mouth harp and dice as entertainment! Making history come alive at Patton!

Spelling Bee 2017

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in Wednesday's school Spelling Bee. After several rounds of competition, the results are as follows: 3rd place, Aarohi Nadkarni, 2nd place Nikhil Pisolkar and the school champion is Addison Liu. All students did an outstanding job. Addison will now move on the the county level of the bee in February. Good luck, Addison!

STEM Competition

Any student who is interested in trying out for the STEM competition, see Mrs. Knauer today. You will be presenting your ideas on Thursday February 2nd.

UCFSD Robotics Team

The FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Team "Flaming Phoenix" competed at the PA Southeast qualifying tournament on Saturday, January 7. Flaming Phoenix won the robot design award as well as ranked 2nd place in the programming control award and 3rd place in the prestigious Inspire Award which is for the team that best exemplifies all aspects of the competition on and off the playing field. The team is consisted of UHS students Rachael Folmar,  Matt Caputo, Kaelyn Gaza, Justin Warner, Christy Ammon and Austin Hwa as well as Patton Hawks Matt Farr, Brandon Tsai and Ansh Abbaraju.

KACS Thank You!

Check out this nice letter we received from the Kennett Area Community Service, thanking our kids for assisting with their Annual Christmas Basket event! Thank you! #PattonProud!

MLK Day of Service

Patton Middle School is providing an opportunity for students on the MLK Day of Service on Monday 16 January 2017. This year our students will be working outside in assisting clean up at Anson B. Nixon Park in Kennett Square. If you'd like to serve, please complete this brief electronic registration by Friday, January 13. In addition, parents should download this brief letter/medical form to review and complete.

Middle School Computer Fair

Patton Middle School will be participating in the 2017 Pennsylvania Middle School Computer Fair! Put your talents to the test! See Mrs. Knauer (mknauer@ucfsd.net) in room 218 for more information and to get registered or click here for more details.

2017 PA Computer Fair

Patton Middle School will be participating in the 2017 Pennsylvania Middle School Computer Fair! Put your talents to the test! See Mrs. Knauer (mknauer@ucfsd.net) in room 218 for more information and to get registered.

STEM Design Challenge

Patton Middle School will be participating in the 2017 STEM Design Challenge on March 3, 2017. We will be represented by 1 team of 4 students. Put your talents to the test! See Mrs. Knauer (mknauer@ucfsd.net) in room 218 for more information and complete competition details. Submissions due by January 31, 2017. Click here for more details!