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!