Writing, Blogs and Wikis

While studying The Diary of Anne Frank, students in Mr. Kelley's 8th grade creative writing class are simultaneousy contributing their experiences to our class blog and to a class wiki which is a part of a middle school class in Hoover, Alabama.  Students from both schools are able to collaborate on both the blog and the wiki while sharing common learning experiences.  Our contact in Alabama is currently teaching at Simmons Middle School part time as a reading interventionist and is also an adjunct at UAB teaching Reading in the Content Area, Introduction to Teaching Secondary Schools:   Methods I, Materials and Methods of Teaching Middle School, and Speaking and Writing for Teachers.  Please log on to take a peek at our classroom blog as it continues to evolve daily: http://blogawriterwrites.blogspot.com.

Authors at Patton MS

Creative writing students in Mr. Kelley's continued with the "Authors Lecture Series" via Skype on March 8 as they chatted with Christina Gonzalez, author of The Red Umbrella.  Click here for more information, photos and some video excerpts from the discussions.

MathCounts Results

Please congratulate the following students who participated in the MathCounts competition on Saturday. Ivan Yen, Alex Liu, Travis Liu, Alice Liu, Mark Melvin, Shashwat Kishore, Jeff Phillips, Eric Jankowski and Riley Larson.  The team of Shashwat Kishore, Mark Melvin, Eric Jankowski and Jeff Phillips finished the day with a 4th place win.  Mark Melvin took 5th place overall and Shashwat Kishore took 1st place overall and won highest score award. Shashwat will continue on to the state competition this March.

If Your Child is Absent

Parents -- if your child is out sick and you need homework assignments, you must call the main office by 9AM. Please do not email your child's teachers and talk to one of the office staff members instead. Also, in order to reduce illness in our building, please do not bring ill children into school to pick up their work. Follow the above procedure through our office staff. Thanks!!

Science Research Competition

The results from the Delaware Valley Science Fair are in! Please congratulate the following students on their outstanding achievement: Sagar Maheshwari (6th grade) - 1st Place category, The Broad Com Masters Award, The Jack Nixon Award and $350.00. Shashwat Kishore (8th grade) - 3rd Place category, The Broad Com Masters Award and $50. Samir Streatfield (8th grade) - Honorable Mention category. Selena Belohoubek (8th grade) - The NOAA Award (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

From the School Nurse

Pennsylvania School Health Law requires that a screening for scoliosis be performed on all children in grades 6 and 7.  Scoliosis screenings for 6th and 7th graders will take place in February. Please read the attached letter from Mrs. Palic, our school nurse, for more information.

Science Fair Results

On Thursday, February 3, 2011 Charles F Patton Middle School hosted the annual Science Research Competition.  We had over 100 students participate. Congratulations go out to the final fifteen project participants that will continue on to the County level competition. They are:

6th Grade:

Paige Young, Sagar Maheshwari, Heather Suh, Caroline Kenton and Elizabeth Koehler, Matt Beiderman and Catherine Mohr.

7th Grade:

Travis Liu,  Julia Anisko, Ivy Elvin and Ivy Yen,  Simran Jain and Erin Harten,  Glen Brown and Michael Kosuth.

8th Grade:

Henry Schafer, Selena Belohoubek, Matt Scheivert, Samir Streatfield, Shashwat Kishore.