Geography Bee Champ!

Congratulations to Kate Evanko who has qualified to represent Patton Middle School and participate at the state level of the National Geographic Bee at Penn State University on March 30th. Good luck, Kate!

Bread Baking Program

On Friday, February 10th, 2012, the King Arthur Flour Company's Life Skills Bread Baking Program presented an assembly for the 7th graders of Patton Middle School. Students learned about bread baking with a little science and math thrown in. Our hope was that each child would go home with thier newfound skills and "goodie bag" filled with flour, a recipe book, yeast, a scraper and bag, and make two loaves of bread with their families. Click here for the rest of the story...

LEGO Robotics

Congratulations to our Patton LEGO Robotics teams! Team WATTS advanced to the champion's tournament held at the Bob Carpenter center on January 28 and were awarded the "Inspiration trophy" for demonstrating enthusiasm and encompassing the core values of the First Lego league. Team Robotic Chargers placed the highest overall of all the UCFSD teams for the robot game portion of the competition coming in the top 10. Team Chef Bot-Ardee was awarded the Judge's Award for Consistency. This team also travelled to Washington DC to present their food safety research during a public meeting at the Food Safety Inspection Service of the USDA. They also met with congressman Joseph Pitts to share their research with him.

Doodle 4 Google

So did you ever notice the cool LOGOS you occasionally see on the Google homepage? Do you think you could create one? Well if you do then you should enter the Doodle 4 Google competition. It’s now open to all K-12 students. Completed entry forms must be received by March 23. To get an entry form, visit the Doodle 4 Google web page.

Questions About the PSSA

With PSSA testing just around the corner, take time to review this list of Frequently Asked Questions about the PSSA.

Course Selection for 8th Graders

On January 31, Mrs. Thacher met with the 8th grade class to review the course selection process.  Packets of course selection information were distributed to students to take home and share with their parents. Click here for more information and a complete list of important dates. You may see the UHS Course Selection Guide by clicking here.

Authors Skype With Students

Young Adult authors have been visiting with students via Skype in Mr. Kelley's Creative Writing classes again this year. So far, the students have chatted with Mitali Perkins, Kathi Appelt and Irene Latham with more to come in 2012. Visit the Author Visits page to check out the conversations between these authors and our students.