Patton Teachers at AMLE2017

Ms. Ballard and Ms. Hisler are presenting at the upcoming AMLE 2017 Conference in Philadelphia. Their session is on STEAM and The Patton Garden Project. Why STEAM? The addition of the A is not just semantics! It has been proven that the addition of the arts into STEM initiatives result in a more meaningful program. STEAM integrates art, design and is more inviting to girls. Harvard Business Review stated that knowing how to make a product is no longer enough. "How A product is designed, it's a statics, and have seamless and integration it makes into a persons life is what allows us to distinguish one product from another, and one industry competitor from another.

Mr. Lewis is also presenting at AMLE2017. His presentation discusses many different ways that teachers can increase the number sense and reasoning skills in their students in less than 5 minutes per class period through the use of warm-ups. The participants will be shown a series of free, engaging online resources. #PattonProud!

Mr. Walsh Receives Award

Congratulations to Patton technology teacher, John Walsh, on being presented with the Pennsylvania Association for Middle Level Education's William Alexander Award at the end of year Awards Assembly. The award is given to an individual who has made a significant, positive contribution to middle level education in the state of Pennsylvania. Schools to Watch Director and former Patton principal, Bruce Vosburgh presented the award at the assembly.

Summer Institute 2017

Patton staff members are busy presenting at conferences this summer! Mrs. Kropp and Mr. Kelley will be at the PAMLE Summer Institute, June 26-27 in State College. Their session is called, "Writers Day: Engaging the Community to Harness the Writer Within" and will share with attendees about Patton's Writer's Day initiative. Mr Kelley will also be presenting a session titled, "Generation Z: How Might a Deeper Understanding of Generation Z Impact our Schools?" We are #PattonProud in State College!

Mrs. Scott at the Mann Center!

So what are you doing this summer? Well, Patton Orchestra teacher, Lauren Scott, will be at the Mann Music Center this Saturday -- with members of The Philadelphia Orchestra! That's right - with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Boys Choir, performing the score to The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King, carefully synchronized to the film. Check out The Lord of the Rings – Live to Projection, this Saturday at 7:30 PM and look for Mrs Scott!

Mr. Kelley Published!

Congratulations to 8th grade Creative Writing teacher, Brian Kelley! His article, "Developing as a Writer, Growing as a Teacher" has been published in the January 2017 issue of the NCTE's award-winning English Journal. Check out the article right here.