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.

Presenters in State College

Mr. Kelley and Mr Walsh both presented at the Pennsylvania Association for Middle Level Education's Summer Institute event on June 27 and 28 in State College. Mr. Kelley was the Keynote presenter on Tuesday and his topic was "Getting Students Excited About Writing." He also presented a session on Monday entitled "Conferring with Digital Devices." Mr Walsh co-presented a session with Dr. Joe Johnson of Edinboro University entitled,"Technology Tools To Engage Middle School Learners." ‪#‎PattonProud‬!

Keynote at Longwood

The weekend of March 5th, Family and Consumer Science teachers Betsy Ballard and Kimberly Hisler were keynote speakers at Longwood Garden’s School Gardening Event and Kick-Off for the spring growing season. The Patton Garden project was showcased and former students, Brendan Boyle and Declan Boyle, were introduced to talk about how the Patton Project inspired them to create their successful Brown Bag Lunch Program.  As the premier school gardens in Chester County with 30 raised beds yielding over 10,00 pounds since the inception less than six years ago, Patton remains the inspiration for many other programs both state and nationally.  With over 49 schools and 121 sites in Chester County Patton’s Gardens have become the model for the Chester County Food Bank and were huled to have so much attention focused on our program. The Brown Bag Lunch program was inspired by The Patton Project FCS class, which showcases giving back to community and beyond.