Pie In The Face!

The annual Unionville Relay for Life raised lots of money to combat cancer and Team Patton Power raised close to $5,000. And 7th grade made a big contribution to that with the Pie A Teacher Contest! Here's how it looked -- up close!

Guest Blogger!

8th grade Creative Writing teacher, Mr. Kelley, was invited to be a guest blogger at "The Nerdy Book Club"-- a piece about the classroom novel the kids wrote. The post was published today! Check it out right here.

Inside The Dunk Tank!

A BIG thank you to all the Patton teachers, Mr. Hoffman, our elementary school principals and Dr. Sanville for taking their turn in the Dunk Tank at the recent Patton Spring Carnival. The tank was the place to be as lines formed as students from all over the district took a turn to dunk their favorite staff member. Want a closer look from inside the tank? Check out the video!

Mrs. Quinn at the Marathon!

Did you know that Patton Physical Education teacher, Mandi Quinn, finished first in her category at the Run for Our Sons? And, since she didn't get enough running in on Saturday she traveled to Boston to run in the BOSTON MARATHON on Monday!! The weather in Boston was terrible but volunteers and spectators enthusiastically lined the streets all day standing in the cold, rain and wind for hours to cheer on the participants. AND  she got to meet Kathrine Switzer, the first female to run Boston in 1967 -- women were not allowed to run in the Marathon in 1967 and officials tried to pull Katherine off the race course! Since then, Katherine has championed equal rights for female athletes!! Mrs. Quinn got to meet her and was very excited. Way to go Mrs. Quinn!

Spring Break at Temple

Spring Break? WHAT Spring Break?! Patton's Brian Kelley spoke with future teachers about his experiences as a writing teacher on March 31 at Temple University's College of Education. Brian spoke to more than 25 aspiring teachers at his alma mater about Nanci Attwell's Workshop Approach in a writing classroom. It was a great evening of sharing and learning. Patton Proud at Temple!

Who Are You?

Check out this latest edition of Fun Friday! It's a special "Who Are You?" featuring staff member photos using some awesome effects and filters! Want more photos? Check out the Patton Photos Page on Google+ as well as the Patton Instagram page -- we're Patton Hawks! To check out the latest Fun Friday, click here.

West Side Story - Mrs. Stratton!

One of Patton's own music teachers, Yvette Stratton, had a direct hand in this excellent production. Mrs. Stratton served as the Vocal Director for the show. She began working with the students at the beginning of the year as they learned the challenging and beautiful Bernstein music. Mrs. Stratton also helped with scene work and blocking work as the students finalized and polished their performance. The students put in hours and hours of hard work to pull off this masterpiece of a show. Congratulations on a fine production!