Parent Visitation Day

Parent Visitation Day is next Wednesday, October 21! We are very happy to have you visiting our classrooms -- we are proud of our many teachers and support staff!! Visitation times are from 7:35 AM until 1:42 PM. Check this informational flyer for more information!

Patton Wins FundRun Contest!

Patton Middle School was honored last week at an awards ceremony hosted by the Kennett Run as a Kennett FundRun winning school.  Patton had the most students and staff members registered for this year’s Kennett Run out of all UCFSD schools, with 11 runners participating.  Patton PTO was awarded $250 prize at the ceremony. Go Patton! For more information about the Kennett Run, click here.

Sixth Grade Mixer

Hey Sixth Grade!! You're invited to the first 6th grade mixer of the year! Next Friday from 2:30-4:30 PM. Wear your spirit wear or purple/gold -- it's a Patton Spirit theme! There will be music, games, food and fun! Purchase your tickets for $5 during lunch all next week!! Need SPIRITWEAR for the Mixer? The PTO will be selling spiritwear at lunches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week! Get yours today!

Social Media Presentation

Patton technology teachers Brian Marshall and John Walsh presented "Social Media, Internet Safety and Your Middle Schooler" at the PTO meeting on October 1. If you were not able to attend the meeting, check out the presentation and resources here. And make sure to visit the Common Sense Media website for some more, excellent resources. Like this week's featured article - What Should Parents Know About Instagram?

Patton Book Fair

The PTO Book Fair will be held in the Patton library from October 14th until October 21st. We need parent volunteers to help make the fair a success!  Please use this link to sign up to work a shift! Please note that 6th grade students will visit the fair with their Literacy classes and 7th and 8th grade students will visit with their English classes!

Coin Drive Challenge!

The Coin Drive Challenge will be held from October 7 until October 16 for the 7th and 8th grade advisory classes.  Each class will have a jar to bring in as much money as they can (coins and dollars are accepted!).  All of the money collected will be used to purchase books for our library! The advisory class in each grade that collects the most money will win a bagels and juice breakfast!

UCFSD Directory

Would you like to be included in the UCFSD PTO Directory? If so, complete this form and and enter your information by September 16. You may also do so by logging into the PowerSchool Parent Portal and choose the tab "PowerSchool Registration" (This must be done only once per family - not on each child’s registration)