Patton PTA Pulse Newsletter

• Thank you to Chrissy Gandor, Lindsay Sudol, Jamie Knapstein, Laura Shinkan, Danielle Witkowski, Tricia Trester, Jenna Apel, and Heather Hendrickson for coordinating and planning the conference lunch for teachers on Monday, November 4th. The teachers were treated to a camping-themed lunch with Portillos, drinks, cookies, and s’mores treats. It is such a great way to show our teachers how much we appreciate them, and we couldn’t have done it without these awesome parent volunteers!

We would LOVE to shout out your name in our next newsletter! Can’t wait for YOU to get involved!

Looking for a way to showcase your child’s talents and artistic expression? Encourage your child to submit entries for this year’s national PTA Reflections program, with the theme: Accepting Imperfection.

Students can submit their completed works of art in one (or more) of the art categories: dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts. Please read through these specific PTA reflections rules for each category submission.

All projects must be submitted to Patton’s main office by the end of school day on November 20th. Please fill out this student entry form to accompany each project. Feel free to reach out to Tina Shah (tinashah1@gmail.com) with any questions!

The holiday spirit wear sale is taking place now through November 24th! The Patton spirit wear sale features designs by Patton’s very own 2nd Grader Claire S. and 4th Grader Hannah H.! Spirit wear makes a great holiday gift or stocking stuffer!

When: November 11th through November 24th

Order online! Orders will be delivered directly to your child’s classroom before winter break.

Contact patton.spiritwear.pta@gmail.com with any questions.

Please see the save the date flier and note there will be 2 different time slots to attend and will be sending out a sign up soon!!

This is a very special event to show our Patton kids how to give back and learn how to donate to our community. Also, it’s SUPER FUN for the whole family to attend!!!

More information is coming soon!

Spread the Patton Joy!

Year books are available for purchase. Two free customizable pages are included. If you have any problems please contact yearbookpatton@gmail.com

You can order online here.

Final day to purchase for school delivery: April 30, 2025

Personalized pages due: April 8, 2025

If there are any financial issues please contact: Barb Donahue bdonahue@sd25.org

Mark your calendars to attend our PTA meetings this school year. They take place at 7:30 PM in the Patton Commons.

• November 20th (7pm start)
• January 15th
• March 12th
• May 14th

Please join us for our next PTA meeting on Nov. 20th! There will be a SPECIAL PRESENTATION before the PTA meeting. Officer O’Leary will be speaking on Digital Citizenship and how it relates to your student. Digital Citizenship is the ability to navigate our digital environments in a way that's safe and responsible and to actively and respectfully engage in these spaces. Don’t miss this important information!

All parents are invited and encouraged to attend - we'd love to see you there! Even if you've never attended before, please consider attending! Your participation and presence makes a difference! Come see all that we do and learn more about where our budget goes, upcoming activities, hear from Mrs. Chin, and more. We promise we won’t make you volunteer for anything unless you want to! After the meeting, join us for a meetup somewhere fun to be social and meet some new people. Hope to see many of your faces there!

• Picking up or dropping off your kiddos? Spend a half an hour helping out our wonderful and fun traffic team one shift or more each week! Can’t commit?! Feel free to sign up to sub. Have questions?
• Fill out the Google Form and Volunteer Now!
  
• As a reminder: Kiddos need to be seated on the right side(curbside) or have access to get in and out curbside if you are utilizing the car line. Our volunteers can not for safety reasons for both the student and volunteer load or unload a student from the left side of the car.
  

• You may see our wonderful traffic team out setting up before 8:50 am. They aren’t quite ready to receive our wonderful students. Please arrive after 8:50 am. Please note there is no supervision until 8:50 am. Please make sure kids aren’t arriving before then as our traffic volunteers can not supervise.

Just a reminder there is no supervision until 8:50am so please do not drop your child off before then. The traffic team is not responsible for supervising your child.

Please contact the following email addresses INSTEAD of asking Patton School:

• General inquiries: ptapatton@gmail.com
• Traffic / Juvenile Safety: pattontrafficteam@gmail.com
• Room Reps / Class Parties: pattonroomrep@gmail.com
• Membership: ahpattonptamembership@gmail.com
• Yearbook: yearbookpatton@gmail.com
• Budget / Money: ahpattonptatreasurer@gmail.com

Email: ptapatton@gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/pattonpta
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ptapatton