Patton PTA Pulse Newsletter

THANK YOU to Liz Ballinger and Maddie Schultz for planning and executing an amazing Book Fair for our students and staff! We truly appreciate ALL the time and effort you both put in. We applaud you for trying a new company and setup this year, while also having it be your first year as committee chairs and first year at Patton. You both are amazing and we are so grateful! The look on students’ faces as they shopped for books was such a joy to see, and we know the staff will appreciate the many book donations coming their way. BRAVO!

THANK YOU to Chrissy Gandor, Lindsay Sudol, Jamie Knapstein, Heather Hendrickson, Jenna Apel, and Laura Shirkan for all your effort and creativity in planning and pulling off a Valentine Day’s lunch for our Patton teachers and staff during conferences. We wanted them to feel all the love and know how “in-bee-lievable” we think they are. Well done ladies!

THANK YOU to Nilima Nanisetty, Lindsey Boylan, Ewa Wrzal-Kosowski, Brittney Lazarz, Kari Bittner, Kristen Becker, Michelle Ostman, SaraRose Orr, Lauren Sanchez, Aly Marcanti, Kate Costello, and Kristina Chambers for donating chips, drinks, and delicious-looking desserts for our staff during their conference lunch. It was so appreciated! Your donations helped the Hospitality committee save money and it will be used to plan an amazing Teacher Appreciation Week in May!

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

From the NOMINATING COMMITTEE: The nomination process to elect the 2025-2026 Patton PTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE is underway!

Please seriously consider who you know (friends, neighbors, even yourself!) who might be qualified to serve in the following positions:

*President-Elect (you must have previously served as a PTA Committee Chair)

*2nd VP of Ways and Means (no prerequisites)

*Secretary(no prerequisites)

Click here to make a Nomination by midnight on Tuesday, February 25th.

All nominations are ANONYMOUS and will be considered by the Nominating Committee.

Questions? Please Contact your Patton Nominating Committee Chairperson, Elie Simonson (tobiaseloise@hotmail.com)

Also, please mark your calendars for the March 12th PTA Meeting for the Presentation of the Slate & the May 14th PTA meeting, when the new Executive COMMITTEE will be voted in.

Arlington Heights PTA Council needs nominations for 3 executive positions for the 25-26 school year. Click this link to the nomination form.

Have a high schooler looking to apply for college scholarships? Each scholarship is worth $1,500. There will be 3 Power of Courage scholarships awarded, 7 Achievement scholarships awarded, and 2 MaryBeth Anderson Scholarships awarded. Check out these links below:

1. Power of Courage Scholarship

2. Achievement Scholarship

3. MaryBeth Anderson Education Scholarship

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:

• March 12th
• May 14th

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!

The League of Women Voters is hosting non-partisan Candidate Forms for residents to become informed before the election this spring. Those in attendance are welcome to submit questions to the candidates or just listen!

March 2: AHML Trustees & Wheeling Township Trustees at the Library

March 13: AH Mayor and AH Board of Trustees at the AH Village Hall

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