Panther Post

• 11/5 - Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A Dumfries (Fettler Park Dr), 5-8pm
• 11/7 - Veterans Day Breakfast, 8:15am (Pattie Gym)
• 11/11 - No School: Veteran's Day
• 11/12 - Report Cards viewable in ParentVUE
• 11/18 - Principal's Advisory Council Meeting (Pattie Library), 5:30pm
• 11/18 - PTCO Meeting (Pattie Library), 6:30pm
• 11/22 - Pattie PTCO Giving Thanks Color Run, 9am (Pattie Field) Sensory Friendly Lap, 8:30am
• 11/26 - 11/28 - No School: Thanksgiving Break
• 12/4 - Winter Strings/Chorus Concert, 6pm

A partnership between school and home is vital for your child's success, and parent/teacher conferences are a way to build that partnership. Monday, November 3rd was parent/teacher conference day and we want to do everything we can to ensure that you have met with your child's teacher at least once this year. If you have not met with your child's teacher, please reach out to schedule a conference. We may also reach out to you ourselves to ensure a conference has been scheduled.

Your student's report card will be viewable in ParentVUE by November 12th. Please check your child's grades and comments from his/her teacher. If you do not understand anything in the report card, please reach out to your child's teacher.

We continue to face regular challenges with bus behavior. Please know that it's extremely difficult to determine all the facts when something happens on a bus. What we do know is that if your child is consistently doing the right thing on the bus, they won't be accused of misbehavior.

Because of the regular challenges that we face, including the time it takes to gather all the facts, we are staying consistent with our responses. In addition to these responses, a student can lose their bus riding privileges for the entire school year AT ANY TIME, at the Principal's discretion.

1st bus referral = warning

2nd bus referral = 2-week suspension from riding the bus

3rd bus referral = loss of bus riding privileges for the remainder of the year.

If your child rides his or her bike to school, please make sure that they use a lock to secure it to our bike rack. We've recently had an unlocked bike that was stolen, and aside from filing a police report, we are typically unable to retrieve any stolen bikes, so please protect it!

Last Wednesday, Pattie hosted it's first Element Pep Rally of the year. Students who have "leveled up" to blue in their classrooms were celebrated. We also announced this year's Element Ambassadors and Council Members.

Every classroom at Pattie has a goal setting and positive behavior reward system, known as a "level up" board. Every student at Pattie has at least one goal that they're working towards - whether it's behavioral, academic or both. As teachers recognize progress towards that goal, students are rewarded with a point. As students accumulate points, they "level up", or move up to the next level on their classroom's board. Once they reach school-wide benchmark levels of Blue, Gold or Pattie Legend, their pictures are added to the grade level bulletin board in the hallway and we recognize them during quarterly pep rallies. Students who achieve Pattie Legend earn a hat and a spot on our Legends wall.

For the last week, staff and students have been playing a mystery game of CLUE, where they had to figure out who, among a list of characters, was in our school late one night. Turns out, Professor Plum was whipping up an elixir that will give our newly selected student Ambassadors the courage to lead our school with pride! Below is a picture of our awesome staff members who helped bring it to life.

Families are now able to sign up for times to visit their student(s) during lunch. Because of our limited seating in the cafeteria, we do have to limit how many family members visit each day. Please use the sign up below to reserve your day and time.

In PE, our third through fifth grade students are working their way through fitness pre-testing. They are completing a test for cardiorespiratory endurance (the pacer), a test for flexibility (shoulder stretch/sit and reach), a test for muscular endurance (Cadence Curl ups), and a test for muscular strength (push-ups). Our goal is for all students to do their best so that they can work hard to grow in all areas over the next 6 months.

As a reminder, please make sure that your students are wearing sneakers on their PE day. Our teachers do a great job reminding them what specials they have the following day. If they do not know, then please send students with sneakers so they will be prepared for anything! Crocs, sandals, slippers, slip-ons, and flip flops are NOT allowed to be worn while in PE.

Lastly, we spend a lot of time tying shoes in class for kids in second grade and up. Please work with your children (all ages) on shoe tying. It is a life skill that will help them and save you a bunch of time once they learn!

It is a colorful fall in the Art room. Kindergarten artists have been mastering color, line and shape. First grade artists have mastered mixing primary colors to make secondary colors and are now working with line and geometric shapes to build a rocket ship! Second graders used warm and cool colors to highlight their positive and negative shapes and are now working on organic and geometric shapes. Third graders created gesture drawings inspired by Keith Haring and are now using linear symmetry to create a butterfly mosaic. Fourth graders have been master color theorists, mixing their own tertiary color wheel using only the three primary colors. Fifth graders are a printing factory, creating beautiful radial symmetry stencils to go over their marbled printed papers.

Fall is football season, and for Mrs. Baughman that means MARCHING BAND season. Students enjoyed learning about and watching some talented college marching bands. There are some Pattie Panthers who are destined to be on the marching band field some day!

Kindergarten students have been practicing finding the steady beat in music, as well as learning about PRESTO (very fast), MODERATO (medium), and LARGO (very slow). First graders have begun learning to read and create musical patterns using icons. Second graders finished writing and recording the music of their name, which inspired a class song. Check out their amazing work by clicking on the image of the book below.

Third and Fourth grade students have been learning a folk dance from Mexico. Fifth graders played recorders and Orff instruments to accompany a seasonal song.

The Pattie Chorus is excited for their first performance for the Veteran's Breakfast on Friday, November 7th. Soon after, the chorus will perform their winter concert on December 4th at 6:00pm in the school cafeteria. Be sure to mark your calendar to see these amazing singers.

Thank you to our fabulous Pattie family and community for a wonderful and successful Everglow Forest Bookfair! Our readers left the bookfair with amazing new books to read and enjoy! Thank you to our PTCO for the continuous support of our library and Pattie Panthers!

In the library, 4th & 5th graders are continuing to follow an inquiry process as they learn about Weather using provided databases, books, and various websites.

3rd graders are learning how to use Discovery Education and create Studio Boards to curate their own inquiry resources to use during research.

1st & 2nd graders will begin using their map skills and knowledge of various animals to design and build a zoo. They will be researching zoos, animals, and various maps to complete the project.

Kinders have begun learning about a new section to checkout books from in the library, the Everybody section. They are learning that using pictures and finding words they know in the text is one way to read a book. They are still using their "sticks" for self-checkout at this point in the year. In a few weeks, we will begin having them type in their lunch numbers for checkout so please continue practicing those numbers!

1st - 5th readers can come checkout library books on their non-library day! They have all learned how to checkout independently so we encourage students to visit the library for new books everyday!

Join us for our November Spirit Night on Wednesday, November 5th, from 5-8pm at Chick-fil-A in Dumfries! They’re donating 20% of proceeds to the PTCO. The Community Care Event code is panther. Good for drive-thru, carry-out, curbside, and dine-in orders, but Chick-fil-A delivery and third-party services do not count. Thank you for your support!

We're honoring our heroes this Veterans Day with a special event brought to you by The P.O.P. Club and Pattie PTCO. All of Pattie’s Active Duty and Veteran families are invited to join us on Friday, November 7th, for a heartwarming Veterans Day Breakfast, where we'll celebrate and show our gratitude for their service. Our celebration includes a breakfast from 8:15-8:45 am for the student and their veteran guest(s). All adults who enter the building must be screened. In order to make the check-in line move more quickly, we're working to collect as much information in advance as possible to ensure a streamlined entry. We ask that you please pre-register by Wednesday, November 5th.

Please pre-register at https://forms.gle/KA7YYuYtFhBna3bw7

Following the breakfast, service members and veterans are invited to read to Pattie classrooms. Please sign up at https://signup.com/go/aENrAgZ

WHAT COULD BE MORE FUN THAN A COLOR RUN?!

A COLOR RUN PATTIE STYLE!

Saturday, November 22nd from 9 am - 10:30 am

Let's lace up our running shoes and get ready for a colorful way to give thanks! This exciting event is all about celebrating community, gratitude, and our beautiful school!

Enjoy our 1K course (As many times as you want!) while getting splashed with colorful powders at various stations along the route! This event is perfect for participants of all ages! Walk, jog, or run at your own pace—everyone is welcome.

We’ll also host a sensory-friendly lap at 8:30 am with no powder or loud music.

See you at the starting line!

Register here: https://pattie-ptco-giving-thanks-color-run-2025.cheddarup.com

Registration includes race entry and race tshirt

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: OCT 1 - 24 → $15

OCTOBER 25 - NOV 6 → $20

FAQs, event sponsorship info, and more at: http://linktr.ee/PattiePTCO

The Principal's Advisory Council is open to all families and staff, and it is an opportunity for shared decision making. It is also an opportunity to gain insight into, and ask questions about, Pattie's processes, procedures, instruction and building operations. Each meeting will focus on a particular topic of interest, but will also provide opportunities for open dialogue. Our meeting times are now 5:30pm to help parent participation, and it will immediately be followed by our PTCO meeting at 6:30pm.

This month’s PTCO meeting will focus on preparing for our fall fundraiser the Giving Thanks Color Run and planning for the spring.

Both meetings will take place in Pattie's library, and both have virtual options, as well.

Advisory Council Zoom Link: https://pwcs-zm-edu.zoom.us/j/85751845192?pwd=YktGbW5EbHhMOXljdFNIUkQ1V2o0Zz09

PTCO Zoom Link: https://pwcs-zm-edu.zoom.us/j/86987817532?pwd=YlRlZm5rTlpNcVl1a2tqWUV1TGsvUT09

We had a blast at all of our October events and we hope you did too! Thank you so much for coming out to our All-American Steakhouse Spirit Night, our Outdoor Family Movie Night, Walk and Roll to School Day, and Fall Family Book Fair Night! We were also so grateful for 5th grade families feeding our staff in October and for the overwhelming support of our spirit wear sale. Together we are Pattie Strong!

PTCO Facebook Page - The Pattie PTCO Facebook page is active and a great place to get more information, see reminders and ask questions.

Pattie PTCO Linktree - This link is updated with resources you may need related to the PTCO.

If you have any questions, ideas, or would like to help in any way, please feel free to contact us at any time at PattiePTCO@gmail.com.

If you are interested in checking out Pattie's daily, student produced, morning show, they are uploaded to Pattie's Youtube channel daily. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh-odLQZRxQm1vN_zOTSiYw