The Patton Post

We had a truly fun filled and fabulous week this week at Patton! Despite the dreary weather at the start of the week we were greeted with sunshine and rainbows courtesy of our amazing PTA. We were also treated to breakfasts and lunches and goodies galore! We are so incredibly grateful to our PTA and our amazing Patton community for making us feel so special and appreciated!

We had a wonderful "High Five Friday!" this morning courtesy of the Hersey Lacrosse team (more info below!) and we were also wowed with a wonderful performance by "Ensemble Espanol" - a world renowned Spanish dance company based in Chicago. We are so grateful to Bethany Larson for organizing this for our students!

We have many exciting events coming up over the remaining few weeks so please be sure to read through the Post this week and make notes in your calendars!

Enjoy the wonderful weather this weekend and happy Cinco de Mayo to all who celebrate!

Ellie Chin

We were THRILLED to have the Hersey Lacrosse team come and host our first "High Five Friday" of the school year today! Our wonderful SRO's, Officer O'Leary and Officer Malik and their intern, Garrett, also attended to welcome the Panthers on this beautiful morning!

Huge thanks to Carolyn Neary for organizing this for us - it was a wonderful way to start our day!

On Monday of this week, you should have received an email from the District asking you to register your child/ren for the next school year!

You can find a link with more information HERE. All grades need to register for the 23/24 school year.

Congratulations to these Fifth Graders who were recently announced as semi-finalists in the 2023 Illinois Letters About Literature writing contest! The writing contest is sponsored by the Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian, and the Illinois Center for the Book.

As we wrap up the year, we would like to remind you of the RULER tools we use throughout our school day in all settings.

Students benefit most from RULER when emotional intelligence is woven into the fabric of our school and classrooms. Every interaction with our students is a chance to demonstrate, model, practice, and nurture emotional intelligence skills.

Please find below each RULER tool and an overview of the tool. The best way for you to learn about each tool is to ask your student- they are emotion scientists! These tools can be incorporated into your family and home life.

RULER Tools

Mood Meter - The Mood Meter is a tool that helps people of all ages build self and social awareness. It helps us understand how our emotions influence our thinking and behavior, and it empowers us to recognize and label our full range of emotions and manage them more skillfully. These skills help us get along with others and make better choices in our lives. Emotions can be understood as the degrees of pleasantness we’re experiencing, combined with our energy level.

Meta Moment - The Meta-Moment is a process that allows us to prolong the time from when we are triggered to when we respond. Taking Meta-Moments keeps us aligned with our values over time. With practice, our responses can be more deliberate and skillful.

Charter - The Classroom Charter is a tool that can help us create the positive, supportive social-emotional environments that we know are best for learning. The Charter is a promise we make to one another or an agreement. The Charter describes how we want to feel at school and what we can do to ensure that everyone has those feelings more consistently. Everyone has a voice in its creation and plays an active role in bringing it to life

Blueprint - The Blueprint tool focuses on the importance of perspective-taking and empathy in the conflict resolution process.

What a wonderful morning we had on Wednesday! It was so wonderful to see SO MANY (87 to be exact!!) bikes in the bike racks! Some of them were amazingly decorated as well! Our wonderful local First Responders came to add some more fun to the festivities! It was truly lovely to have so many of our Panthers start the day off with some fresh air and fun!!

Thank you to Melisa Andrews and Jacqulyn Levin for organizing this event!

The winners of the Bike Decorating competition will be announced next week so watch this space!

Author Rekha Rajan will be visiting Patton on Thursday, May 18th and it's your last chance to order a signed copy of "Amazing Landmarks" - an accessible and gorgeously illustrated non fiction compendium that explores the creation of 10 global landmarks.

Orders will be placed on Monday, May 8th, if you would like a copy, please fill out THIS FORM and have your child/ren hand into their teacher on Monday morning.

Please take a moment to check and see whether any of the Lost and Found we currently have belongs to your child/ren! Lots of jackets and coats at the moment!

We will be donating any uncollected items to Goodwill over Memorial Weekend.

We have only 2 Spirit Days left until our Walk-a-Thon takes place (see image!)

A "Dine and Share" event will also be taking place at PHOTO'S HOT DOGS in Palatine on THURSDAY, MAY 11th. Some of your favorite Patton faces will be there throughout the evening so please let Photo's cook dinner for you that night and stop by to say Hi! 25% of all proceeds will be donated to the Make-a-Wish foundation.

The 16th annual Walk-a-Thon will take place on THURSDAY, MAY 18th and we cannot wait for it! There will be six "Donation Stations" dotted throughout the Patton neighborhood, each with a unique theme and hosted by Patton staff (and some very special guests!!) Students are encouraged to have their "passports" stamped at each station! A map and more information regarding the route will be released soon!

Please know you can also donate directly to the fund using THIS LINK.

We have seen an increasing number of students returning to the classroom in the evening hours or before school, trying to access things they have forgotten.

Moving forward, students will be able to return to the building to retrieve forgotten items until 4:00 pm. After that time, our front office is closed and classrooms will not be accessible.

If your child attends CAP or is at Patton in the evening to attend a function for an outside organization, please note that classroom doors will be locked and that the building is not accessible during this time. Anyone present in the building should remain in the space that has been rented for the activity.

For the ongoing safety and security of our Patton community, people should not be walking around the school building unaccompanied by a staff member.

Teachers will be reminding students at the end of the day to check and be sure they have everything they need.

Please have a conversation with your child and ask them to work on being responsible if they have been forgetting items here at school. Again, the office is open until 4:00 PM, so if your child needs extra reminders, please ask them if they have everything they need when you pick them up at dismissal.

We are hoping this will help decrease the overflowing Lost and Found as well!

Reminder for Kindergarten and 2nd grade parents...

The deadline to turn in Dental Exam Forms is approaching on May 15, 2023. Please have the dental form completed by the student's dentist and return it to school as soon as possible. We will accept dental exams dated after November 15, 2021.

Summer will come just a few hours early this year. On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, students will be dismissed early.

• Middle School Students will dismiss at 1:30 pm.
• Early Childhood Students will dismiss at 2:15 pm.
• Elementary School Students will dismiss at 2:30 pm.
• CAP will begin at 2:30 pm.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the District Office (847) 758-4900.

We are delighted to announce that MANY Panthers have been chosen to represent Patton at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library Art Show next month!

I was blown away by the quality of the artwork that was produced and, I'm certain you will be too!

The artwork will remain on display at the Library until May 26th. Please take some time to visit and see how talented our Panthers are! Many thanks to our amazing Mrs. Maloney for helping our students develop their artistic abilities!

Our resident artists are:

• Claire Schneider
• Elsie Fontana
• Hannah Navarro
• Alice Manis
• Maddie Anstandig
• Dominick Ciepiela
• Skylar Lichterman
• Isabella Lillie
• Leo Martinez
• Aurora Sharer
• Elizabeth Lombardo
• Avery Chaplin
• Valeria Klimchuk
• Raissa Pall
• Georgiy Kadzayev
• Cassidy McKown
• Ellie Ballard
• Ryan Swanick
• Clare Casey
• Sofia Carreola
• Ameline Burney
• Evelyn Botnari
• Harlan Santeler

On April 12th, groups gathered outside for class and club photos. If you were interested in purchasing group pictures but did not do so before picture day, inquire here with Color Portraits to process your order.

Please take a look at the rendering below of what our additions are anticipated to look like!

Construction on Patton is expected to commence August/September of 2023. We will keep you informed as to the progress of the project.

Save yourself some time and stress and order your school supplies through EPI! School Supplies are available to be ordered through EPI! You will get a discount if ordered before 4th June. You can click on the image below for ease of ordering.

If you or your neighbors happen to know of any previous Patton kiddos that will be graduating High School this year, we'd love for you to spread the word about this event! It's always so lovely to have the seniors walk the halls and for our Panthers to celebrate them! We hope as many of them as possible can attend!

The District recently launched its new Parent Academy newsletter and page on the website.

The goal of Parent Academy is to provide learning opportunities for parents to better understand ways to support their students’ academic success and personal well-being. We welcome parents and families to engage in various activities and events to explore topics related to mental health, well-being, equity and inclusion, and academics. Please visit the website (www.sd25.org/ParentAcademy) for archived newsletters, further resources and information, or to submit an idea/topic for the next Parent Academy newsletter.

We have a truly AMAZING PTA traffic team that ensure our Panthers arrive to and depart from school safely and on time! If you would like to help out, please consider signing up as a substitute by filling in this form. It helps our traffic team enormously to know that there are subs available should someone fall sick or be unavailable. You can indicate if you only have availability for AM or PM and will receive a group text when there is a need. You can volunteer if you are available, but no pressure if you are not available. Any help is appreciated and benefits so many of our students. Believe it or not, even if you can only help twice during the year, your contribution is welcome and needed. Thanks so much in advance!

Monday May 8th - 5th Grade Band Concert @ Hersey, 7pm

Wednesday May 10th - Nurse Appreciation Day

Thursday May 11th - Photo's Hot Dogs Dine and Share

Thursday May 18th - 16th Annual Walk-a-Thon

Friday May 26th - STUDENT NON ATTENDANCE DAY

Monday May 29th - NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY

Wednesday June 7th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (Early Release at 2:30pm)

Please be sure to click on the Patton PTA website button above for information about other upcoming events

Main Line: (847) 398-4288
Fax #: (847) 394-6681
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Twitter: @AHSD25Patton