The Patton Post

Well.....what a wild weather week we have had this week! From a playground full of shorts and T-shirts to hats and gloves within the span of 24 hours! I hope you all managed to stay safe and that the storm did not do any damage to anybody's property!

On Thursday, a fire alarm unexpectedly went off in the morning. Our Panthers stayed calm and followed all instructions and the AHFD arrived promptly and confirmed that the alarm was triggered accidentally by some dust. I am so proud of how the students handled this unexpected interruption.

Our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders enjoyed a wonderful visit from author, Judd Winick, this afternoon! He was so funny and inspiring and I hope your Panthers came home with tales of HILO's adventure.

If you have not already done so, we would greatly appreciate it if you would complete the 5Essentials survey (more info below!)

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

I am so excited to see what March brings!

Ellie Chin

PLEASE Click here to take it!

If you have not already, PLEASE take a few minutes to complete the 5Essentials Survey. Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at our school and guide improvement. A report will be generated only if we have 20 percent parent participation.

Survey Link: https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/

*Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.*

Student Survey (Grades 4-8 ONLY)

The Illinois 5Essentials Survey will be administered at Patton in the near future. For a copy of the questions, click here.

If you do not want your child to participate, fill out the information at the bottom of this form (linked here) and ask your child to return this sheet to their teacher.

Students in 3rd - 5th Grades will be participating in the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) for English/Language Arts and Math starting next week. Classroom teachers have shared specific testing schedules. We appreciate your efforts to limit student absences during this time.

We are so excited to share that, as part of our first ever Multicultural Night on Wed, March 20th, food samples will now be allowed to be shared!! If you have a particular dish from your heritage or culture that you would like to bring and share, please fill out THIS FORM.

If you would like to bring food, please ensure it is in individual portions and you provide any utensils, napkins, plates, etc. that is needed.

We really cannot wait to experience a "Taste of Patton!" at multicultural night - as well as enjoy Indian dancers, Irish dancers, Henna tattoos, a Mongolian Horse Head Fiddle performance and more! It is going to be such a fun event and I hope many of you can attend!

Please note: We are not monitoring foods being brought in for food allergies or food safety.

Parents should monitor children with food allergies.

Mr Morkert will be running 4th/5th Grade Homework club again in March! Homework club will take place on Thursday 7th & 21st of March and will run from 3:35pm - 4:25pm. It is a quiet place for students to catch up on any homework they may have, enjoy quiet reading time or ask for help if they need it.

Please signup HERE if you would like your student to attend! Please remember to include your child/ren's name when you sign up!

We are DELIGHTED to announce that Patton was the recipient of the "Top Donating School" award by the Heavenly Hats Foundation! We are so proud of our student council for organizing this fundraiser and incredibly grateful to our community for always being so generous and supportive of our fundraising efforts.

We could not be more proud or delighted to announce that we have FOUR Panthers progressing to the State round of the PTA Reflections competition!!! This is a HUGE achievement and we wanted to give them a large pat on the back for progressing so far! We cannot wait to see how they progress in the next round!

ALL students that entered the competition are invited to attend the AHSD25 Board meeting that will be held on Tuesday, March 12th at 7pm. Their names will be read and they will be celebrated and congratulated. We look forward to recognizing our students!

This year, Summer U will take place June 6 - June 27, 2024 at Thomas Middle School

*Dates subject to change pending review of winter weather emergency days.

Registration will begin on March 4, 2024 at 9 am and end on April 26, 2024, at 3 pm. Please visit www.sd25.org/summeru for a full list of courses and times. If you have any questions about Summer U, please email summeru@sd25.org for assistance.

The Food & Nutrition Services Department is continually working to provide our students with lunch menu items that they enjoy, while providing a variety of nutritious options for our students. To achieve this, the department has had seasonal menus this school year. All elementary and middle schools will have a Fall (8/17-11/17), Winter (11/27-2/14), Spring (2/20-5/31) Menu. Many of our favorite menu items will stay on the menu, however, this allows us to add some new products to our menus!

Our elementary and middle school students taste-tested a variety of new menu items this past fall, and we have selected several of those items to be placed on the spring menu (2/20-5/31).

Updated menus will be posted on our website as well as on our app. Nutritional information can also be found on our website. We look forward to continuing to serve our students delicious and healthy lunch options.

ATTENTION 4th and 5th GRADERS!!!

If you know of any Seniors that are graduating from High School this year, please make them aware of the annual Senior Walk that will be taking place on TUESDAY, MAY 21st! Please feel free to share this link with them or RSVP on their behalf below!

REMINDER: ALL Kindergarten and 2nd grade students are required by the State of Illinois to have a dental exam. A copy of their dental exam must be on file by May 15, 2024. Please forward all exam forms to the school nurse, Christine Staniak @ cstaniak@sd25.org. Also feel free to contact the school nurse if you have any questions.

Pre-Registration is now OPEN to families with incoming new and kindergarten students for next year, 2024-2025! Please begin the registration process by visiting www.sd25.org/Registration and clicking on the 2024-2025 Pre-Registration drop down or by clicking the button below!

If you know of any new families to the area/have any neighbors with school age children that you think might be interested, please feel free to share this information with them!

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.

• Incoming Kindergarten Orientation evening - Thursday, March 7th - 7pm

• 1st Grade Musical Performance - Thursday, 14th March - 7pm

• NO SCHOOL - Tuesday, 19th March

• Patton Multicultural Night - Weds, 20th March

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