The Patton Post

• Principal's Message (NEW POST!)
• Veteran's Day (NEW POST!)
• Celebrating our PTA (NEW POST!)
• Homework Club: November & December (NEW POST!)
• Erin's Law Presentations (2nd POST!)
• Parent Teacher Conferences (FINAL POST!)
• Halloween (FINAL POST!)
• Halloween - Traffic Team (FINAL POST!)
• Yearbook Orders (2nd POST!)
• PTA Reflections (UPDATED POST!)
• Running Club (Final Post!)
• 2024-2025 Calendar (Ongoing Post)
• Dates to Know (Updated Post!)

As the temperatures dropped this week, the Patton gym was turned into a tropical paradise for our 2nd and 3rd grade families who attended PTA Family Night last night. It was so wonderful to "sea" so many faces and to "shell-abrate" an amazing start to the school year. As always, a huge THANK YOU to our parent volunteers for putting so much time and effort into organizing these events.

Our bus evacuation drills went very well this week - the students were incredibly polite and respectful of the bus drivers and followed their instructions. I am always proud of how our students conduct themselves during drills and this week was no exception.

Our 2nd and 3rd graders were treated to a wonderful author visit this morning! Children's author and educator Dr. Rekha S. Rajan visited us to share her new early chapter book, Hurricane Rescue: A Branches Book (Disaster Squad #2). The students learned a lot about natural disasters and enjoyed hearing a snippet from the new book. Thanks to our LMC Director, Stacy Hemmer, for organizing this event for us.

If you can believe it, Halloween is next week! Yesterday, Thursday, October 24th, you received an email with more information AND a link to let us know whether your child/ren will be going home for lunch or staying at school on October 31st. The link is also included in the Halloween section of this newsletter. Please submit the form so we can help all our students get to the right place as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Thank you to everyone that took part in our Heavenly Hats fundraiser last Friday! $623.03 was raised! Thank you for being so generous and for supporting our Student Council's fundraising efforts.

I hope everyone enjoyed the PTA Sponsored tailgate last Saturday evening!

Sincerely,

Ellie Chin

This year, the students and staff at Patton would like to invite any veterans or active service members that are immediate family members of our students to join us at our Veteran’s Day assembly. We are very grateful for your service and would love to honor and recognize you as we celebrate Veterans Day together.

Please complete this google form if someone in there is a Veteran or active service member in your immediate family who would like to attend our Veterans Day assembly.

We would love to honor and recognize all Veterans connected to the Patton community by including their photo and information in a display that will be in the Patton commons throughout the month of November. Please download and complete this form and include a photo or have your child draw a picture if you would like to have a special Veteran recognized at Patton. Copies of this will be available in the office if you do not have access to a printer.
Please return these to the school office by November 1st.

We will post these at Patton throughout the month of November to recognize and honor these Veterans for their service and will celebrate them on Veteran's Day.

We are so delighted to share that the Patton PTA won 2 awards at the Northwest Cook Region Annual Meeting and Award Ceremony. It received the 2024 Local Unit Honor: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award for its wonderful "Patton Spreads Joy" event and also won the Yellow Ribbon Membership Award for increasing Patton's PTA Membership. It also achieved Bronze Membership status for last year's membership.

We are so grateful to our PTA leadership for all the work they put into creating such a wonderful sense of community.

4th and 5th Grade homework club provides a quiet space for students to complete assignments or read in a relaxing setting. Mr. Morkert will be available to answer questions and provide help when needed.

It is important that you note whether you will pick up your child or if they will walk home. Mr. Morkert will bring the kids to the front doors at 4:25pm. Please be there waiting at this time.

Please reach out if you have questions. (tmorkert@sd25.org)

This club will run on Thursdays, 3:35-4:40pm.

If your child is interested, please SIGN UP HERE and be sure to enter your child's name when signing up!

Erin’s Law, Illinois Public Act 097-­1147, requires public schools to provide child sexual abuse prevention education for students in early childhood through twelfth grades. Age­ appropriate research-based instruction helps students recognize unsafe situations, keep themselves safe, and understand how to respond to unsafe situations. During the months of November and December, our school social worker, Mrs. Donahue, will work with each grade level to provide age ­appropriate information. Erin’s Law information and curriculum information can be found in this slideshow. The optional opt-out form can be found on the District’s website. This form needs to be completed each year and submitted to the building principal by any family who wants to opt their child out of Erin’s Law.

Parent Teacher conferences will take place on Monday, November 4th. If you have not signed up yet, please find the link HERE. The signup window will close on Monday, October 28th at 12:00 pm.

Please note that school will NOT be in session during Parent/Teacher conferences and there will be no school the following day, Tuesday, November 5th, as Patton is a polling place for the General Election.

Halloween is NEXT WEEK! I cannot believe how quickly October is flying by! On Thursday, October 24th , you should have received an email with a link to fill out this form letting us know whether your child will be going home for lunch or whether they will be staying at school. This form will close on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 pm. If you have not submitted the form by then, we will assume your child will be staying at school for lunch. If you have any questions about the lunch process, please do not hesitate to call the office on 847.398.4288.

The schedule for Halloween will be as follows:

12:10 - 1:10 - Lunch Hour If your child is going home, use the car line and pick up at 12:10 and drop off by 1:10.

1:45 - 2:15 - Parade (Times are approximate) Weather permitting, family members may watch the parade from anywhere along the route (see image below)

2:15 - 3:15 - Class Parties Thank you to all the parents who have planned these amazing parties!

Please partner with us in helping your child wear a costume that will not frighten our youngest Panthers, and please make sure they can safely see and walk in their costume. Props are best left at home for after-school festivities. Please also ensure that your child is able to remove their costume independently in case they need to use the bathroom.

Please consider signing up to help with traffic on Halloween if you are able to. We anticipate many parents picking up their children at 12:10 for home lunch to change into costumes. Please reach out to pattontrafficteam@gmail.com if you are able to help. As always, please make sure that students are entering and exiting only on the right side of the vehicle for everyone’s safety., especially with the anticipated increased traffic.

Year books are available for a 10% discount through October 31, 2024. Two free customizable pages are included. Teachers will be updated shortly if you have any problems please contact yearbookpatton@gmail.com

You can order online here.

Final day to purchase for a discount: October 31, 2024

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

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!

Are you interested in joining a club focused on FUN and FITNESS?

If so, join Running Club!

Running club meets on Mondays in October (10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28) from 3:35-4:30.

Each session will begin with a warm-up, 30 minutes of running at your own pace, strength & conditioning.

Huge thanks go to Mrs. Goumas for being the club sponsor again for this club!

Parent volunteers are VITAL to the success as they provide a safe running path. Please sign up to volunteer for at least one session if possible.

Please note: The club will not meet if it is raining.

If your 4th or 5th grader is interested in taking part in running club this fall please sign up HERE

Once you sign up, more information about the club will be sent your way.

Should you want to print this calendar as well, please click HERE.

• Thursday, October 31st - Halloween Parade and Class Parties

• Monday, November 4th - Parent Teacher Conferences NO SCHOOL

• Tuesday, November 5th - Election Day NO SCHOOL

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
Absence Procedure
Twitter: @AHSD25Patton