Dear Patterson Families,

What an amazing school year 2017-2018 has been!  We kicked off the school year with a challenge to Make It A Better Place, and our students, staff and community rose to the challenge! Here are just a few of the highlights:

• Students painting a rock that represented themselves and our 6th grade leaders created a colorful path on our playground with them.
• 6th grade leaders successfully ran a Pennies for Patients campaign and raised over $3,150.
• A 3rd grade student came forward with a wonderful proposal and research to support the addition of a Buddy Bench on our playground and Patterson won the Elementary Attendance Competition. This accomplishment earned prize money that we then used to purchase the Buddy Bench.
• Patterson won the TREX Plastic Recycling Challenge and a new recycled plastic bench for our playground.
• Parents volunteered thousands of hours of their time to support student learning and fun community events.
• The Booster Club (and all of you) supported technology and innovation at Patteson by purchasing two Chromebook labs.
• A month-long focus on kindness and school-wide participation in The Kindness Challenge

... and so much more!  Patterson truely is an amazing place to learn and grow and I am so proud of our community's hard work this school year.  Please take time this summer to play, rest, relax and enjoy time with friends and family.  I can't wait to see you this fall for another great year!

Sincerely,

Jamie Lentz, Principal