June 2011
Patterson Press
A Pta Pubication of Patterson Elementary School
3731 Lawrence Dr., Naperville, IL 60564
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From the PTA President…
Hello Everyone. I would like to introduce the 2011–2012 Executive Board. My name is Donna
Widmann and I will be serving as your PTA president next year. I have four children. My
youngest daughter will be in the 3rd grade in the fall. I will have a daughter in 6th grade and
a son in 8th grade at Crone and my oldest son will be a freshman at Neuqua. I served as the
VP of Administration last year.
The rest of the PTA board consists of, Karen Amundsen who will be serving as the VP of
Administration, Eileen Boffa, the VP of Enrichment (returning from last year’s board), Janet
Juarez, the VP of Finance (returning in a new role from last year’s board), Terri Maas, the
treasurer (also returning from last year), and Alissa Chrisos is taking the position as secretary.
The new board would like to thank Lisa Pearce and Cheryl Pastore for their volunteerism and
leadership this past year on the executive board. We had a terrific turnout at the PTA election
meeting and hope to see all of you at future meetings.
We are in the process of filling committee positions for next year and still have a few available. If you are interested in becoming more active in the PTA, please feel free to let me
know at [email protected]. I would like to thank Michelle Bassi, Liz Lawrence, Pam
Blanchard and Julie Vellender in helping with Teacher Appreciation week. I would also like to
thank Maria Neufeld and her committee for 5th Grade Celebration and Stephen Chriqui and
Shelley Taylor (in advance) for Field Day.
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inside
This Issue
From the Principal . . . . . . . 2
BoxTops Winners . . . . . . . . 3
June Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 5
Lunch Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mark your calendars for Patterson Meet & Greet on August 17! We are looking forward to a
successful year next fall. Have a safe and fun summer.
Sincerely, Donna Widmann
FIELD DAY] Friday, June 3
Each Patterson student will receive:
Rain day: Monday, June 6
] keepsake nylon drawstring bag
] jumbo bomb pop served right out of an ice cream cooler cart!
Get ready for a fun day and please
don’t forget your sunscreen!!
From the Principal...
To my dear Patterson students,
past and present,
Dear Patterson Families,
What a great year it’s been! The staff and I are so proud of
all the accomplishments our students have made this year.
We would like to thank our PTA and all of you for your support and contributions to helping make Patterson such a
great place for our students to grow and learn.
This was the year we introduced the Patterson Positive Pillars; Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible. Our students
earned over 1000 tickets this year for demonstrating those
valued characteristics! We celebrated their successes along
with you and are so proud of how well they did. We are especially pleased to introduce the citizenship awards which
will be presented on Monday, June 6, 2011. Students were
nominated for outstanding demonstration of the Patterson
Positive Pillars. These are the students who are safe, respectful and responsible citizens even when no one is looking,
and would be without an incentive. In our fifth grade classes,
students were asked to nominate peers for this reward. For
younger grades, any staff member could nominate up to two
students per class/grade.
“Because I knew you,
I’ve been changed
for good.”
– from Wicked
Thank you for eighteen years
In addition to being great kids, Patterson Prairie Dogs are
Smart too! They continued to excel in every class and subject. Patterson was again awarded the Excellence in Education Award for continuing to exceed state standards on the
Illinois State Achievement Test. In addition to this summative
test, our staff continued to use formative assessments to
know each child in their care as individual learners and monitor their progress. Their aim is and has always been to help
every child learn and grow to their fullest potential. It’s been
a great year of growth!
filled with joy.
It has been a privilege.
Love,
Ms. Molly Martin
“If you can walk, you can dance;
As the year comes to a close, the staff and I would like to
wish good luck to the 5th grade class of students and parents as they move on to Crone Middle School. The fifth graders are a caring and wonderful group of students that will
be missed. We know they will continue to grow and learn at
Crone our wish is for them to stay true to their values and
continue to support each other as they move on in their
education. We know you will stay involved in their education,
even if they make you drop them off a block away from the
school. We also know our fourth graders are ready to assume leadership roles at Patterson such as Safety Patrol and
daily role model to our younger students. We look forward
to working with this group of young leaders and all our returning families next year.
if you can talk you can sing.”
(Swahili)
My new school address:
Georgetown Elementary School
995 Long Grove Drive
Aurora, IL 60504
Please enjoy your time away, but keep encouraging your
children to read over the summer and to Be Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible!
See you in August,
Mrs. Michele Frost, Principal
Patterson Press
December
June 2011
2009
Boxtop and Campbell
Soup Label
Contest Winners!
Reading Program
Update
Almost 250 Patterson students will be receiving free tickets
for Six Flags! Wow! Thank you to all students who participated and turned in their reading logs for tickets.
Thanks to all who sent in boxtop and labels this year! We
had a great year and finished with a very strong Spring submission to both General Mills and Labels for Education. The
classroom contests were very close, especially in the 4th
grade. Here are the classroom contest winners:
We also had a great response for the Kane County Cougars.
About 100 students earned tickets to the game on May 13
game. All enjoyed a great evening. Those students received
a free hot dog and drink, plus they received an Ozzie’s Reading Club t-shirt. Great news too!! The Cougars won!! They
were even treated to a wonderful post-game fireworks show!
Thanks to Kane County Cougars for a fun night and all who
participated in the Ozzie reading program!
Kindergarten: Mrs. White with 2973
First Grade: Mrs. Harris/Mrs. Steen with 3095
Second Grade: Mrs. Minnick with 3296
Third Grade: Mrs. Kane with 3841
Fourth Grade: Mrs. Zettle with 4467
Fifth Grade: Mrs. Simios with 3894
Remember the Naperville Public Library sponsors a wonderful reading program for the summer. Enjoy some great
books over the summer and keep up the good work.
Thank you especially to all our volunteers for each classroom. We couldn’t have done it without you and so appreciate your efforts.
Denise Newman, Susie Schwinn, Jennifer Spangler, Denise
Bushey, Julie Winek, Diane Thomas, Sujata Patnaik, Vicki
Wilson, Mike Gallo, Jacque LeBreck, Janet Juarez, Jen
Wileman, Eileen Boffa, Rita Malloy, Dina Schroasch, Anjie
Riley, Meg Brozny, Ana Macias, Mary Beth Stevens, Gina
Jansky, Angie Martin, Chris Foran-Brown, and Patty Young.
Keep collecting over the summer to give Patterson a great
start in the Fall!
Steff Hofner ] Karen Bethards
Chess Club News
Thank you to the following students for teir participation in
the Chess Tournament on May 20 at Patterson: Connor F.,
Joshua G., Nitya G., Adithya G., Kyle K., Namir T. and Sarra
T. It was an exciting event for the club and was a wonderful
experience for our students. Ruhika N. placed first, Siddharth N. placed second, and Kirsten K. placed third in the
tournament. Thank you for a wonderful year.
Eileen Boffa
Patterson Press
June 2011
Patterson Calendar
Sunday
Monday
June
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
Friday
Saturday
3
4
10
11
Field Day
Gr. K, 4 & 5:
9:30–11:30
Grades 1–3
1:00–3:00
5
6
7
Movie Day
Report Cards
5th Grade
Clap-Off 3:15
Classes
Dismissed for
Summer 10:10
8
lunch menu
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2009
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