Unionville program focuses on stressed middle school students

Tearful parents express their own stress factors during PTO presentation By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH – While many adults are feeling stressed in this era of information and schedule overload, kids, especially middle school students, may be feeling it even more. Charles F. Patton Middle School’s (CFPMS) Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) hosted a special presentation...

UCF Ed. Foundation recycling/membership awareness event, Oct. 19

EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation will be holding its first annual “Recycling / Membership Awareness Day” on Oct. 19 from 2 pm – 4 pm at Charles F. Patton Middle School (760 Unionville Rd.) on the basketball court blacktop behind the school.  Visitors can park in the middle school and adjacent high school parking areas. There will be a gift card raffle...

Back to School: Patton MS gets extreme makeover

Staff puts final touches on school building in preparation for first day of school By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times The completed renovated basketball court behind Charles F. Patton Middle School in Unionville is just one of many projects undertaken — often with community group, PTO, student and parent assistance and support — to update and improve the school this summer. The completed...

Patton students build chairs for kindergarteners

Year-long project culminates in a series of in-person deliveries Kindergarten students from Hillendale Elementary School with the new chairs, hand-made by seventh and eighth grade students at Patton Middle School, after the older students delivered them in person earlier this month. PENNSBURY — It was a special, end of the year, chance for some Patton Middle School students to give back — to other,...

Unionville student wins Microsoft competition

Shea thanks community support that will help her go to Africa next month By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Meghan Shea, a 2013 Unionville High School graduate, shares a moment with some of the Pocopson Elementary School students who helped out with her video. That video entry made Shea one of five finalists for the Microsoft YouthSpark for Change contest — meaning she will be headed to Kenya next...