Patton sixth grader wins state wrestling title
Caden Marino, center, became the first Unionville wrestler to win n Under-12 wrestling title since Mason Popham.
HERSHEY — Charles F Patton 6th grader Caden Mareno won a PA State Title last month at Hershey Arena. He competed in the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling Championships 12u 100 lb division, and he’s the first Unionville wrestler to win this tournament since Mason Popham — who went...
Unionville students stand out in county science fair
Sarah Scheivert, an eighth grade student at Charles F. Patton Middle School in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District at the 2012 Chester Country Science Research Competition. Scheivert’s project, titled “The Effects of Hand Sanitizer and Soap on Bacteria,” earned a third place award in the Microbiology category, and helped shed light on how bacteria is combated by the products that are used...
Community Voices: Waves
Editor’s Note: Today, we continue a semi-regular feature, Community Voices, featuring writing by members of the Unionville community on a wide range of topics. Many of the writers — as our first three writers this week — will be students and we think they have interesting insights. Our first installment ran Monday, the next installment will run Friday. Let us know what you think.
By Jace...
Patton boys hold off Scott
PAtton Middle School's 8th Grade boys basketball team won a tough contest last week against Scott Middle School.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — On Wednesday, January 25th, Scott Middle School of Coatesville traveled down beautiful route 82 to Patton Middle School In Unionville. The end result for the 8th grade team from Coatesville was a loss of 44-27 but there are a couple of stars in the making at...
Patton evacuated because of fumes
Issues with heating system send students to Unionville HS
Patton Middle School.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Patton Middle School was temporarily evacuated Thursday morning due to fumes coming from the buildings heating and ventilation system.
The school’s students were moved across the parking lot to the Unionville High School Auditorium, while maintenance workers attempted to fix the issue. School...
Vosburgh set to retire as Patton principal
After nearly two decades leading the middle school, ready to move on to new challenges
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Bruce Vosburgh
EAST MARLBOROUGH — In the 40 years since it opened in 1972, Charles Patton Middle School has had just two principals: Patton, who led the school now named after him until 1992, and current principal Bruce Vosburgh.
But that’s going to change in the fall...
A bit of the Civil War comes to Patton
Reenactors from the Pa. 69th make lives of solders at Gettysburg come to life for students
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
A Civil War reenactor demostrates the firing of his .58 caliber rifle for students at Patton Middle School.
EAST MARBOROUGH — Once, it was a rite of passage. Spend a couple of hours on a bus, then a couple more walking around empty fields, looking at historical markers...
Patton students growing into a larger role in society
Middle school’s raised beds already feeding the hungry, new greenhouse should expand efforts
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Patton Middle School teacher Betsy Ballard addresses a big crowd — including a camera crew from NBC10 — while formally opening the new greenhouse at the school, Friday.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — It’s very likely that somewhere in Chester County that a middle...
Patton Middle School honored with Environmental Service Award
WaWa, NBC-10 among others to award school for growing needed crops for local food bank
By Eddy K. Foster, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
Terry Ruggles (left) from NBC-10 presents Patton teacher Besty Ballard with a check for a $5,000 grant awarded for the school's efforts to grow crops for a local food bank. The school will be featured on NBC 10 on April 22.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Students and...
