UPCOMING EVENTS

5/1-5 & 5/8 - ERB testing

5/7 - "May Fair" from noon-4 p.m. -- click here for advance ticket sales form or purchase them online

5/11 - Spring Band & Orchestra Concert at 7 p.m. (Gore Auditorium)

5/12 - Fourth-grade Mini Society Business Session II at 1:30 p.m. (gym)

5/12 - Spring sports end

5/12 - IPA "Night at the Blue Rocks" at 7 p.m., including pre-game choral performance by third grade (Frawley Stadium)

Click here for the 2017-18 calendar at a glance.

For the full 2016-17 school calendar, click here.

 Preschool Playtime is as popular as ever, and our next and final session of the 2016-17 school year on May 9 is now full. However, in the event of a cancellation, we will notify those on our waitlist, so please register by clicking here if you're interested in this FREE program.

Did you know that Extended Day offers a variety of special programs throughout the school year? Click here for all the details.

Click the logo above to visit the spring "Teams & Results" page, where you can stay up-to-date on all the latest news and recaps about Patriot athletics!

CUBETTO THE ROBOT 

For the last three years, Mr. Raab has been teaching coding to grades 1-8 in technology education class. Now, Mrs. Samuels and Mrs. Scarpone's kindergarten students are having their own hands-on experience with coding using a toy called Cubetto. A small wooden robot, Cubetto moves along a map according to the code the children enter. The code is "written" by placing colored cubes along a control board to indicate direction and actions.

Like so many lessons in kindergarten, work with Cubetto touches upon multiple areas of the child's development. In addition to the foundational concepts of coding, students are also learning problem solving, communication, creativity, visual-spatial awareness and mapping skills. Look out for some future technology stars who are honing their skills today in the halls of Independence!

A GREAT TIME AT THE GARDENS

On April 27, first grade went to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square to learn about how measurement and math are involved in and around the gardens. The first graders measured using standard and non-standard formats, reviewed symmetry and estimation skills, made a paper garden in which flowers needed to be six inches apart and also studied 2-D and 3-D shapes in the Topiary Garden.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to remind you that the 27th annual third-grade Patriotic Program – "The United States: A Proud Nation" – will take place on Friday, May 19, at 7 p.m., in the Gore Auditorium. Admission is free.