Justin Pata

Nerd jokes. This is awesome 😅

Every so often you get that reminder that you are doing okay as a teacher. And this was mine today. An incredibly kind student gave me this picture he drew and it was truly a joy to receive it. I am blessed to work with these incredible #Patawans Thank you!

Thank you so much to everyone at @ForestMeadowMS who organized this celebration. Our family is so blessed by everyone who contributed gifts, diapers, and helped bring food/decor to this. It was truly an amazing time. We can't wait to meet our baby girl in a few weeks.

From presentations to planting. The #Patawans at @ForestMeadowMS are building their own terrariums and tracking the growth of plants they placed today. We are using this to demonstrate responsibile use if soil and water resources. I can't wait to see how these turn out! #science

Thank you so much for coming to see us!

The #Patawans tried something new today. Our GT science students came to the library to present their projects convincing people to buy land on Mars. The projects were so great and it went amazing. Thanks @RISDCCR for coming to see us @ForestMeadowMS #6thGradeScience

Love Jon Gordon quotes.

Still time!!! You have until 9pm to help us support our science olympiad team!!! Come have dinner to support a great team!

@RichardsonISD @MSTMAGNET @MohawkColts Way to go Samik!!! Great job!

Congrats to all our District Spelling Bee participants 🐝! We BEElieve in your hard work & the courage it took to compete. Special shoutout to our winners & let’s give a BIG 👏 to our top 2, Samik @MSTMAGNET & Luciana @MohawkColts for advancing to the County Bee!

Looking for an easy way to support students? Come to Chipotle TOMORROW evening 5-9pm to support our @ForestMeadowMS Science Olympiad team! Simply show this flyer in the restaurant OR use the code on it when ordering online! Please help us raise funds for our competition season!

We did some jigsaw teaching today. Students became experts on one of the four spheres and taught their fellow classmates in groups what they learned. Great conversations and amazing notes coming from our #GTScience classes. #Patawans #GiftedEducation #DepthAndComplexity

The #Patawans are back in action for spring 2026. Started our semester by going outside the school to observe the spheres of Earth and how to categorize the things we saw. Great observations and discussions. Great start to the new semester #6thGradeScience #RISDintheclassroom

Your whole class is done with their semester test, and there's 45 minutes left in class. What do you do? Well, antler toss of course 🤣 Fun way to end the last full day of school in 2025 #Patawans #6thGradeScience

Definitely a successful Grinch/character day at @ForestMeadowMS! Matched with a student and a colleague at the same time. This was fun! #TheGrinch #6thGrade

@sburtrisd @FMMSMrGaray @ForestMeadowMS Nobody more deserving of this honor. What a pleasure it is to work with you. Congratulations!

🎉 Congrats to @FMMSMrGaray — FMMS Teacher of the Year! 🎉 He’s a phenomenal teacher, a true collaborator, and a campus-wide difference maker. Our school is better because of his heart, teamwork, and commitment to Charger excellence! 💜⚡️@ForestMeadowMS

@CharlieFMMS @ForestMeadowMS

Charlie said “too many teachers, not enough elves,” so the North Pole delivered. 😌 Meet Goldie and Cotton Candy. Yes… THREE elves are hiding tomorrow. Your chances of winning just tripled. 🎁✨@ForestMeadowMS

@CharlieFMMS @ForestMeadowMS

Charlie here 🫣⚡️ Forest Meadow… are your eyes sharp? Are your reflexes ready? I start hiding Monday and the first teacher to find me earns a sweet reward. Game ON. 😏🍬 #CharlietheChargerElf #FMMS @ForestMeadowMS

@PataScience @ForestMeadowMS Ooooh — tiny inventors, big chaos? Love it. ⚡️😈💜 You Patawans turned energy transfers into a theatrical masterpiece — Rube Goldberg who? Tell those 6th graders Charlie the Charger Elf is IMPRESSED. Keep sparking curiosity — science needs this sass. 🔧🎉✨ —Charlie

@FMMSMrGaray @mrs_suits @ForestMeadowMS @DesireeMay_10 Thanks for the invite! Being a shark was so fun and I loved seeing all the project work the kids did. Great work!

As we explore whether technology is harmful or helpful to society, #Garayzies traveled back to the Industrial Revolution! 🕰️⚙️ We researched the era, designed inventions, & delivered Shark Tank pitches to argue why each invention was the most impactful. #FMMS #RISDDreamBig

A sampling of the #Patawans testing their Rube Goldberg machines they have been working on to show energy transfers/transformations. This was my first time doing this project and it was awesome! Thanks to our @ForestMeadowMS 6th Science team for collaborating to make this happen!