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The Pattonville High School jazz ensemble was selected to perform in front of approximately 800 music educators from across the state by competitive blind audition at the 2023 annual Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) In-Service Workshop/Conference on Jan. 26 at Tan-Tar-A. Band director Denny McFarland submitted a recording of last year’s jazz ensemble performing, and out-of-state judges chose performers without knowing anything about the group. Groups chosen to perform over the three-day conference represent high schools, colleges and community groups in Missouri. Only one high school jazz band is chosen to perform at the conference each year. This is the first ensemble from the high school to be selected to perform at the conference. In 2018, the choir at Pattonville Heights Middle School performed at the conference, including a song written for the choir by a local composer.
The seventh annual Biomedical Sciences White Coat Ceremony was held on Thursday, Jan. 12, in the Pattonville High School main gym to recognize students who have successfully completed coursework in Pattonville's nationally certified biomedical sciences program. 
Three Pattonville School District teachers earned their certification as a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT). Pattonville High School English language arts teacher Sarah Guilfoyle earned certification in English Language Arts/Adolescence And Young Adulthood and Pattonville Heights Middle School band teachers Abby Hall and Liz Pace achieved certification in Music/Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood. 
Margaret Hall’s classroom at Pattonville High School became a makeshift cafe through a project based learning assignment with her fifth hour French 2 students.