Tawanka Times

Dear Tawanka Families,

Please see the following announcement from December 22, 2022:

It is that time again! Time to show your Tawanka Talent! Our annual talent show will be on Friday, March 31. We are looking for students who can dance, sing, play an instrument, perform gymnastics, tell jokes, do magic tricks, etc! Here is the link to learn more and sign-up for an audition.

Please note: There will be no paper copies of the registration form. We will only be accepting the digital form.

ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW DUE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 15th.

https://forms.gle/LwmZyGJfh7YBfB3NA

SWPBIS initiated a new program to help promote positive behavior during lunchtime. Each time a lunch table cleans up, stays quiet, and sits in their seats, they earn a mitten. Take a look at all the mittens that were earned! WOW! Keep up the hard work and continue to earn those 'Hats' during the month of January.

Tawanka students are learning and practicing the sport that’s exploding in popularity in America – Pickleball!

Many thanks to the Tawanka PTO for their fundraising efforts, which paid for the paddles. Many thanks to Engage Pickleball for the amazingly low price for top-notch paddles.

Not only did Engage help us with the cost of the paddles, they gave Mr. Wright coupons to share with all of you if you want to purchase pickleball equipment. Contact Mr. Wright if you want a coupon.

Missing something? Check out the lost and found table!

Thanks to Miss Diane for keeping everything organized!

Registration for the 2023-2024 school year opened on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Families with a student who is entering kindergarten at Neshaminy can begin the process by visiting the registration website, www.neshaminy.org/register

Tawanka's kindergarten has filled up the last two years, so make sure to register your student soon!

Tawanka Kindergarten made a giant card for Officer Zaffino congratulating him on being promoted to Detective. Although we will miss seeing him in the building regularly, we are happy he has received a promotion for all his hard work.

Mrs. Geers' kindergarten class has been using a variety of materials to explore and build all different flat and 3 dimensional shapes which they are studying during math.

Kindergarten has been working hard during Math class to learn about both solid and flat shapes. We've learned about sides, corners, faces, shapes that slide, and shapes that roll. Recently, Miss Trotta's class used shapes to create pictures! We made trees, birds, flowers, houses, people, and many more interesting creations. What can you make from shapes?!

First grade students learned about Martin Luther King and his positive impact on our country. Students wrote what their dream would be to make the world a better place.

We just finished up our unit of study on Patterns in Nature in Reading. We ended our unit by coding bee patterns!

Mrs. Hanna's students celebrated their Reward Day on the playground.

In the library, third grade is creating a poster of their favorite genre after weeks of a huge genre unit!

These students found some amazing Science fiction and mysteries they enjoyed!

Mrs. Tryon’s class has been getting into the winter spirit and thinking SNOW! First, they showed off their multiplication skills by creating snowmen using multiplication wheels. They also wrote some snow poetry and created some snowflakes to decorate the classroom. Finally, they practiced their spelling words by writing them in “snow!” Now we just need the real stuff!!

Ms. Schautz's students reflected on the past year and chose their “Word of 2023”, which is something they will strive to be this year, and made art out of it! Here are the results!

Fourth grade has been learning about the phases of the moon, and to show off their knowledge of the 8 different phases, they re-created them using Oreos!

The 4th Grade Intramural Football playoffs are beginning next week and the winning team will be crowned The Tawanka Bowl Champions!

The Champions will then be playing the 4th grade teachers and other staff members!

Tawanka PTO is hosting our school store on January 20 for grade 1-4. We can't wait!