Tawanka Times

April 28, 2023

Farwell Wishes to Miss. Hope

Miss. Hope has been with Tawanka Elementary School since the doors opened. Prior to Tawanka, Miss. Hope called Lower South Elementary School home. We will miss you Miss. Hope!

May 1st - 5th is Teacher Appreciation Week!

We are so lucky that Tawanka has such AMAZING teachers! We want to say THANK YOU for the hard work and dedication you demonstrate on a daily basis! You are making a positive impact on our students and it does not go unnoticed. Thank you for making a difference!

"When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their heart. - Dalai Lama

Bookfair

Tawanka Celebrated Autism Awareness Week April 17 - 21

Tawanka celebrated Autism Awareness Week with special activities on the calendar for each day. The week ended with a visit from Ms. King and Mrs. Rothman. These two amazing autistic support teachers answered questions for the kindergarten classes and discussed the similarities and differences between an autistic support classroom and a regular educational classroom. There were lots of questions and the children learned how to react and support their autistic friends.

Ms. Moore's Class

Spreading our love at Tawanka

Ms. Trotta's Class

Kindergarteners have been learning about neighborhoods during Social Studies. Miss Trotta's class worked together to create our own neighborhoods! Each table worked together to create roads, houses, and buildings. Keep an eye out for some unique houses and stores such as Target, Shop Rite, and Aldi.

Ms. Moskat's Class

Ms. Moskat's Spreading their love

Pirate Day!

We found the treasure!!

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Ms. Well's Class

We had a special visitor this week! Ms. Wells’ bearded dragon, Pascal, came to visit!

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Ms. Phillips Class

Mrs. Phillips' class working on giving peer feedback using our most recent writing pieces, a personal narrative.

Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Phillips, and Ms. Fisher's Classes

Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Phillips, and Ms. Fisher's class received the most stars for the cafeteria March challenge. The students were rewarded with an extra recess!

Mrs. Phillips and Ms. Atwater's classes

Mrs. Phillips and Ms. Atwater's classes joined together to welcome spring. Students wrote a cinquain poem. They showed of their knowledge of parts of speech and wrote about their favorite spring activity!

Mrs. Ciotti's Class

Third graders have been working hard to sharpen their math skills just in time for the PSSA! Students have been working together to explore and review different topics in math.

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Ms. Sylvester's class

Grade 3 is "Shaping" up on geometry in Math class. Do you know what a quadrilateral is? We do! How many sides does a pentagon have? Ask us.

4th Grade Career Day

Captain Collin Blaydon, Airforce, C-17 pilot visited Tawanka for Career day.

Tawanka students are learning and practicing tennis skills in the gym this week. Many thanks to the United States Tennis Association (USTA) for all of the FREE tennis equipment (rackets, balls, and more).