The Weekly Update 5/3/2024

It's kindergarten registration time for the 2024-2025 school year! Spread the word...you can start the process online at our Central Registration website: www.neshaminy.org/register.

Superintendent Bowman and our principal, Don Palmer, honored several of our staff members for their longtime service.

If you have any gently used clothing, especially pants or shorts, we could use them for accidents and spills. If you have clothing in your child’s classroom or here at the nurses, you may want to switch from pants to shorts in a few weeks.

We appreciate your kindness and generosity!

Carol and Debby

Andrew Schreck brought in two of his chicks to share with the class. The chicks are an extension of our science and reading connection centered around life cycles of chicks, ants, and other living creatures!

Kindergarteners have been learning lots of new words! Miss Trotta's class used chalk to practice writing sight words and words with the long a vowel sound! Keep up the great work!

"Ms. Kotsopoulos’ first grade class planted grass seeds this week. Their reading unit is about growing plants and we are so excited to watch our plants grow!"

Ms. Wells brought in her bearded dragon for bring your child to work day!

Second Grade held a Career Day for the students to learn about different careers. They learned what it would be like to help with emergency disaster services, be a baker, do fetal ultrasounds, and be a family physician. They were also given stickers and a stethoscope from a couple of the presenters. A special thank you to all our presenters!

Ms. Atwater's class enjoyed learning about butterflies and then releasing them.

Mrs. Ross' and Ms. Veneziale's classes spent some time in the pollinator garden for Earth Day learning about different pollinators that may come visit the plants and why pollinators are important !

Students in Mrs. Wendling's class used magnifying glasses to observe the soil around Tawanka, as an introduction to their soil unit.

The Raiders won the Tawanka Bowl in 4th grade intramural football! They will next take on the Tawanka Staff!

Mrs. Phillips' class went to the pollinator pod with their first grade buddies for a scavenger hunt!

Tawanka's Spring Concert will be Monday, May 6 at 7:00 in the Neshaminy High School Auditorium.

The next PTO Meeting will be May 8th at 7:00pm.

Here comes the bus App

Neshaminy has a bus-tracking app called "Here Comes the Bus" (HCTB). This app allows parents to see the location of their child's bus in real time. The app works on both iOS and Android operating systems.

As a Title I School, Tawanka receives federal funding for Title I programs. Our Title I handbook provides an overview of the Neshaminy School District Title I program and policies. It includes the Parent Right to Know Letter, the Neshaminy School District Parent and Family Engagement Policy, Tawanka's Parent and Family Engagement Policy, and Tawanka's Home-School Compact. Each of these documents can be accessed by clicking on the links below:

• The Home-School Compact reviews the roles and responsibilities of each member of Team Tawanka, including the students, parents, and teachers. Please take the time to review the Compact with your child, as they are an important part of the team!

• The Parent and Family Engagement Policy looks at various components of Tawanka's Parent and Family Engagement Program and addresses how Tawanka plans to include parents of all Tawanka students in their programming and events.

• The Title I Program Handbook is a district level document that provides an overview of the Title I program. It also includes information about parent and family engagement at both the district and the building level.

Tawanka is proud to be a Title I school and looks forward to partnering with your family throughout the year to support the success of all our Tawanka Eagles! Please reach out to Andrea Gansor (agansor@neshaminy.org) or Beth Smith (bsmith@neshaminy.org) if you have any questions about our Title I school.