The Weekly Update 5/24/2024

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.

Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey below so that we can gather information to continuously improve our Parent and Family Engagement Policy. This information will be used to help us evaluate our current policy and to inform the future development of parent and family engagement activities. Click here to fill out the survey.

Ms. Leinheiser's kindergarten class dressed in their best on dress up day!

Becoming Engineers! First grade completed a STEM project building catapults.

1st Grade in-house field trip - - Exploring science while adventuring through the jungle!

Mrs. Wendling's second grade class is learning to make Line Plots. The class collected data by measuring our friends in Mrs. McHugh's class and Mrs. Kane's class.

The students in Mrs. Wendling's and Mrs. Curtin's classes partnered up to participate in the STEM challenge. Their challenge was to create the best catapult.

The third grade was treated to an assembly and a fossil dig with Paleontologists, Mike and Roberta Straka. Students learned about different types of rocks and minerals and how fossils are formed. They even saw a real fossil of a triceratops skull named, “Mr. Nixon!” Each class then performed their own fossil dig as Mrs. Straka walked around and helped them identify the specimens they were digging out. It was a “rock-in’ good time!”

Ms. Sylvester's class sharing their hat day fun!

The Tawanka Bowl Winners (The Raiders) took on the 4th grade teachers and Tawanka Staff. It was a close game but the staff won 6-5 and remain undefeated in the history of the event!

Sunday, June 9th at 1:00pm

4th graders will celebrate Move-up Day on Monday, June 10th at 7:00pm.

1st graders will be presenting their Patriotic Performance on Tuesday, June 11th at 7:00pm.

Join us for a SUMMER READING ROAD TRIP! You are invited to attend a virtual informational meeting on May 30th at 6pm to learn more about this year's Summer Reading program. Click here to sign up!

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.