Tawanka Times

School is closed on November 8th for Election Day and the District is closed on November 11th.

Our absentee/retake picture day will take place Thursday Nov. 10th. Below is the link you can use to reorder:

https://www.barksdalestorefront.com/shop/login/?ac=0042448AR

Our art teacher Mrs. Sherwin created this Phillies art for the kids to color to show support for our Phightin' Phils heading into the World Series. Let's Go Phillies!!!

Here are a few of our classes showing off their support for the Phightin' Phils!!! Batter Up!!

WOW!!! We had 150 participants in Math Challenge #2. That might be an all-time high! Great work everyone. The teachers with the highest number of participants were Mrs. Curtin with 15, Mrs. Wendling with 14, and Ms. Moskat with 13. Awesome job everyone!!!

Math Challenge #3 is now available and is due November 4th.

You can print it using the website:

https://www.mathinaction.org/neshaminy-sd-elementary.html

Please come out and help support our Nurses' Holiday Fund with our Pasta Dinner Fundraiser. Two different seating times a take out is available by request!!

Our Coins for Cancer Drive was a BIG success!! Thank you to everyone who brought in their change to help. A total of $4,332 was raised!!! That's outstanding! The total will be evenly divided between Mrs. Kane's organization Go Pink and a local program Healing Consciousness. Thank you again to all who participated!!

AND THE WINNER IS......

3rd grade is our winners of the special treat for the pod. Congratulations to them and all of our Tawanka Eagles for their awesome work in collect coins!!!

Mrs. Banks' class was sporting their Pink Out gear last week. Looking good everyone!!

Mrs. Banks' class met with their Buddy class from Mrs. Cromwell's class for the first time. They had to draw a picture of their teacher in a costume, BOY did they have some creative ideas!!!

Mrs. Kane's class enjoyed painting pumpkins this week during their FLEX special!

Ms. Wells and Ms. Atwater's classes enjoyed time together outside planting bulbs! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Weiser for providing and helping us plant the bulbs! We can't wait to see the beautiful daffodils in the spring!

Mrs. Fedele and Mrs. Blaydon's buddy classes worked together to design Halloween costumes for them. Two of the designs were a bear for Mrs. Fedele and a hamburger for Mrs. Blaydon.

Mrs. Moskat's class has a class pet named Lenny. This past weekend a student made him a custom Phillies shirt!!

Two of our second graders contributing for the Coins to Cancer drive. Each pod had a clear bottle to deposit coins in. The pod with the highest amount wins a special prize. Good Luck to everyone!!

Some of our friends from Ms. Atwater's class showing off their coins for our Coins for Cancer Drive. Good luck to all the grades!!

Second grade is working on designing our own communities. Communities are where people work, play, live, and solve problems. We drew houses apartments, Altitude, parks, hospitals, police stations, our favorite stores and more!

Mrs. Phillips' and Ms. Atwater's class teamed up to practice our descriptive writing skills. Partnerships designed a monster. Then, they wrote a description of their monster describing each part of it with tons of adjectives. Next, they were paired with another partnership and read their description to them while they tried to recreate the original monster. It was a fun challenge and many of the replications came very close to the original!

Third grade continues to get creative! When entering the third grade pod, you will see monster arrays, written letters and creative stories. Students are working on several writing activities that include using character traits and writing letters. Mrs. Tryon’s class even made Spooky Skeletons that demonstrate figurative language!

Here are Ms. Schautz students is their Pink Out gear showing support last week.

Here are a few of the creative pictures the buddies from Mrs. Cromwell and Mrs. Banks' class made. Good job to all!!

Mr. Finkel got together with their buddies from Mrs. Hanna's class and did a ghost craft. Aren't they just Boo-tiful!!!

Ms. Kidd's class got together with their buddies from Mrs. Mannherz to read fall stories to each other. They have beautiful weather to enjoy!

Our 4th grade has started our intramural football program. We’ve had 2 games thus far with the Bucs and Dolphins winning. Attached is a picture of Office Zaffino playing quarterback during the games.

The Autistic Support Classes went to Altitude! Everyone had so much fun jumping on the trampolines, swinging on the trapeze, playing on the battle beam, playing trampoline basketball, climbing the rock wall and swinging through the zip line! Sensory input is an important part of our program and the students were excited to explore this appropriately within our community!

Beginning Monday, October 3rd, breakfast will be free of charge to all students at Neshaminy School district. Though the pandemic-era Federal program that made school meals free for all students has ended, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has appropriated funds to ensure that all students can enjoy a free breakfast at least through the end of the 2022-2023 school year.

The daily cost for lunch is $2.80 in elementary schools for this school year. Payments for school meals can be made with cash, check, or through our online payment service, School Cafe (www.schoolcafe.com).

Applications for the Free & Reduced Meal Program at Neshaminy should also be completed on the School Cafe website or on their mobile app (available for iOS and Android). Families must fill out a new application every school year to maintain eligibility.

If you would like to volunteer this year in any capacity (field trip chaperone, mystery reader, school store, etc.) please make sure that your clearances are up to date and on file with the district through AppGarden.

Information on the required clearances and AppGarden can be found here: https://www.neshaminy.org/Domain/2376

Neshaminy School District does not carry medical/dental insurance for students. However, you do have the opportunity to purchase low cost student accident group insurance.

All applications will need to be completed online. Registration does not open until August 31st. For more information, please click here: https://www.neshaminy.org/domain/71

Neshaminy School District has engaged Eagle Industrial Hygiene Assoc., Inc., to fulfill the requirements of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), 40 CFR Part 763, Subpart E. This law requires that each Local Education Authority (LEA) engage EPA accredited individuals to initially inspect and subsequently reinspect every three years all student and staff accessed areas for the presence of both friable and non-friable asbestos containing materials (ACM) and to develop an Asbestos Management Plan from the information developed from the building inspections. All areas of our facilities were inspected for asbestos containing

materials.

The Management Plan provides a description of the amount, type, location and condition of all ACM found in these areas. The Plan also contains a detailed schedule of responses and activities for handling the ACM. The Management Plan is available for review by interested parents, faculty and staff in all school offices during business hours.

Donald B. Irwin, Jr.

Business Administrator

Safety of all students and staff is a top priority at Tawanka, so we have strict safety procedures in place. A reminder of the following:

Building Entry: All visitors must scan their driver's license or state issued ID at the kiosk in the front vestibule and wait for entry. This is required at every visit, or access will be denied.

Early Dismissals: Please notify the teacher if your child will be picked up early. If being picked up by someone other than a parent/guardian, please specify who will be picking up your child. Students will only be released to individuals listed on the emergency card, but the office must be notified prior to pick-up. Students must be signed out in the main office. Again, driver's license or state issued ID is required to pick up a student. We strongly encourage early dismissals be no later than 3:00 pm.

Our next PTO meeting will take place on Wednesday November 2nd at 7 pm. Please come and join us. Listen to Mr. Palmer's Principal Report and all the upcoming events. See you there!!

Save the Date: Wednesday, November 9th from 3 - 8 pm La Vera will donate a portion of your check to the PTO for dine in or take-out orders! Just mention that you are with Tawanka when placing your order or present the flyer that will be sent home with students.

Save the Date: Monday, November 14th from 4 - 9 pm Mama Russo will donate a portion of your check to the PTO for dine in or take-out orders! Just mention that you are with Tawanka when placing your order or present the flyer that will be sent home with students.