Tawanka Times

May 12, 2023

Kindergarten Registration for 2023-2024 is open!

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!

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Spring Title I Parent Meeting

Please join us for Tawanka's Spring Title I Meeting on Monday, May 22. We will be holding an in-person meeting at Tawanka at 10:00am and a virtual meeting on Zoom at 6:30pm. The meeting will review Federal Program Updates as well as Tawanka's Schoolwide Title I Plan, Home-School Compact, Parent and Family Engagement Policies, and state assessment progress. Light refreshments and a book giveaway will be offered at the in-person meeting. Click here to sign up.

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Parent Feedback Wanted!

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 complete the survey.

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Mrs. Kane's Class

Mrs. Kane's class released butterflies.
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Ms. Wells and Ms. Fedele's Classes

Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Fedele's classes went outside to blow bubbles. This is part of the wind unit in their science curriculum.

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Ms. Fisher's Class

Ms. Fisher's class filled in their iReady 100% chart to receive a Popsicle Party outside!

Ending the year with a bang 🎈

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Ms. Phillips' Class

Students built bridges to show how to modify an environment for their social studies lesson.

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Mrs. Tryon's Class

The students in Mrs. Tryon's class created a very special self-portrait as gifts for Mother's Day. Using the pencil sketch app, they took their picture and converted into a sketch-like drawing, then used colored pencils to highlight the picture with colors.

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Mrs. Bladon/Mr. Smith's Class

Mrs. Bladon/Mr. Smith's 4th Graders proudly display their artwork.
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Ice cream, U scream...we all scream for Nurse's ice cream - THANK YOU!!

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School Nurse's Fund

Thank you to everyone who came out last night and supported us to help replenish the Nurse Fund! We had a few questions about the fund. Basically, we help Tawanka Families in need. Primarily at the holidays.


A little information about the school nurse’s fund.

  • The nurses and guidance counselors work together to help Tawanka families who need financial support – primarily during the holidays but can be anytime.

  • All donations go to Tawanka families.

  • Donations are held by the PTO until needed.

  • We work with outside agencies, school social workers for additional resources.

  • If you are in need of assistance, please contact the nurses or guidance counselors.

Nurses: 215-809-6316 email – calexis@neshaminy.org or ddisandro@neshaminyn.org

Guidance counselors: 215-809-6310 cdonnelly@neshaminy.org or spawlak@nshaminy.org

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Tawanka students and staff are so grateful for our PTO leadership team! Thank you for all you have done to make this year special (Not pictured: Erin Finney)

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FREE Community Help Resources

This is a site run by the United Way. It contains information on just about any community resource available in the county.


The HUB is staffed with Human Service Professionals that can help guide individuals through the process of finding the support they want.


THE HUB

55 E. Court St. , Doylestown, PA 18901

Phone: 215-348-6201

Monday - Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm

TheHub@buckscounty.org