A BIG Thank you to all who attended the Pasta Dinner. We were super EXCITED to bring back a Tawanka tradition this year!!!! A bigger THANK YOU to Aramark for donating all the food.

A good time was had by all. Here are a few pictures from that night. Thank you all again!

There were 133 participants in Math Challenge #4. The teachers with the highest number of participants were Ms. Wells, Mrs. Curtin, and Mrs. Wendling. And…Mrs. Piccinetti had 8 Kindergarten students complete the challenge!!! Awesome job!!!

Math Challenge #5 is now available and will be due December 7th. You can print and copy the Math Challenge for your students or they can access the challenge at home using the website: https://www.mathinaction.org/current-math-challenge.html

Our school-wide positive behavior program here at Tawanka helps students learn the importance of being Respectful, Responsible and Safe in our school environment. Students are rewarded when appropriate behavior is displayed. Here is a picture of Mrs. McCreary handing out a prize to a student who won our monthly Principals Challenge in November. Keep up the great work and Congratulations!!

Would you like a snack or a drink? Students from Mrs. King and Mrs. Rothman's class come around Tuesdays and Thursdays to service staff with a variety of yummy snacks and drinks. Snack cart teaches the students a variety of skills including money management, social skills, fine and gross motor skills, etc.

Our art teacher Mrs. Sherwin had our students color feathers and write what they are thankful for. Here is a picture of the feathers attached to our Thankful Turkey.

Kindergarteners in Miss Trotta’s class worked to help save a turkey this Thanksgiving! Students used only Playdoh and popsicle sticks to construct a place for their feathered friend to hide. Everyone worked as a team by listening to each other’s ideas, building together, and trying again if an idea didn’t work. Great job boys and girls! I guess Miss Trotta will have to eat pizza for Thanksgiving dinner!

They are wild about turkeys in Mrs. Neff class!! They had fun using shapes to make a turkey puzzle, colored placemats and even disguised their turkeys. Look at their beautiful work.

Students in Ms. Wells and Mrs. Fedele's class researched an animal of their choice. After researching the animal, they organized their facts into an informational piece. Then, the students created dioramas based on their animal!

Ms. Fisher and Ms. Atwater’s class came together to discuss a very important Social Emotional Lesson: The Zones of Regulation. The zones help students to determine what emotion they are feeling and the best strategy to work through that emotion. At the end of our lessons, students selected an “emoji,” determined what zone the emotion falls under and wrote their favorite strategy for navigating that emotion.

In Mrs. Hanna's class, her second graders practiced their fluency by reading poetry to Chance and giving him lots if pets!!

Over the last two weeks, the third grade has been using the STEM process to design and create a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon. After reading the book, Balloons Over Broadway, students were given balloons and materials and went to work. The project culminated with the grade level creating a video marching their balloons down Broadway.

The 4th grade has been reading Wonder since September learning about the story of Auggie and being kind to others. Today, they watched the movie Wonder as a grade level to celebrate the beginning of break and finishing the book. Classes also did projects using word art and self portraits along with making their own precepts.

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.

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

There's a new Dine to Donate!! Five Guys Dec. 2nd. Please see flyer below for details

If you have pictures from Tawanka events you would like to submit for possible yearbook use, please send them to Tawankayearbook@gmail.com

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