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Drum roll please..............our 2023-2024 New Staff Spotlight Series begins now!
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One week until the 2023 Tongie Tailgate! Are you ready???
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For today's throwback, we take a page from the 2001-2002 Tonganoxie High School yearbook! Which of these flag team members do you recognize? Pictured are Meagan Sivyer, Linsey High, Stephanie Downs, Stephanie Laurent, and Amanda Bixby.
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USD 464's newest staff have entered the building! They've spent the last two days learning, training, and getting ready to welcome students into their classrooms! We are so lucky to have them. 😍 Welcome to Tongie Nation!
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These shining stars from the Tonganoxie High School Class of 1970 graduated 53 years ago!
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In-person enrollment begins Monday at noon for students that are new to the district! If you have a returning student & would like to pay district fees in-person, school offices will be open & available to accept payments beginning August 3rd.
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Today's Throwback Thursday is brought to you by the 1916 Tonganoxie High School Orchestra!
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Time for our last Summer Snaps of 2023!
1. Tonganoxie Middle School teachers Mrs. Fraley & Mrs. Kaighin were pregnant at the same time this past school year. Their babies were able to meet & have their first Starbucks playdate this summer! Baby Kaighin was born in late February, while Baby Fraley arrived in late April.
2. Seventh grader Solara Garcia traveled to Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa, with her 12U Aces Fastpitch Softball team!
3. Sophomore Grace Weatherford attended Seacamp, a marine science camp in Big Pine Key, Florida. She learned all about sailing & can now rig and de rig her own sailboat. She snorkeled the waters of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and learned about nurse shark tagging and coral preservation and restoration.
4 & 5. Tonganoxie Elementary School art teacher Miss DeWald got married on July 15th and is now Mrs. Dombeck!
6 & 7. Senior Santiana Garcia had a kimono photoshoot in Tokyo with her host sister, Mizuki Seki, as part of her FCCLA Kikkoman Scholarship Japanese Exchange Program. She also visited some of the local temples and shrines!
8. Freshman Abby Burkart attended the Garmin Engineering Camp at Garmin’s headquarters in Olathe, where she built and coded her own rover to complete various challenges during the camp’s final Mission to Pluto robotics competition.
9. Tonganoxie High School athletics secretary Mary Welsh has had a busy summer, attending her daughter’s wedding shower and her 45th Lourdes High School Class Reunion, as well as visiting the North Shore near Grand Marais in Minnesota and going to Las Vegas for her 63rd birthday!
10. Assistant Superintendent Tonya Phillips and her husband Shawn visited their son Blake in Washington, DC, where he is working as a staff assistant for Congressman Tracey Mann. They had the opportunity to tour the White House and Capitol building!
Summer Snaps may be over, but stay tuned for our New Staff Spotlights, coming soon!











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February 23, 2019: TMS Science Olympiad Regionals
Katelyn Bothwell & Aiden Van Middlesworth: 2nd place in Write It Do It
Sammy Carmon & Wes Johnson: 3rd place in Thermodynamics
Sammy Carmon & McKenna Klamm: 6th place in Circuit Lab
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Summer Snaps Week 6!
1) The Wade family enjoyed their vacation to Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park!
2) Bella McNeely, Brooke Nihart, Reece Schmidt, Sydney Kirchoff, and Parker Welsh (not pictured) competed at the AAU Track & Field Regional Qualifier in Yukon, Oklahoma.
3 & 4) High school special education teacher Madelyn DeKeyser and her husband found out they are having a baby girl!
5 & 6) High school math teacher Stacy Emmot and her husband traveled to Marysvale, Utah, where they rode over 400 miles on the Paiute Trail in their UTV!
7 & 8) High school assistant principal Kelly Hoopes vacationed with her family in Colorado Springs, Colorado!
9 & 10) Fourth grade teacher Amy Olsen celebrated her birthday at the Happiest Place on Earth, traveling to Disneyland in California!
One more week to submit your summer snap to socials@tong464.org!











Can you believe it's been 6 months since our THS open house?!? Today we throw it back to some of our lucky raffle winners! Thank you to KCAV, DLR Group, Eskie & Associates, Capital Electric, Piper Sandler, McCownGordon, Scott Rice & Trane. #tongienation #usd464 #throwbackThursday











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The Class of 1983 recently stopped by Tonganoxie High School as part of their class reunion festivities!
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While there are still 36 days of summer break to enjoy, we are busy gearing up for an awesome year! Please make note of these in-person enrollment dates. Online enrollment through Skyward, as well as our 2023-24 enrollment website with forms, will open this week. If you have a returning student, you will receive an email when online enrollment is available. Building administrators will be communicating additional information as necessary. We can't wait to see you next month!
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Summer Snaps Week 5!
1 & 2) Kacy Marxen, one of our Tonganoxie Elementary School Early Childhood Special Education teachers, spent some time in Tennessee with her husband and son, visiting the Grand Ole Opry and Dollywood! 🚂
3) Staff from Tonganoxie USD 464 and Basehor-Linwood School District USD 458 took time out of their summer to learn ASL with Kim Storme! 🤟
4) Josey Eastes, Tonganoxie High School Dean of Students/Athletic Director, enjoyed a family trip to the beach in Destin, Florida. 🌞
Two weeks remain for you to submit your own Summer Snap to socials@tong464.org!





Only two weeks left in our summer food program! Free lunch for children ages 1-18 is served Monday through Friday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm at Tonganoxie Elementary School. Adults can purchase lunch for five dollars. Come lunch with us!
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Thank you to our community partner, Tonganoxie Community Historical Society, for sharing this photo of the 1916 Tonganoxie High School yearbook staff!
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