Tonganoxie Elementary School

Students in Mrs. Dennis' class created their own Castles for our Middle Ages Unit!

Students in Mrs. Dennis' class created their own Castles for our Middle Ages Unit.

Students in Mrs. Dennis' class created their own Castles for our Middle Ages Unit.

We had a special visitor at TES! Meteorologist Wes Peery from 41 Action News stopped by to talk with our 3rd graders about the wonders of weather! From clouds and storms to the science behind forecasting, our students got a firsthand look at what makes weather so fascinating.

A HUGE thank you to Wes for taking the time to share his knowledge and bring a little extra sunshine to our day!

Mrs. Dombeck's kindergarten and first grade got a little spooky this week watching colors mix together on our tie dye ghosts! #art #ghosties #artsonia #testeachers #tiedye

3-5 grade students in Mrs.Dombecks class are working together to create a sculpture based on a prompt card while also testing their attachment skills because NO GLUE was allowed and only 4 pieces of masking tape were given. Forcing them to think outside the box! #sculpture #art

Red Ribbon Week is next week!

Are you ready?! We’re bringing the energy, showing our spirit, and making healthy choices all week long!

A new theme every day! Check out the flyer below so you can plan your outfits, show up, and show out!

Let’s make this week big, fun, and full of school spirit! Together, we can stand up, make smart choices, and show the world that being drug-free is the way to be!

Don’t just watch the fun… be part of it! Let’s see that spirit all week long!

Mrs. Lawson's Adaptive Art Class explored sculpture and collage by making paper pumpkins. Students enjoyed ripping, tearing and wadding up newspaper to stuff their bags. Then they squished and squeezed the bags to turn them into pumpkin shapes. Students explored mixing reds and yellows together to get some nice colors for their pumpkin. Next, students got to "shop" for items to collage onto their pumpkin. They even named their pumpkins and put them in the trophy case to display them. Students were working on several Studio Habits of Mind. Today's Studio Habits were "develop craft", "express" and "stretch and explore". Students pictured are from Mrs. Douglas's class.

Our fifth graders had a special opportunity on Wednesday to share their reading skills with some furry friends! Lani and JoJo from Human Animal Bond of Fort Leavenworth made their first visit to TES for the school year. They were treated to some excellent reading and lots of love from our students!

We’re so happy to welcome them back and look forward to more visits throughout the year!

Students in Ms. Meckler's 3rd grade class learned about metric liquid capacity by measuring and comparing milliliters and liters of water.

🎉🎨 100,000 ARTWORKS?! WE DID THAT!! 🎨🎉 🚨 BIG NEWS FROM OUR ART ROOMS! 🚨 We set a goal to reach 100,000 artworks on Artsonia… and WE DID IT! 🤩🙌 That’s 100,000 pieces of creativity, imagination, color, and kid-made magic! 🌈🖌️ Every upload represents one of our amazing young artists sharing a little piece of themselves with the world. And after working toward this goal for the past couple of years, we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate! 💥 100,000 artworks. 🎨 Countless creative ideas. ❤️ One AMAZING school community. Help us give a HUGE shout-out to our student artists! Here’s to making, creating, experimenting, and dreaming BIG! 🥳 Online Gallery: https://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=95141 #Artsonia #100000AndCounting #LittleArtistsBigCreativity #SchoolPride #ArtRoomMagic #TongieTeachers

Flip, Flip, Hooray! Chocolate Chip Pancakes in Mrs. Missy´s Room This Week.

Students in Mrs. Dennis' class dress up for Homecoming Spirit Week!

Happy Homecoming Week from Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade! We shared our spirit all week from PJ day to Switching Roles and of course Red & White! #tes #tongienation

Two more additions to the art walk at Grounded Coffeehouse are being displayed to showcase two AMAZING CBR kiddos. Congratulations Zayden and Kaleighanne!! #groundedcoffeehouse #art #portraits

It's role reversal ruckus day! The students became the adults, the adults became the students. Somewhere along the way, we created a few copy-and-paste situations. Who wore it better?!

Mrs. Lawson's Adaptive Art Class worked on "painting" with their feet and wheels. They got to see color mixing in action. Another way we looked at color mixing was by mixing ink from markers into air dry clay. Pictured are students in Mrs. Fox's class. Mrs. Lawson would like to give a shout out to the Tonganoxie Education Foundation. The foundation funded a grant for adaptive art materials and supplies so she could make this class happen.

Kindergartners in Mrs. Lawson's art classes have been learning about types of lines. This class was exploring lines while trying out the different kinds of paint. These little artists were working on the Studio Habit of "developing craft" which is skill development. Here they are working on their painting skills. They were also working on the Studio Habit of "stretch and explore" which is creative experimentation. As you can see, they were getting pretty creative with their lines and colors. Students pictured are in Mrs. Beach's class.

Kindergartners in Mrs. Dombeck's art room work on their cutting skills, cutting up their paintings from last week and rearranging them on a base paper for collage this week creating something new out of their painted paper!! #TESART #Collage #TAB #artsonia #TongieTeachers