Tonganoxie Elementary School

Just a reminder that the Harlem Wizards vs. Tonganoxie Dream Team game is happening April 10 at 7:00 PM at Chieftain Arena, and we want to pack the house! This is the PTC’s biggest fundraiser of the year, and every ticket helps support our students.

Come cheer on your favorite Tonganoxie staff members as they try to keep up with the Wizards’ amazing tricks and hilarious entertainment! 😄

🎟 Get your tickets before they sell out: https://bit.ly/4m7yGPd

Let’s show up big, have some fun, and support our school! 💙💛 #TongiePride

🏀📚 March Madness in 5th Grade! 📚🏀

The Linda’s and Brenda’s from Maize and Euler’s 5th grade classes brought the energy during our March Madness review! 💥 Students were fully engaged, reviewing important reading skills for upcoming state assessments while having an absolute blast. From cheering on teammates to taking their best shots, the excitement was contagious!

🏆Ms. Euler’s Champs: Georgia Hatfield, Levi Leyva, and Isaac Seymour
🏆 Mrs. Maize’s Champs: Aspen Columbus, Ella Owen, and Wes Swan

There’s just something magical about taking reading outside ☀️📚 Today Mrs. Olsen's 4th grade soaked up the sunshine while diving into our books, and it was the perfect reminder that learning doesn’t have to stay inside four walls. Fresh air, warm sunshine, and a good story.

On Saturday Paisley Shriner was announced as the 1st Honorable Mention (4th place technically) for her Youth Art Month piece displayed in Topeka. We are so incredibly proud of Paisley and the work she is creating. Keep being awesome Paisley and congratulations!!!!

Kindergarten teachers Mrs. Streeter and Mrs. DeKeyser were chosen by the Kansas City Royals Reading Foundation to be supplied with copies of the new book, Franklin's Winning Season. On Friday students celebrated the first game of the season and today they would like to say thank you and wish the Royals good luck on their Opening Day at the K! Go 'yals!!!

Kindergarten has been doing an ongoing experiment since October witnessing a pumpkins decomposition process. We began with a carved pumpkin in a jar and have tracked each stage of the changing pumpkin. Today, we took Pumpkin Jack outside to "burp" and prepare for the regrowth phase. Happy Spring!!!

Students in kindergarten have been learning all about what life was like during colonial times. Today, students in Mrs. DeKeyser's class worked together to make their own butter to eat with their homemade bread. Yummy!!!

Students in Mrs. Spencer's kindergarten class wrapped up their Colonial Times knowledge unit by making butter and enjoying it on homemade bread.

Mrs. Willis’ class enjoying the warm weather during their reading time.

Kindergarten students in Mrs. DeKeyser's class are learning all about what it takes to be a scientist, what types of weather we experience, and shelters we need to protect us from the elements. Today students went outside to draw their weather observations and share what activities they like to do in that climate. Great work, scientists!

Students in Ms. Kim's preschool classes honored World Down's Syndrome Awareness day by participating in Lots Of Socks! #lotsofsocks #tongienation #tong464

Students in Mrs. Maize's 5th grade math class use math manipulatives to understand the formula to find the volume of a rectangular prism.

This year Youth Art Month (YAM) had a Design a Button competition. Mrs. Lawson sent the top 15 button designs to Topeka for the contest. Here are the students whose designs were sent:
5th Graders - Easton Anderson, Georgia Hatfield, Harper Sullivan,
4th Graders - Royce May, Wade Schloerb, Holland Benson, Cecelia Gardner, Otilla Blew, Amilya Meyer, Reagan Welsh, Maya Juarez Esparza, Zara Lehn, Aubrey Holek, Jace Gutshall
3rd Grader - Maverick Brock
These designs are displayed on Mrs. Lawson's YAM bulletin board. #YAM, #YouthArtMonth, #KAEA

Last week was RIF (Reading is FUNdamental) week! All TES students were gifted with a new book, a bookmark, and a bag of popcorn. Now all students have a book to take along on their spring break adventures. RIF books are funded through your purchases at TES book fairs that are hosted in the TES library in October and February.

Kansas Youth Art Month (YAM) had a YAM display competition. Mrs. Lawson entered the competition. She didn't place but did receive an Honorable Mention. As an Honorable Mention recipient, Mrs. Lawson will receive a prize from Royal Brush. This is the 2nd year Mrs. Lawson has entered the contest. The Kansas Youth Art Month exhibition is at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library during the month of March.

TES hosted some special visitors from Human Animal Bond Therapy Pets of Leavenworth on Wednesday. Sophia, Brutus, and Blake listened to some amazing 5th grade readers and received lots of love.

Students in Mrs. DeKeyser's kindergarten class arrived today to find that pesky Lucky the Leprechaun had entered their classroom last night and caused a ruckus!!! Students worked together as a team to clean up their classroom, write letters to Lucky about how they felt when they saw the mess he made, and participated in STEM stations creating leprechaun traps using different classroom materials. We love to have fun while growing our brains!

We have some reading royalty in the house!

Huge congratulations to Mrs. Pisani’s 3rd grade class for being named a Kansas State Reading Champions in ReadBowl IX! Even more impressive—they also finished in the Top 100 classes in the entire nation!

Way to show that readers are leaders! Keep turning those pages, champions! #ReadBowl #ReadingChampions #TESPride

Last chance, Tonganoxie Elementary families! Kids Heart Challenge ends soon! If you have already signed up and completed Finn’s Mission – great job! If you haven’t signed up yet, there is still time! Download the AHA Schools app for iPhone or Android to search for our school and sign your student up! Next up, ask 5 people to help support kids with special hearts and complete Finn’s Mission!