TMS CBR participated in National Community Service day by walking around Tonganoxie and picking up trash!
Breaking news from Kansas FFA! Lydia Bartlett and Abigail Marah have broke finals! Their Agriscience Research project has been named one of the top three in the state! Wish them luck as they travel to Manhattan to find out the final results! Congratulations ladies!
These middle school FFA members were recognized at the FFA banquet for meeting the qualifications for their FFA Discovery Degree! This is the first degree that can be earned by an FFA member. This group of 8th graders are the first to have this opportunity! Congratulations to all who received the degree! Not pictured: Chance Keller, Charlotte Hatfield, Ben Vukas, Bronson Gilbert, Bentley Gehl, Tristen Cain, Hunter Crookham, Blainey Woods, Taryn Smith, and Bella Comba
We wrapped up our history club trip yesterday. Forty-nine 8th graders and eleven sponsors visited various historic and fun sites in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The kids represented TMS well, had fun, and learned some things about our country’s history along the way.
Breaking news from Kansas FFA! Lydia Bartlett and Abigail Marah have broke finals! Their Agriscience Research project has been named one of the top three in the state! Wish them luck as they travel to Manhattan next week to find out the final results! Congratulations ladies!
📚✨ Principal for a Day—Student Edition! ✨📚
Our amazing librarian recently supported the Education Foundation—and ended up winning a very exciting prize: Principal for a Day!
But instead of keeping the spotlight, she decided to share the experience with our students by raffling it off… and the lucky winners are Sam and Isra! 🎉
These two had the chance to step into the shoes of a principal for the day—helping lead, make decisions, and see what it’s like behind the scenes. From important “principal duties” to a whole lot of fun, it was a day they won’t forget!
📸 Check out the photos to see our principals in action!
Our amazing librarian recently supported the Education Foundation—and ended up winning a very exciting prize: Principal for a Day!
But instead of keeping the spotlight, she decided to share the experience with our students by raffling it off… and the lucky winners are Sam and Isra! 🎉
These two had the chance to step into the shoes of a principal for the day—helping lead, make decisions, and see what it’s like behind the scenes. From important “principal duties” to a whole lot of fun, it was a day they won’t forget!
📸 Check out the photos to see our principals in action!
6th graders are having fun showing what they know about the ancient civilizations they will see at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art on Friday.
Our Special Olympic Athletes and their Partners from Tonganoxie Middle School participated in a Unified Soccer Match at Bonner Springs High School and a Unified Soccer Tournament in Olathe. Unified Sports is an exciting opportunity that joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It is inspired by a simple principle that training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding.
The 6th graders had a blast getting creative during library time on Monday! We made colorful bookmarks using a super fun (and slightly messy) technique—blowing bubbles with dish soap and water, adding drops of food coloring, and then popping the bubbles right onto the paper. Each bookmark turned out totally unique with bright, swirly designs! A lot of students headed home with a little extra color on their hands—and even their faces! 😂 It was definitely a fun, hands-on way to mix creativity with a bit of science!
🏥 Sports Physical Night at THS 🏥
Get ready for the upcoming sports seasons! Join us Wednesday, April 22nd from 6:00–7:00 PM at THS for Sports Physical Night.
✅ Open to middle & high school students
💲 $25 (Cash or Check only)
🚶 No appointment needed
📍 Enter at Chieftain Arena
👋 Meet Hall of Fame athletic trainer Mark Padfield!
⏱️ Speed things up! The process goes faster if your form is already filled out.
📄 Forms can be found here:
https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3237/Hs/eba37aba-5790-4f52-8ab2-c6b1d39924b5/Physical-Form.Updated-2026.pdf?disposition=inline
💙 Bonus: Half of the fee will be donated back to the school!
Don’t miss this convenient opportunity to get cleared for activities! 💪
TMS Warriors---
Due to the chilly and damp forecast for tomorrow, we are POSTPONING the TMS Color Run.
NO COLOR RUN on FRIDAY, APRIL 10th.
The new date for the color run will be Wednesday, May 13th.
We will still have a fun assembly tomorrow…The Harlem Wizards will be making an appearance and showing off their basketball skills!!
Thank you for your understanding!!
The CBR middle school program has been studying Pixar and the art of story telling! Today the students and their peer mentors
enjoyed watching "Hopper" at the AMC movie theater! #tongienation
Wow!!!! Bravo!!! Congratulations to the cast and crew of Moana!! Night One was FABULOUS!! You still have two opportunities to see the show. Friday @ 7pm & Saturday @ 2pm. 🌴😎🥥🛶🌊
Spring Break is March 16-20, 2026. All district buildings will be closed and there are no classes for students. Buildings reopen and classes resume on Monday, March 23, 2026. #tongienation #usd464
🎉Color Run Fundraiser Kickoff Update!!! 🎉
The Color Run Fundraising Leader so far is...
Chase Roberts at $360!!
Chase is the BIG winner of the BIG 5 pound chocolate bar! 🍫
We also chose two random winners that have raised $30 or more...and they also won a 5 pound chocolate bar!! 🍫
Yay to Kennedy Smart and Easton Kerkaert!!
Keep up the great fundraising work, Warriors!!!
A big thank you to Mrs. Donahey for teaching Mrs. Breedlove's 6th grade social studies students how to make Greek amphora. It was so much fun mixing art and history!
The Book Fair is just days away! The Fair encourages students to read AND raises much-needed funds for our school. The easiest way for kids to pay is with an eWallet. Create one for your child so they can shop cash free and independently! Visit our school homepage to get started: eWallet Makes Life Easy!
Stop by the TMS book fair during Parent Teacher Conferences or shop online with the link below!
TMS Book Fair
The Middle School had an awesome surprise last week! Our TAG kids were pumped up to hear that they had made it into the Top 20 of the "Battle of the Brains" engineering competition, sponsored by Burns and McDonnell. This is a HUGE accomplishment, and we are so proud of this group! Finalists head to Union Station in February to hear the final results.
If you would like to read more information on this accomplishment, there is a press release through this link: https://botbkc.com/top-20
Go Warriors!!
If you would like to read more information on this accomplishment, there is a press release through this link: https://botbkc.com/top-20
Go Warriors!!
TMS had another successful spelling bee on January 15th. The top spellers in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade competed to determine who would represent TMS at the Leavenworth County Spelling Bee on February 6th. Every speller did an amazing job! Congratulations to our grade-level winners: Eden Hodges (8th), Henry Koch (7th), and Skyler Loomis (6th).
