
May 14, 2024
Congratulations to our ESOL coordinator, Tracy Barnett! Tracy was recently named an OUtstanding EDucator by Ottawa University! The OUtstanding EDucator Award was created to acknowl...

May 13, 2024
Congratulations to our very own fifth grade teacher Katie Maize! Mrs. Maize received the Citizenship Education Teacher Award at the elementary level from the Veterans of Foreign Wa...

May 8, 2024
Tonganoxie Elementary School has been inducted into the Artsonia 75k Artwork Club for building a gallery of over 75,000 works of art! Check out our online gallery and new award . C...

May 6, 2024
This year, TES Student Council members wanted to make our outdoor classroom space a place our staff and students would feel excited about and ready to learn in. With the generous s...

April 11, 2024
Congratulations to our incredible TES social worker Shelby Burnett, LCSW, LSCSW, RPT! Shelby was recently named the 2024 Kansas School Social Worker of the Year by the Kansas Schoo...

March 29, 2024
The 2024 Leavenworth County Farm Bureau Safety Poster Contest winners have been announced! The contest, hosted annually by Kansas Farm Bureau since 1950, is aimed at reducing acci...

March 22, 2024
Save the date for TES Fine Arts Night! All K-5 students will have artwork on display. Support the Arts!
March 19, 2024
If you have an incoming kindergarten student, be sure to complete the pre-enrollment form and register for a kindergarten screening on either April 5 or April 12! 2024-2025 Ki...

March 19, 2024
The Y Club, a before and after school care program operated by the YMCA, will be available to TES students in grades K-5 during the 2024-2025 school year. Online registration will...

March 5, 2024
Join us in celebrating Youth Art Month! Mrs. Dombeck and I are thankful that our administration supports YAM. The USD 464 Board of Education & Mrs. Blazo have proclaimed March as Y...

February 28, 2024
Glowing Pumpkins in Mrs. Dombeck's first grade art classes, inspired by Yayoi Kusama! If your first grader told you about making a pumpkin glow under a black light in art- here’s w...

February 13, 2024
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February 1, 2024
On January 31, TES clinical social worker Shelby Burnett attended School Mental Health Advocacy Day in Topeka. During this annual program, school mental health providers from Kansa...

January 19, 2024
We are hiring building aides to start immediately! Building aides work with general education students, support classroom teachers, monitor the lunchroom environment and help with ...


January 8, 2024
In September, Mrs. Porta's second grade students were learning about the White House and how to write a friendly letter. They combined the two lessons and wrote a letter to the Whi...

January 4, 2024
Last month, Ms. Marxen's PreK class enjoyed a social-emotional lesson about kindness with therapy canine Lilly and her mom, TES social worker Shelby Burnett. During these lessons, ...

December 15, 2023
Our Tonganoxie Elementary School social worker and rock star Shelby Burnett is now a registered play therapist! Go Shelby! #tongienation #usd464 *Photo courtesy of Association...

November 19, 2023
Mrs. Maize’s fifth graders collected the most cans for the TES food drive, earning them the opportunity to walk in today’s Christmas Parade with Mayor Frese!

October 10, 2023
Students in Mrs. Dombeck’s and Mrs. Lawson’s art classes recently completed self portraits! Twenty-four of them are on display at Grounded Coffeehouse during the month of October. ...