NEW! Our 2026 Tonawanda Art Showcase will be held NEXT Thursday, April 16th from 5:30-7pm. Our school will turn into an art gallery. All families and loved ones are invited to attend and be awed by the beautiful creations of our Tonawanda artists! Want a sneak peek of the art work? The planning committee is seeking volunteers to help with the Showcase. Please see the Art Showcase Volunteer Sign Up for opportunities to help. Flyer linked here.
NEW! SIGN-UP for the PTO 2026 Tonawanda Boys Bowling Bash: Two Dates! Wednesday, April 22 for K4 - 2nd grade and Wednesday, April 29 for 3rd - 5th grade. Check-in starts at 5:15pm at the New Berlin Ale House Bowling Alley, 16000 W. Cleveland Ave, New Berlin. Bowling from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm. Please wear your Tonawanda Spirit wear/Tiger Trot shirts and clean sneakers. REGISTER at this link! Price of $15 per person includes bowling, pizza, soda/lemonade. Adults are encouraged to bowl with or next to the students. Non-bowling adults are $10 each and include pizza and soda. Note: We understand that there are parents in the community who would like to see changes to this event, and the PTO is working on a resolution for the future. In the interest of time and volunteer bandwidth, the 2026 Bowling Bash will run as it traditionally has.
NEW! We need Volunteers to make our PTO High Interest Day, Friday, April 24th, a success for our students! SIGN UP: Volunteer for our PTO High Interest Day on the form HERE! We are looking for a variety of parent volunteers to help make our day a success.
1. Session Help- assist teachers and presenters in any way needed. This could include crowd control, passing out supplies, assisting with activities, etc.
2. Check-in- greet presenters and volunteers throughout arrival
Note: Please list ALL areas you are willing to volunteer. Spaces are limited for certain opportunities (i.e. check-in table). Parents can volunteer for all or part of the day! MANY volunteers are needed!
Please list the classroom(s) of your child(ren) so you can enjoy HID alongside them! I will help coordinate your schedule to spend time with your child(ren) throughout the day. Volunteers are also invited to join us for a catered lunch. REQUIRED: All parents wanting to volunteer for High Interest Day MUST complete ALL three steps of The School District of Elmbrook's Volunteering Policies. You can find these steps here: https://www.
Here is the High Interest Day schedule for the day:
- Session 1- 9:15-10am
- Session 2- 10:00-10:45am
- Session 3 - 10:45-11:30 am
- Session 4A- 11:30-12:15 PM: (Grades 1,3 & 5 only attend this session)
- 4K only participates in Sessions 1, 2, 5, 6
- 5K only participates in Sessions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6.
- Session 4B- 12:40-1:25 pm (Grades 2 & 4 only attend this session)
- Session 5- 1:25-2:10 pm
- Session 6- 2:10-2:55 pm
Box Tops for Education- It's an easy way to provide funding for our Tonawanda PTO! Please save your receipts and submit online for our PTO! See this informational flyer.
Tonawanda welcomes The Ability Center on Wednesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 14. The Ability Center's PE Takeover is an inclusive, school-based program where The Ability Center's staff take over physical education classes for a day or two to teach adaptive sports, such as wheelchair basketball. These sessions focus on disability awareness, enabling students to experience different mobility methods and perspectives. If you'd like to volunteer on one of our days or specifically for your child's experience, please sign up.
Elmbrook's FACEBrook Intergenerational Book Club is hosting award-winning author and illustrator, Philip Stead, at Brookfield East High School, April 23, from 6:30-7:30. Please click on the link below for details, to register, and to order your free copy of his first middle-grade novel (which is receiving rave reviews!) A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm. All the details in this linked flyer! Community members of all ages are welcome and encouraged to join us!
NEW! TODAY! Third Quarter Report Cards and Progress Reports will be available to families today, Friday, April 10th at 3:30 PM through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. All students in G1 through G5 will have report cards available for review. At the third quarter end, our 4K and 5K students do not have report cards and our specials (art, music, PE, band, or orchestra) do not report out.
NEW! Save the Dates: Four Upcoming Spring Events at Tonawanda: Band, Orchestra, Chorus Concert-Thursday, May 7 at 6 PM at Tonawanda; Music Showcase Evening-Tuesday, May 19 at 6 PM at Tonawanda; Field Day- Friday, June 5 at EG Village Park, 4K at Tonawanda; G5 Farewell Promotion for G5 families-Tuesday, June 9 at 6 PM at Tonawanda
Pop Tab Collection for Ronald McDonald House. Save your pop tabs! Our Community Outreach group of Student Leadership Club would like to announce a friendly grade level competition to collect the most pop tabs from March 23 - May 14. We will be donating all of the pop tabs to the Ronald McDonald House. The grade level that brings in the most pop-tabs will be getting a prize.
IMPORTANT! Change of Plans for After-School Dismissal. Please notify us of any change in your child(ren)'s after school dismissal plans. Please send an email to your child's teacher and copy both our administrative assistant Mrs. Michelle Kiese at kiesem@elmbrookschools.org
Before school drop-off by car is an ACTIVE DROP-OFF process. If your child needs additional assistance to exit your vehicle in the morning, please pull up into the buckle zone. The LANE closest to the sidewalk is an ACTIVE DROP-OFF LANE. Thank you for your help to keep our car drop-off safe for our students and efficient for all of our families. Please read all the expectations for our safe AM drop off in this linked information.
ARTSONIA- Featuring Your child(ren)'s artwork! Check out Artsonia to purchase keepsake items and to support our Tonawanda art program, too! See this flyer for all the information. If you have questions, please reach out to Sara Mateske, our art teacher, at mateskes@elmbrookschools.
Vacation Form: Please complete this vacation form when your child(ren) will miss three or more days due to a family vacation. Thank you!
Due to large ridership on our buses, only routed students will be allowed on the buses again this school year. We cannot have unrouted students ride home with other students on their buses for playdates. Only routed and assigned bus riders may be on our buses. Thank you for your understanding!
Background Check Process for Volunteers! We love our family/parent/grandparent volunteers! In hopes that we will be able to welcome you all back in to help out this upcoming school year, we wanted to share the process for becoming a volunteer in our schools. Please see https://www.