NEW! Purchase Bagged Compost! Spring is here and we have bagged compost for sale for your gardens and flower beds! As you know, our school community composts at lunch time. We have a great opportunity to raise some funds to support our school's cost of composting through your orders of bagged compost. 35 pounds for $20. Orders due by next Friday, April 24th, please. You can pick up the compost bags at Tonawanda on Monday, April 27th. See this flyer for all the details.
NEW! PTO requesting student made cards for our Elm Grove Dispatch/Police Department. These cards will be delivered along with some sweet treats next week to the EGPD/Dispatch. Please turn in the cards to our Tonawanda office by Wednesday, April 22. Thank you!
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.
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.