NEW! Our State Assessment Window Opens: WI Forward begins for our third, fourth, and fifth grade students on Tuesday, March 17th. State testing is a great opportunity for our students to shine and showcase the incredible progress they’ve made throughout the year. While these assessments help us understand how to better support our learners, we know that a child’s best work happens when they feel their best. To help our students feel confident and focused, we ask that you prioritize plenty of rest and a nutritious, filling breakfast each morning. Our goal is for every student to walk into the classroom feeling calm, energized, and ready to do their personal best! Our third and fifth grade students are assessed in the areas of literacy and math. Our fourth grade students are tested in the areas of literacy, math, science, and social studies.
NEW! NO School for Students on two upcoming Fridays: March 20 and March 27th. March 20th is a Professional Development Day for our teaching staff and March 27th is a Records Day for our teachers to work on report cards and progress reports for the end of quarter three.
NEW! Presentation at our March PTO Meeting: Superintendent Hansen shared this linked 20 Year Proactive Facility Presentation at our March PTO meeting.
NEW! Third Quarter Report Cards and Progress Reports are available to families on Friday, April 10th at 3 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! Please complete by Monday, March 16th: Family Engagement Survey. Each year we invite families to provide feedback on their school year experience through a 5-minute survey. Questions cover a broad range of topics ranging from academic expectations to school safety to after-school activities. If your students attend multiple Elmbrook Schools, you are invited to complete one survey for each school. Your feedback is important to us and is reviewed by both our school and district leadership teams. The information from our student, staff and family surveys is then used to inform action planning over the summer as part of our continuous improvement process. The 2026 Family Satisfaction Survey will be available from Monday, March 2nd through Monday, March 16th.
NEW! DUE THIS THURSDAY, 3/19! Family Input for 2026-2027 Class Placement at Tonawanda. If you'd like to share input for your child(ren)'s class placement, please complete this form. This input is DUE THURSDAY, MARCH 19th.
Date Clarification! We hope you enjoyed The Sausage Race Chase! Please mark your calendars for TUESDAY, March 24th from 5:30-6:30 for our Family Math & Literacy Night.
G1-G5 Students HID Class Selection! High Interest Day is right around the corner on Friday, April 24th. This is a day set to bring together our Tonawanda families and community members to present their talents, hobbies, skills, cultures, and interests with our students. On this day, students in 4Kindergarten and 5Kindergarten will travel with their classes to each session. Students in grades 1st through 5th will make class selections and attend five fun and informative presentations throughout the day. If you have a student in 1st-5th grade, please read the instructions below:
Please follow the steps below to complete the student class registration.
1. Please review the "Class Description" sheet linked HERE
2. Select ten (10) classes for the entire day (please note some classes are grade specific) on this Google Form by Thursday, March 26th..
Classes will be assigned with fifth grade down priority; however, no one is guaranteed any particular class. Late, missing or incomplete forms will be filled by the committee.
Classes will be assigned with 5th grade down priority; however, no one is guaranteed any particular class. Reminders regarding class supplies and permission forms will be given to the students by Monday, April 20th. Students will receive their class schedule the morning of High Interest Day. Volunteer sign-up will come the week after spring break! Thank you for your assistance in making these selections before the deadline, Thursday, March 26th!
Pop Tab Collection for Ronald McDonald House. Start saving 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. If anyone has a large plastic container or two for our collections, we would love the donations of containers.
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
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 all the details in this flyer.
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.
Tonawanda's Science Fair: Save the Date! We’re excited to invite families to our Tonawanda Science Fair on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 from 6:00–7:00 PM! Students will have the opportunity to share their learning, creativity, and scientific thinking with family and friends. Please take a moment to read the attached letter for important details and to complete the FORM to register your child’s participation. Families must sign up using the Google Form linked in the letter (and HERE). The registration deadline is Thursday, March 19, 2026. (No late submissions will be accepted.)
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.