Summer Library Dates: Mark your calendars! Mondays from 12:15 - 1:15 PM Pop into Tonawanda's library this summer to check out books on June 22, July 6, July 20, August 3, and August 17. Hope to see you in our library this summer!
Library Books DUE June 5th! Your library books miss the library! As we approach the end of the school year, we are gathering all outstanding library books! Families, please help your student search under the beds and on the bookshelves for any missing Tonawanda library books. Please send any borrowed books back with your student in the coming weeks, or drop them off at the front office. Thank you for helping us get our stories back on the shelves!
Partners in Play for 3 year olds and 4 year olds! The Elmbrook School District is again excited to offer an inclusive opportunity for preschool-aged children during the 2026 - 2027 school year. We are seeking three and four-year-olds to participate as peer models in our Early Childhood Special Education Program at Burleigh Elementary beginning in Fall 2026. Please see this linked informational flyer for all the details!
NEW! Only one day remains, Monday, June 1st. MUSIC and ME! You are cordially invited to attend MUSIC and ME! Day, to be held during our regularly scheduled music classes from Tuesday, May 26th - Monday June 1st, please see this linked schedule for class times and dates. Families of students may come into Tonawanda and watch while students perform or present in class! Please come a bit early to make sure you get a visitors badge. Mrs. Contezac will also be recording it to send home.
NEW! TOMORROW! Calling All Chess Players! Join the Chess Tournament that will be held at Dixon Elementary on Saturday, May 30th from 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM. Open to only Elmbrook elementary students! See this linked flyer for all the details and registration information.
NEW! Chromebooks and Chargers Collected for Summer! Second, third, and fourth grade students' district-issued Chromebooks and chargers will be collected for the summer! Any students not returning to Tonawanda or not attending an Elmbrook middle school next year will turn in their chromebooks at the end of the school year. Thank you for your cooperation. If you cannot find the charger, please use this link to purchase new chargers to turn in by the end of the school year. Exception: Our fifth grade students will keep their Chromebooks and chargers over the summer and will take them to Pilgrim Park Middle School (or Wisconsin Hills Middle School, if applicable) in the Fall 2026.
DUE by June 30th! Student School Supplies for the 2026-2027 school year! Order NOW - orders due June 30th! The exact supplies teachers requested and all handled in a few simple clicks. It only takes a few minutes to select our school and choose your child’s grade. Everything will arrive packaged and ready for the first day. Order Here: https://
NEW! The June PTO Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 4th at 6 PM in our Tonawanda library. Hope you can join us.
NEW! Lice Reported. We have had a few cases of lice reported within our school. The best defense against lice is checking your child(ren)'s head(s) frequently. If lice or nits are found, please follow up with treatment.
NEW! Field Day! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED and large coolers needed! Our Field Day is scheduled on Friday, June 5, during the school day, in the Elm Grove Village Park for our 5K - G5 students. Our 4K students will have their field day on our Tonawanda playground! We need A LOT of volunteers to make the day a success! Please Click Here to Volunteer for Field Day on June 5.
NEW! Field Day Specific Details for June 5th: Tonawanda's Annual 2026 Field Day is scheduled for this Friday, June 5 at the Elm Grove Village Park (for 5K-Grade 5) and at Tonawanda's playground (4K). Our staff and student community will join together for a school-community picture at 10 AM ish. See below for t-shirt information! After the photo, we will begin our walk to the Village Park. We will be at Village Park from about 10:15 AM - 2:15 PM. Mrs. Bond, our PE teacher, and several lead parent volunteers have coordinated this fun event for our school community! The students will have many fun activities to enjoy and try out! Please note: There are a few activities that do involve water and students are likely to get wet if they decide to explore those activities.
5K - Grade 5 Families: Field Day Information:
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Please send in a healthy snack for your child(ren) to enjoy before heading down to the park!
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All 5K-grade 5 students will need a disposable bag lunch and a TOTAL of 3 disposable drinks. We encourage that two of the drinks be water. See details below:
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Packing the lunch in a labelled gallon ziploc bag with their name. The ziploc bag works well since the lunches are placed in coolers to keep them cool. No hot lunch will be available. We will eat in the park.
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The weather forecast looks sunny and warm so students will likely be thirsty! Please send one disposable water bottle labelled with their name separate from their lunch for the morning. Then please include two disposable drinks within their lunch. Duct tape works well for labelling their name on disposable water bottles. And write initials on the top of the water bottles, too!
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Please put sunscreen on your child before they come to school. Students are welcome to wear hats to help keep the sun off of their faces.
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Students may wear their Tonawanda grade level t-shirts that they wore for the Turkey Trot or a t-shirt of your child's grade level color
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4K - Light Blue
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5K - Purple
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Grade 1 - Yellow
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Grade 2 - Orange
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Grade 3 - Blue
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Grade 4 - Red
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Grade 5 - Green
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Wear comfortable shoes (preferred that toes are covered) and shoes that can get wet!
4K Families: Field Day Information:
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4K AM Field Day will be at Tonawanda! It will start at 10:15 AM. 4K Parents may arrive at school around 10:10 AM. We will be outside on the playground. We will have popsicles at around 11:00 AM followed by a class picture. Students will have a regular dismissal. Please meet us at the front at the corral after the class photo.
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4K PM Field Day will be at Tonawanda and will start around 1:15 PM. Parents may arrive around 1:10 PM. We will have popsicles at around 2:00 PM . We will end with a class picture.
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Please contact Mrs. Walker if you are able to help with cleaning up at 11 AM or 2:20 PM on Field Day.
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Please send a healthy snack for your child to enjoy before/after heading outside.
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All 4K YMCA-Wrap Care students will need to bring lunch from home for the day. NO hot lunch will be served on Friday, June 5th. Thank you for your understanding. Please send a water bottle labeled with your child's name.
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Please put sunscreen on your child before they come to school. Students are welcome to wear hats to help keep the sun off of their faces.
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Students may wear their FIELD DAY t-shirts or a light blue t-shirt, if possible.
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Wear comfortable shoes - toes covered!
NEW! PTO CARNIVAL REGISTRATION OPEN NOW! Find ticket info,
sponsor, registration and carnival map here —pre-register for free bonus
tickets! All the details linked: https://
carnival will be held on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 10th in the
Elm Grove Village Park!
Register for Spanish for 2026-2027 school year! Register by June 7 and receive $15 off tuition. Celebrate Spanish in every season — join us for a brand-new theme! Don’t miss this valuable opportunity for your student to build Spanish skills in a fun, interactive bilingual classroom. See the linked flyer for all the details. Enroll today: https://
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.
From the Elmbrook Education Foundation (EEF) Volunteers Needed: We want to let you know about a wonderful volunteer opportunity for 2026-27: The Elmbrook Education Foundation (EEF) is continuing its Intergenerational Program in all 5 of our elementary schools, which involves having volunteers work with our students on reading fluency during WIN/SOAR time once or twice per week from October to May. The program has been running successfully at Swanson for 3 years, at Dixon for 2 years, and at all 5 schools for the past year, and we are excited to see it continuing across the district! This year, the program reached over 190 students with 76 active volunteers! Next year, EEF will need at least 80-90 volunteers to support all 5 schools, so they are encouraging people to apply as soon as possible. (Fortunately, many volunteers from this year will be continuing next year!)
Here’s the timeline of ramping up the program to prepare for next year:
- Applicants can apply now! (The on-line Google Form Application and the Printable Application)
- Applicants will be contacted for brief virtual interviews (20 minutes via Zoom) throughout the summer (June-August).
- Applicants selected for a volunteer position will be asked to complete an on-line background check process (required for all volunteers in Elmbrook Schools).
- Volunteering schedules will be finalized in August and September based on volunteer preferences and availability and student schedules. (days of week, time slots, and school assignment)
- Brief training and orientation sessions (1.5-2 hours) will be held for volunteers in late September/early October.
- Volunteers will work with students 1-2 times per week from October 5, 2026, through May 6, 2027.
Here is the website with more details about the EEF Intergen Program: https://
It includes the following links and documents:
- Flyers (version 1 and version 2) to share with anyone and everyone
- FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) - an updated version will be posted soon!
- Fillable On-line Form (Google Form … https://forms.gle/
3Cft5BouVGDhjjXY9 - Printable Form (PDF)… https://drive.google.
com/file/d/ 17ecyIf0NruN2Sjs8a0NxpL9d3Ebep ZXz/view?usp=drive_link - A Summary Sheet about the Second Year of the Program (2024-25 at Swanson, Dixon, and Tonawanda) – An update for 2025-26 is coming in June!
Please consider applying to be a volunteer or sub and encouraging others to do so as well! If you have any questions, please reach out to the EEF Intergen Program Co-Chairs, Deborah Nustad and Stephanie Huff, at eefintergen@gmail.com.
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
Vacation Form: Please complete this vacation form when your child(ren) will miss three or more days due to a family vacation. Thank you!
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.