Join us TONIGHT, September 12! Our PTO Back to School Bash from 5:30 - 7:00 PM! Food Truck and Ice Cream on the playground Scholastic Book Fair in the gym
NEW! Please return the Welcome to Tonawanda yard signs to the bin outside of our main entrance by next Friday, September 26th. We reuse these signs to welcome students and families each fall. Thank you for your help in returning the signs for next year!
Our PTO will publish a monthly newsletter for our school community. The September PTO Newsletter is linked here.
NEW! This is an ANNUAL task to complete! If you have not signed up for the PTO student directory, please sign up your family for the student directory using this link. The school is unable to provide information to other families, so this is your best route to be in the know with our PTO Room Parents, connect with Tonawanda families, arrange playdates, send invitations to school friends, etc. Please sign up by September 26, 2025 to be included.
NEW! The Student Safety Presentation will be shared in classrooms on Wednesday, September 17th. All classrooms will present this safety presentation to the students. The main message of this presentation is to listen to your teacher and the adults in the school during emergencies. You are welcome to preview this presentation with your child(ren).
Chorus starts Tuesday, September 16 at 7:45 AM for our Grade 4 and 5 participating students. Please reach out to Mrs. Anna Contezac for more information.
Student Arrival and Student Dismissal: Please use CAR LINE, BUS TRANSPORTATION, OR WALK/BIKE. As we request each school year, please use the car line with the ORANGE last name sign visible, our bus transportation, or walk/bike ride to school with your children, and please avoid parking in our parking lot or parking a short distance away on our neighboring streets to drop-off or pick up your children. Parking on the neighboring streets often leads to our student walkers having obstructed views to cross streets and to walk in the middle of the streets for quite a distance. Thank you for always keeping our students' safety as our community's highest priority at student arrival and dismissal times, the busiest times of the school day!
2025-2026 Student School Pictures. Even if you are not planning to purchase your child's school picture, we would like to have all students photographed to be included in our yearbook! A yearbook is included in any picture package or if you are not interested in ordering a school photo, you can order only a yearbook. Online order information is linked here: https://mortensen.
Detailed information on our school day student arrival and dismissal. Please see this link for all the information.
NEW for 2025-2026 Bus Information: Go-Riteway is the bus company that serves our Elmbrook School District. Our transportation provider, GoRiteway, has transitioned to a new software platform (Transfinder) that will result in two significant changes when managing your student’s bus ride to and from school:
- All bus route schedule information must now be accessed through the Infinite Campus Portal - Transportation Tab or the new Stopfinder App. Families will no longer receive any emails with route information. As of Thursday, August 21, route information is available in the portal for students that did not opt out of transportation.
- NEW APP - the Here Comes the Bus App has been replaced with a new App called Stopfinder. Be sure to activate your account and get the app! The Stopfinder app allows parents and students to confirm their daily bus route schedule, track their bus, message GoRiteway staff, and receive notice of arrivals or real-time delays or changes. Once logged in, a person has the ability to invite others to get the app, such as grandparents or other caregivers.
- Please login to Infinite Campus and review your student’s bus schedule and stop information closely, as bus stops often change from year to year based on student ridership, age of students, and the District’s need to route students safely and efficiently. Bus stop location decisions are determined by the District and GoRiteway based on District policy guidelines and GoRiteway’s safety practices.
- If you have changes to your student’s bus schedule, often due to child care, you can request a schedule change using this form. Additionally, more information about Elmbrook’s Transportation service can be found on our website. If you have questions, please connect directly with Go Riteway at 414-249-5048.
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.
Tonawanda PTO Volunteer Sign-Up: Looking to get involved? The PTO Executive Committee will begin contacting those who are currently signed up for committee work to support the ’25-’26 Tonawanda PTO. If you have some extra time and are looking to meet other Tonawanda families we have lots of work to be done. Let’s give our staff and school all the support they deserve!! Join Us! Sign up: Tonawanda PTO Committee Sign-up ('25-'26 School Year)Email tonawandapto@gmail.
Join us TONIGHT, September 12! Our PTO Back to School Bash from 5:30 - 7:00 PM! Food Truck and Ice Cream on the playground Scholastic Book Fair in the gym
NEW! Please return the Welcome to Tonawanda yard signs to the bin outside of our main entrance by next Friday, September 26th. We reuse these signs to welcome students and families each fall. Thank you for your help in returning the signs for next year!
Our PTO will publish a monthly newsletter for our school community. The September PTO Newsletter is linked here.
NEW! This is an ANNUAL task to complete! If you have not signed up for the PTO student directory, please sign up your family for the student directory using this link. The school is unable to provide information to other families, so this is your best route to be in the know with our PTO Room Parents, connect with Tonawanda families, arrange playdates, send invitations to school friends, etc. Please sign up by September 26, 2025 to be included.
NEW! The Student Safety Presentation will be shared in classrooms on Wednesday, September 17th. All classrooms will present this safety presentation to the students. The main message of this presentation is to listen to your teacher and the adults in the school during emergencies. You are welcome to preview this presentation with your child(ren).
Chorus starts Tuesday, September 16 at 7:45 AM for our Grade 4 and 5 participating students. Please reach out to Mrs. Anna Contezac for more information.
Student Arrival and Student Dismissal: Please use CAR LINE, BUS TRANSPORTATION, OR WALK/BIKE. As we request each school year, please use the car line with the ORANGE last name sign visible, our bus transportation, or walk/bike ride to school with your children, and please avoid parking in our parking lot or parking a short distance away on our neighboring streets to drop-off or pick up your children. Parking on the neighboring streets often leads to our student walkers having obstructed views to cross streets and to walk in the middle of the streets for quite a distance. Thank you for always keeping our students' safety as our community's highest priority at student arrival and dismissal times, the busiest times of the school day!
2025-2026 Student School Pictures. Even if you are not planning to purchase your child's school picture, we would like to have all students photographed to be included in our yearbook! A yearbook is included in any picture package or if you are not interested in ordering a school photo, you can order only a yearbook. Online order information is linked here: https://mortensen.
Detailed information on our school day student arrival and dismissal. Please see this link for all the information.
NEW for 2025-2026 Bus Information: Go-Riteway is the bus company that serves our Elmbrook School District. Our transportation provider, GoRiteway, has transitioned to a new software platform (Transfinder) that will result in two significant changes when managing your student’s bus ride to and from school:
- All bus route schedule information must now be accessed through the Infinite Campus Portal - Transportation Tab or the new Stopfinder App. Families will no longer receive any emails with route information. As of Thursday, August 21, route information is available in the portal for students that did not opt out of transportation.
- NEW APP - the Here Comes the Bus App has been replaced with a new App called Stopfinder. Be sure to activate your account and get the app! The Stopfinder app allows parents and students to confirm their daily bus route schedule, track their bus, message GoRiteway staff, and receive notice of arrivals or real-time delays or changes. Once logged in, a person has the ability to invite others to get the app, such as grandparents or other caregivers.
- Please login to Infinite Campus and review your student’s bus schedule and stop information closely, as bus stops often change from year to year based on student ridership, age of students, and the District’s need to route students safely and efficiently. Bus stop location decisions are determined by the District and GoRiteway based on District policy guidelines and GoRiteway’s safety practices.
- If you have changes to your student’s bus schedule, often due to child care, you can request a schedule change using this form. Additionally, more information about Elmbrook’s Transportation service can be found on our website. If you have questions, please connect directly with Go Riteway at 414-249-5048.
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.
Tonawanda PTO Volunteer Sign-Up: Looking to get involved? The PTO Executive Committee will begin contacting those who are currently signed up for committee work to support the ’25-’26 Tonawanda PTO. If you have some extra time and are looking to meet other Tonawanda families we have lots of work to be done. Let’s give our staff and school all the support they deserve!! Join Us! Sign up: Tonawanda PTO Committee Sign-up ('25-'26 School Year)Email tonawandapto@gmail.