Lawton Families,

I feel like you’re hearing from me every day – but it is time for my bi-weekly message!  Thanks for supporting your children during remote learning last week – it’s a challenge, but we like to keep students learning as much as possible, and it saves us from adding days to the end of the year!  And please be sure to always send the devices back to school after they are sent home – thank you!

Request from the Main Office

We’d love donations of applesauce and bars to have on hand!

From Ms. Barry – Counselor Corner

Classroom Lessons 

Our classroom lessons on Kelso’s Choice (problem solving), Personal Safety and Bullying are ongoing in all grades! Students are practicing their conflict resolution skills, learning safety rules and exploring strategies to navigate tricky social situations.  Our next round of lessons in March will be focused on College and Career, in preparation for College and Career week in April and our Career Exploration Night on 4/29 (see below for more info). In these lessons, students will explore jobs in the community, share about jobs in their families, talk about “dream jobs”, identify strengths and skills, and research jobs of interest.  This is a great time to be talking to your children about the jobs you do and keeping conversations about jobs, college, and career paths open.

Friendship Groups 

Friendship groups are happening this year at all grade levels! Students in friendship group meet students from other classes, learn important friendship skills and participate in fun games and activities. Some of the friendship skills we talk about and practice in friendship group are: striking up (and keeping up) a conversation, expressing feelings, needs and boundaries, playing fair, winning and losing with grace, and accepting others’ different ideas and opinions. If you are interested in your child participating in friendship group, please reach out to your child’s classroom teacher!

Career Exploration Night  

On April 29th, Lawton will host its third annual Career Exploration Night. This is an open-house all-school event for families in which parents and family members in our school community have the opportunity to showcase their jobs to our Lawton students! We had great turnout last year and learned so much about our Lawton families. If you are interested in having a booth/ table at our Career Night this year, we would LOVE to have you! We provide the space, and you come with yourself and any information/props/visuals you might want to share about your job. We are looking for a diverse range of jobs from across the career spectrum for our students to learn about. Please reach out for more info or complete the survey HERE.  Thanks!

As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns you might have about your child. You can find more information about the Lawton school counseling program on the school website HERE.  I look forward to connecting with you! 😊 – Ms. Barry

Sneaker Drive Update from Ms. Leache: 

Thank you for donating your used sneakers to the Lawton 4th grade recycle campaign.  We collected 70 pairs of used sneakers in January with a total of 535 pairs this school year.  Our goal is to hit 1,000 pairs by the end of the school year!  Please continue to bring in sneakers and deposit them in the blue bin at the school entrance.

Upcoming Events: 

Mid-Winter Break – February 17-21

Screenagers document showing is rescheduled to Feb 27 at Blaine (6:30pm)