Principal Communication

Lawton School Information Session and School Tours have been rescheduled for Thurs. January 8, 2026 at 9am, and Tues. January 13, 2026 at 5:00pm. Seattle Public Schools Enrollment Department recently announced that they are moving up the Open Enrollment for School Choice dates for the 26-27 school year from February 2026 to January 2026. To support that change, we are moving our tours to January instead of February. At the information session we will have an overview of the school and programs, followed by a tour of the building, and Lawton staff as well as PTA representatives will be present to answer questions. Please note that the tour in the morning on Jan. 8 is for adults

Lawton Families, What a great start to the year we are having! Our new arrival procedure on the playground is going great, and we appreciate all the families who have paid the Student Supply fee so far this month! Our classes are busy working on the first units of study in all subjects (including Music and PE), and we have given our first WAVE winner recognitions at our weekly school-wide Wednesday assembly this week! Our 4th and 5th grade students learned about the options for Wednesday clubs this week, and all of our students have been to the library and have been issued their iPads or laptops for use at school. Lunches and recesses are going great,

Lawton Families, This has been a fantastic year and I can’t believe it is almost over!  Please note that on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 18, we will dismiss at 1:25pm, not 1:10pm, as it is not an early release day but rather is a 60-minute early dismissal day. End of Year Celebrations Field Day is on Friday, June 13, so be sure to send a water bottle and apply sunscreen at home!  We are so grateful to our amazing Lawton PTA for running this all-day event – and appreciate the volunteers who make it happen! In addition to everyone who volunteers with PTA, I want to also thank the volunteers who helped us with

Lawton Families, Hope you enjoyed the gorgeous long weekend – only 3 ½ more weeks left in the school year, and there is lots of learning and fun happening at Lawton! Author Visit On Friday, May 23, authors Kelly McWilliams and Jewell Parker Rhodes visited Lawton and spoke to all classes about their many books.  In addition to being renowned for their writing and scholarship, the authors are mother and daughter, and are the family of a Lawton student, making this visit even more special! Students in K-3 had the book Soul Step (co-written by the authors) read aloud by Jewell Parker Rhodes, and the students in grades 2-5 engaged with the authors about writing historical fiction.  We

Lawton Families, We had a really great Family Career Night this week, and I want to thank Ms. Barry for organizing it, and especially thank all of the amazing Lawton families who participated! Returning to Lawton Survey Now that it is May, we are starting to plan for next school year already! We have an electronic Returning to Lawton Next Year? survey that we need all families to complete for each of your Lawton students by May 9.  This replaces the paper survey we have sent home in past years, and this data helps us plan classrooms for next year. Talent Show Attached is the Talent Show Poster 2025.pdf .  Below are quick links to sign-ups (also noted

Lawton Families,We are now two weeks away from Spring Break, and even with the excitement of spring and the coming school break, teachers are really noticing that our students are in their best “learning zone” this time of year.  Last week we had a visit from the Superintendent, Dr. Jones, and he got the chance to say hello to 4th graders, see & hear 1st graders prepare for their music concert (and show off our Lawton Dolphin song for him), talk to 5th graders about their math work and about being school leaders, and see 3rd graders creating art with our visiting artist – as well as touring our school and meeting with staff – in all it was

Lawton Families, This week we welcome the start of spring on Thursday, and Trimester 2 of the school year will end on Wednesday.  Teachers will then enter data into the Elementary Progress Report on the Source and families will be able to see the progress reports on the Source on or before Spring Break. We Love Our Lawton PTA! Last week we had our annual celebration of “Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math” (STEAM) and it was both an exciting and an enlightening week of learning at Lawton.  I loved seeing students sharing their creative cardboard challenge items with their peers, as well as playing fun math games, combining geometry and art, and learning about Space with

Lawton Families, As we enter into March, students in all of our classes at Lawton are really blossoming academically, and are demonstrating so much growth in social emotional learning skills!  This year our staff has been really intentional about inviting families to school to celebrate student learning in a variety of ways, and we love seeing you visit our classrooms, come to our assemblies, and join us at evening class events lately and throughout this year - so thank you for your partnership and engagement at Lawton! This time of year we also get very excited about extension or enrichment opportunities for students to dig deeper into academic areas, like student writing and research projects, our recent Book Fair

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

Lawton Families, It was so fun to see so many families in the building this week at our PTA Bingo Night and Lawton Book Fair!  Events like these really support a sense of community and reinforce our love for learning and for play at Lawton, and we appreciate the all hard work that our PTA and staff (shout out to Ms. Gallegos!) give to make our school events possible! On that note – as we are at the mid-year mark, I have created a really short Family Engagement and Feedback survey that I would love you to click on and fill out.  I will share the anonymous responses with our Building Leadership Team, PTA and staff in February