Lawton students and staff participated in the Great American ShakeOut Drill on Thursday. Everyone did a great job when asked to drop, cover, and hold. Ask your student to show you how – and you can practice at home!
Counselor Corner
Every six weeks, our counselor Erica Barry rotates through all Lawton classrooms to do a social emotional learning lesson. Read below to learn more about lessons by grade level for the latest cycle:
- K: Mood Meter – We learned about the Mood Meter and all the different big emotions we can feel. We played “guess the feeling” based on facial cues and learned strategies for how to guess what people are feeling even when they have masks on!
- 1: Meta-Moment – We learned how to take a Meta-Moment, manage big feelings, and calm down. We talked about what it means to be our “best self” and read the book Big Bear Hug to illustrate how we can solve problems using our strengths.
- 2/3: Kindness – We talked about what it means to be kind, what kindness looks like, and how it feels when others are kind to us. We read the book Be Kind and talked about how acts of kindness can spread around the world. Students are working over the next weeks to complete Kindness Bingo cards to spread kindness in our school community.
- 4/5: Friendship – We learned about and discussed healthy and unhealthy friendship behaviors, what it means to be a good friend and how friends should make you feel. We discussed “warning signs” that might indicate unhealthy friendships and how to manage relationships that make us feel uneasy or unsafe.
Ask your students about their lessons and how they are practicing the new things they learned.
Health and Safety
In-Person Meetings. Meetings with parents and caregivers will continue remotely until January 17, 2022. This includes parent-teacher conferences and IEP meetings.
Covid guidance change. Change is the only constant! SPS has moved coughs to the symptom list requiring a negative test before returning to school. See updated flow chart . Please note that SPS has revised its guidance and is accepting home tests again.
Get your flu shot! Drive through flu shot on Sunday, October 24 at Catharine Blaine K-8 from 9:00 am-3:00pm. https://schedule.seattlevna.com/home/9d20cac8-d510-ec11-b6e6-000d3a57ec4c?lang=en
Lawton Covid Update. This week (10/18– 10/22), Lawton sent zero classroom COVID notifications.
PTA News
Dolphin Dreams Direct Drive. One of the many things your Direct Drive donation supports is our fantastic librarian, Ms. Gallegos, and the important library services she provides. Support that and more by making a donation to the Dolphin Dreams Direct Drive.
ALL classrooms that reach 100% participation will get an extra recess! Financial contribution is not required to count toward participation. Everyone who participates by today will be entered to win a sanity saving stack of Usborne activities and books. Click here to participate!
Taco Tuesday at Nutty Squirrel. Nutty Squirrel will be hosting Lawton’s first monthly Taco Tuesday fundraiser on October 26th from 3-7pm. Stop by for a $4.50 gelato taco and 15% of your purchase goes back to Lawton!
In addition, don’t forget to order a Nutty Squirrel Community Kit. The $33 kit includes 2 pints of gelato, a take-and-bake brownie tray, caramel sauce, sprinkles and more. $5 of each kit purchased will be donated back to Lawton. Available in stores and online at www.nuttysquirrel.com until November 30th.
Lawton Takeout: Geni’s Ethiopian. On Thursday, October 28th, get ready for a delicious Ethiopian dinner made by Lawton family owned Geni’s Ethiopian! Click here to order: https://tinyurl.com/ygmdplmj
Check the Fence. Whenever you drop by Lawton, be sure to check the fences for updated PTA news – from Direct Drive to Lawton takeout dinners and more, check the fence to stay in the know!
Upcoming Events
October 26 – PTA fundraiser: Nutty Squirrel Taco Tuesday
October 28 – PTA takeout dinner fundraiser @ Geni’s Ethiopian
November 5 – Spirit Day: Silly Socks
November 11 – NO SCHOOL, Veteran’s Day Observed
November 22-26 – NO SCHOOL for students, Conferences and Thanksgiving
