(Ice Cream) Taco Tuesday – 2/13/24
Join us for (arguably) the BEST type of Taco Tuesday – the type where ice cream is involved!
Visit Nutty Squirrel in the Magnolia Village on Tuesday, 2/13 from 3-6 PM. 15% of all sales are donated to the Lawton PTA.
Principal Newsletter, 2.5.24
Lawton Families –
I’m so impressed by our amazing students these last couple weeks – from
- Kindergarten students reciting a poem for their 3rd grade buddies,
- all 3rd grade students taking turns as fish biologists, monitoring the water and temperature of our Salmon Tank (and our salmon roe have turned into alevin this week – see the pictures below!),
- 1st and 2nd graders using graphing and models to demonstrate addition and subtraction concepts,
- to 4th and 5th student leaders speaking to prospective families about their experiences at Lawton at our recent Open Houses – everywhere I look, I see joy, confidence and engagement in our Lawton school community!
School Budget Survey – one more chance to let us know your priorities for how Lawton uses
Volunteers Needed
Please consider signing up to volunteer for the following items:
- 5th Grade Promotion
- End of Year Celebration
- Event Planner/Committee Chair
- Field Day Committee
We love that Lawton and the PTA help put on these events – but they can’t happen without support of families. Thank you!
Please email vicepresidents@lawtonelementary.org if you are interested in volunteering!
Recycle for Good
During February there will be a recycle bin in the front lobby for rinsed out apple sauce & yogurt snack pouches (and their caps) such as the ones pictured above. Though it is sponsored by GoGoSqueez, all brands are accepted. We are doing this through a company called Terracycle, the idea is we collect as many pouches as possible, send them back to them, they recycle them and give us credits that can be turned into funds that go back to Lawton.
So let’s show Mother Earth a little love this valentine’s season and recycle some of those hard to recycle items
!
Principal Newsletter, January 22, 2024
Lawton Families,
Wow – can’t believe we’re already at the mid-year mark in the school year – it’s been a great year at Lawton so far!
School Budget Survey
This is the time of year that our Building Leadership Team begins to plan for our programs, enrollment, staffing and budget for next year, and we aim to be responsive to the needs of our students with the precious resources we have available to us. With this in mind, I would love to hear from you, the Lawton community, about your priorities, suggestions, and ideas for what programs and services to fund next year in this brief survey that I will share with our BLT at our February 5 meeting. Thank you!
And now
PTA Advocacy Update
For those interested in keeping up with the SPS Board, there is a board meeting on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 4:15 pm. The meeting will include a Budget Work Session as part of the 2024-25 budget development process. An important goal of this work will be to figure out how to close the $105 million structural deficit. The Zoom link will be available around January 15. Check the website: https://www.seattleschools.org/calendar/school-board-regular-meeting-january-17-2023/
Additionally, there is a new advocacy group called All Together for Seattle Schools. The group was founded by parents “from across the city and of different backgrounds” and is concerned about the deficit and how it will be addressed. You can
Principal Newsletter, January 8, 2024
Lawton Families –
I hope everyone had a relaxing Winter Break and happy 2024 to our Lawton community! We had a great first week of the new year last week, with our students happy to see friends and classmates after the break, our classes focused on new units of study, and our Newspaper Club publishing their first paper of the year!
PE, Music and Assemblies
I’m excited to see that in PE, Mr. Peters is adding Archery for 4th and 5th grades this year – those classes will be focused on that unit this month. PE classes will also be doing bicycle and/or roller blading units in the new year, so there is lots of fun for all grades to come!
In Music,
Dinner Fundraiser – Damoori Kitchen
Take the night off from cooking Thursday, Jan. 18 and grab some delicious Lebanese food from Damoori. Then join our Lawton community for some fantastic family fun at Bingo Night from 6 – 7:15 pm.
Bingo Night – Jan 18th
Please join the PTA for some bingo fun on Thursday, January 18th from 6 – 7:15pm! We’ll have bingo going for all ages in the Commons, bake sale items (but no food trucks this time), AND Ms. Gallegos will have the book fair running in the Library.
This event is not possible without our great team of volunteers; please consider helping out by signing up here.
Principal Newsletter, December 11, 2023
Lawton Families –
As we head into the last week of school before our Winter Break, here are some announcements and reminders for you to consider:
Elementary Progress Reports
The EPR will be available on Monday, Dec. 18 in the Source – we only print the final progress report in June, so you can find the December and March EPRs online. Directions on how to access the Source are available on the SPS website.
Inclement weather and device info
This school year Seattle Public Schools again plans to shift to remote learning if there is inclement weather and buildings are closed. All students will bring home their district issued device over the Winter Break in case remote learning is needed on January 2.
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Congratulations to our yearbook cover art winner, T.T.! All the art this year was so fantastic; we don’t envy our K-3rd graders for having to choose just one! 📚
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Girl Scout Troop 41696, in partnership with the Lawton PTA, (and MES & Blaine), continues their Food Drive now benefitting low income seniors in the Magnolia neighborhood! They are assembling Thanksgiving Dinners in a Bag and are asking for the following:
🛍️2 gallon ziploc bags
🦃Cans of turkey or chicken
🍲Boxes of stuffing mix
🥔Bags of mashed potatoes
🥘Packets of gravy
🥫Cans of green beans
🍇Bags of cranberries
🥐Muffin/scone/biscuit mix
🧈Spray oil
🥣Rectangle baking trays
Drop off donations this week in one of the blue bins!
Lawton Elementary School PTA
It’s SPORTS DAY at Lawton! Go Sports! ⚽️🏀🏈⚾️🥎🏐🎾🏉
Fall Fest tonight! See you there, Dolphins! 🐬🍁
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Lawton’s PTA (and MES & Blaine) are partnering with Magnolia Girl Scout Troop 41696 for a holiday Food Drive! From now through December 11, Girl Scouts will be collecting specific donations to provide to local families and seniors experiencing food insecurity. 🚨Now through Friday Nov 6, the Girl Scouts are asking for donations of: 🎂Boxes of cake mix 🍰Jars of frosting 🥤12oz cans of lemon lime soda 🕯️Birthday candles 🍽️Disposable cake trays 🛍️Medium/large birthday bags These will be assembled and donated to the Ballard Food Bank as “Birthday Cakes in a Bag” in honor of GS founder Juliette Gordon Low’s
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Fall Festival is Friday! 🍁 We can’t wait to see you there, Dolphins!
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Happy Halloween from all our dolphins! 🎃 Magnolia Village Trick or Treating tomorrow from 4p-6p. Be safe and have fun! 👻
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Look familiar? 👀
All Lost & Found items that have not been claimed by Friday Oct 30 will be donated! Come take a peek by the end of the week!
Lawton Elementary School PTA is at .
Our Yearbook Cover Art Contest is on now! ✨
Our K-3rd graders will vote this week to choose which 4th/5th grader masterpiece will grace our 2026-2027 yearbooks. 🎨
Lu loves them all! How to choose?! 🐬
Lawton Elementary School PTA
You AUTumn sign up to volunteer at Fall Fest! 🍁 We’re in need of lots of FALLunteers! 🍂 Sign up to help on Konstella.
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Lawton Students Speak Up! 🗣️ After rumors circulated in our 4th and 5th grade classrooms that there would be no Halloween celebrations at Lawton this year (since Halloween is on a Saturday), our impassioned students wrote a letter to Ms Clagg, the staff, and our PTA. Ms Clagg’s response: “When I received this letter, I beamed with pride. As a former high school Social Studies teacher, this kind of civic action on the part of 10 and 11 year olds embodies my core values as an educator: to develop thoughtful, well-rounded citizens who engage in productive discourse and positively contribute
