What’s Happening

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

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

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,

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.