After School Enrichment Classes
After School Enrichment classes are back! The Lawton PTA partnered with 6crickets to bring back a variety of popular classes – from Spanish and HipHop to Watercolors and Chess, to just name a few.
The fall session will run from October 16 till December 14, 2023.
Registration opens on Tuesday, September 26th at 7:00am and closes on Saturday, October 7th at 11:59pm.
To register and to find more information on each class as well as the schedule and pricing, please visit the Lawton After School Enrichment portal through 6Crickets. Spots are limited and
Principal Newsletter, September 18, 2023
Lawton Families,
The 23-24 school year is off to a great start, and we loved having our Kindergarteners join us last week! We had our first weekly Wednesday all school assembly last week as well, and the whole student body sang a sweet song about Lawton that Ms. Kinder taught them in the first week of music; it was such a wonderful surprise that several staff found themselves so touched, they were wiping away tears.
Lawton Open House (Curriculum Connections) is Tuesday, Sept. 19, from 5:30-6:30!
The Lawton Staff welcomes students and families to come in the school, see our learning spaces, and meet our staff this Tuesday evening. The event will start in the Commons at 5:30 with a welcome and
OL Reign Game – Lawton PTA Fundraiser
Come out to support Lawton while cheering on Rose Lavelle, JessFishlock, Sofia Huerta, Alana Cook and the rest of the OL Reign at Luman Field on Friday, October 6th @ 5PM. $10 of every ticket sold will go directly back to our school! Hope to see some Dolphins at the game!
School Lunch Information
Breakfast and lunch is served each day in all Seattle schools. You can view the menus online and filter by school. School meals prices are $2.25 for elementary breakfast and $3.25 for elementary lunch.
SPS encourages all eligible families to submit a new application for free and reduced-price meals now. The application is available online or you can request a paper copy from the front office.
If not eligible, you can pay with a credit card online at PayPams, www.paypams.com. PayPams requires the Student’s ID number or meal account pin number (provided by the school) to create an account.
PayPams
Curriculum Night – September 19th
Save the date for Curriculum Night at Lawton! It will be held at the school on Tuesday, September 19th from 5:30 – 6:30 PM. Stay tuned for additional information!
Principal Newsletter, August 29, 2023
Lawton Families!
Welcome back to the 23-24 School Year! I hope the summer break has been wonderful for all of you, and we very excited to launch the new school year at Lawton. Today was our first staff work day and we are busily preparing our classrooms and common spaces for your students. I have some brief items for you as we head into the new school year:
Teacher Notification and Arrival/Pick Up Information
All of our 15 classroom teachers will be emailing their families in the late afternoon on Thursday, August 31, with information about their teacher assignment and about their grade level arrival and pick procedures.
Arrival change for this year – students in grades 3-5 will continue to gather on
Save the Date: Back to School Bash!
| Mark your calendars to join us for our annual Back to School Bash on Friday, September 29, from 5-7pm. All are welcome as we host our Lawton Elementary community on our playground for fun activities and food for purchase. This is a fun event and a great way to meet and connect. If you’d like to help with this event, please check out our VOLUNTEER SIGNUPS. |
Lawton School Traffic Safety
- Be packed and ready to exit the car independently
- Exit car on the sidewalk side of the car in the loading zone (not in the circle)
- Wait in a single-file line once entering 27thstreet – do not pass cars waiting to unload.
- Stay in the driver’s seat, do not exit car.
- Be packed and ready to exit the car independently
- Exit car on the sidewalk side of the car in the loading zone (not in the circle)
SCHOOL DROPOFF & PICKUP
Please help keep students and families safe during drop off and pick up. Drivers using 27th Street (along the front of the school) as their drop off area should:
Students arriving by car should:
Kindergarten Connections
Please join our incoming PTA Co-Presidents, Birgit Saalfeld and Melanie Nel, as they host a second Kindergarten playdate on Thursday, Aug. 31, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm at Discovery Park playground.
Any questions can be sent to them via presidents@lawtonelementary.org
| Our Kindergarten teachers are hosting this connection session Tuesday, Sept. 5 from 9 am to noon as an opportunity to introduce your incoming kindergarteners to Lawton. It also allows teachers to see how best to create successful classroom groupings. Families will drop off |
Welcome Back, Dolphins!
Your Lawton PTA would like to extend a very warm welcome to our newest DOLPHINS, as well as our seasoned Lawton families. We’re excited to ready, set, school, and look forward to connecting with our student, parent and teacher community this year!
START DATES
First day of school for 1st-5th Grade – Wednesday Sept. 5, 7:55 a.m. – 2:25 p.m.
No Early Release
First day of school for Kindergartners – Monday Sept. 11, 7:55 a.m. – 2:25 p.m.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Instead of asking parents and guardians to purchase their own school supplies, Lawton
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
