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
Principal Newsletter, June 30, 2023
Please Note: Dismissal is at 1:25pm (1 hour early) today!
Lawton Families –
I can’t believe it is already the last day of school! I have so enjoyed getting to know our families, your students and our amazing staff this year, and am looking forward to a great start to school in September (after a well-deserved summer break)!
Progress Reports
Paper copies were sent home on Wednesday with students, and Progress Reports are expected to be available on the Source in mid-July.
Summer Learning
There are lots of things you can do over the summer to keep kids growing and learning: take your kids to the library, read together, play outside, cooking, make art together, or tell them about family stories.
For some math
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Friday is School Spirit: Matching Day! 💙💙
You can match with a friend(s), you can match yourself, or you can match with a teacher! We know what will be matching - that Lawton spirit! 🐬
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Get those smiles ready, Dolphins! 🐬 School Picture Day is tomorrow, October 1st! 📸
Lawton Elementary School PTA is at Lawton Elementary School.
Thanks to the hard work of our volunteer fundraising team and the generosity of our supporters, our Direct Drive raised over $130,000 - which means Ms Clagg had a pie thrown in her face! Thank you to our incredible principal for being so supportive of our PTA and Lawton families! This will be a core memory for most of our Dolphins! 🐬
Lawton Elementary School PTA
✨B2SB 2026✨
Thank you to our teachers for opening their classrooms to our Lawton families! Thank you to our incredible volunteers for hosting our first PTA shindig of the year!
If you aren’t a PTA member yet, what are you waiting for?! Link in our bio to join. 🐬
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Thanks to our incredible Direct Drive donors, tomorrow is Pajama Day and Glow Party at Lawton! Wear your comfiest clothes and best dance shoes to celebrate us reaching these incredible fundraising milestones. 🪩
Lawton Elementary School PTA is at Lawton Elementary School.
B2SB TONIGHT!
🍎Curriculum Night in the classrooms 4:30-5:30
🌭Bash on the playground 5:00-7:00
Lawton Elementary School PTA is at Lawton Elementary School.
We are SO CLOSE to our $100k prize: a school-wide Glow Party! 🪩 If you haven’t donated yet, you might be the one to put these kids over the edge (and light up the dance floor)! 🕺
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Our Back to School Bash is less than a week away! Save the date!
🍎4:30 - 5:30pm Curriculum Night in the Classrooms
🐬5:00 - 7:00pm B2SB on the Playground
Lawton Elementary School PTA
Registration for fall After School Enrichment opens this Friday September 18 at 7am! Browse class options via the link in our bio.
ASE is made possible by our Lawton PTA - if you haven’t joined the PTA yet, you can do so now via the link in our bio!
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Lawton Elementary School PTA
We’ve hit our $60k goal prize and unlocked a Popsicle Party for all our Lawton Dolphins! 🍡 Details to come, but our kids will be enjoying their treat soon. ☺️
🗓️ There’s only TEN days left to donate to our 2026-2027 Direct Drive! If you haven’t already, please donate to support the work our Lawton PTA is doing!
🪩 Once we hit $100k, our kids will earn a School-Wide Glow Party!
Register and donate via the link in our bio.
