No School on Friday 10/14!
This is a reminder there will be no school for students on Friday for Teacher In-Service Day.
This is the statewide training day for all public school educators. Teachers, administrators, and school support staff will spend this time working together to support student success.
School will resume on Monday.
Visit our online district calendar to view upcoming school year dates.
Principal Newsletter – October 7, 2022
We’ve fit a lot into the first 18 days of the school year! Teachers and students have been busy establishing learning routines, building community, and practicing school expectations. Yesterday, our 5th grade students returned from IslandWood where they spent four days participating in outdoor learning and community building activities. Today we had our first Spirit Day of the year and hosted our monthly WAVE store for students to redeem tickets they’ve earned. Ask your student if they visited the WAVE store today or decided to save their tickets for something later.
Safety News
Now Hiring: Morning Safety Patrol Lead. This position will supervise student safety patrollers to help keep kids safe and traffic moving during morning drop-off. Please email kmcerise if you’re
Principal Newsletter – September 30, 2022
We hope you’ll join the PTA for their back-to-school bash tonight from 5-7pm. It’s a great way to come together as a community to celebrate the start of a new year.
As we transition to October, we’re continuing the work of building classroom communities, growing our stamina as learners, and forming lasting habits.
We’re asking for your partnership to make on-time arrival a key habit for your student. On-time arrivals are important for both safety and classroom routines.
On time arrivals support building and student safety. Having all students in class and ready to learn at 7:55 is a allows us to lock all exterior doors promptly at the start of the school day and fully staff our office for timely attendance to
Principal Newsletter – September 23, 2022
As we close out another week, I want to thank everyone who participated in our Curriculum Night Open House. We enjoyed meeting families and watching students show you around our building. Events that bring home and school together to support and celebrate student learning are a powerful reminder of the great partnerships we have at Lawton.
Our week was also brightened by everyone’s adorable picture day smiles. If you forgot to order pictures, it’s not too late. You can order online here.
A few reminders to help get the year off to a smooth and healthy start:
- Submit student questionnaire. Thank you to the 100+ families who completed this already. If you haven’t had a chance to do so – either
After School Enrichment Classes
The Lawton PTA is excited to announce that enrichment classes are back! 
Review the informational flyer below for more information. You can scan the QR code or CLICK HERE to be taken to the registration site.
Registration begins on Wednesday, Sept. 28th at 12:00 AM.
Fall sessions will go from October 17th to December 16th.
Picture Day – Thursday 9/22
Class and individual school pictures are happening Thursday and Friday. All students will be photographed for school files and the yearbook, regardless of whether families choose to order photos. You can find your specific class schedule below. To request a school photo scholarship, email kmcerise@seattleschools.org.
Preorder photos here: https://prepaysystems.com/view/9_bs5ybW/lawton-elementary. The link closes on Sunday, September 25th. You may choose to wait and see your student’s photo in the online gallery after picture day before ordering, but Packages A-F are available as pre-orders only
Photo suggestions. Solid colors in medium to dark tones photograph well. Avoid Green, all white, pastel, neon and busy prints-they draw
Fall Festival – Our Lade of Fatima Parish School
Our friends at Our Lady of Fatima Parish School have invited Lawton students and their families to participate in their Fall Festival on Saturday, October 8th at 6PM! All are welcome!
Back to School Bash
| Our annual Back to School Bash is rescheduled for Friday, September 30, from 5-7pm. Join us on our Lawton playground for fun activities and food for purchase. This is a fun event and a great way to meet and connect with our community. All are welcome! |
Principal Newsletter – September 16, 2022
A smooth start to the year allows us to better support your students and you. Please help us by:
- Completing a get-to-know-you questionnaire
- Joining us for Curriculum Night
- Loading your student’s account if they plan to eat school lunch
- Returning all first day packet forms
- Considering volunteering for Safety Patrol
Detailed information on each of these things follows…
Help Us Get to Know Your Student and Family
You are the expert on your child(ren). Please share some of what you know to help us connect with them and
Important Start-of-Year Links and Updates
Bargaining News
Seattle School District’s contract with the teachers’ union, Seattle Education Association (SEA), expired on August 31, 2022. Negotiation on a new contract has been ongoing for months.
For SPS updates: https://www.seattleschools.org/news/sps-and-sea-bargaining-updates/
For SEA updates: https://www.seattlewea.org/contracts-and-bargaining/2022-bargaining-updates/
If a tentative agreement is not reached by September 7, the start of school will be delayed.
School Lunch
SPS will again charge for school meals this year. The new prices are $2.25 for elementary breakfast and $3.25 for elementary lunch.
We encourage all eligible families to submit a new application for free and
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
