What’s Happening

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

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

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
  

Thank you for a wonderful first week of school! It was fun to see how much our returning students grew over the summer and we loved getting to know all our new students.

A smooth start to the year allows us to better support your students and you. Please help us by:

1. Completing a get-to-know-you questionnaire
2. Joining us for Curriculum Night
3. Loading your student’s account if they plan to eat school lunch
4. Returning all first day packet forms
5. 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

Happy Friday!

Teachers worked hard this week getting classrooms ready to welcome students. Special thanks to the PTA volunteers who brightened our days with treats and love. We are looking forward to seeing students back in the building!

You should have received your student’s teacher assignment via email today. If you didn’t, please email Kristina Cerise.

Your teacher assignment email includes lots of important information about arrival and dismissal procedures, health protocols, and more. We’re keeping this newsletter short so that you can focus on reading the teacher letter closely.

Enjoy your holiday weekend.

PTA Volunteer Opportunities

Interested in leading student safety patrol or another role? Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4EAAAA28A5F49-20222023

Upcoming Events

9/7 First Day of School (Grades 1-5), no early release

9/12 First Day of School