After School Enrichment Registration Opens December 12
Give your child a fun and engaging end to their school day!
Sign up now for our after-school enrichment classes, featuring hands-on activities, creative projects, and opportunities to learn new skills in a supportive environment. Spots fill quickly—reserve your child’s place today!
- Registration opens December 12, 2025 at 7 am and closes December 22.
- Classes begin the week of January 12.
- Scholarships available, please email afterschoolprograms@lawtonelementary.org.
Register for after school enrichment
School Info Session/Tours at Lawton
Lawton School Information Session and School Tours have been rescheduled for Thurs. January 8, 2026 at 9am, and Tues. January 13, 2026 at 5:00pm.
Seattle Public Schools Enrollment Department recently announced that they are moving up the Open Enrollment for School Choice dates for the 26-27 school year from February 2026 to January 2026. To support that change, we are moving our tours to January instead of February.
At the information session we will have an overview of the school and programs, followed by a tour of the building, and Lawton staff as well as PTA representatives will be present to answer questions.
Please note that the tour in the morning on Jan. 8 is for
Sports School Spirit Day!
Friday November 7th is Sports Day—time to show your school spirit in your favorite athletic gear! Whether it’s a jersey, hoodie, or sneakers, let’s fill the halls with energy and pride!
Direct Drive Starts NOW!
Our biggest fundraiser of the year starts NOW! Head to the link in our bio and donate to the Lawton PTA if you love 
the Art Docent program 
Recess Monitors 
P.E. equipment 
Library books 
PTA events 
small class sizes 
Jump Start 
the Wave Store 
Field Day 
LAWTON!!! More about Direct Drive Donate Now!
School Spirit Day: Tropical Day
Tomorrow is Tropical School Spirit Day at Lawton! 🌴 Who else has sunshine on the brain? 🌞 See you there, Dolphins!
Lawton’s Bike, Walk, or Roll to School Day is on October 7th
Bus Riders: You are included!
Car Riders: Consider parking a number of blocks away that matches your grade level, then walk to school.
School pick-up and drop-off times can be hectic with many idling cars in the same area. Walking, biking, or rolling to school helps reduce congestion and makes the air cleaner to breathe.
Fun Facts:
- Walking to school can help you feel more awake and ready to learn.
- Kids who walk to school often do better in class because exercise helps improve concentration.
- Walking with friends is a great way to start the day and can make the walk to school more fun.
- Walking helps build strong bones and muscles, which
Back to School Bash & Open House
Back to School Bash
Lawton PTA invites your family to stay after the school open house to gather with others and enjoy the start of the new school year.
DATE: Thursday, September 25th (right after the Lawton Open House)
TIME: 5:00-7:00 pm
LOCATION: Lawton Playground (we will move inside to the gym and commons if it is pouring rain).
Please note: When the open house ends at 5:30 pm, all other areas of the school building will be closed to families. Children must be under parent/guardian supervision during the Back to School Bash.
FOOD/ACTIVITIES:
- Secret Sausage food truck
- PTA Bake Sale (cash or card accepted)
- Glitter Tattoos
- PTA Merchandise Sale
- Spin the Wheel to win a
Fall After School Enrichment
The Lawton PTA is proud to offer our After School Enrichment program, beginning in October, a variety of classes that promote creativity, athleticism, and skill building are available to your children on Monday thru Thursday afternoons. The information on all of the classes offered and registration details can be researched at 6Crickets.com.
Registration opens September 23rd at 7:00am, register early as classes can fill up quickly.
Scholarships are available if needed, please email afterschoolprograms@
Lawton Family Update September 19, 2025 – Letter from the Principal
Lawton Families,
What a great start to the year we are having! Our new arrival procedure on the playground is going great, and we appreciate all the families who have paid the Student Supply fee so far this month! Our classes are busy working on the first units of study in all subjects (including Music and PE), and we have given our first WAVE winner recognitions at our weekly school-wide Wednesday assembly this week!
Our 4th and 5th grade students learned about the options for Wednesday clubs this week, and all of our students have been to the library and have
Final Food Distribution & Summer Resources
Free Summer Meals
The Free Summer Meals site map is not currently live but when it is, you can text FOOD to 509-509 for help locating the site nearest you.
Sun Bucks
- The sun bucks program provides $120 in grocery benefits per eligible child to use over the summer months. Note that SUN bucks expire 4 months after the date of issuance. We encourage families to spend SUN Bucks before other funds like SNAP.
- Most children will be automatically enrolled through free/reduced lunch eligibility at school or participation in assistance programs like SNAP or TANF.
- Sun Bucks cards will be reloaded this year. If families have lost their cards, they should reach out to the SUN Bucks
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
