Yearbook Art Submissions
This year we invited 5th grade students to design a cover for the Lawton Elementary yearbook – and we had some amazing submissions!
Check out the creative and colorful submissions, which were later voted on by the younger students and faculty!
Name: S. G.
Class: Ms. Soccorsy
Name: E. P. and H. B. G.
Class: Ms. Soccorsy
Name: E. C.
Class: Mr. Swartzman
Name: A.
Principal Newsletter – November 10, 2021
We’re sending our newsletter early this week so that you have the information you need before the unexpected long weekend.
This week, students in all grades spent time learning about Veterans Day through activities including read-alouds, letter writing, and poppy art inspired by the poem In Flanders Field by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Schedule Change – No School Thursday or Friday
There is no school Thursday (planned holiday) or Friday (unplanned school cancellation from SPS) this week. We are looking forward to seeing everyone back on campus Monday!
Health and Safety Updates
Catharine Blaine Vaccine Clinic Sign-up Link for Saturday. Click on this link to sign up for one of the 240 slots at Catharine Blaine
No School on Friday, November 12, 2021
Dear SPS Families
Seattle Public Schools will be closed on Friday, November 12. We are aware of an unusually large number of SPS staff taking leave on Friday, and do not believe we have adequate personnel to open schools with the necessary environment for high-quality learning.
This is a change from the published schedule, and we recognize the late notice creates challenging circumstances for many families.
This learning day will be added to the end of the 21/22 school year to ensure all students have access to the full number of educational hours.
Sincerely,
Seattle Public Schools
Principal Newsletter – November 5, 2021
On the first Friday of each month we celebrate the spirit of Joining the WAVE at Lawton. Students and staff dress up for spirit days and trade their WAVE tickets for items from the WAVE store. Today’s silly socks were such fun! As we move into the gloomier winter months these traditions keep our Lawton Dolphins joyfully connected to one another. Thank you for being an important part of our community.
Lost and found donation timing – and a plea for names on jackets
Please take time to check the lost and found when you are on campus. We put it outside the main entrance. We sorted through more than 50 items and only found names on four of them. Please,
Principal Newsletter – October 29, 2021
This week at Lawton, 2nd and 3rd grade students read scary stories in the library, 4th and 5th graders practiced their composition skills in music, and Kindergarten and 1st graders jumped rope in PE. The time students spend learning from specialists is key to our educational programming. Ask your students what they did in music, PE, or library this week to learn more.
Morning Drop Off
With bus service suspended and families trying to negotiate safe and timely drop off for 300+ students in a 15-minute window, it is more important than ever that we work together to make morning traffic flow smoothly. Please arrive early and stay alert (phones away please). The most frantic time for drop off is between 7:50
Yearbook Cover Design Contest!
Calling all 5th grade artists!
Behind the scenes, we are already working on the 2021-22 yearbook and would love to get our students more involved. Since it’s their final year at Lawton, all 5th grade students are invited to our Cover Design Contest, grades K through 4 will be the jury. The winning design will be printed on the cover, all other submissions will be featured throughout the yearbook. We hope to make this a new tradition at Lawton. This way, all students will eventually get a chance at submitting their artwork.
5th grade parents, be on the lookout for more details in your student’s take home folders and in emails from
Dinner with Geni’s Ethiopian!
Our next takeout dinner is hosted by Lawton family owned Geni’s Ethiopian! Pre-order a traditional Ethiopian meal for pickup on THURSDAY OCTOBER 28th! 20% of all orders will be donated back to Lawton. Click here to order today!
Principal Newsletter – October 22, 2021
Lawton students and staff participated in the Great American ShakeOut Drill on Thursday. Everyone did a great job when asked to drop, cover, and hold. Ask your student to show you how – and you can practice at home!
Counselor Corner
Every six weeks, our counselor Erica Barry rotates through all Lawton classrooms to do a social emotional learning lesson. Read below to learn more about lessons by grade level for the latest cycle:
- K: Mood Meter – We learned about the Mood Meter and all the different big emotions we can feel. We played “guess the feeling” based on facial cues and learned strategies for how to guess what people are feeling even when they have masks on!
- 1: Meta-Moment
Direct Drive 2021 is Live!
Our Dolphin Dreams direct drive fundraiser is an important opportunity for the community to come together to support programs such as library books & support, school counselor, student technology licenses and so much more. The primary goal of the Dolphin Dreams campaign is to reach 100% participation so that all members of our community come together to support the students, teachers, staff, and families at the school. Please participate today!
Principal Newsletter – October 15, 2021
One of the joys of coming back to school is in person music and PE. Ms. Cooper and Mr. Peters are curating engaging and safe learning experiences that maximize learning new skills while adhering to our health and safety protocols. Ask your student about what they learned this week!
Family Night October 19th – Focus on Positive Communication
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Sound familiar? Want more? Join Erica Barry, school counselor, on Tuesday, October 19th at 7pm for a family night focused on positive communication. Ms. Barry will share five tips for effective conversations with your student(s). The PTA will also do a brief overview of how they support Lawton and what you can do to help.
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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.
