Lawton Yearbook Cover Art Contest
We would like to thank all of the 5th grade artists who submitted fantastic artwork for the Yearbook Cover Contest! From Ms. Soccorsy’s class, we have H.B.G & E.P. (as an artist team), G.D., S.G., O.H., A.L., and Y.M. who submitted their creative artwork. From Mr. Swartzman’s class, we have E.C., J.I., and J.S. who submitted their beautiful artwork. The names have been abbreviated for privacy, for full names please read Dr. Deno’s Friday newsletter. All artwork will be included in the yearbook. We would also like to thank all of the K-4th grade students who helped this year by voting.
With all the votes in, A.L. is the winner!
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!
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
