Spirit Wear is Here!
| Spirit wear is now available for purchase! T-shirts and sweatshirts are available in youth and adult sizes, with improved sizing of the graphic on the smaller youth sizes this year. Orders can be placed HERE and will be shipped directly to your home approximately two weeks after our campaign closes on Sunday, November 22nd.If you have questions, please contact Carrie Bruno spiritwear@lawtonelementary.org. |
Internet Safety Presentation & PTA General Meeting TONIGHT (virtual event)
| Lawton Elementary PTA is hosting a General Meeting followed by an Internet Safety presentation by Kelly Crouch, the Strategic Advisor for the Seattle Police Department’s Washington State Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. When: Monday, November 2nd from 5:30-7pm (Meeting link sent last week via classroom parents and Dr. Deno) What: PTA General Meeting from 5:30-6pm to discuss revisions to the 2020 PTA budget and plan for 2021. Families will be sent a survey to help the PTA identify issues that are important to our community. Internet Safety Presentation from 6-7pm. With virtual learning, technology and social media are capturing the time and attention of our children whether we like it or not. Families need to keep pace with the cyber |
Bailey Gatzert Elementary
Bailey Gatzert Elementary as our SPS partner school and we hope that this is the beginning of a long-term partnership between our schools. Please click on this post to see a video highlighting student engagement in the classroom at Bailey Gatzert.
Our Partner School
Lawton PTA has chosen Bailey Gatzert Elementary as our SPS partner school and we hope that this is the beginning of a long-term partnership between our schools. Our partnership with Bailey Gatzert developed out of an existing relationship cultivated by Lawton’s PTA Outreach Committee.
Located in the Central District, Bailey Gatzert serves a population of ~300 pre-K through grade 5 students. At Gatzert, 94% of the population are students of color, 33% of students are English Language Learners, and 18% are students with disabilities.
Watch this video to learn more about a Day in the Life of
2020 Direct Drive Partner School
Did you know that this year you have the opportunity to donate to a partner school along with your support of Lawton Elementary?
Lawton PTA has chosen Bailey Gatzert Elementary as our SPS partner school and we hope that this is the beginning of a long-term partnership between our schools. Our partnership with Bailey Gatzert developed out of an existing relationship cultivated by Lawton’s PTA Outreach Committee. Located in the Central District, Bailey Gatzert serves a population of ~300 pre-K through grade 5 students. At Gatzert, 94% of the population are students of color, 33% of students are English Language Learners, and 18% are students with disabilities. You can help Bailey Gatzert’s Family Partners Group
Direct Drive 2020 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!
Washington State PTA eSurvey 2020!
Member voice matters — please take a few minutes and complete our Lawton Elementary PTA e-survey. There’s a wide range of advocacy issues and we need your voice to help our PTA delegates vote on the Top 5 issues that are most important to us. The survey also includes other proposed positions that delegates will vote on to develop the WSPTA platform. The issues all support the health, education, and welfare of children and youth but the proposed platform covers a wide spectrum of advocacy positions and legislative policies from increasing access to mental health to preventing gun violence and suicide to closing the digital divide. There are also eight resolutions with topics ranging from access to recess and
K-2 Packet Pickup – Fridays 8a-3p
Materials packet pickup for K – 2
Weekly, 8am – 3pm, outside main school entrance
Tech Support for Remote Learning
If help is needed with technology issues related to remote learning, please call student TechLine at 206-252-0100, or email laptops@seattleschools.org. You can also call Lawton’s front office at 206-252-2130 between 8am and 3pm or email lawton@seattleschools.org any time.
Dolphin Dialogue Tuesday 9/29
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!
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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
