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 PTA Standing Rules
This post contains the Lawton PTA Standing Rules.
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! 🐬
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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. 🐬
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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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.





