Principal Newsletter, 4.29.24
Dear Lawton Families, I want to start with a big shout out to our amazing School Counselor, Erica Barry, for organizing last week’s fun and well-attended Career Night and Volunteer Appreciation event – and to all the Lawton family members and PTA Board, who gave their time to share details about their careers with our students! On Friday, May 3 our School Spirit theme is College or Career wear! Also on May 3 - Lost and Found items will be donated on this day, so please give the racks a check this week! SPS Artificial Intelligence Policies SPS recently published information about how we use AI, and teach in the new AI reality. This work is new for Lawton staff and students, but thought families might be interested in what to expect: https://www.seattleschools.org/student-portal/technology-supports-for-families/digital-tools/ai-tools/ State Testing
Open PTA Role: Communications
WE need you! Want to make a lasting impact on your child’s school experience, and make a difference in the school community? Volunteer for the 2024/2025 PTA board. In the coming weeks we will be highlighting the roles that will be open on the 2024/25 Lawton PTA Board to give you an idea of what each role entails and the duties required for each. This week we are highlighting our Communications (newsletter/social media)position Other positions available: Co-President, Advocacy chair, treasurer & website administrator. If interested please contact the Nominating Committee: nominations@lawtonelementary.org
Sign Ups for Staff Appreciation Day!
It's time to show Lawton Staff our LOVE! Staff Appreciation Week is May 6th to 10th and we need lots of donations and a little parent help to show our teachers and staff just how much we love them! In collaboration with a few of our amazing Lawton family-owned businesses, the Lawton PTA will be providing a coffee cart on Monday and catered lunches for all staff on Tuesday (Plaza Garibaldi - Libier Sandoval) and Thursday (Made in Mom's Kitchen - Ramandeep Talwar). Lands of Origin: African bakery @Pike Place (Meeraf Mamo) is donating desserts on Friday. We're hoping other Lawton families will match this generosity by donating breakfast items to compliment the coffee cart on Monday, snacks for Wednesday, desserts on Thursday, and tableware and drinks for the entire week. Parent help will be needed to clean the staff
Earth Month Opportunity
The PTA has teamed up with Ridwell to celebrate Earth Month and provide you with a one-time opportunity to drop off or send in your *plastic film*. Date and details of a one-time drop off (or send in) at school will be arriving soon but it will be the week of May 13-17 at school. Please start collecting your *clean and dry* plastic film for this event -see our school's program link below - let's Reduce, Reuse and Recycle together!
PTA Board Position Open: Website Administrator
We need you! Want to make a lasting impact on your child’s school experience, and make a difference in the school community? Volunteer for the 2024/2025 PTA board. In the coming weeks we will be highlighting the roles that will be open on the 2024/25 Lawton PTA Board to give you an idea of what each role entails and the duties and time commitments for each. This week we are highlighting our Website Administrator position Other positions available: Treasurer, Co-President, Advocacy chair & Communications (newsletter/social media) If interested please contact the Nominating Committee: nominations@lawtonelementary.org
PTA Board Positions – Open for Next Year
Please consider joining the PTA Board for the next school year. The PTA - including all the amazing events and fundraising we do - is only made possible by volunteers like you! Reach out to nominations@lawtonelementary.org to hear from the Nominating Committee. They can provide additional information about the roles and responsibilities for the open positions.
Principal Newsletter, 4/12/24
Lawton Families, Welcome back from Spring Break! With no inclement weather days so far this year (hooray!), and our last day projected for June 21, the spring brings us so many fun events to look forward to – including field trips for many grade levels, Career Night (and Volunteer Appreciation) on April 23, the PTA Move-A-Thon fundraiser on May 10, and of course, Field Day on June 14. Lawton Career Night (and PTA Volunteer Appreciation!) Please join us on April 23rd, from 5:30-6:30 pm, for our second annual Lawton Career Exploration Night! We are so excited to showcase the jobs and careers of family members in our Lawton community. This is an all-ages open-house event with activities for all. Younger students will be able to engage with books and art at Ms. Gallegos’s career book
Lawton Move-a-Thon Newsletter
The Lawton Move-a-Thon is right around the corner - on May 10th! Read below for more information about the day of, fundraising, and logistics! Lawton-Move-A-Thon-Newsletter-2024Download
Lawton PTA 2024 Standing Rules
Every year, the PTA publishes the approved Standing Rules. Please see below for the Standing Rules approved by the 2023-2024 PTA. Lawton-PTA-Standing-Rules-Spring-2024Download
Reminder: Upcoming Events at Lawton
Birds & Bees Talk with Amy Lang The PTAs of Lawton, Blaine and Magnolia Elementary have partnered up to bring you an online talk by award-winning author and speaker Amy Lang on how and when to start the famous birds and bees talk. This talk is geared towards parents only. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 3 from 7-8:30pm and join via Zoom. To learn more about Amy, click here. See the attached PDF for more info! Parenting Support Group - Thursday, April 25th at 6:45pm in the Library We’d like to invite you to the second meeting of our parenting support group, hosted by former Lawton parent and certified coach Kate Kiely. The meeting will take place in the library on Thursday, April 25th from 6:45-7:45pm. The group discussion will be based on the first chapter of the book “The Whole
Principal Newsletter, 4.1.24
Lawton Families - It's April already (no fooling!). In March we celebrated all things STEAM, and in April we highlight reading, poetry, and literature at Lawton. We’ll have poetry readings by Library Leaders in a variety of settings (whole school and in classrooms), a Spirit Day to dress like a favorite literary character, and Library lessons will focus on developing a joyful appreciation of poetry. Library Leaders are part of our 4th/5th grade clubs, and this month we also have our Lawton Student Union (club) visiting K-3 classes to teach about Ruby Bridges, our Capoeira club teaching us about the practice at an assembly, our Newspaper club just published their 2nd "Lawton Times" edition, and our Book/Movie club has decided this month to get outside and become a movement club! Career Exploration Night - It’s
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