Lawton Elementary School

Seattle, WA

Lawton is a public elementary school located in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. We're focused on academic achievement and cultural enrichment. We've served this community for over 100 years, and proudly continue to offer an excellent K-5 learning experience in a healthy and caring environment.  Learn More about Lawton

Before and After School Enrichment 2nd sessions now enrolling

After school club registration has been extended due to the snow days until Friday January 27th.  Please send in your child’s registration and payment by Friday the 27th to register your child for after school clubs and activities.  Children must have registration and payment to participate in 2nd session after school clubs.

Please note also that payment is due for the 3rd session for ZumbAtomic, Lego Animation, and iPad Animation, since this is the last registration period this school year.

The second session of most Before and After School Enrichment programs are now enrolling.  Sign up now to secure a spot for you child.  There are many popular activities for your child.  Click here to check out the full offerings and for the registration form.

 

Posted January 9, 2012

2012 Special Education Conference – March 7-9

The 2012 Special Education Conference will be held at the Shoreline Conference Center (greater Seattle area) on March 7-9, 2012. Every year we count on school staff members and parent-teacher organizations to help us get the conference information out to teachers and parents. Email includes the conference program and poster for your review. Feel free [...]

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Posted January 23, 2012

Seattle Public Schools Open Enrollment – Feb. 27 through March 9

Open Enrollment for 2012-13 school year set for Feb. 27 to March 9 Open enrollment for the 2012-13 school year will take place Feb. 27 through March 9.  The SPS Enrollment information and all forms can be found on the Enrollment Services page on the SPS website. All students will receive an assignment letter right [...]

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Posted January 23, 2012

Snow make-up day scheduled for Friday, Jan. 27

Snow make-up day scheduled for Friday, Jan. 27 Jan. 20, 2012 | Audience: Families, Community, Staff | Contact: Communications, (206) 252-0200 Seattle Public Schools will hold classes on Friday, Jan. 27 as a snow make-up day. No school was scheduled for next Friday, a professional development day for staff, but instead will be used as [...]

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Posted January 23, 2012

Upcoming Concerts Grades K – 5 and choir

Announcement from Mrs. Cooper re: upcoming concerts.  Mark your calendars ! Choir and band June 11th – Choir and band (tentative) Evening grade concerts – each 6:30-7:30pm Thurs Feb 2nd – 4th grade Thurs Mar 8th – 2nd grade Thurs Mar 22nd – 1st grade Thurs Mar 29th – 3rd grade Thurs June 7th – [...]

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Posted January 23, 2012

Save the date for Lawton Rocks ! March 10th, 2012

MARK YOUR CALENDARS TO ROCK FOR LAWTON!  MARCH 10, 2012, Safeco Field Join us for an evening of fun on March 10, 2012 at Lawton Rocks!! Hang out with friends, meet new people and dance to the Throbs, our famous Lawton band! This annual auction and party is the school’s largest fundraising event of the [...]

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Posted January 23, 2012

McClure Middle School Tours scheduled

Come learn more about McClure Middle School.  McClure is our SPS attendance area school located in Queen Anne.  Tour schedule is below.  Click here for the full flyer Thursday, February 2nd  – 8:45–10:20 a.m. [rescheduled from snow day cancellation] Thursday, March 15  -8:45-10:20 a.m. Thursday, March 22  - 6:30-8:30 p.m. Open House McClure’s principal Sarah Pritchett will [...]

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Posted January 23, 2012

Furlough reminder – Tues. Jan 24th. Noon dismissal

Letter from SPS re: upcoming furlough Dear families, On Tuesday, Jan. 24, Seattle Public Schools will dismiss students three hours early due to a scheduled furlough for Seattle Education Association-represented employees. Schools will adjust their schedules to accommodate the serving of both breakfast and lunch. Students who receive District transportation will be picked up from [...]

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Posted January 23, 2012

Drama Club Fall/Winter Session

Dear Drama Families, Thank you for the quick responses on the performance and pizza party date change. I also appreciate the positive comments on the value of the drama club and my philosophy. I have listed in short form some of the many skills taught this last session. My curriculum slightly changes each year to [...]

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Posted January 23, 2012

School will be dismissed at 1 pm today (1/17) due to weather

Dear Families, Seattle Public Schools will close two hours early today, January 17, 2012. All after-school activities are canceled. Please be prepared to have your student home two hours early. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause today, but predicting the weather is not an easy task. Safety is a top priority for our students. [...]

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Posted January 17, 2012

Snow and Inclement Weather – closure information

With possible ice/snow conditions in the forecast for next week, we want to remind you again about planning for winter weather, and how we communicate school delays and closures to both staff and families. We sent a similar email in November last year. When we are expecting snow or inclement weather, a Central Office team [...]

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Posted January 13, 2012

January Community Letter from Dr. Gerrans

January 2012 Dear Friends and Families of Lawton Elementary School, Happy New Year!  I want to first say thank you to all those who helped our school out in 2011.  We are truly blessed as a school community to have such talented and willing partners supporting our school.  The work our PTA and volunteers do [...]

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Posted January 9, 2012

Lawton Kindergarten Tours scheduled

Come see your neighborhood school.  Lawton Elementary School has been helping kids learn, grow and become excited about education for 100 years. Our tour schedule: Thursday, February 16th (9:30 to 10:30) Wednesday, February 29th (evening open house, times TBD) Thursday, March 1st (9:30 to 10:30) Please contact Heather Bioren or Vanessa Gregory or Laura Thomas for [...]

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Posted January 9, 2012

BLT News, December 2011

BLT December News At the BLT monthly meeting on Dec. 5, the sub-committees reported on their progress. The Continuous School Improvement Plan (CSIP) subcommittee had met and discussed creating a tool to help teachers track how they are doing in implementing specific reading, math, writing and science strategies. The professional development subcommittee shared that they [...]

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Posted January 9, 2012

Math Night – Jan 26th 6-8 pm

Lawton’s Annual Math Night (Click here for full flyer) January 26th 6pm-8pm Come support your school PTA Join us for an evening of entertaining board games, the Math Olympiad and to celebrate math ! Purchase you favorite board games and 20% of the proceeds will benefit Lawton. Pizza Dinner offered for $5.00 per person. Math [...]

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Posted January 9, 2012

Rollerblading in PE – starts this week – Info. from Ms. Parks here

Starting this week, the classes will be rollerblading in their P.E. classes and this has been a highlight in P.E. for as long as I’ve taught at Lawton.  The full flyer, schedule and volunteer schedule can be found here. I wanted to inform all the families of important information they will need to know while [...]

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Posted January 3, 2012

UW Robinson Center for Young Scholars – Saturday Enrichment Program

UW Robinson Center for Young Scholars    -    Saturday Enrichment Program The Robinson Center is generally known as a center for gifted education, but we are widening our doors, via our Saturday program, to welcome all students who are interested in fun and challenging math and writing. Our next session starts January 14, and registration [...]

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Posted January 3, 2012

State of the District 1/5/12 at 7:30 – Coe Elementary

State of the District When:  Thursday January 5th at 7:30pm Where:  Coe Elementary  at 2424 7th Avenue West, Seattle WA With Interim  Superintendent Susan Enfield, School Board President Michael DeBell and 36th  District Representative Reuven Carlyle Are you interested in Education  and learning about the State of the District? Are you interested in knowing more  [...]

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Posted January 2, 2012

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