SEPTEMBER 

6:  GT Nomination Window Closes

6:  Picture Day

6:  WW Feeder Pattern Football Game

9:  3rd Grade Stock the Workroom

9-10:  Theater Auditions

11:  DISD Attendance Awareness - Mix & Match

11:  LOLA After School

11:  FOL Fall Kick-Off Happy Hour

13:  Best Buddies applications due

15:  Hispanic Heritage Month begins

15:  4th Grade Campus Clean-Up 

16-20:  Education Go-Get-It Week

17:  WW Wildcat Volleyball Elementary & Middle School Night

18:  DISD Attendance Awareness - Go for the Gold

19:  PTA General Meeting & LWE Talks Speaker Series 

20-22:  FOL Campout (Camp Grady Spruce)

21:  Inaugural Wildcat Sneaker Ball

23:  3rd Grade Stock the Workroom

25:  DISD Attendance Awareness - Be Present.  Be Powerful.

26:  LW Dreams Auction Party Ticket Sales Open

25:  WW Homecoming Festival

27:  LW Dreams Spirit Wear Day

27:  WW Homecoming Game & Tailgate

OCTOBER 

2:  FOL Math Maniacs Begins

10-14:  FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL

18:  FOL Mother and Son Dance

20:  Fall Fest

NOVEMBER

2-3:  Fall Garden Spruce Up

5:  ELECTION DAY - NO SCHOOL

8:  LECPTA LW Dreams Auction Party

9 & 10:  LECPTA Home Tour

15:  Family Movie Night

25-29:  THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL

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Hello Lakewood Families!

First off, thank you to everyone who has joined PTA for the 2024-2025 school year. We added more than 500 members last week! 

On behalf of the PTA Board, THANK YOU for showing your support of the many programs, events and enrichment that Lakewood PTA brings to Lakewood Elementary.

If you or your spouse haven’t had a chance to join, please take a moment to become a Lakewood PTA Member here.

And now, for the star of this week’s show…Stallion Strong kicks off today! We are so excited to share the PTA Fundraising Dollars at Work graphic below — it showcases all the ways our PTA fundraisers impact the school. 

See below for more info on this year’s Stallion Strong campaign, and head over to the website to donate now!

While you’re on the website, don’t miss the Spirit Store's restock and sale – available online only with delivery straight to your student. Can’t beat it.

Plenty more to know from eNews below. I’ll let you get to it!

All the best, 

Caitlin Maddox

The 2024-2025 PTA operating budget depends on multiple fundraising efforts throughout the year... all made possible by our special community! The Stallion Strong Family Giving Campaign is our biggest fundraiser of the fall and makes the above programs, curriculum and experiences possible for our children. All you have to do is make a quick donation online and you're done! 

The recommended amount is $150 per student that you have at Lakewood, but we strive for 100% participation at ANY giving level. New this year is a custom Lakewood Elementary movie night picnic blanket available at the $500 level and ONLY through Stallion Strong (pro tip: donations from extended family and friends will roll up towards your total to get this!).

We’ve noticed an increase in students not in uniform or following dress code policy. To help keep everyone on track, we want to share a few key reminders about the dress code. Parents and guardians may read Lakewood's full uniform and dress code policy here. 

Thank you for your cooperation in ensuring our students follow the dress code guidelines. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

Thank you for the continued support of the Best Buddies program at LWE! We had a great showing of students last Friday morning. 

Students in 2nd-5th grade may apply to be apart of the program, even if they were unable to attend the informational. Applications can be found outside Rm 212 on the bulletin board or linked here. Please read the PARENT LETTER for more information and access the APPLICATION HERE. 

If you have any questions please email BEST BUDDIES.  

Completed applications must be returned to the folder outside of Rm 212 by SEPTEMBER 13TH. 

PLEASE NOTE: Lunch BUNCH is NOT the same as Lunch BUDDIES. 

Lunch BUNCH parents volunteer to help teachers oversee and clean the cafeteria. Two Lunch Bunch volunteers for each section (K-2 and 3-5) are needed EVERY DAY to help lunch run smoothly and allow teachers a much-deserved break.

Lakewood is excited to announce that we will again have the SEEDS program on our campus for the 2024-2025 school year as an added academic, social, and emotional support for all students. The SEEDS program will provide various needed services to our campus including a calming space with emotional support when students are faced with big emotions, small group support for building specific skills, teacher and parent education, wellness events and more. The SEEDS program on our campus is open to ALL students. There are times in every child’s life where a little extra support is needed for academic success, and that is where SEEDS fits into our puzzle here at Lakewood.

Please note that if your student is chosen to participate in an ongoing small group, additional information will be given, and permission obtained before student participation. If you would like to opt your student out of the SEEDS program, please fill out this form. Filling out this form means that your student will not have access to the SEEDS calming space and will not participate in SEEDS wellness programming. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to your grade-level counselor. 

Kinder, 2nd, 4th: Princeton Cobb, pcobb@dallasisd.org

1st, 3rd, and 4th: Dana Booth, dbooth@dallasisd.org

Students can wear spirit shirts or "dress your best" attire for pictures.  

The GT nomination window closes on September 6.  

Did you miss GT Info Night?  Click the button to read all about our GT Program.  

Support Lakewood Dreams by being a Family & Friends Sponsor of LECPTA's Annual Auction Party (Nov. 8). This year, we are excited to offer three different levels of support. The first five Family & Friend Sponsors will receive a special thank you gift!

Rehearsals will take place Mondays and Tuesdays until 4:45pm. “Into the Woods” performances will be May 7th & 8th.

FOL’s Camp Lakewood Fall 2024 takes us back to the astonishing cool Grady Spruce campground! We take over the camp for a weekend and enjoy the cabins that rest along the shores of Possum Kingdom Lake. Take a short boat ride over to Hells Gate and hike to the top or enjoy a slow horseback ride or even a zoom down a zip line! It’s going to be an amazing weekend.

All feeder students who wish to participate in the tunnel run-through should arrive at 7:00 pm and meet at the entrance to the field.  Look for the coaches giving directions.  The run-through is at 7:15 pm and game kickoff at 7:30 pm. See you tomorrow night and GO WILDCATS!!

3000 Hillbrook Street, Dallas, TX 75214

LWE

Main Office: (972) 749-7300

CRC, Ms. Perez (Last Name A-L):  NPerez@dallasisd.org

CRC, Ms. Alba (Last Name M-Z):  SSerna@dallasisd.org

Nurse, Heather Drobena: hkyker@dallasisd.org

K, 2nd, 5th Counselor, Princeton Cobb: Pcobb@dallasisd.org

1st, 3rd, 4th Counselor, Dana Booth: DBooth@dallasisd.org 

Academic Coordinator and 504 Chair, Brittany Nowakowski:  BRMckinney@dallasisd.org

Interim Asst. Principal (K, 2nd, 5th), Jade Flaherty: JFlaherty@dallasisd.org 

Asst. Principal (1st, 3rd, 4th), Legna Bousquet: lbousquet@dallasisd.org

Principal, Brittany Thompson: Britthompson@dallasisd.org

PTA

Lakewood PTA President

Friends of Lakewood Website (FOL)

Lakewood Early Childhood PTA (LECPTA)

Lakewood Outdoor Learning Area (LOLA)

Dual Language Parent Association (DLPA)

Site-based Decision Making Committee(SBDM)