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Dear Lakewood Families,

I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break and is settling back into a routine. It is hard to believe that we are now in the last nine weeks of school.

An open letter to our Lakewood Community was sent out yesterday and it is attached here for your review in case you missed the email.

We are very excited for LOLA's Bugstravaganza tonight and hope you will join us anytime between 5:00-7:00 pm!

Stallion Strong,

Principal Thompson

Get your HOUSE PARTY tickets while they're HOT (and BEFORE PRICES GO UP on APRIL1st!) and throw in a RAFFLE TICKET at check out for your chance to win a 2025 Evolution Forester 4 Plus Four Seater Golf Cart!!! We also have some CABANA opportunities still available for anyone wanting to go in with friends and receive a PRIVATE CABANA with a dedicated server and bottle service! Good Vibes and High Fives!

Buy Tickets Here!

TOMORROW!!

Don't forget to drop your gifts by tomorrow!!

General PTA Meeting: March 25 - 4:45 pm

Please plan to join in the auditorium on March 25 before the 4th Grade "Go West" performance. If you missed the last meeting, minutes can be found here.

Math Maniacs Olympiad is March 26!

Our Wednesday morning Math Maniacs classes are over for the year! Thanks for making it a great year!

The Olympiad is scheduled for March 26. It is the final and culminating event of the year for FOL's Math Maniacs. It is an annual in-school math competition between students in each grade (excluding kindergarten). It is competitive and CRAZY FUN!

This voluntary competition will be open to all students in 1st through 5th grade. Please encourage your kids to participate (even if they did not attend Wednesday Math Maniacs classes).

Participating students will assemble in the cafeteria on March 26, one grade at a time. FOL will then administer grade-level written tests to each child.

We will present awards at a ceremony during school in May. Awards will go to the top 3 individual scorers at each grade level. FOL will also award the best performing classes in each grade with a pizza party!

Please contact Chris Wyatt with questions.

Deadline to complete interest form is March 28.

Our Kids Heart Challenge program has come to a close and we are so grateful for your support and dedication!

A heartfelt thank you to our Lakewood Elementary families for your engagement and involvement in any way you were able! We are so grateful for what you have helped our community achieve and we are thrilled to share with you what all our students accomplished this year!

Together, we raised $57,305.42 of our $50,000.00 goal!

319 Families engaged in Kids Heart Challenge

81 Families learned Hands-Only CPR

66 Families completing Finn's Lifesaving Mission learning Hands-only CPR AND How to spot a Stroke

$57,305.42 were raised to support the American Heart Association

We are proud of our partnership with the American Heart Association, their impact affects us all, things like:

The tobacco buying age
Nutrition access
CPR Trainings
Congenital Heart Defect Research (1/100 babies are born with CHD!)

Attention Bus Riders:

SmartRide Transportation Card Program

Dear Lakewood Families,

The Dallas ISD Transportation Services team is committed to ensuring the safety of all students from the moment they board the school bus until they arrive at their destination.

We are excited to share that starting March 17, 2025, Dallas ISD will implement the SmartRide Transportation Card Program to enhance the safety of our bus riders. This initiative will provide all Dallas ISD elementary bus riders with a SmartRide card for daily use while riding the school bus.

Today, Lakewood Elementary distributed SmartRide cards and lanyards to students who ride the bus. Please ensure that the card is attached to your child’s backpack, as it is required for transportation to and from school.

Key Information About the SmartRide Card:

School buses will be equipped with card scanners.
Students will scan their card when boarding and exiting the bus by holding it on the scanner until it beeps.
The card will track important information, including your child's first and last name, date, time, bus number, stop location, and campus. This information will be sent to a secure database accessible only by Dallas ISD Student Transportation Services and you, the parent.

If your child did not receive a card today or loses/damages their card:

Students will still be allowed to ride the bus until they receive a replacement card.
To request a new card, please submit a request via the Let's Talk! platform here.
Newly enrolled students should visit the campus front office for assistance.

For more information, please refer to the flyer sent home with your child or click here.

If you have any questions about the SmartRide Program, please contact Dallas ISD Student Transportation Services at 972-925-4BUS (4287).

Thank you for your support in keeping our students safe!

LWE PTA Auditorium Mural Project

Vision: Caitlin Maddox and Shannon Stuart

Designer and Painter: Meredith Conly

Painters: Lauren Harrison, Lauren Rench, Elizabeth Hintlian, Shannon Stuart, Chrissy Crews, Shannon McKie, and Genevieve Kniefl

LWE Celebrates Women's History Month

Next time you are at school, be sure to check out the bulletin board in the hallway leading to the cafeteria.

The Multicultural Committee is excited to host Lakewood's First Multicultural Fair on April 25th, and we would love your help in making this event a success!

We are looking for volunteers to help in the following ways:

Setting up and decorating
Hosting a booth about a country or culture
Assisting with performances or demonstrations
Helping with set up and clean-up

Please fill out the survey below. Thank you!

Multicultural Fair Interest Form

Teachers/Room Reps will be in touch with info about arrival times and costumes.

JV @ 4:40 pm

Varsity @ 7:30 PM

Please register NOW for the JL Long Middle School 27th Annual Long Run!! Registration closes on 3/24!

Thursday, March 27th, 2025

1K starts at 6pm

5K starts at 6:30pm

Your $30 race fee includes a t-shirt, games and your meal! This year we have Mexico Lindo AS WELL AS the Chelsea Corner Food Truck coming to serve burgers and fries! TCBY and Unrefined Bakery will be there handing out free frozen yogurt and yummy cookies! Cool off with a Kona Ice after the race!

Please follow the QR code and sign up to run/walk! We are encouraging all of the kids to run as a "team"! Either with your sports team or dance team or just your team of friends! Wear your jersey or make a fun t-shirt and run as a group! Don't want to run? That's fine too! Sign up and just come hang out or use the donate page on our run site and give to your neighborhood middle school! ALL PROCEEDS of this event go to funding critical gaps in the JL Long Middle School budget!

Need more info? Reach out to Megan Denton - megsdenton@gmail.com

NEW! Porch pick up/school delivery option for online orders.

NEW! Online will only be open during certain windows. They will fill online orders on Thursday mornings during in-person events.

Please see the Spirit Wear webpage for details. More questions? Email wwwspiritshop@gmail.com.

The Woodrow Wilson Wildcat Band Boosters are excited to present the 4th Annual CATFest, the band's major fundraising event for the year! It will be held on April 27th at Samuell-Grand Amphitheater from noon to 3 pm. This community event features local bands, feeder pattern school contributions, and of course our Wildcat Bands. We are grateful for our community's support to cover expenses in order to keep the Band growing and bringing the spirit to Woodrow and our Lakewood and broader Dallas community. Please consider how you can contribute to the band's success with a sponsorship or raffle donation for our event.

Read more about funding needs and sponsorship levels HERE.

Secure your sponsorship or raffle donation HERE.