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Lakewood Elementary School Family movie night this Friday, April 5th 6:15-8:30 PM. The event will serve pizza and treats, all for free! We will start the movie, ELEMENTAL, at 6:30 PM. Please bring a blanket for your family to spread on the sport court.

Lakewood is gearing up for a celestial spectacle unlike any other. With the rare total solar eclipse set to pass over Dallas on Monday, we have some great learning opportunities for our students.

The partial eclipse will begin at 12:23 p.m., Totality is 1:41-1:44, and the partial eclipse ends at 3:02 p.m. The campus is buzzing with excitement as students and faculty prepare for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Our school day will be slightly modified to make sure everyone is outside during Totality and engaging in some great observations. Students and staff will be equipped with eclipse glasses, thanks to the Perot Museum.

Don't forget to send back your opt-out form or student agreement form! If you have not received your pre-ordered solar eclipse t-shirt, please reach out to Ms. Nowakowski (brmckinney@dallasisd.org). Thank you to Ms. Davila, Ms. Nowakowski, and our amazing PTA for organizing and leading this momentous event on our campus!

Thank you to our amazing Assistant Principals Ms. Bentley and Ms. James for their dedication and leadership at Lakewood! Happy Assistant Principals Week!

Time is running out to order your yearbook – order by April 19 for delivery to the school!  Head to this link!

Do you have an old Gift Card lying around your house collecting dust? Then donate it for our amazing Gift Card Pong Game! Minimum $20 OR venmo@Michelle-Rehberger with the subject "Grade/Section, HP Gift Card”

Please plan to attend this important meeting where we will do the 2024-2025 Budget Approval Vote - Quorum Needed!!

Thursday, April 11 @ 8:15am in the cafeteria.

If you missed last month's meeting, the meeting notes can be found here. 

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We understand the importance of a safe and efficient transportation system for all students.  Over the past few years, the increasing number of magnet school students using Lakewood Elementary as a bus stop has created a congested environment during the 7:40-8:00 am window. With this window of time also being the peak arrival for Lakewood Elementary students, it has raised concerns from parents, community members, and school officials about student safety.

A thorough safety evaluation conducted by the Dallas ISD transportation office identified high traffic volume and limited drop-off areas for parents during this timeframe. This congestion has resulted in unsafe situations where students may have to walk between moving vehicles.

To prioritize student safety, we will be adjusting the bus pick-up time for Travis and Sudie campuses, at Lakewood Elementary to 7:30 am for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.  We understand that this may disrupt existing routines, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Benefits of this Change:

• Improved student and community safety by reducing congestion during peak arrival times.
• Continued use of Lakewood Elementary as a bus stop.
• Travis/Sudie campus is aware of the change and will have staff available to receive students upon their earlier arrival.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in prioritizing the safety of our students. We will continue to monitor the situation and communicate any further updates as needed.

A heartfelt thank you for your dedication to our Kids Heart Challenge at Lakewood Elementary! We're immensely proud of our students for wholeheartedly embracing this program—learning, helping, and cultivating vital life-skills along the way.

Together, we achieved:

• Check out our results! http://www2.heart.org/goto/LakewoodElementaryDallasTX

• 362 students joined our Kids Heart Challenge team - incredible!

• ALL students had the opportunity to learn about heart health during PE Classes, with 81 students taking it to the next level and completing Finn’s Mission. By completing this mission, students learned Hands-Only CPR, and learned how to spot a stroke F.A.S.T. 

• As of Monday, April 1, we’ve raised an AMAZING $65,055.366 donations for our goal, making us the #3 school in ALL of TX, AR, WY, OK, CO, and NM!

The Siqueiros family shares their gratitude. Raising funds and awareness for the American Heart Association has impacted each of their three children as they all navigated a congenital heart defect.

Plus, did you know you can DOUBLE your impact AND your student's fundraising total?

You can double your gift by checking to see if your employer will match your donation. Follow the steps and forward the confirmation to matchinggifts@heart.org to have this added to the student’s fundraising page. ( https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageNavigator/aha_matchpro_landing.html). 

Any additional donations will be sent to the American Heart Association and your student’s post-event Thank You Gifts will be ordered soon! THANK YOU AGAIN LAKEWOOD FOR HAVING HEART!

Sign up for a station at FUN FEST for 3rd - 5th grade!

Tuesday, April 30th from 8:30-2:30. See details in the sign up. 

Kindergarten: April is your month to keep our Lakewood staff fueled and energized throughout the day! While completely optional, please consider signing up to send in snacks and/or drinks on the link below! Let’s show our support and school spirit as CLASS of 2036! 

Kinder Sign Up

Also, THANK YOU 1st grade for doing such a great job stocking the workroom in March

REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN NOW THROUGH APRIL 7th for this year's White Rock Spring Games!! Did you know that the money used for registration for Lakewood students goes DIRECTLY back to Lakewood Elementary?! Win! Win!

Only 32 teams per grade and gender will be admitted to the games. Once each grade/gender category is filled, registration for that group will be closed, so register TODAY!

When: Sunday, May 5th

  - Kinder to 2nd Graders: 12:30-3:00 PM

  - 3rd to 5th Graders: 4:00-6:30 PM

Where: Rofino Stadium at Bishop Lynch High School

Register HERE today!!!

Due to a requirement for a Secure Testing Environment, please be aware that we will not be allowed to have outside of DISD volunteers or visitors on our campus on these days. 

Please be sure that your students get plenty of rest and eat breakfast during these testing weeks. Also make sure that you are not scheduling any appointments on these days if your student is a 3rd, 4^th or 5^th grader. Your support and cooperation is greatly appreciated!

The schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, April 10

Reading, Language Arts STAAR, grades 3-5

Wednesday, April 17

Science STAAR, grade 5

Wednesday, April 24

Math STAAR, grades 3-5

If a student is absent on a day that a STAAR test is administered for their grade, make-up tests will be given upon the student's return, preferably the Thursday or Friday of the same test week.

Calling all parents interested in joining the SBDM committee for the 2024-2025 school year! This committee serves as an advisory council to the principal. It is comprised of the campus principal, teachers, school staff, and parents. Committee selections will take place at our April meeting. If you’d like to learn more, please email sbdm@lakewoodelementary.net or read more here. The next SBDM meeting is April 11 at 5pm in the library, and anyone may attend. 

Kinder Sign-Up 

Space is limited! Cost is $77 per person ($154 per couple) and includes dinner and all activities.

All elementary-aged girls are invited, including those who attend other schools such as Sudie and Travis, etc.

There will be dinner, dancing, games, and more...

Cash bar! Free parking. Purchase tickets here.

Questions? wade@foldallas.org

Making summer plans? Check out these feeder pattern camps for our Stallions. 

3000 Hillbrook Street, Dallas, TX 75214

Campus Contacts

Main Office: (972) 749-7300

Nurse, Rachel Tregre: rtregre@dallasisd.org

Nurse Asst, Lewanda McLemore Vaughn: lmclemorevaughn@dallasisd.org 

K-2 Counselor, Princeton Cobb: Pcobb@dallasisd.org

3-5 Counselor, Dana Booth: DBooth@dallasisd.org 

Academy Coordinator and 504 Chair, Jade Flaherty: JFlaherty@dallasisd.org 

K-2  Asst. Principal, Melissa James Mjames@dallasisd.org

3-5 Asst. Principal, LeAnna Bentley: Leamiller@dallasisd.org

Principal, Brittany Thompson: Britthompson@dallasisd.org

PTA Contacts

Lakewood PTA President

Lakewood PTA Official Facebook Page

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)