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SUBJECT: The Stallion Spotlight: October 15, 2026

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Issue 11: October 15, 2026

Thursday, October 15
White Cane Awareness Day
5:00p WWHS Homecoming Festival
5:00p Kinder Meet at the 50 Event
Friday, October 16
Fall Fest Spirit Day
7:15a Fall Fest Cake Walk Drop-Off
Sunday, October 18
2:00p Fall Fest
6:00p All School Campus Cleanup
The LWE Calendar
DISD 26/27 Calendar
Fall Fest Spirit Day is tomorrow! Wear your Fall Fest tees! 🎃
Fall Fest is THIS Sunday!

Join us this Sunday, October 18, 2-6PM at Lakewood Elementary for a day of games, food and fun for the whole family!

🎟️ Still need a wristband?

If you missed the Fall Fest wristband pre-sale, that's ok! You can still purchase your wristbands on SUNDAY at the check in tables. Wristbands are required for children ages 3-17 and are $10 each.

🧁 Drop off your Cake Walk donations tomorrow!

It's not too late to sign up to bring a store-bought dessert! Drop off tomorrow Friday, October 16, or Venmo @Amanda-Williams-60 and we'll handle it. We'll need 200+ treats to keep this game going all afternoon!

🙋‍♀️ Volunteer! (Middle and High Schoolers, we'd love to have you!)

Help with set-up, take-down, run one of the Midway games, or the Cake Walk! Sign up here to help make the fun happen.

👻 Keep the FOL Haunted Hallway super-spooky!

Calling all dads! Sign up to set-up — or scare! — at everyone's favorite Fall Fest pit-stop, the FOL Haunted Hallway!

All Things Fall Fest

All of these dates (and many more) are on the Lakewood PTA calendar!
Click here to sync it with your personal calendar so they're always easy to find.

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher conferences are coming up next week! Keep an eye out for additional details and a sign up link from your child's homeroom teacher.

Show Your Love for Outdoor Learning!

Calling all Chicken Coop, LOLA, Garden Club, and LWE nature enthusiasts! Ms. Jones designed a new Outdoor Learning tee, now available for pre-order in the Spirit Store! Available in youth and adult sizes.

Outdoor Learning T-Shirt

Must be logged in to LakewoodElementary.net to view.

Calling All Lakewood Artists!

This year's Reflections theme is "What My Culture Means to Me." Students can tell the story of their culture through any of six art forms: dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts.

Reflections launches November 1, and submissions close November 30. Parents, get with your kids now and start thinking about what they can create! Watch for full details soon.

Questions? Email reflections@lakewoodelementary.net.

Spread Cheer & Support Lakewood!

It’s not too early to start planning your holiday cards! Use code FUNDRAISELAKEWOOD on all Minted products for a 20% discount and 10% will be donated to the Lakewood PTA.

Screen Free Fun That Gives Back!

Wonderstead is a local, parent-owned small business, created by a mom with a kindergartener right here at Lakewood Elementary. Their ready-to-go adventures combine scavenger hunts, hands-on activities, learning, and imaginative play to pull kids away from screens and bring families together. 

A few minutes of setup is all it takes to turn an ordinary evening into an adventure your child will talk about long after it’s over. When you shop using code LWE, 20% of your purchase will be donated directly to Lakewood PTA, plus you get FREE local delivery.

Explore Wonderstead
Nature Lovers Needed! 🐞

The LOLA and Garden Committee are now partnering to offer fun and educational activities during recess! Volunteers may share fun facts about the garden, insects, and animals; lead garden-themed trivia; or help with small hands-on activities.

October 20 Sign-Up: HERE
March 23 Sign-Up: HERE

Come join in on the fun, share your love of nature, and see your kiddos in action at recess!

Hey 2nd Grade, one more chance to stock the workroom this month with snacks and beverages to show our teachers and staff some extra love!

Sign up and deliver snacks in the link below, or Venmo @Christine-Lipscomb-1 (last four digits 5400) and the Teacher Workroom Committee will shop for you!

2nd Grade Stock the Workroom

Come have lunch with your child! The sign-up for 2nd & 4th Grade Lunch Pals is open and will run Wednesdays from October 14 - November 18.

We’ll continue grade by grade throughout the year, so stay tuned for your student’s turn!

Please review Lunch Pals instructions before you say bon appetit! All Lunch Pals visitors must be VOLY-approved.

2nd Grade Lunch Pals
4th Grade Lunch Pals

Help spruce up the LWE Garden! Come and go, and earn a Free Dress Pass!

Volunteer for Garden Spruce Up
Have Fun Tonight, Kinders!
Come One, Come All to TONIGHT'S Woodrow HOCO Festival!
Register for This Is Home Event

Do the LECPTA Home Tour kid-free! Drop the kids at ASI Gymnastics on Mockingbird for open gym and ninja, with Taco Joint provided. 1:30-3PM or 3:30-5PM. $40 per child, and spots are limited! Sign up today.

FOL Parent's Day Off

A night out with your guy at Level Two Events, 7 to 9 PM. Live DJ, dinner buffet, photo booth, and a cash bar for moms. $85 per person.

FOL Mother-Son Dance

Originally postponed due to rain, FOL’s Sporting Clays & Skeet Shoot has been rescheduled for Friday, December 11! Visit the event page for details and registration.

FOL Skeet Shoot

Dance all night, hit the photo booth, crush the hula-hoop contest, and make it a night your daughter won’t forget. Tickets are on sale now at $85 per person.

FOL Daddy-Daughter Dance
Teacher & Staff Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our Lakewood staff members celebrating this month! Join us in wishing these teachers and staff members a wonderful birthday.

October

  • Patrick Keith (TA) October 3
  • Ashley Salazar (KA) - October 5
  • Lisa Schulman (3E) - October 11
  • Ana Escobedo (Office Manager) - October 18
  • Jonathan Campbell (Campus Coordinator) - October 26
  • Nicole Jones (1C) - October 27
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