Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 10, 1964
Caption:
Getting in the sing of things are these fourth, fifth and sixth grade choral pupils at Lawton Elementary School, one of two new schools open to students for the first time this fall. Music instructor Carroll Hart gives the youngsters some instructions for the coming school year. Lawton School is off Greenview just southwest of Ann Arbor High School. The other new elementary school is Thurston which is situated between Prairie and Georgetown in the Orchard Hills-Bromley subdivision areas.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 23, 1963
Caption:
FIVE-SIDED CLASSROOMS: Four classroom areas at Lawton Elementary School are connected by folding partitions thus allowing for combination of grades when desirable. The News photographer was able to get all four classrooms into this picture. The school was name after Uriah Lawton, the first superintendent of schools here.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 23, 1963
Caption:
LAWTON'S ASSEMBLY ROOM: The unusual effect of partial wood construction is evident in Uriah Lawton Elementary School's assembly area. The first stage of the three steps in construction of the school, which was designed by James A. Livingston, Ann Arbor architect, is nearly completed.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 23, 1963
Caption:
KINDERGARTEN WADING POOLS: Kindergarteners entering Lawton Elementary School when it opens will have a new experience waiting for them - wading pools. The pools are located in the kindergarten rooms of the new seven-classroom building. The school, which is located on the south side of Scio Church Rd. near the proposed Seventh St. extension, also features a music room, library and incinerator room.