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Photo Day! Friday, 10/21

DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST   PORTRAIT DAY DETAILS FREED Photography understands lighting, posing and most importantly, EXPRESSIONS! Your student will be photographed outdoors for a series of natural light portraits.

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DEI Media Club

The DEI Media Club will meet on Thursday, October 13 at 7pm. All parents are welcome! The first meeting will be a discussion of the podcast Scene on Radio- Season

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Student Clubs During the Day and other updates

Dear Lafayette Families – We are wrapping up the month of September with some exciting events!  Thank you to everyone who was able to join us Saturday evening for the

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News From the Art Room 

Contest News: Fall Festival Logo entries are due in the art room THIS WEEK (by 9-28). Remember–no more than 3 colors in your design! Open Studio has started: The big

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Monday is Potomac Pizza Night!

Next Monday, 10/3 is Lafayette Potomac Pizza Night from 4-8pm. They’ll donate 20% of sales from takeout and dine-in orders if you mention LAFAYETTE when ordering. Give yourself the night

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Tuesday, [Date Changed to October 12th]: Walk and Roll to School!

Parents and students, please join the HSA on Tuesday, October 4th Wednesday, October 12th as Lafayette participates in the national walk to school day! Please help us ‘Chalk the Walk’ by decorating the

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Thank You To Movie Night Presenting Sponsor Pam Wye!

Thank you to Pam Wye of the Donovan & Wye Group at Compass for being the Movie Night Presenting Sponsor. Pam is a mother to a kindergartener and a third grader and

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Calling all 3th Grade parents!

The morning drop-off line is staffed by Lafayette parents, and each month we ask parents from a specific grade to volunteer. The drop-off line for October is assigned to 3rd

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Volunteers Needed! – Lafayette’s Fall Festival, Saturday, October 22, 2022 – 2:00-5:00 PM

A favorite annual tradition, the Fall Festival is a fun-filled day playing games, listening to amazing music, enjoying food and of course, enjoying the company of our community. All ticket proceeds go

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Recap For DEI Identity Training

Zoom Session 9/20/22 Thank you to Nok Nora Duany Bassey and Katherine Holloway for leading the training and writing this valuable recap document. Thank you to Maria Morukian, Lauren McClurg,

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HSA General Meeting is NOW! Join us at this (NEW) link

Please join the HSA for our first General Meeting.  Please use this link for the HSA 7PM General Meeting starting now! The wrong link was sent in some of the

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Calling All Babysitters and Graphic Designers for the AtoZConnect Family Directory

Every year the HSA compiles a family directory using a service called AtoZConnect that is delivered to every family in the school and is also available as a mobile app for iPhone,

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Announcing the Fall Festival Student Logo Contest!

Fall Festival is just around the corner (October 22) and we need you to help us make it even better!  Do you love to create?? Help us design a logo for Fall Festival 2022!    This

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DEI News: Trip to National Museum of African American History and Culture, Greeter Program 

Join Lafayette families at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Saturday, Oct. 1. This event will help foster inclusivity and support making all feel welcome as

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Community Notices

2022 Lafayette Tennis Fall Season Update The US Open is finally over.  Who is going to be the next Iga Swiatek (21), Carlos Alcaraz (18), Frances Tiafoe or Serena Williams?

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Love Math? Join the Math Club or Math Team

Morning math extracurriculars are coming soon! Both groups will meet before school and we have included some information below. There will be info sessions for students in the next few

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Thursday is Dot Day!!!

Wear your DOTS THIS Thursday, September 15 to help us celebrate International Dot Day! What is the fuss about? Just a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration based on

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Want to Volunteer In School? Get Your Clearance Now! 

DCPS requires all volunteers and field trip chaperones (beyond one-time event volunteers such as Field Day or in-class book reading) to obtain a tuberculosis (TB) screening within the past 12

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Lafayette Hello

In an effort to community build and make all Lafayette families feel welcome and valued, The HSA’s DEI committee is introducing the Lafayette Hello program this year. The first step of Lafayette Hello is to

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Contribute to the Bear Fund!

The Bear Fund is Lafayette HSA’s annual giving campaign that supports our unique PEACE program, teacher support, supplies for a clean and safe building, community events, and so much more. This

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Join Lafayette Outdoor Movie Night This Saturday/ Traducción al Español a Continuación

To Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Featuring Encanto!  Saturday, September 24 Movie Starts at 7:15 PM    Free event! Gates open at 6:00 PM. Bring your picnic blanket or lawn chairs. Pack some food

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First HSA Meeting TONIGHT: Everyone Welcome

The HSA is inviting all families to attend the first HSA General Meeting. This meeting will review how the HSA works and offer an important DEI Identity Training for our community to help foster

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DEI Walk in Rock Creek This Sunday!

Join the HSA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee for a walk in the park this Sunday, September 18 from 10:00-11:30am. The trail will pass by some horse stables and a

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From Dr. B.: Extracurricular Fun for the Fall!

Dear Lafayette Families – It was GREAT to see everyone at Back to School Nights last week!  There were two great evenings of learning about your teachers, your children’s classrooms

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Back to School Night

Dates/Grades Wednesday, 9/7 – PK, 1st, 2nd, 5th Thursday, 9/8 – KDG, 3rd, 4th   Times 6:00 pm – 6:40 pm– Session 1 in classrooms 6:45 pm – 7:25 pm – Session 2 in classrooms

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Dot Day Art Volunteers Needed

DOT DAY is coming September 15th! Lafayette joins millions of kids around the world to celebrate the message contained in Peter Reynolds’ book “The Dot”. On September 15, we will wear dots, create with dots and play with dots as

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Choir Sign-up

Hello Lafayette families!   Attached is an informational flyer for Choir this year! If your student would like to participate in choir during Flex time, please click on your child’s

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First Week Wrap Up

Dear Lafayette Families – Happy First Week of School. We did it!  It has been a terrific first week.  The students and teachers are building relationships, making new friends, learning

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Flex Sign Up Starts 5 PM FRIDAY (9/2)

Flex Academies After School Classes are back! Registration opens Friday, September 2nd at 5pm for several classes this fall including karate, chess, Spanish, Chinese, and more. For class descriptions and

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