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Lafayette Homecoming Success; All Hail our New King and Queen
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Brendan Hart, ‘92 and Marjorie McClure, ‘73 Crowned at 3rd Annual Homecoming Mixer Class of 1992 sings "All Hail to Lafayette" Around 100 alumni, parents, teachers, staff, and friends gathered Friday evening for the culminating event of Spirit Week, the 3rd annual Homecoming Mixer! Guests enjoyed reconnecting with old friends and making new ones, playing …
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AtoZ Directory
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Stay connected with other Lafayette families through our AtoZ directory! Get the App! Download Membership Toolkit from the app store and you'll have easy access to our directory right from your phone! Please note, if you're creating a new account, you'll first have to register on the web based version (https://lafayettehsa.membershiptoolkit.com) before you are able to use the App. Once you have …
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Back to School Night
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Wednesday, September 4- Upper School (Grades 3-5) Thursday, September 5- Lower School (Grade PreK-2) Families are invited to join us on the field beginning at 5:00pm to meet with staff andvisit tables to learn about programming like Specials, English as a Second Language,Special Education, Interventionists, Mental Health Team, and more! There will be aPrincipal's Welcome outside at 5:30pm and then …
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Sign Up for Choir
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Hello, Lafayette Families! Looking forward to an amazing year of music with your students! If you would like to sign your student up for choir this year, please select the correct grade level below and fill out the form. Information about choir for your student's specific grade level is included at the top of the form, but please don't hesitate to …
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Volunteer at Lafayette
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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 months, complete a clearance application, and have a fingerprint background check. So, if you plan on volunteering as a field trip …
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Fourth & Fifth Grade Cross Country
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Do you have a 4th or 5th grader who is interested in running Cross Country this fall? If you missed the informational meeting, don't worry! Please read through the flyer below for how to register your child for the DCIAA fall season. If you have any questions, please reach out to Maddie Dunleavy! Madelyn.Dunleavy@k12.dc.gov
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Save the date for upcoming HSA events, more information to come!
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September 13 – Lafayette Greeter Program September 21 – Outdoor Movie Night October 1 – HSA General Meeting #1 October 18 – Lafayette Greeter Program October 26 – Fall Festival
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RETIRED DCPS TEACHER AVAILABLE TO TUTOR
Nancy Nickel, a twenty-year veteran teacher of DCPS is available to tutor. Ms. Nickel spent the entirety of her service at Lafayette, fifteen of which was spent in teaching second grade. Prior to that she was the founding director of a Montessori School in DC. Since retiring in 2019, she has been an afterschool tutor M-Th with two daily sessions, …
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Back to School Checklist! (with updated links)
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Lafayette Back to School Checklist! Visit LafayetteHSA.org to do the Following: ● Pay Your Class Activity Fee The class activity fee pays for costs associated with field trips (buses, etc.), field day t-shirts, and end-of-year parties. Instead of asking parents to pay multiple times, we combine the costs upfront. ● Sign Up for the Thursday Bulletin Get weekly Lafayette news, …
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LAFAYETTE’S DOT DAY is Friday, September 13!!!
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What is Dot Day? The International Dot Day celebration was started by a teacher 15 years ago to celebrate the message of creativity, kindness and courage in Peter Reynold’s book “The Dot”, and is now celebrated in 200 countries by almost 30 million people! For more info check out https://www.internationaldotday.org/ On Friday, September 13th we will wear our dots to show we are all creative, kind, …
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Community Notices 9/19
The Farmers' Market Is Moving Back to Lafayette!
Our beloved farmers market is moving BACK to Lafayette Elementary this Saturday! Come get your farm raised eggs and meat, fresh veggies and fruit and support our local farmers in the process. Can't wait to everyone there!
No School September 22...no worries! HoopEd All Sports and Games Camp will be at Lafayette from 9:00-3:00 with early drop off starting at 8:30 and aftercare ending at 5:30. Come join the fun and have a active off day with your favorite coaches! Go to hoopeducation.com to register.
PPA Soccer Day Camp on Friday 9/22 (DCPS day off) at Deal
For more information and to register, go to www.ppateam.com
Camp Time: 9AM-3PM
Location: Alice Deal Middle School
Ages: 5-14
Use code PPACampsExclusive for 10% off
Babysitting for a Cause
My 13 year-old daughter Natalie and her friend are raising money to help pay for scholarships for girls who attend a high school in Kenya called Starehe Girls' Centre. The former director of the school is related to our family, and the money will go directly to the students. The girls have funded three full scholarships as of now and are working on more. You may have seen them running a smoothie stand at BBM last summer; now they are mainly raising funds by babysitting on weekends and early weeknight evenings. They’ve been doing it for a while and even have references now! All are Red Cross CPR certified. Email me at jenniferlanoff@me.com if you need a sitter or Natalie at nwise65@gmail.com.
Tennis at Lafayette Park – Lafayette Flex Tennis (LFT) and Lafayette Afterschool Tennis (LAT).
Both programs will be delivered by the same staff of the Lafayette Tennis Association consisting of Paul Rosenbaum, Sydney Butler, Erin Rosebar and others.
LFT Flex classes will be offered through the Flex Academy program with class on Monday-Thursday at 3:30 just for Lafayette Elementary School students will start the coming Monday, September 25. Most of the Flex tennis classes are full with wait lists except for a couple of the classes for Grades 3-5. If you cannot get your child into a Flex tennis class, you can still sign them up for a LAT. Registration fees for the LAT classes will be prorated to the new start date.
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LAT classes will be offered to Lafayette students and boys and girls (ages 4.5-14) from other schools in the area including Murch, Janney, Blessed Sacrament, Lowell, GDS, Sidwell, Rochambeau French School and others. These one hour tennis classes meet on Friday at 3:30 and 4:30 and on Monday through Thursday at 4:30 and 5:30. Go to www.LafayetteTennis.org to get space availability, the registration form and payment information. LAT classes run for 9 weeks from September 25 through November 3rd. LAT classes must end earlier because Daylight Savings Time on November 4 causes a loss of sunlight on the tennis courts for the 4:30 and 5:30 classes.
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Adult Tennis – Now that the kids are back in school, parents and caregivers can start playing again during the day. We have 9:15 and 10:30 morning classes for adults ranging in skill level from beginner to advanced. Check www.LafayetteTennis.org for availability and schedules. We also have 6:30PM classes for 9-5 working parents.
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Submissions for next week's issue should be emailed to news@lafayettehsa.org. Submissions are due by 9:00 p.m. on Sundays. Submissions received after this time will be included in the following issue, unless instructed otherwise.
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