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To Teachers and Staff: Thank You!
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Teachers, Staff, and Administrators, The Lafayette Home and School Association, on behalf of all students and parents, would like to express our deepest appreciation and gratitude this Teacher Appreciation Week. This year has been the most challenging times in most of our lives, certainly in the lives of our children, yet our sense community is as strong as ever, thanks …
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Images is on Sale Now! Order Your Copy Today!
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Images, Lafayette Elementary's beloved Art and Literary Anthology, is now on sale! Pre-order here before May 15 and it will be shipped to your home in early June! Still only $20! For those new families, Images is different than the Lafayette Yearbook - it's a collection of writing and art from ALL 940 Lafayette students, published every spring. It's a wonderful …
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Introducing Kid Connect Chats!
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As we finish up the school year, we wanted to provide opportunities for our students to connect in a relaxed, social setting, just like they would during lunch or recess. Our SEL team and others have been working very hard to put together Kid Connect, our new selection of adult-monitored, kid-led chats! These chats will occur at set times weekly …
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Online Technology Workshops
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In the month of May, DCPS is partnering with Microsoft to provide online workshops for students and families. This is a great way to learn new skills that will help students finish out the school year strong! It's quite likely that some of the online tools we're using this year will be folded into future years, so take advantage of …
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Learning at Home Survey - Due 5/6
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During this period of school building closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DCPS is reaching out to families to get an understanding of how learning at home is going for you and to receive feedback to help our teachers and staff continue to provide support. Please take a few minutes to complete the learning at home family survey. You’ll be …
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Important Notice for Parents in Grades 1-5: As we wrap up layout for our 2020 Images Art and Literary Anthology this next week, we are noticing some missing pieces! Parents, please check HERE for grades 1&2 and HERE for grades 3-5 to make sure YOUR CHILD'S ART IS INCLUDED! If your child's is missing, please email a small black pen …
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Despite the quarantine, we are having our first ever Virtual Field Day! The fun will take place on Friday, May 15! Students will participate from home, in their PJ’s, in numerous, fun-filled activities with simple items found in the home. All instructions will be available in Teams and the HSA Website on the week of the event. Students will participate …
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Helping Your Child with Worries
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This is understandably a very anxious time for our students! The SEL team has gathered a few resources to help you work with your child to address those worries. Ms. Ayers created a social story that explains why school is closing early. It's a great way to talk through how that's going to work. It includes practical ways to address …
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During the month of May, we've got access to a new website that's filled with articles about your favorite sports stars! It's called Lerner Sports, and they're partnering with Beanstack on a sports reading challenge in May. Log onto Lerner Sports with this link to read about amazing athletes (bookmark it for future reference), and then head over to Clever to …
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Wondering How Assignments Work?
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Ms. Goedeke and Mr. Catapano collaborated on a video that walks you through how assignments are created, how students access them and complete them, and then how students can find feedback from their teachers. We hope this is helpful! https://youtu.be/OoD_MdrPDPQ
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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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