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A Note From The HSA and Reminder of General Meeting Tomorrow!
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We hope you are finding some balance in this new (temporary) normal. We, like you, have had great days and not so great days; but, we recognize the privilege we have to be surrounded by a teaching staff, administration, and parent community who work tirelessly towards a common goal - to provide the best learning environment for our children. As …
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Important: Special Subjects News!
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Because you have asked… Good to know info about your child’s specials: Kindergarten has live PE, Library, Spanish, and Art/Music each week. Grade 1 has live Art, Music, PE, Peace, Library, and Spanish classes every week. Grade 2-5 has alternating live Art, Music, Peace, and Spanish on an A/B week schedule (see your child’s daily schedule for links to their …
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Vote Now for HSA and LSAT Candidates
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Thank you for your continued support of our school community as well as engagement with our two Home School Association votes thus far. The pandemic delayed our election (usually held in the spring) for both the Home School Association and Local School Advisory Team. These are usually separate elections but the sake of efficiency, we are combining on one ballot …
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Save the Date: Potomac Pizza Night October 7th
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Join us for the first Potomac Pizza Night of the school year! This is a GREAT way to raise money for Lafayette, support a neighborhood business, and enjoy a night-off from dinner prep! On Wednesday October 7, Potomac Pizza will donate 20% of all evening sales from dine-in, take-out or delivery to our school! Please see the flyer for more …
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Kid Connect Chats Are Live
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Kid Connect Chats started on Thursday, September 24 for our students in grades one through five! Kid Connect is a virtual space for students at Lafayette to connect and socialize. Chats are held weekly and monitored by members of the Kid Connect committee. This year's topics include puppies, graphic novels, magic, choir and more! It runs like a virtual recess: …
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Happy new school year, Lafayette Families! We are the co-chairs of Lafayette's community service program, Lafayette Gives Back, and are excited to announce some socially distant ways for your families to participate in giving back during the first term of the 2020-2021 school year. Many of these activities will benefit our sister school, Takoma Education Campus (TEC). SEPTEMBER - We are …
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Community Notices
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Survey on DCPS Social Studies Standards
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DC's State Board of Education is soliciting public feedback on DC's current Social Studies Standards until 10/6. This is a great opportunity for DCPS parents and students to provide constructive feedback on the standards and how they can be improved so that the standards are culturally responsive, anti-racist, impart important social studies content in the early grades, strengthen student knowledge of democratic principles and values, and promote civic engagement. Please take a moment to answer this 3-question SURVEY: bit.ly/FeedbackSocialStudiesDC
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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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