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HSA and LSAT 2021/22 Election Results
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The results are in! Thanks to everyone in the Lafayette community who took the time to vote in the Home & School Association Board and Local School Advisory Team elections. Elections were open for a full week from June 7-14 and one vote was allotted per parent/guardian. With 315 votes cast, we are pleased to welcome Rachel Zuraw as …
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A Message From the HSA: Thank You to Our Community!
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As we close out this unprecedented year, we'd like to recognize our amazing community. Our administration, teachers, and staff showed skill, dexterity and dedication, ensuring our students felt joy, security, purpose, and community, all while learning their traditional curriculum and learning some important life lessons. We remain awestruck and grateful for the everyday acts of heroism we witnessed this year. …
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Last Cub Facts of the Year!
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To all those young and young at heart, we hope you have enjoyed reading the stories and poems, and doing the activities in this magazine. A special shoutout to the following students who have worked so hard this year to make this happen every month: Camille Allee, Elizabeth Burke, Riley Cocco, Elsa Dowd, Nora Dowd, Alaina Jones, Sam Koch, Alexis Larson, …
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Want Your Former 1st or 2nd Grader’s Fabulous Art from School Year 19-20?
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IT’S YOUR TURN, CURRENT 2nd and 3rd GRADERS! I will be setting out boxes with art portfolios in them for you to claim this week, Wednesday June 16-Friday June 18. Portfolios will be organized alphabetically by FIRST name UNDER THEIR LAST YEAR’S TEACHER. For more info about our projects and units, also pick up a portfolio description sheet. 4th and 5th graders- your portfolios …
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School Behavioral Health Survey
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As part of DCPS's commitment to the Trauma Responsive Model, there is an end of school year survey that we are asking staff, students and families to complete, called the “Strengthening School Behavioral Health Survey 2021.” This survey is due by June 18, 2021. Lafayette will receive a summary report that can inform the School Strengthening Work Plan and help monitor delivery …
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Congratulations To Our Amazing Mindful Mentors!
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Mindful Mentors is a team of 4th and 5th graders who volunteer to teach mindfulness and lead Mindful Moments during Wednesday Morning Meetings. I've done Mindful Mentors for many years but this year we had to reinvent our program to work in a virtual setting. For the first few months a small group of amazing 5th graders were madly going …
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Virtual Field Day is TOMORROW, Wednesday, June 16
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All students will come to Wellness Wednesday at 9:15 for the big Taco Kick off! During Wellness Wednesday we will get warmed up with a Raining Taco Dance and information needed to access all of the events. In preparation for the day, there is some equipment that you will need. If you don’t have it, no worries, just skip that …
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A Successful Virtual Race!
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Thank you to our Lafayette community for participating in this year’s virtual race. It was great fun and we hope to do it again next year. Together we raised about $8,500 for Lafayette!! Since our third grade students were the fundraising champs a special prize will be left for you in front of school this Wednesday. Boxes of trinkets will …
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Help Support Lafayette with Amazon Smile
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Amazon Smile just sent $164 for this past quarter to Lafayette's HSA. If you shop on Amazon.com and have not yet designated a charity, please consider making Lafayette's HSA your charity recipient, for no extra cost to you! Use this link when you shop next.
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Community Notices
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Are you looking for a fun way to keep your sons busy and physically active during the summer? Our fun sports and games camp will offer a broad range of sports-related activities to physically engage your son. Activities include, but are not limited to: organized handball, wiffle ball, kickball, dodgeball, croquet, capture-the-flag, relay races, cornhole tournaments, and water balloon fights. Have your son come out for some good old summer fun!
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Location: Westbrook Elementary School Field
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Address: 5110 Allan Terrace, Bethesda, Maryland 20816
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Who we are: We are 2021 graduates from St. John’s College High School. Our names are Nicholas Telma and Douglas Cohen. Nick is attending Villanova University in Philadelphia and Doug is attending Washington University in St. Louis in the fall. We both love sports and have both been involved in a variety of sports throughout high school ranging from lacrosse, diving, wrestling, cross country, and baseball. Also, Nick has coached lacrosse regularly for over a year and Doug has coached diving for two summers. We have experience with kids!
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Mission: Wolf Pack Sports and Games Camp’s mission is to offer a safe and fun environment to our community where your son can release his energy, learn good-sportsmanship, build friendships, and be happily entertained for many days in the summer.
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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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