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Happy First Day of School!
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We hope everyone had a great day! A huge thank you to all the teachers and administration for making it possible. As a reminder, please follow Lafayette Elementary on Facebook and Instagram.
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New to Lafayette? Start Here
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Welcome to Lafayette! As you and your child start the new year, we would encourage you to take some time to get oriented. Here are a few tips: Check out the Lafayette Parent & Guardian Primer here. It's full of information about the school, communications, terminology and more. Sign up for our new family list here. Our wonderful outreach coordinator can …
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Back to School Checklist: Lafayette Bear Fund
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The Bear Fund is the Lafayette Home & School Association’s annual fundraiser that supports technology, community events, and many of the school’s unique programs like the Peace Program, Arts Program, and so much more. During the pandemic, this funding made it possible to purchase laptops for teachers and students as well as support Lafayette faculty, staff, and families in need. …
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Drop Off Line Starts Tomorrow; Third Grade Parent/Guardian Volunteers Needed
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The drop-off line on Northampton St is back and will be starting tomorrow, Wednesday, September 1st. Each month a different grade is assigned to assist with drop-off, and ideally we have 5 parent volunteers per day. Third grade has been assigned the drop off line responsibilities for the month of September, and we’re looking for volunteers. Please click on the …
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Please Take This HSA Survey
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The key priorities for the HSA this year include: Building Community, Fostering Inclusion, Broadening the HSA, and Fundraising. Please join us for our HSA General Meetings to learn more. We also want to hear from you in a survey regarding family engagement and diversity and inclusion. We encourage your involvement and feedback to further these goals and refine our priorities. Thank you for your …
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Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Meetings/Events
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September 1 – Drop Off line begins September 2 6:30 p.m. – Parent Huddle via Teams September 3 – First Full Day for All PK4 students September 9 6:30 p.m. – Parent Huddle via Teams September 14 – Back To School Night September 23 – HSA General Meeting September 25 – Welcome Back Outdoor Movie Night with a movie celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! October …
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We are excited for this new school year that will steadily approach “normalcy” (fingers crossed!). One big reason to get back to our pre-pandemic lives: Lafayette Gives Back! Lafayette Gives Back is Lafayette’s own community outreach program — we organize the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service as well as many smaller projects throughout the …
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Room Parents Needed: All Grades!
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Want to become part of the behind the scenes magic for your child’s classroom? Interested in helping parents and kids connect as part of the broader Lafayette community? We’re looking for up to three dedicated people from each class! Typical room parent duties include: Attending the Room Parent Social to be held September 9th. Specifics on time and location coming …
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Join the Lafayette Family Directory
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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, iPad and Android. This directory is checked many times each week when arranging play dates, contacting room parents, scheduling volunteer activities and more. All information in the database …
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Community Notices
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Lafayette Afterschool Tennis or 5-14 year old boys and girls
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We have completed the summer camp season. We played lots of tennis. We watched some great professionals play at the Citi Open Tennis Tournament over at Rock Creek Park. We endured the heat with hats, tents, ice water, misting bottles, a misting hose and popsicles. We will have our COVID safe afterschool program up and running on September 7, the day after Labor Day. We are ready for you to register for our tennis classes on Monday through Friday at 3:30, 4:30 and 5:30. The classes are already filling up.
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Go to www.LafayetteTennis.org on a PC or Mac (smartphones may not show the full screen) to register. There will not be any FLEX enrichment program this Fall. We will be offering a COVID-safe program with smaller classes, masks, social distancing and sanitizer to keep the kids safe on the courts.
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Director
Lafayette Tennis Association 202 441-0925
paulr@LafayetteTennis.org
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All Sports Pods with Coach Bell
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Fall Pods will begin Monday, August 30th, 2021, and will continue through Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 Monday through Friday from 3:30-5:30 pm 1st through 5th grade Cost $50 per student Parents can sign up at morethansportsinc.com and can also email morethansportsinc@gmail.com For more information, please click this flyer.
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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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