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Watch This Video about the Lafayette Auction and Get Your Tickets Today!
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Learn more about this year's annual auction on Saturday, April 30 from 6:30-10 p.m. outside at Lafayette by watching the video below or clicking on this link for more information. Tickets cost $90 per person in advance, $100 per person after 4/16 and $110 per person at the door. You can buy tickets at Lafayette2022.givesmart.com. Special thanks to the Murchie family …
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Join the DEI Committee for a Walk in the Park Sunday, March 20
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The Lafayette HSA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee welcomes Lafayette families to come together for a walk in Rock Creek Park on Sunday, March 20 from 10-11:30am. Please meet us at the intersection of Rittenhouse St NW and Oregon St NW.
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Lafayette Boys Basketball Team Wins City Championship!
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A big congrats to the Lafayette boys basketball team on taking home the City Championship last night! Go Bears!!
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Join Us For the Next DEI Book Club!
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Please join us for the next DEI book club meeting. We are reading Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. The meeting will be held April 7th from 7:00-8:30pm. The zoom link will be provided closer to the date. We hope you all can join us!
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Share Your Perspective Through the 2022 DCPS Family Survey
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Attention Lafayette Families! DCPS has launched the 2022 Panorama Family Survey. Help us improve student supports and outcomes. Share your perspective and help us continue to accelerate outcomes for our students. Complete the survey before April 1: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/dcps/family/surveys?language=en Any questions or trouble accessing or completing the survey? Please contact Rashida Mosby, school counselor, rashida.mosby@k12.dc.gov
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HSA SEEKS NEW CO-PRESIDENT FOR ONE-YEAR TERM - ASAP!
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Due to a change in job and family circumstances, our HSA Co-President Rachel Zuraw will step down from her position at the start of May, serving only one year of her two-year term. The HSA seeks a dedicated volunteer to step into this role to finish out the remainder of her term from April 2022-June 2023. Although general HSA elections take place beginning …
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HSA Elections are coming up. Voting begins on May 10th!
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Calling all Lafayette parents! We need you now more than ever as we seek nominations for the following elected positions: Co-President - 2 Year Term 1st Vice President - 1 Year Term 2nd Vice President - 1 Year Term Co-Treasurer - 2 Year Term Additionally the HSA fills 40+ committee positions that support fundraising, event planning, communications, outreach, diversity, equity, …
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Spring Track Interest Meeting for 4th and 5th Grades
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On Tuesday, March 15th at 6:30 PM, there will be a Spring Track interest meeting for parents/guardians of students in 4th and 5th grade. The meeting will be hosted on Teams at the following: Spring Track Interest Meeting Link
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News and Upcoming Events from Alice Deal Middle School
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Hi Lafayette Parents, On behalf of the Alice Deal Community Association, I wanted to share news about upcoming events at Deal that would be of interest to prospective students and families: March 17-19 Deal Shakespeare Mashup - Buy tickets to the Deal theater performance of scenes, speeches, and sonnets from Shakespeare's work. This production takes the old fashioned out of Shakespeare to find the fun, juicy, dramatic, and silly in …
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Community Notices
Spring Afterschool Tennis started on Monday. There are still a few spots open. Check the registration link below to see dates, times and class skill levels.
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Lafayette Summer Tennis Camps are open for Registration with Early Bird Discounts until March 15th!
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The Lafayette Tennis Association will be offering fun COVID-safe tennis camps this summer. We will be offering Morning and Afternoon half day camps on the two upper courts at Lafayette-Pointer Park for boys and girls 6-15. If your camper wants to play the whole day, use the coupon ALLDAY2022 that will save you $100 for each full day camp. On a browser on a PC or Mac go to https://lafayettetennisdmv.jumbula.com/#/lta-home to register for a camp time. Pre-camp and Post-camp care will be made available on a week by week basis. We want you and your campers to enjoy the summer.
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Early Bird Discounts are in effect right now! Save $25 on each half day camp week you book. This is good until midnight March 15, 2022.
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The first camp week starts on June 28 and the last camp week ends on August 27.
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The camps are smaller than in the past so they will be filling up quickly. We will be using all appropriate COVID-19 safety measures to ensure that we are enjoying tennis in a safe mode.
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Enroll today in Tuesday outdoor after school classes with DMV EcoAdventures
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Spring is nearly here and it's time to get outside! K-3rd graders join DMV EcoAdventures for a Tuesday outdoor after school program from 3:15-5:15pm, March 22nd – June 21st (minus DCPS spring break) that will spark your creativity and wonder of the outdoors, as we get to know local plant and animal life in our local neighborhood and parks in a small group environment (max 6 kids).
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The program's teacher, Ellen, is an environmental educator, having worked for the Audubon Society and NYC Public Schools and loves talking bugs, slugs, birds and more with children. Each class is $70 with pick up from Lafayette Elementary. Email ellen@dmvecoadventures.com for more information & to register.
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CCPC Now Accepting 2022-2023 Applications
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CCPC After School Program is accepting applications for limited openings in the 2022-2023 school year for children PreK – 5th grade. Clink this link
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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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