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Dear Lafayette Families – Happy 2019! I hope everyone had a terrific winter break and 2019 has started off strong. We are off to a rocking start with LOTS of things happening. Please keep reading for many important updates and upcoming events. Calendar Updates 1/10 – Budget Development Engagement (LSAT and HSA )@ 6:30 pm HSA Camp Fair @ 7 …
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Check Out the Summer Camp Expo This Thursday, January 10th
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With winter break behind us, it's time to start thinking....about summer! The 4th Annual Summer Camp Expo will be held at Lafayette from 7:00-9:00 p.m. this Thursday, January 10th! Lafayette families and the Lafayette community are invited to join us to meet and greet representatives from summer and sleep-away camps at this fun and interactive, fair. Take advantage of early-bird enrollment and save big …
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RSVP for the Lafayette Auction Build-a-Wine-Cellar Party - Saturday, February 2
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It's almost auction time! One of the hottest auction items every year is the Lafayette Wine Cellar, a collection of luxury wines donated by the Lafayette community. In exchange for donating a bottle, you (and a guest) get a ticket to the best party of the year: an evening sampling wine and beers from around the world with friends and …
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Lafayette Annual Day of Service
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Lafayette's annual Day of Service is coming up on Saturday, January 26th from 1:00-3:00 (this is a drop-in event)! Please click here to RSVP so we'll be sure to have enough supplies on hand for all participants. All Lafayette students and their families are invited to join us for this event where the kids will have an opportunity to participate …
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Family Science Night Next Week
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Mark your calendars for Family Science Night, Tuesday, January 15. Kids will interact with 16 science and engineering stations produced by the Maryland Science Center. The event is from 6-8 in the cafeteria; come when you'd like and stay for as long as you want. Questions? Email Sarah Remes
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Book Fair a Success - Thank You!
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The book fair was a huge success! The Lafayette community spent more than $22,000 on books! That's an amazing marker of how important reading is to our scholars. All told, we raised more than $6,400 for our library. During the book fair the Lafayette family supported not only our library--you generously donated books to our sister school, Takoma Education Campus. …
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Your special subject teachers are hard at work making 2019 fabulous for your child! Why not make a New Years resolution to check out the bulletin each time it's posted, enjoy the links to resources, pertinent articles and videos, and to follow the Spanish and Art room at Lafayette on Instagram? Enjoy our first bulletin of 2019 here!
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Grateful for Successful Gratitude Challenge
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Thank you for your participation is the Gratitude Challenge! Winners will be announced soon. Congratulations to Emmett Chen for being the first person to complete the challenge! Even if you didn't enter the challenge, give it a try: while you are brushing your teeth think of three little things that you are grateful for. Gratitude is fun!!! Thanks, Linda Ryden, …
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As we roll out the new year Banana Splits will be starting up again. Banana Splits is a group for children who have had a “split” in their family due to separation or divorce. This program consists of six to eight sessions in which children are able to receive peer and counselor support around the many issues of family change. …
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Community Notices
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Indoor Kids (5-12) Tennis Restarting at the Chevy Chase Community Center on January 7
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On January 7 we have restarted our second session of indoor tennis for kids 5-12 at the Chevy Chase Community Center (CCCC) on corner of Connecticut Ave and McKinley St) that will go until March 15. This is a great chance to keep tennis skills improving or to introduce tennis at a fun, low key level to beginners. The smaller courts, mini-nets and large red balls make indoor tennis fun. These programs are open to all boys and girls in the local neighborhood community. We will be offering optional transportation to and from Lafayette Elementary School for any students at the school including those in the Lafayette ES CLS Afterschool Program for both the 3:30 and 4:45 classes.
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These are smaller programs that only have 8 spots per class. You can use https://lafayettetennisdmv.jumbula.com to register or go to www.LafayetteTennis.org to get to the same registration site. Do not try to register from a smartphone. Use a browser on a PC or Macintosh.
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If you have any questions or issues around scheduling, please contact me at 202 441-0925.
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See you at the Lafayette Summer Camp Fair.
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Paul Rosenbaum, Lafayette Tennis
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Lafayette Students Recognized By House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Lafayette students Margot Gildner, Ben Smith, and Sarah Smith were recognized by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for their work with Little Lobbyists over the past year advocating for children with complex medical needs and disabilities.
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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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