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March 12, 2019

A Message From Dr. B

Dear Lafayette Families – We are T-minus 5 days until the annual HSA auction, “Diplomatic Ties”. Many thanks to Laura Kline and Chris Lisi, your auction co-chairs and their team of volunteers. There are many hundreds of (wo)man hours that have gone into making Saturday an amazing party and fundraiser for our community. I hope to see many of you …
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Auction Preview Site is LIVE!

Today the Lafayette Spring Auction Site is LIVE! Review the more than 350 items you can bid on this year. Remember that ANYONE can bid on and win a Silent Auction or "Instant Bid" item from the Lafayette Auction. You just need to set up an account. NEW, this year, all Silent Auction Items will open for bidding on Friday, …
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Update from the HSA Co-Presidents

Thanks to everyone who joined us at last week’s general meeting. We appreciate you giving up part of your evening time to hear about the work of the HSA. We also held two important votes – both the HSA’s 2019-2020 budget and the school’s request for the HSA to use its reserves to purchase new laptops for the 4th and …
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Spring Flex Registration is Open

Registration for Flex After School activities is open for the spring session and closes March 25. There is availability for several classes that will be fun for your budding artist, performer, scientist or athlete. Find more information and sign up today!
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Archery Team Captures State Championship

This past week end the Lafayette Archery Team participated in the 5th annual State Archery Tournament. The Lafayette team won its 5th state title! Lafayette sent almost 40 archers to participate. For some, it was their very first tournament, and they all performed admirably. We are so proud of all of our archers’. Our top two finishers were Alice Patterson …
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First Family Fun and Fitness Night Next Week

Join us on Wednesday, March 20th for our first Family Fun and Fitness night. Lace up your sneakers because Lafayette is celebrating family fitness with health.moves.minds! What better way to honor our health than with jumping rope, cardio drumming or even yoga? Health moves minds is a community service event for all Lafayette students and their families in replacement of …
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Final Potomac Pizza Night!

Join us for the final Potomac Pizza Night of the school year! Plus it is pi day, so what better way to celebrate then a pie for pi. It will be the last evening, to support our school and you get dinner taken care of! 20% of all sales that evening will be given back to Lafayette, either dine in …
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Special Subjects Bulletin

Do you know your amygdala from your pre-frontal cortex? Want to know what the number 2,184 refers to? And who is gearing up for a puppet show? Want to get the details about Family Fitness Night? Or get the latest update from Tech class? Check out the newest edition of the Special Subject Bulletin!
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Pi Day is Coming!

On Thursday, March 14th (3.14), we will celebrate all things circular! On this day, dedicated to the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, we will have our Pi recitation contest in which students try to recite as many digits of Pi as they can. Any student in grades 1-5 is welcome to pick up the first several hundred …
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Community Notices

Get your tickets for Aladdin - Alice Deal's Amazing 8th Grade Musical
Purchase your tickets here. Performances on Wednesday March 27 at 6:30 PM, Thursday March 28 at 6:30 PM, and two shows on Saturday March 30 at noon and 5:00 PM in the Alice Deal Auditorium. Flying carpets, sword fights, magical genies and wonderful music. You will be transported to a whole new world by our incredibly talented eighth graders. Adult tickets are $12 and student tickets are $5. You can also purchase a well wisher ad for your friends or family members or sign up to sponsor the show as well. Ad copy due by March 22. Please email copy. Remember, Deal Theater is entirely supported by donations from the Deal community and the ADCA. Please help us spread the word and encourage your neighbors and friends to come out and see our amazing 8th Grade Musical Aladdin. Thank you for supporting Deal Drama.

Spring Afterschool Tennis at Lafayette Park Registration is Open for both Flex and LTA Tennis Classes!

The Flex tennis registration at Lafayette started this past Wednesday, March 6, for all the Flex Spring classes. Many are already full with waitlists. The Flex tennis classes will start on April 1. The staff of the Lafayette Tennis Association (LTA) will be running the Flex tennis classes for the Monday - Thursday 3:30 classes at Lafayette ES.

Registration is also open for the LTA Spring Afterschool Tennis at Lafayette Park which will be starting March 18 and go until June 7. These LTA tennis classes are scheduled on Monday through Thursday at 4:30 and 5:30 as well as on Friday at 3:30 and 4:30. Thank you again for all of your support throughout the seasons. Register here for the LTA tennis classes. LTA classes are open to Lafayette Elementary School students and any and all children in the community who don’t attend Lafayette. If you need to shift classes, we can help you out.

Also, registration for the Lafayette Tennis Summer Camp is open and there are lots of spots open still from June 17 – August 23. You can bid on a week at the Lafayette Tennis Camp at the Lafayette Auction on March 16.

The Adult Spring Tennis registration is up and running too. Classes are at 9:00AM and 6:30PM at Lafayette Park. Check here for class levels and schedules. If you have any questions please contact Paul Rosenbaum at 202 441-0925.
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