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Dear Lafayette Families – We have successfully completed our first month of school! In those four weeks we’ve had three Back to School Nights, had our first spirit week, celebrated Dot Day, had our first family movie night to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month, and had 106 parents get TB tests with Nurse Heidi! Drop Off Lane Our drop off lane …
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Walk to School Day Next Thursday
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Walk to School Day is next Thursday, October 3rd, at Lafayette! This is a fun morning to leave the car behind, and to instead use a non-motorized vehicle or just our own feet to get to school. If your family lives too far to leave motorized vehicles behind, consider parking or hopping off the bus a few blocks away from …
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Time To Get Your Bracelets for the Fall Festival!
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Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 19th from 11am-3pm and get ready to celebrate all things autumn at the annual Lafayette Fall Festival! Expect face painting, moon bounces, rock-climbing walls, crafts, carnival rides for all ages, food trucks, book, toy and bake sales and all around FUN. So, how does your family get to be a part of this great …
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By Popular Demand: Fall Festival T-Shirts
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Remember those fabulous Fall Festival baseball t-shirts on our HSA organizers and volunteers last year? This year your child can rock one too! Show your support for our school with this festive shirt your child can wear all season long. A portion of the proceeds benefit Lafayette. Buy Fall Festival t-shirts for kids or adults. Be sure to order by …
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Got Books? We Need Them For the Fall Festival Book Sale
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Please save the date and your books for a favorite Lafayette tradition - The Used Book Sale at the Fall Festival on Saturday October 19th! If you are finished reading them and they are in good condition, we want to sell them!* Please drop your book donations in the bins set up in the front foyer of school, in the …
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FoodPrints Program is Back!
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The FoodPrints program is excited to be back at Lafayette for our third year together! FoodPrints is a FRESHFARM program in partnership with DC public schools, which brings together a kitchen classroom, a school garden, and a standards-based curriculum to engage students in learning more about the food they eat in a comprehensive and completely hands-on way. Kindergarten enjoyed their …
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Potomac Pizza Night: Tuesday, October 1
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A GREAT way to raise money for our school, enjoy a night-off from dinner prep, and make the kids jump for joy! On Tuesday, October 1, Potomac Pizza will donate 20% of all evening sales, dine-in or take-out, to Lafayette Elementary! Just mention Lafayette! Located at 19 Wisconsin Cir., Chevy Chase, MD 20815. See flyer below for more information. Thank …
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Second Grade Parents: Bike Unit Volunteers Needed!
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Calling all second grade parents! We're looking for volunteers for our second grade biking unit in Physical education! We begin on Wednesday, September 25th! We're looking for help during your child's PE class as well as the culminating bike ride through Rock Creek Park! If you're interested, please sign up here!
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Fall Festival Face Painters Needed
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We are looking for face painters to sign up for this year's Fall Festival on Saturday, 19 October from 11-3pm. Simple designs and copying from a book are perfectly fine. Ways that you can support us include: Let your middle and high school students know about this Community Service Credit opportunity and ask them to sign up. Ask your artistic …
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Holiday Photo Season Is Around the Corner... Get a Head Start with Freed Family Photos!
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Freed Photography is coming to take family photos- perfect for your holiday cards and gifts! This year, they are doing it in two phases: outdoors and in-studio, so families can select which setting they prefer. This is also a fundraiser for the HSA, which makes it especially nice. See a slide show of past photos of Lafayette families below! Outside: …
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Only One Week Left Before The Bear Fund Installment Plan Goes Into Hibernation!
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Time is running out! Help us reach our goal of $150,000 raised for our school. If you’d like to donate over the course of 10 months, please do so by Sept. 30th. The installment plan makes it easy to spread a donation over the course of the school year. You can pay $25, $50, $100 or $250 a month for …
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Community Notices
Positive Parenting at CCUMC
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019 6pm to 7:30pm
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For more than 30 years, PEP has offered positive parenting education and support to parents throughout the DC region. Like all PEP programs, this talk will give you insights into ways to use positive, encouraging methods with children that gain cooperation, teach respect and responsibility, and bring out the best in you and your child.
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Cost: $8.00 per person if you preregister or $10 per person at the door
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Childcare Available: $5. per child. Provided by the CCUMC Youth Group with Adult supervision.
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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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