No school; Professional Development Day

March 30 (Friday) 

Half day, 12:15 dismissal

March 27 (Tuesday)

April 2 - April 9

Spring Break - no school

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Don't forget to pick up your auction items! If you have not picked up your items, or made arrangements to do so, before 3:30 on March 26, those items will be forfeited. Please come by the school during any of these times:

• Friday, March 23, 8:30-10:00 am (no school for kids, building is open)
• Saturday, March 24, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
• Monday, March 26, 8:30-9:00 am and 3:00-3:30 pm

Any questions about the online auction or item pick-up, please email Christy Maguire.  Thanks for being part of the auction's success!

Please Come! All informances are located in the cafeteria.
 
3rd grade- D.C. Theater Caf�- Wednesday May 16 and Thursday May 17

5th grade- March 22, 7:00-8:00 pm    

Arts Night I- Wednesday, May 9, 6:00-8:30 pm:  Pre-K, Kindergarten, strings, choir, 1st grade, Guitar Ensemble, Beginner Band, Advanced Band, Percussion Ensemble

Arts Night II- Wednesday May 23, 6:00-8:30 pm:  2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade
 
We hope to see you at the concerts!    

THANK YOU to those of you who have sent in recycled small and medium boxes and tubes for the third grade building project. Keep them coming through the month of March! The art room also needs old sheets- especially solid colors and white. Please save and send in.

THANK YOU to those of you who remember to have your children wear dark and/or old clothes on art day... some paints stain even though they are "washable." Art is more fun when we don't have to worry about getting messy!

And THANK YOU to those parents who have found time in their busy lives to either volunteer in the art room, or find a relative or neighbor to do it for them! You are MUCH APPRECIATED!  You make your child happy and help keep your art teacher sane!--Laurie McLaughlin, Art teacher Grades 1-5

The Lost & Found bin is full to the brim. Items will be on display in the Great Hall starting Wednesday afternoon. Please stop by and see if you recognize anything. Unclaimed items will be donated to a worthy cause.

Pi day might have been Wednesday, March 14th, but we spent a whole week celebrating the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. In addition to exploring problems about circles, we held a Pi Recitation contest on Friday afternoon. We were thrilled to see students from first grade through fifth grade reciting digits of Pi, and it was evident that our kids worked hard to memorize so many digits. Here are the results of our competition:

School-Wide

1st Place (143 digits) - Daniel Freyman (4K)

2nd Place (120 digits) - Aaron Rosenthal  (5JL)

3rd Place (100 digits) - Noah Weitzner  (3Y)

Grade-Level Winners

First Grade:1st Place (14 digits) - Enrique Moreno de Acevedo (1PM); 2nd Place (9 digits) - Leah Carrier (1PM); 3rd Place (6 digits) - Katie Whipple and Winston Oziri (1PM)

Second Grade: 1st Place (72 Digits) - Jonah Frumkin (2H); 2nd Place (32 digits) - Natalie Wise (2S); 3rd Place (30 digits) - Cole Norris (2S)

Third Grade: 1st Place (100 digits) - Noah Weitzner (3Y); 2nd Place (75 digits) - Nate Belman (3R); 3rd Place (51 digits) - Zachary McLish (3Y)

Fourth Grade: 1st Place (143 digits) - Daniel Freyman (4K); 2nd Place (41 digits) - Thomas Scheller; 3rd Place (35 digits) - Michael Senko (4S)

Fifth Grade: 1st Place (120 digits) - Aaron Rosenthal (5JL); 2nd Place (81 digits) - Josh Taubman (5JL); 3rd Place (43 digits) - Jelani Machen (5J)

Thank you for your hard work, mathematicians! - Robert Thurston and Erin Betz

Did you know that DCPS Food & Nutrition Services ran a deficit of $14 million last school year?  D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson wants a quick fix - to hire another food service company to provide school meals.  This is a short-term band-aid solution.  We can and should do better for our children.  We must think about the future of DCPS school meals in the long run. 

The Chancellor recently rejected her food service director Jeff Mills' proposal to move school meal production in-house.  Instead, she hastily ordered her staff to establish a new contract with an outside vendor (or vendors) to cut costs, even though it's not clear what the reported cost overruns are attributable to.  One thing is for sure - cutting out the vendor middleman entirely would save money for the District in the long-term.  Self-operated meal programs have been proven financially solvent in large, urban school districts all over the country.  

There's been a lot of coverage on the DCPS school food fight lately - see the links below to catch up!

In light of all the progress made in DCPS cafeterias recently, we ask you to join numerous community organizations and concerned parents in demanding that Chancellor Henderson think about a long-term solution instead of playing musical vendors, and insist that she lead DCPS in a strategic transition to in-house food production.

You can sign the petition here:  http://bit.ly/DCPSMealsPetition

And for more information:

Blog post by Ed Bruske: "Kaya Henderson Turning Out the Lights on School Food" 

Washington Post Article by Bill Turque: "Chancellor Kaya Henderson and top staff in food fight" 

Link to full DCPS Food & Nutrition Services RFP

 

Fair Chance 5K.  Registration for the Second Annual "Runnin' for a Chance" 5K Run/Walk taking place on Sunday, April 15, 2012, is OPEN!  All proceeds from the race will go to Fair Chance. The mission of Fair Chance is to strengthen the sustainability of nonprofit organizations and their leaders to transform the lives of children and youth living in poverty in Washington, D.C.  To learn more about the event and to register, click here.  

House available for rent.  Lafayette family away from mid-June through New Year's is hoping to rent their neighborhood house out to another Lafayette family.  Rental from September through December also possible.  Furnished.  Fenced yard; three bedrooms, three baths, plus attic bedroom/study.  Easy walking distance to Lafayette and Connecticut Avenue.  Please email Jenny at [email protected]

Tutor available.  As a highly effective, licensed K-12 teacher with a M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction and currently working on an Ed.D., I am looking to expand my tutoring practice.  I have taught for over a decade across all grade levels and academic content areas in both public and private educational settings.  My practice is individually tailored based upon a student's educational needs and learning styles with a specialized focus on developing literacy skills through readers & writers workshops. I am available after school, weekends and during the summer. Please contact Joni Magee by email at [email protected]  or by cell at 508-254-6630.

Babysitter, dog-walker available this summer.  My name is Moira Sims.  I'm 17 and about to graduate from high school in Istanbul, Turkey. I went to Lafayette Elementary School in 6th grade and am helping my family move back to DC this summer and preparing to go to university. I am an experienced babysitter and dog-walker and if anyone is interested in hiring me for either job, please let me know! I will be back in DC by July 1, until the end of August. My email is [email protected]. Thank you!