On June 12th D.C. Officials released a draft student assignment policy proposal. The proposal emphasizes neighborhood schools and maintains the Lafayette Deal Wilson feeder pattern.

You can view an article in the Washington Post about the proposal as well. 

The Lafayette School Boundary Working Group will continue to monitor this issue over the summer and into the new school year. If you have questions, please contact Jared Cohen.

Hello Lafayette families and members of the community! This summer your children have access to multiple online sites that can help them stay fresh for the next school year.

As always, please contact Nathan Wieand if you have any questions about the programs. Please know that there may be some gaps in the time in which I am able to respond, which is why I have included some other outlets for support.

To access the sites please use the Lafayette Technology Website.

Please see detailed information here.

Have a great summer everyone!

For those of you who may not know, Lafayette Park is going to go through some renovations / improvements this summer. While the Lafayette School has three playgrounds on its property, the

kindergarteners use the playground in Lafayette Park during recess.

Despite support from community members at both community meetings to keep certain playground features, DC's plans presented last week propose taking out a number of features that seem to be well-used in the playground. For example, they want to take out all sandboxes from the tot areas and also sand under the play structures. At meeting #2, all the kids at the meeting, all the neighbors who spoke and the Friends of Lafayette Park (FOLP) President all supported sandboxes. FOLP has donated sand every year to keep the boxes fresh and will most likely continue to do so. Kids need sand to push, pull, build up muscles, learn cause/effect and motor planning -- and sand is FUN!! It seems they also want to take the climbing fire truck and the swings out of the tot lot too.

For the big kids, it seems they want to take out the popular monkey rings and the tire swings (this is the playground our kindergarteners use). We'd asked at the first meeting to keep the tire swings because more than one child can use them at a time. Two or three can get on and one can push.

Please take a look at the proposed plans and take the survey to voice your opinions. Friday is the deadline for completing the survey. More information below from our ANC Commissioner, Rebecca Maydak. Thank you!

Here's a link to the Plans.

Survey.

The second meeting for the Lafayette Park Play DC Initiative took place this past Monday, June 9, 2014.  LandDesign is the firm contracted with DGS to provided design concepts. 

Have a custom message read to your child during the morning announcements. It is a great way to say "Happy Birthday," "Good Luck" or just send a fun message to your child at the beginning of the school day. Print and fill out this form, place it and a payment of $15 (checks made out to Lafayette HSA) in the WLES Shout Out box in the Great Hall. Announcements and payment must be received at least seven days prior to the announcement date. Please contact Eden Burgess for more information.