HSA General Meeting, 7:00 p.m.

Walk or Bike to School Day

No School, Professional Development Day

No School, Columbus Day

Picture Day (individual and classes)

Fall Festival

 
 WE ARE ONLY 67% OF THE WAY THERE IN OUR SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER DONATION DRIVE

 We really need your help and support this week so that we can reach our goal and fund the programs and services that really make our school extra special.  If you haven't donated yet, please click here and make your donation today.

 

Your tax deductible dollars go directly to supporting technology in every classroom;  arts and music enrichment;  our Peace Program;  supplies for our teachers and so much more.

 

We are so grateful to all those parents and teachers who have already  given but we are still short of our goal and looking for every bit of help we can get in these last days of September. We have established some suggested donation levels that are right in line with other schools in the area but we will also welcome whatever you can give. Your support at any level means so much for our school and our students.

 

Here are 4 easy ways to get your donations in before September 30.

 

#1 - Give on line. Click here to make your HSA donation.  

#2 - Print out the form here and return it to the HSA Donation Drive Drawer in the Great Hall.

#3 - Look for the flyers/envelopes coming home in your child's folder and return them to school.

#4 - Email Jenny Backus and she can arrange the best way to collect your donation.

 

Thank you much for your support and for making this a September to Remember for Lafayette.

 Jenny Backus

HSA Donation Director

Look for the bright orange vest of our new 5th Grade Safety Patrol at the quick drop-off on Northampton Street-available each morning from 8:30-8:45AM. Each morning two 5th graders along with two parents are volunteering their time to help with the drop off line. Please help us help them by following these guidelines.  

• Please travel west (from 33rd St toward Broad Branch) on Northampton in order to pull up in the drop-off zone.

• The drop off zone is a "Kiss & Ride", please have your child sit on the passenger side of the car so that they can exit easily to the sidewalk.

• Please pull your car all the way to the cone at the front of the line so that as many cars as possible can drop off at one time.

• If you need to park and exit your car to assist your children, please do not park in the drop off zone. Park your car legally on one of the streets surrounding the school and assist and walk your children from there.

• Beginning at 8:30AM, the outer blue doors to the Early Childhood wing will open and Pre K and K children are invited to sit with classmates on the stairs inside the building with a parent volunteer until 8:40AM when the inside doors will open and teachers are ready to receive the children.

• Children in grades 1-5 need to walk to their line-up areas and should not cut through the Early Childhood wing.

• No parents are permitted through these doors, no exceptions please. Parents must sign in at the Main Office by entering into the front doors of Lafayette, this will be enforced by teachers and parent volunteers, please support this rule.

• The Quick Drop Lane will close promptly at 8:45am. Children are considered tardy if they are not in their classrooms by this time. All children who arrive after this time will need to enter the school through the Main Entrance. 

Thank you!

 

Please adhere to the parking restrictions posted around the school. Most importantly, there is no parking allowed on the east side of Broad Branch Road during school hours.

 

Not even for a minute while you run your child into the school and say goodbye! Broad Branch is a bus route and there have been mornings when cars are parked on both sides of the street and the E6 cannot get through.

 

This is also a safety issue with regard to our children who are trying to cross the street. If people continue to disregard the restrictions, Lafayette will request the MPD issue tickets to those in violation.

We made it through the first week of the Fall Session of the Lafayette Enrichment Program (LEP). Thank you for your cooperation and patience while we worked out a couple of kinks.

 

Although enrollment for most classes is closed, there are a few that are still accepting enrollment. Log on to the LEP registration site to see register for Hoop Dance, Hip Hop/Jazz and HoopEd.

 

NEW....you can now register for Lafayette Tennis through the LEP registration site. We are accepting registrations for Afternoon Tennis (limited availability), which will be held on the black top at Lafayette starting September 29th.

 

Please remember that all children need to be signed out. I know that with large classes, such as noteBusters, this is still taking some time to get used to. Please remind your kids that they need to be signed out. Their cooperation makes the process move faster. We want everyone to have fun with a layer of safety for good measure. 

Thank you to the entire Lafayette community for making our Dot Day such a success! The celebration of our creativity and belief that we can "make our mark" was powerful and exciting! Photos of our outfits and pics of the creativity that took place on Dot Day are hanging in the Great Hall.

Currently on display in our Lafayette great Hall Gallery is a piece of art from all our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students... please stop by before the display begins to change in a week or so.

Also remember to enjoy the Lafayette art work hanging in BroadBranch Market and stay tuned for an announcement about our new Principal's Office Gallery display!

 

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our very generous Annual Sponsors for 2014-2015, your continued support is amazing! 

 

Learn more about becoming a Lafayette sponsor.