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from the principal
Summer Is Right Around The Corner
This school year has flown by. The kindergartners who started the year with tears and no French are becoming confident speakers and "big kids" ready for 1st grade. And I am getting sentimental about saying goodbye to our 3rd graders as they prepare to go to Oak. As we wind down the current year, we are of course planning for summer and for next year. Here is an update on summer school 2017 from Roxanne Troxell, our summer school director:
It is that time of year again and summer school is quickly approaching! This year we will begin on
June 12th
and end on
July 21st
. There will be no school
July 3rd through the 5th
in observance of Independence Day.
This year's theme is "Un pour tous, tous pour un!" Our students will participate in various community service projects and volunteering experiences. These opportunities will allow students to become directly involved in their community
while they acquire life skills and knowledge about the world around them. Each grade level will have the chance to embark on their own community service projects, from working with Harvesters to making encouraging cards for hospitalized children. In addition to these experiences, students will enjoy regular enrichment classes, presentations, and field trips.
We are so excited for another great summer!
Heather Royce,
Cherry Principal
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calendar Upcoming Events
June 12
Summer School Starts
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8th Grade Graduation
6 pm, Oak Auditorium
Cherry Field Day
July 3, 4, 5
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Last day for students,
Oak Field Day
End-of-year picnic
3:45 - 7 pm, Oak Campus
July 21
Last day of Summer School
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Access the 2016-2017 School Calendar here.
Access the 2017-2018 School Calendar here.
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INFO SHARING
Oak Construction To Start Soon
 Construction will begin
June 5 on the new secure entry addition at the Oak Street campus. The exit from the parking lot will be closed throughout the construction process. This will mean changes in the drop-off and pick-up process.
Because there is only one entrance/exit for the parking lot please use the adjacent streets for drop-off and pick-up.
Drop-off locations:
- 69th Street: your student can go up the stairs and enter using the northeast door.
- 69th Terrace: your student can use the Southwest door facing Oak Street. This door is not typically open but it will be during summer school until 8:15. After 8:15 students will need to use the northeast door.
Pick-up locations are identical:
- Park behind the buses near the stairs on 69th Street.
- Pick-up along 69th Terrace.
Thank you for your assistance as we begin the final phase of our building project.
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INFO SHARING
Needed: Plastic Grocery Bags
This summer we will be doing several projects that help our community. For one of the projects we will making beds out of plastic grocery bags for those in need.
Please donate any extra plastic grocery bags you have to either Oak or Cherry campus.
It takes 1,000s of bags for each bed, so the more the better!
You can bring bags starting next Tuesday. Collection bins will be available at both campus.
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INFO SHARING
Perseverance At Oak
Students never gave up and finished the year strong. Oak ended the school year with our last character assembly celebrating perseverance and also citizenship in 4th and 5th grade classrooms. Students performed skits, sang and danced! We recognize our Oak citizens of the month for April and May.
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Middle School
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4th & 5th Grade
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Perseverance
Rome Johnson
Gordon Beal
Harrison Roth
Samantha Lif
Sam Shinneman
Citlali Valdes
Avi Belaustegui Cabral
Ben Tootle
Bella Avery
Quinn Stoy
Eva Parsons
Mason Kumm
Kevin Huang
Jack Tootle
Gabrielle Mussulman Watson
Gabe Smith
Lydie Djiba
Max Stocklein
Awa Bousso
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Perseverance
Tanner Means
Sophie Wilson
Grace Hensley
Ethan Schaefer
Sam Bennett
Sophia Rowland
Tulie Dastrup
Iris Hoffman
Josh Story
Eli North
Isabelle Mussulman Watson
Johnny Post
Citizenship
Isabella Parr
Jesse Johnson
Stella
Roodman
Bianca Bair
Harriet Tronnes
Fallon Marshall
Henry Acorn
Jack Perry
Yassi Armer Shabazz
Morgan Wafer Lyman
Isabel
Barnds
Portia Martin
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INFO SHARING
Artzpalooza: Deadline Extended
Looking for ART! Student art is wanted for the June 10 Artzpalooza event.
Click here to fill out an entry form and email it to
artzpalooza@gmail.com with a photo of your student's artwork to have a chance to win BIG prizes and be on display! The student can enter artwork from the school year or a project they worked on at home. They will be competing with students from their age groups. Deadline for entries is Friday, May 26 at 6 pm so don't delay!
We look forward to seeing some of the art your students have spent all year creating.
Artzpalooza (
June 10) is open to the public. All are welcome to this free event.
Valerie Smith,
Art teacher
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INFO SHARING
Cherry Field Day Is Coming
Wednesday May 31st is field day at the Cherry campus! We have a full day of fun planned for our kiddos. We hope you are able to sign up to volunteer for our day of fun! We will have lunch and drinks for the volunteers. There are morning and afternoon shifts, or sign up for both! L
ets work together and have fun starting off this summer!
Oak campus field day is
June 1st, more info to come from room parents on how to volunteer.
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INFO SHARING
Easing Up The Transition
Is your child in 3rd grade? Are you a bit anxious about the move to Oak? Do you have questions about Oak routines that have not been answered yet? DON'T FRET!
A lot of these questions are addressed in the current 4th grade student handbook that is available on the
AL website under Students > student handbooks. Next year's handbook will be very similar, so if you have questions about Oak procedures, you might want to check it out! Some of the topics include homework expectations, arrival/pick-up time, gym clothes, etc.
You can also find out more in person during these two events:
- Meet the Teacher night (August 14th, 5-7 for Oak, 6-8 for Cherry)
- Parent Orientation Night (August 22nd for Oak, August 24th for Cherry)
Click here to view next year's calendar and see other events.
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INFO SHARING
School supplies: Shop Online, Support AL
Get ahead of the back-to-school game by buying your school supplies today! Each item in the Schoolkidz box is chosen by the teachers and is exactly what is on your child's supply list. With a click of a button it can be waiting for your child on August 14 for Meet the Teacher Night. We believe you will find the pricing is reasonable -- and the time saved for you priceless. Best of all, 10% of the purchase price come back to Académie Lafayette. It's a win for parents, teachers, kids, and our school!!
Online ordering begins: 5/19/2017
Online ordering ends: 6/9/2017 (cannot be extended)
Orders are ONLY accepted online.
To order your kit(s) online, please follow these simple steps:
2. Enter the account number for your child's campus next year:
- 26938 (Cherry Street)
- 35476 (Oak Street)
3. Choose the appropriate grade level kit. (REMEMBER TO CHOOSE THE GRADE YOUR CHILD WILL BE ENTERING IN THE FALL!)
4. Enter your child's first and last name
5. Add to cart, confirm your order, checkout and pay with your credit card
IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT NEED TO SIGN IN OR CREATE AN ACCOUNT WHEN CHECKING OUT. YOU MAY CHECKOUT WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT BY ENTERING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY.
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INFO SHARING
Strangling Meal Debt
Académie Lafayette started the new year with more than
$50,000 in unpaid lunch and breakfast bills. This strangling debt grew each week. To help remind parents of their bills the school began making regular phone calls to update parents. This has helped but we still have more than $43,000 in unpaid bills.
We know it's easy to forget and we also know that some students eat meals but do not tell their parents. However, because of the finger-scanning system we are able to accurately track student meal consumption.
Remember: Meal bills do not go away at the end of the school year; some of these bills are several years old.
Here's how you can help:
1. Contact Peggy Arians
(
parians@academielafayette.org) if you have questions about your meal bill. We are happy to work out a payment schedule that works with your budget.
2. Log on to your child's eSchoolCore account any time and check account balances, as well as grades, attendance, comments from teachers, etc. If you are having issues logging in to your child's eSchoolCore account, please contact Edem Addoh,
eaddoh@academielafayette.org.
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INFO SHARING
 Many thanks to the generous parents, grandparents and friends who gave more than $26,000 to buy textbooks, microscopes and other science equipment to bring our science classrooms to the 21st century. So far we are 73% of the way to our goal of $37,000!
If you would like to make a gift to the Fund-A-Need campaign
click here to pay online or mail a check made out to Académie Lafayette with Fund-A-Need in the memo line to 6903 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64113.
Thank you!
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INFO SHARING
Attention Incoming Kindergarten Parents!
Join us for KG Parent Orientation Night on
Tuesday, June 6th
from
6 to 7 pm.
We will introduce key staff members and share essential information to help your family have a successful transition to kindergarten. Remarks in the auditorium start at
6:00
followed by time to visit groups in the gym such as PTSO, Summer School, Uniforms, Spirit Wear, and Title 1. Information presented during this event is for adults.
If you need childcare for school-aged children, it will be provided. Donations for childcare are suggested but not required.
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INFO SHARING
Attention Incoming 8th Grade Families
The state of Missouri requires all new 8th graders to have proof of immunization for both the TDaP and the Meningococcal vaccinations prior to beginning their 8th grade year. If you did not upload your child's immunization record to the School Mint system when you completed your re-enrollment packets, please send the immunization record to Alexis Cook, acook@academielafayette.org. All immunization record must be dated after March 6, 2017 to provide the most up-to-date information.
Most students get these immunizations around age 11-12; please check with your child's physician to make sure they are up-to-date prior to sending in a new immunization record.
These immunizations are required to be on file with in the nurse's office prior to students beginning their 8
th
grade year or attending summer school.
Alexis Cook, BSN, RN
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INFO SHARING
Medication Pick-Up
As the school year comes to a close, please remember to pick up your student's medications from the nurse's office! Any medications left in the nurse's cabinet after
June 2 will be disposed of.
We clear out our medication cabinets between the last day of school and the first day of summer school as a safety measure to make sure that the medications we have on hand are not expired and all have the appropriate documentation on file with the nurse.
Please make sure that you have updated documentation ready prior to summer school for any medication your student will be taking at school. If your student needs medication on hand for asthma or an allergy, please have your physician fill out an ACTION PLAN for those conditions. These are available on the AL web page in the Notes from the Nurses under the Parents tab.
All paperwork and new medications should be submitted to the nurse as soon as they are ready; we will store these separately in preparation for the summer and the 2017-2018 school year.
Thank you!
Alexis Cook BSN, RN
School Nurse
Academie Lafayette, Oak Campus
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INFO SHARING
AL Recipe Book
Dear Families,
A month or two ago I became irritated with my lack of new recipes for my family and took to Facebook to see if anyone had some good dinner ideas they were willing to share with me. That quickly morphed into an idea that it might be fun to develop a new PTSO fundraising project, an Académie Lafayette cookbook. I floated the idea to a few friends who are willing to help take on the challenge, but we need your recipe submissions to make this a success!
We are looking for recipes for all types of cuisine, cooking styles, dietary restrictions, and skill levels; our goal is for this to be a reflection of the diversity of the Académie Lafayette community.
If you are willing to share a recipe with us, please include the following information:
- A little bit about yourself ("John Doe, parent of Jack (4th grade) and Jill (1st Grade)")
- A small blurb about the preparation or the dish itself (for example: "This is our go-to evening meal when we have soccer practice; it's fast and the kids love it." "Leftovers for this dish reheat really well, just pop it in the oven at 350º for 15 minutes")
- An estimate of the "skill level" of the dish
- Any recommendations you might have for the dish ("Sometimes we like to substitute cranberries in place of raisins")
In an effort to keep every edition unique with minimal duplicate entries, we may not be able to include every submission in this year's edition but we will hold on to these recipes for possible inclusion in future editions of the book! You will be notified by email if your recipe is selected.
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INFO SHARING
Can You Host An Intern Next Year?
Our interns are native French speakers and interested in a career in education. They work in Kindergarten classrooms and live with
host
families in the community. For a semester or a school year, host f
amilies provide the intern a private room, shared bathroom, and meals when you are together as a
family.
It's a great way for your children to practice their French at home!
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Sports
Coach For MS Girls Basketball
Académie Lafayette is looking for a parent volunteer to coach the middle school girls basketball team. Among other requirements, the coach will undergo a background check.
If you are interested in helping our younger girls improve through the game of basketball, please contact Mr Djiba as soon as possible at
edjiba@academielafayette.org.
The due date for registration through the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) is
June 1st.
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AL in the community
Académie Lafayette 7th grade students' artwork will be on digital display at the National WWI Museum and Memorial beginning in June! The Public Programs Coordinator and Educator is in the process of scanning the students' works for a digital display that will be in the Ellis Gallery. The drawings and writings (in French, with English translations) are a response to the Vive l'Amérique exhibition. The exhibition showcases drawings by French students in 1917 of the American soldiers' arrival in France.
Our students studied several works, discussed the American and French alliance (then and now), and responded to one of two prompts with a drawing and short writing:
- 1: When the American soldiers, nicknamed "doughboys" arrived in spring 1917, this group of French students drew pictures from their own perspectives. What do you think the American doughboys saw? Draw it from their perspective.
- 2: If you were to draw a picture of life today to share with French students 100 years ago, what would you draw?
The works selected are truly extraordinary and create a unique connection with French and American history 100 years later. We hope that you will be able to make it out this summer to see the Vive l'Amérique exhibition. It is a free exhibition that runs through Oct. 15, 2017.
Find out all about it here !
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Research Medical Center, Brookside Campus, is a proud sponsor of academie lafayette
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Oak Street Campus
6903 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64113
816-361-7735 |
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Cherry Street Campus
3421 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64109
816-888-7400 |
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The summer school packet will be going out next week. It will be arriving by email this summer so make sure to keep an eye out! This packet will include the supply list as well as class assignment, end-of-day procedure, and field trip information. Please note that 6th grade students need as many plastic grocery bags as possible to use in their service project. If you have some to spare please consider donating them to a good cause.
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Bring the family and enjoy a night of food and fun at the Oak campus parking lot. We will have free bouncy houses for the kids! Bring your picnic blanket and lawn chairs. Académie Lafayette will provide hotdogs, meat and veggie burgers.
