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From The head of school
Board Candidates; All School Meeting
Dear Académie Lafayette Families,
Congratulations to Beth McCarthy, mother of Maya (4th) and Emma (1st) Manese, and Jeff Johnson, father of Jesse (6th) and Lucy (2nd) Johnson, who were selected by the parents of the Conseil d'Ecole as candidates for the open parent-elect Board of Director's seat. The election will be held November 4-8. The person designated as Guardian #1 in the school database will receive an email on Saturday, November 4, with a link to an online ballot. (If the person designated as Guardian #1 has changed his or her email please contact Peggy Arians at
parians@academielafayette.org.) There is only one vote per family. Paper ballots will be available at the reception desk at each campus beginning Monday November 6. Parents using paper ballots must vote at the campus of their oldest child.
If you would like to read more about Beth McCarthy, click
here, or Jeff Johnson, click
here.
 Please mark your calendar for an All School meeting on Wednesday night, November 1, at the Oak campus. We will update you on progress made in achieving our K-12 Growth Plan.
A pizza dinner and childcare
for kindergarten and older children only will be provided, beginning at 5:30 pm. Click
here to make a reservation for childcare.
Thank you again for your strong support of the school.
Elimane Mbengue
Head of School
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From The oak Principal
Thank You Teachers!
Dear Parents,
I wanted to share some photos of a few of our hard working teachers. They and many others are coming in on Saturdays to learn how to better use technology. We have some teachers who are experienced with this technology leading the classes. Teachers are learning how to incorporate this technology into their lessons, specifically through the use of interactive white boards. It takes a lot of dedication to be a teacher but on top of that, they use their own time to learn. This shows how committed our faculty is to their craft. Thanks to a grant from the McGowan foundation we are able to use these funds to give a small stipend to those who are participating.
Thank you teachers!
Leslie Houfaidi
Oak principal
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calendar Upcoming Events
October 21
Boo Bayou, Cherry Campus Gym 4-5:30 pm
Middle School Costume Ball, 7-9 pm, Cherry Campus Gym
October 26
No School, Parent Teacher Conferences, 8-4pm, check with homeroom teacher regarding specifics (appointment vs. walk-in, etc)
October 31
Fall Parties
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October 23
Oak Fall Picture Day
Casual Wear (Oak Campus only)
October 27
No School
November 1
No School, Staff-in-Service
All-School meeting, Oak auditorium, 5:30
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October 25
No School, Parent Teacher Conferences, 11-7 pm, check with homeroom teacher regarding specifics (appointment vs. walk-in, etc)
October 28
Allez 5K at Arrowhead Stadium, 10 am
November 3
Cherry Picture Day,
Casual Day for both Campuses,
Parents Lunch, Celebration of November birthdays
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Access the 2017-18 School Calendars by clicking
here.
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INFO SHARING
Boo Bayou is this Saturday!
 We're expecting a rainy day, so we're moving the carnival inside to the Cherry Gym.
Come join the fun on
October 21, from 4-5:30 pm at the Cherry Campus.
Remember:
- Come in costume!
- This is a free event, sponsored by PTSO! (Dunk tank cancelled because of the rain.)
- Raffle Drawing at 5 pm!
- Snacks, games, bounce houses, prizes, and all kinds of fun!
- If you haven't signed up to help, it's not too late, help make this a fun night for all.
Contact Katie Kendle,
katiekendle@gmail.com,
or go to the
Boo Bayou Sign-Up Link
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INFO SHARING
Middle School Costume Ball
Following the Boo Bayou,
October 21,
there will be a Middle School Costume Ball from
7-9 pm in the Cherry Campus gym! Come dance with your friends. Take some great selfies in our photo area. Enjoy the eerie ambiance and just have some fun!
There will be a costume contest by grade, so dress to impress!
DJ Prodigy will be there with some of his amazing dance moves - maybe even a lesson or two! Check out all the details on our
Facebook page.
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INFO SHARING
The 2017 $10,000 Cash Raffle is over -- except for the big drawing on Saturday, October 21, at Boo Bayou. This year our students sold more than 16,500 tickets and raised more than $83,000 to go to the Annual fund. We also secured $4,100 in event sponosrships making the total proceeds from the Raffle more than $87,000! This is the highest selling year since the raffle began, 9 years ago.
The Cherry campus earned the right to wear the Musketeer hat again by selling 9,009 tickets. Students at Oak sold 7,580 tickets. Thanks to everyone!
 Congratulations to Mme Gaillot's first grade for selling 1,050 tickets and winning the monthly Pizza Party for Cherry. Mr. Méjean's 4th graders sold 987 tickets and won the monthly Pizza Party at Oak.
And now -- drum roll: Here are the student winners:
Top Sellers Cherry Street
1st - Miles Johnson (1st grade Gaillot) 340 tickets
2nd - Adaleigh Long (1st grade Gaillot) 327 tickets
3rd - Logan Brettell (2nd grade Sock) 281 tickets
Cherry Street Top Grade Sellers (minimum of 100 tickets sold)
Kindergarten - no one
1st grade - Sophie Messick (Gaillot) 140 tickets
2nd grade - Olivia Harter (Marchand) 120 tickets
3rd grade - Irene Dye (Kuevi) 135 tickets
Top Sellers Oak Street
1st - Vladimir Crouch (6th McCreary) 513 tickets
2nd - Evelyn Lewis (4th Mejean) 432 tickets
3rd - Faye Lewis (4th Charruau) 425 tickets
Oak Street Top Grade Sellers (minimum of 100 tickets sold)
4th grade - Jordyn Parker (Méjean) 141 tickets
5th grade - Hunter Smith (Mauvois) 276 tickets
6th grade - no one
7th grade - Morrison Terrell (Pasqualini) 120 tickets
8th grade - no one
Early Bird Drawing Winners: Sawyer Strahm (Cherry) and Braygan Jones (Oak
Middle School Prize: Vladimir Crouch and Charlene Welling
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Miles Johnson
Top Seller at Cherry |
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Vladimir Crouch
Top Seller at Oak and Middle School Prize winner |
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INFO SHARING
Picture Day
Picture Day for the Oak Campus will take place Monday, October 23, with
retakes on December 1. The order code is KM017039Q0.
Cherry Campus Picture Day will take place Friday, November 3, with retakes on December 6. The order code is KM017038Q0.
For both campuses: kids should dress in casual clothing on their respective picture day. Spring pictures will be taken in uniform. Orders can be placed on mylifetouch.com.
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INFO SHARING
Allez 5K, October 28
The annual Allez 5K will be
Saturday, October 28, at Arrowhead Stadium. The 5K
 run/walk and 1-mile family fun run will start
at
10 am in Lot L.
Entry fee includes this year's custom short-sleeved, white, super soft T-shirt with the Locks Bridge image.
Packet pick up and late registration will be held at Oak
on Thursday the 26th
from 5-6:30 pm and
Friday the 27,
4-5:30 pm.
Student athletes receive a discount of $8 with the code ALFALL17. Register online at
www.allez5k.com.
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INFO SHARING
Family Futbol Fun Night
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INFO SHARING
Invitations to Generations Day are going out within the next two weeks. Please let us know the names and addresses of
grandparents
, special family members or friends that you want included.
Parents -- please fill out the form
here
for your child's grandparent, auntie, uncle or special friend and they will receive an invitation! (If you have already completed this form you do not need to do it twice.)
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INFO SHARING
Cherry students, parents, and staff are enjoying a new bike rack on the Kenwood side of
 the building. This rack provides a secure and partially covered space for bikes to be stored safely during the day. AL maintenance staff installed the rack this week in collaboration with
BikeWalkKC, a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging active living through increasing biking and walking access in our city.
BikeWalkKC visited Cherry this morning where they photographed Irene Dye, a 3rd grade student, and William Dupont, an intern, who are two of many people who often bike to school.
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INFO SHARING
AL Spirit Wear for the Holidays
AL Spirit Wear, plus three (3) new items in the Holiday Store, are now available for order though October 29! For the Holiday Store items (flyer below): visit the
PTSO website to print the form or pay via PayPal. For the webstore sale, click
here to go to the website to order. All non clearance items are $2 off with free shipping to the school.
Orders received on or before Sunday, October 29, will be delivered at Generations Day, November 21, for both campuses.
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INFO SHARING
Box Tops Are a Win Win!
Heads up - We are teaming up with the Kansas City Comets to offer a FREE ticket to a home game when your child collects 10 Box Tops by
November 30.
More details will be available soon on how to submit these Box Tops so please hold on to them for now. Thank you for supporting our school!
Also, if you are interested in helping to count Best Choice, Tyson and Box Tops labels in November, save the date for
Sunday, November 12,
2-4 pm.
Here is a
list of all the current Painless Fundraising opportunities available to help support our school.
If you have any questions about Painless Fundraising, please email
lynneporthouse@hotmail.com
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info sharing
Buddy Benches Coming Soon!
Our Girl Scout Troop 1519 would like to introduce the Buddy Bench! We have built two benches, one for each campus. The Cherry bench will be installed in late October; Oak's will be installed after construction is completed. These benches are to be used by the students when they are feeling lonely, excluded, and or just want someone to play with or hang-out. Please share the following Buddy Bench rules with your children, using our simple acronym: ASK.
"A" is "Always Help" - this essentially means if a student sees someone on the Buddy Bench, they should go talk with them and see how they can help.
"S" is "Sit Only When Needed" - this rule is important so the Buddy Bench is used only for its intended purpose, not a casual place to sit and chat.
"K" is Keep it Beautiful - We have put a lot of effort and money into these benches and would like them to last many, many years, so no drawing, scratching paint, etc.
Please help your kids make our school a better place for EVERYONE!
Thank you!
Girl Scout Troop 1519
Tierney Flavin,
Nani Hill,
Leah Lewis,
Charlotte McGreal,
Stella Roodman,
Suzanne Sade,
Lucia Thomas
 
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info sharing
Mme McCreary's Journal Entries
What do you believe to be the biggest challenges faced by your age group? 
"I believe that our age group has some challenges in society as tweens and teens. Friendships become complicated along with social media and peer pressure. It's an awkward stage where some want to grow up too fast and others just want to stay a kid. There may be more bullying, school may get harder and become more stressful. It becomes even more important to get good grades and more sleep. For most, it is an awkward gap between being a kid, a teenager and a responsible adult."
-Georgie Rochon,
6th grade
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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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