From The head of School

Happy Holidays!

Dear AL community,

In this holiday season, I would like to thank all our students, staff, parents, board members and funders for their hard work and amazing support. It has been a very busy start because of the transition into a three-campus network. However, because of everyone's understanding and invaluable contribution the children are having a great school year. 

I invite you all to join me for the Armour Parent-Principal Coffee on Tuesday, January 15th, 2019, 7:30-8:30 am.

I wish you all wonderful holidays and a Happy New Year with your families and friends.

A l'année prochaine!

Elimane Mbengue
Head of School
embengue@academielafayette.org

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Thank you Armour

Thank you to the middle 

school students and staff for participating in 

our pizza buffet this past

week. We were able to raise $312 for the Veteran Community Project whose mission is to eliminate veterans homelessness in Kansas City.

Subaru is generously matching our donation.

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Thank You AL Community

Thanks so much to all that participated with the Fifth Annual Operation Breakthrough Holiday  Toy  Drive hosted by Académie Lafayette. AL had more than 225 donations to drop off at Operation Breakthrough. The kids that helped deliver the toys were lucky enough to get a tour of the amazing new space at OP as well.  Thank You AL Community!

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AL's 1st annual National 

Geographic GeoBee 

Académie Lafayette is excited to announce that it will hold its first annual National Geography GeoBee in January 2019 for 4th and 5th grade students at Oak. Armour students will also be able to compete in their own NatGeo Bee in January. Study tool kits went home with your child. The study tool kit will allow students to prepare for the National Geographic GeoBee at home. 

The week of January 7th, students will take a qualifying quiz in their classroom. Students with the top 10 scores amongst all 4th and 5th graders, will advance to our school final the week of January 14th. There will be two rounds in the final, the first to determine our top two finalists and the second to select the winner. Our school winner will take an online test on January 27th or 28th to qualify for the Missouri state final on March 29th. The state winner will then compete in Washington D.C May 19-22.  P arents click here for a resource to help students to practice NatGeo type questions.

If you have any questions, please contact the National Geography GeoBee Oak coordinator, Dorothée Werner at  dwerner@academielafayette.org. We hope that this event will provide our students with diverse ways to shine! 

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2019 France trip Meeting

Thursday, Jan.10, 6-7pm 2019. This will be for any 6th grade parents who have already enrolled their student in the France trip for this May, but have not had a chance to make it to a meeting yet. It will be a time for introducing what to expect and a time to ask questions. If you have already attended the meeting in September it is not necessary for you to attend this meeting. Looking forward to meeting you.  

Robin Vaughn & Valerie Beachy

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The Purr-fect Gift!

Are you still looking for the perfect holiday gift? Look no further! Eighth graders, Tatiana Rizzo and Natalie Mitchell, have one more foster kitten to offer to anyone in the AL community who would like to add a furry bundle of joy to their family. Fostering kittens is one component of their 8th grade IB community project. Wrap up this kitten while at the same time helping them wrap up their project. For more information, please contact Margaret Rizzo at margsrizzo@gmail.com

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Players of the Week: Girls Basketball

This week eighth graders Caroline Hinkebein (22) and Bianca Bair (3) are the players of the week! Both Caroline and Bianca show outstanding leadership in practice and at every game through their different positions on the court. Thursday evening against Crossroads, the girls won 22-21, with Bianca making 10 out of 22 points for the game. This puts AL at 5-1 on the season before break, way to go AL! 

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 On Vous en Parle! Issue 2

Mme Werner, the journalists, the editorial team and M. Pasqualini are proud to present you with the winter issue in which they celebrate the Grinch! Click here to view

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BINGO Night Save-the-date!

Grab your family and friends and get ready for this FUNdraiser! Only 5$ a person all you can play. Be on the lookout for more details in the coming weeks. We're looking for prize donations. If you'd like more information contact Renee Schloss, reneemschloss@gmail.com or 

Alexis Cook, acook@academielafayette.org. 

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AL Trivia Night

Grab the gang and come get competitive! Join us for a fun night out at this years, AL Trivia Night,  January 26, hosted by the PTSO. Tickets can be purchased on the PTSO homepage:  https://www.alptso.com/. 

We are also in need of some committed volunteers to join the planning committee and to help out on the night of the event. So if you are interested, or know some other parents that might be interested, please reach out to Xavier Campbell at  hankins.xavier@gmail.com  about getting signed up!

Thank you so much for your support!

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Calling All Families!

Mark your calendars for the biggest party of the year!

Evening in Paris: Club Havana

April 13, 2019

We are always looking for unique items to auction off at the event such as gift certificates, experiences, tickets, tours, trips, services, etc.  

Please email  auction@academielafayette.org for donations or questions!

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research medical center, brookside campus, is a proud sponsor of academie lafayette

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