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From the head of school
After School Program, Move Update
Dear AL families,
Thank you for your numerous responses and comments regarding our summer school after care program. At this time, it has been decided that the YMCA will provide an after school program both at Cherry and at Oak. Please contact the YMCA if you plan to enroll your child. A sign-up form will be available on their website shortly.
The three campus transition is going well, and we are getting ready to welcome the kindergarten, first and third grade students at Oak. Kindergarten and first grade furniture was brought over this week to the Oak campus, and middle school items were transferred to a container to make room, and will later be transferred to Armour. We thank you for your patience as we deal with the move and restricted parking space at Oak.
We are honored to say that Madame Houfaidi was asked by the World War I museum to chaperone a short trip to France to represent the United States at the 100 year celebration of WW1 Memorial Day.
Thank you so much for your invaluable support and trust.
Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
Elimane Mbengue,
Head of School
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From the oak principal
Oak Summer School Arrival/Dismissal
Dear Oak parents ,
You will find below our planned summer school schedule. It will be challenging having kindergarten  through 8th grade in the same building. Please remember to always drive slowly and carefully.
**Parents of incoming kindergarten students can pick up their car rider numbers in the Oak office anytime during school hours.
Arrival: 7:30 - 8:15
- Circle drive drop off for cars
- Bus drop off on South side of building after the circle drive exit.
- All students who eat breakfast go in the gym.
- 4th-8th graders either eat in the gym and then go in auditorium or go directly to auditorium, then go to class at 8:05
- K-2 stay in the gym and go to class at 8:05
Dismissal: 3:45 - 4:00
- Circle drive for buses only
- Bus pickup in circle drive: loading starts 10-15 mins before car riders
- Kindergarten & siblings (will have numbers): pick up on 69th Street (North of school), students will walk down the stairs to cars
- All kindergartener's siblings go to the kindergartener's classroom to either get ready for pick-up or walk home.
- Car riders: all other students wait in their classroom until bell rings (10 minutes after buses start loading). Older siblings go to younger siblings line. Once buses are gone then car riders are loaded into cars. Students are walked down by a teacher to the south side area waiting for cars to pull up. Cars will wait on 69th Terrace from the corner of 69th Terrace up to and around on Cherry St. Please do not block the parking lot entrances and exits to ensure buses can leave the circle drive.
- Walkers are dismissed through northwest door when the bell rings.
Leslie Houfaidi,
Oak principal
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In This Edition:
Please use any of the links below to be taken directly to the article you wish to read.
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calendar Upcoming Events
May 28
NO SCHOOL
June 4
Cherry Kindergarten Parent Orientation
6 pm, Cherry Campus
June 7
Staff in-Service
June 13
First Day of Summer School for Oak and Cherry Campuses
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May 30
Journée Culturelle Show
5:30 pm, Oak Auditorium
June 5
8th Grade Graduation
6 pm, Scottish Rite Temple, 1330 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO
Cherry Field Day
June 11
Board Meeting
6:30 pm, Oak Music Room
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June 1
Casual Day
Parent/Student Lunch
Birthday Celebrations
June 6
Oak Field Day
Last Day of School for Students
End-of-School Picnic for all grades
4-7 pm, Oak Campus
June 12
Oak Kindergarten Parent Orientation
6 pm, Oak Campus
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Access the 2017-18 school calendars and 18-19 calendar by clicking
here.
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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 6 will be discarded.
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
here.
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 2018-2019 school year.
Thank you!
Alexis Cook BSN, RN
School Nurse
Academie Lafayette, Oak Campus
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Info Sharing
Field Day Help Needed!
Who wants to run a game of wet sponge hot potato at field day? It's always a kid pleaser. Is running dodgeball in the air conditioned gym more your fancy? Either way, we need your help to make field day run smoothly for our kids. Come help us! Volunteers will have breakfast and a lunch of pizza and salad available!
The Cherry field day will take place on
Tuesday, June 5 and the Oak field day on Wednesday, June 6.
Sign up here to volunteer at Cherry, or sign up here to volunteer at Oak!
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Info Sharing
Summer Birthday Celebrations
Cherry campus will celebrate June and July birthdays on
June 1, our final first Friday casual day of the year
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If your child has a summer birthday, please check with his/her teacher regarding celebration details and planning.
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Info Sharing
Oak Journée Culturelle is Next Week
The Journée Culturelle will take place again on Wednesday, May 30 at the Oak Campus. The parent performance will be at 5:30 pm.
The theme for this year's program is "
Liberty and Freedom Around the World."
The spring
Journée Culturelle is voluntary.
Teachers are volunteering extra time to help students learn songs, skits, and dances from around the world. However, not all teachers are able to do this because of other classroom commitments.
Students who are not in the production will participate as audience members during the daytime student-only performance. Parents please do not plan to come to the daytime performance because of space constraints.
Thank you for your strong support of our school.
The Journée Culturelle Committee
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Info Sharing
End-of-School Picnic
All families are invited to join us at the Oak Campus the last day of school, Wednesday, June 6 from 4-7:00 pm for an end-of-school picnic!
The PTSO will provide all-beef hot dogs, vegetarian hot dogs, and dessert.
We ask that the following grades please bring:
- K- 2: a fruit or vegetable plate
- 6-8: individual serving size bottle water or juice boxes.
We will have bounces houses!
Volunteers are needed. Please sign up for volunteer spots
here.
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al in the community
Interns Exposed to American Education
The Kindergarten Intern teachers have spent the 2017-2018 school year teaching but
 also learning about education in the United States. Recently, the interns had an opportunity to visit two high schools in Kansas City, KS: Sumner Academy of Arts and Sciences and Wyandotte High School. They spoke with students, educators, and principals and learned about the ways American high schools are meeting the needs of diverse learners and preparing them to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.
Pictured:
Interns with Dr David Smith, Kansas City, Kansas Chief of Public Affairs
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al in the community
AL Alumni Cast in Musical: Memphis
Académie Lafayette alumni Micah Flowers (left) and Nathaniel Rasson (right) will be featured in The Black
 Repertory Theatre of Kansas City's upcoming production of the Tony-winning musical, Memphis. Oak speech therapist, Bridget Pfeiffer, is also in the cast.
Micah and Nathaniel are proud alumni from the school's early days. Both are regular performers on Kansas City stages.
View the Memphis musical poster
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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Kindergarten Parent Orientation nights will take place at both Oak and Cherry Campuses this year. 
