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From the Head of School
School Calendar Changes
Dear AL families,
As you know, this winter has been particularly disruptive with 11 snow days so far. To make up the additional snow day, we have made the following changes in our school calendar:
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Monday, March 25 will be a normal school day
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Wednesday, March 27 will be an early release day followed by parent-teacher conferences from 2 pm until 7:00 pm.
Early release day dismissal times:
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Oak: 12:45 pm
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Armour: 1 pm
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Cherry: 1:15 pm
Click here to see the modified school calendar pdf.
Thank you very much for your continued support for our school!
Have a great weekend.
Elimane Mbengue
Head of School
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calendar Upcoming Events
March 11
Board Meeting
Armour, 6:30 pm
April 4
Cherry 2nd/3rd Concert
Oak Auditorium, 6 pm
April 15
Armour and Oak Spring Pictures
(in uniform)
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Annual Brookside
St. Patrick's Day Parade,
2 pm
March 27
Early Release Day: (
Oak: 12:45 pm, Armour: 1 pm, Cherry: 1:15 pm)
Parent-Teacher Conferences
2-7 pm
April 8
Board Meeting,
Armour, 6:30 pm
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March 28
Cherry Spring Pictures (in uniform)
PTSO Meeting
Armour, 6-8:30 pm
April 11
6th grade 2019 France trip meeting, Armour 6 pm
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Access the 2018-19 school calendars by clicking
here.
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INFO SHARING
The Upper Room will provide all day programming during Spring Break, March 18 - 22, 2019 from 7:30 am - 6:00 pm. All programming will take place at the Oak campus. Please note, if your child currently attends the Cherry campus, they will need to be dropped off at the Oak campus during the week of spring break. If you are currently enrolled in Upper Room's After-School Program, you may sign up for spring break week at your site. If not, please
click here to fill and download the application. You can email it to
afterschool@scr-upperroom.org when done. You will be entered into our EZ Care system where you can pay for the week.
Programming will include enrichment classes such as art, music, PE and games. We will also go bowling on a field trip the afternoon of March 21. Fee for the week is a flat rate of $150.00 per child. If you are already enrolled in the after-school program, you will pay this amount for the week instead of your normal rate. The higher cost is due to Upper Room providing 10.5 hours of programming per day instead of 2.5 hours per day.
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INFO SHARING
 Hello everyone! I'm hosting a sale on March 9th at Keystone Church in the Coffeehouse in Waldo. It will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All of the proceeds will go towards a large donation of art supplies for Children's Mercy Hospital. It would be wonderful if you could stop by for a hot chocolate or to do a little shopping.
Thank you!*
Reese Dorsett, 8th grade
*We can accept cash, checks, paypal, venmo, apple pay and credit/debit cards.
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INFO SHARING
On Saturday, March 9th, at 10:30 am at the Sherwood Autism Center 8030 Ward Parkway Plaza, Kansas City, MO 64114, Representative Greg Razer is conducting a series of Town Hall's that are open forums to hear from Kansas City residents about issues impacting Kansas City.
It's an excellent, important opportunity for parents to voice the need for equitable funding of charter schools, the importance of Academie Lafayette and charter schools to the community. If you are not comfortable with stepping up to a microphone and speaking about the positive impact of charter schools on our community, just being present in an Academie Lafayette shirt, showing support, shaking Mr. Razer's hand and thanking him for supporting charter schools would be terrific.
As we are celebrating our 20
th
Anniversary please be advocates in supporting the importance of public school choice to assure our continued success. We can assume that there will be those opposed to charter schools in attendance and we need to make sure our voices are heard.
Background:
Representative Greg Razer is the MO State Representative for 64113, 64114, 64112. Technically, Academie Lafayette Oak Street Campus is the only charter school in his legislative district. However, he and his vote are very important to the charter school legislation.
- Parents if you would be willing please prepare a written letter of support for SB271 and charter school funding equity speaking specifically to the critical importance of the funding equity language AND the impact to your school (if equity is achieved AND if it is not). In addition to the attached one pager here, attached is a list of 20 potential talking points here. What's most important is the impact of reduced funding on the students.
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INFO SHARING
 March 11th-March 15th will be Spirit Week
(Trimester Two) at Armour Campus 6th-8th grade students:
Monday:
Monday Memes-
Come to school representing your favorite meme. It must be appropriate.
Tuesday:
Career Day-
Dress up in the wardrobe of your future profession of choice.
Wednesday:
Hat Day-
Come to school wearing your favorite hat.
(Uniform day)
Thursday: Sports Day
- Support your favorite team by coming dressed in your favorite sportswear to represent the best college or professional team.
Friday: Fabulously Formal
Day
- Come to school dressed to the nines. This means pull out your favorite suit and tie, bowtie, dress, heels and dress to impress!
The grade level with most participants on this day will receive a month of Friday casual days in April)
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INFO SHARING
 Here we are again!! Another Spring!!!
Believe it or not ~~~~It's time for the
ANNUAL BROOKSIDE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
Theme - A Little Bit O'Blarney
MARCH 16th ~ 2 p.m.
IN BROOKSIDE
FLOAT #58
Please arrive between 1:00 and 1:45
Look for directions on our Facebook Pages
Click
here to view the flyer
- Come early to help decorate our float!
- We have lots of teams and groups at AL now, so show your pride! Get your teams or clubs together and wear your uniforms! Soccer, Basket Ball, Cheer Leaders, Track, Volley Ball, Robotics,Theater of the Imagination, Brownies, Girl or Boy Scouts, Choir, Band (walk with your club and make signs to advertise our diverse groups)
- bike/scooter decorating is encouraged! - Prizes for the best!
- And you can bring your 4 legged friends!
- Wear your AL logo t-shirts or you can wear green. Bring your AL signs!
- Please bring extra candy to pass out (do not throw!) and bring a water bottle!
We look forward to seeing everyone!
Thank You, the AL PTSO
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INFO SHARING
 We are excited to bring the Power of Drawing to Academie Lafayette at the Cherry St campus. Young Rembrandts is based on an nationally acclaimed drawing method that works hand-in-hand with our innovative curriculum developed by a team of artists and educators. Research points to a strong correlation between involvement in the arts and achievement in the classroom. Art is powerful. And unleashing that power in our youth begins with drawing.
Our first session will start on Tuesday, March 26 and run for 8 Tuesdays.
Class dates are March 26 - May 14.
Class time is right after school. 4-5pm
Price is $81 or 3 payments of $27. Sibling discount is available.
Your child will create one main drawing per class. There will be a variety of subjects, including one art history lesson. We provide all the materials.
E-flyer available and paper flyers will be distributed soon so look for it to come home with your child. Click
here for more information. You can go to the secure website now and enroll online
www.youngrembrandts.com/kcmo Any questions about the program? Need assistance in enrolling? Contact Sarah Hirtzel at (816)944-9064.
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INFO SHARING
 This is a 2-day shoot: April 12th and 13th, 2019
Each family will play (or read! or sing! or jump!) with a Muppet for around 20 minutes.
Locations will be in/around Kansas City.
Families (parents and kids) must wear clothing that is solid colored, with no logos or branding.
Specific details about shoot date, time, and location will be conveyed to selected families closer to the shoot date.
If interested please fill out the Google form
here.
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INFO SHARING
Tickets are on Sale Now for Evening in Paris 2019 - Club Havana.
Special thanks to our El Presidente Sponsor - Norman and Graves Trial Attorneys
Purchase before March 15 and you will be entered to win a 2 night stay at Great Wolf Lodge.
Want to contribute to EIP this year? We are looking for bottles of Wine and Spirits to be included in our Wine and Spirit Pull. Maybe ditch some of those extra bottles of wine or booze you stocked up during the holidays or possibly for the next snow day!
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INFO SHARING
We are so happy that over 25% of our tickets are already
purchased for AL's night at Kauffman Stadium!
Please join us for the Royals vs the Angels,
April 27, 2019,
6:15 p.m.
Enjoy AL discounted ticket prices.
We have tickets options for 1 ticket - $15 each
or group of 4 tickets - $55 per set
Click here to order your tickets now.
For those that have already purchased tickets, we will be emailing out actual digital tickets with your seat assignments the week of April 1st. Please watch your inbox around that time.
For anyone still interested you can reserve your AL Day at the K tickets
through April 20th at the link provided.
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INFO SHARING
The Rothwell family's home caught fire. It's unclear whether the house can be saved, but right now they are in need of clothes, shoes and other personal items. We've created a
Go Fund Me for them. Your donations are deeply appreciated.
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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
Armour Campus,
201 E. Ar
mour Blvd,
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-800-8771
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Cherry Street Campus
3421 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64109
816-888-7400
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