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FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
Summer School &
19-20
School Year Information
Dear Parents,
As we are nearing the end of the school year, many are already thinking about summer school. Arrival and dismissal times will remain the same: Oak 8:00 to 3:30, Armour 8:15 to 3:45, and Cherry 8:30 to 4:00, and all buildings will open at 7:30 am as usual. Click here for more arrival and dismissal information.
Click here for after-school care information.
Homeroom information and field trip schedule will be sent at a later date. Dress code is casual and shoes must be closed toes. Middle school students will need to bring a padlock for their individual lockers (no key lock, please).
A middle school parent orientation is planned for Monday, June 17th at 6 pm. Come tour the building and learn about IB, grading, middle school-specific procedures and more! If you cannot attend, the meeting will be broadcasted on Facebook live.
As a reminder, our incoming Kindergarten Parent Orientation Night will be on Tuesday, June 11th at 6 pm for Cherry and Oak campuses. See more information in the newsletter below.
Enjoy your weekend.
Elimane Mbengue,
Head of School
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calendar Upcoming Events
June 5
8th grade Graduation
June 11
K-Orientation Night
Cherry & Oak, 6 pm-7:30 pm
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June 6
Cherry Field Day
Oak Journee Culturelle,
5:30 pm
First Day of Summer School
Middle School Parent Orientation Armour, 6 pm
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June 7
Last Day for Students
Armour and Oak Field day
End of Year Picnic,
Oak Campus, 4-6:30 pm
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Access the 18-19 and 19-20 school calendars by clicking
here.
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INFO SHARING
Last Days of School Dress
Oak: Thursday, June 6, Costumes for Journee Culturelle
Friday June 7, Field Day & Casual Day
Cherry: Thursday, June 6, Field Day & Casual Day
Friday, June 7, Casual Day
Armour: Friday June 7, Field Day & Casual Day
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INFO SHARING
Oak Dismissal for summer '19
& School Year 2019-2020
Bus: Dismissal (and arrival) will be on 69th Street (North side of school)
Walkers: NW door dismissed at 3:30 (must have signed the permission slip)
Parent Pick up/Car Riders: All Students K-5 will receive a "car rider number". We will dismiss in order of cars arriving in circle drive. Numbers will be called into the doubled up classrooms and students will be organized into a list of 6-8 cars in the hallway and then brought outside by a staff member to put kids in the car.
We will continue to have "walkers" however every child will have a number. We no longer will be using the same number you had a Cherry. It becomes duplicated and confusing for our callers. Our "numbers" will be on
Green paper. Please go to the Oak office to pick up your car rider number.
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INFO SHARING
It's Time to Pick a Third Language!
Bonjour, 5th grade parents!
Our 3rd language teachers, Ms. Jin (Mandarin) and Ms. Durukan (Spanish), will meet with all 5th graders on Monday, June 3rd. They will introduce themselves and will present an introduction to learning a 3rd language at A.L. to help your child decide which 3rd language s/he wants to tackle in Middle School. This is a student-only assembly, however, the presentations will be emailed to every parent after the event.
Your student will receive a 3rd language option form after the assembly and will need to return it completed to her/his homeroom teacher by Thursday, June 6th at the latest. You can also download and print this form
here. Please do not return this form prior to the assembly.
Any student who does not turn in this form by Thursday, June 6th, will be assigned a third language by the administration.
If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to
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INFO SHARING
Development Committee Meeting Notice
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INFO SHARING
AL families join us at Oak Campus June 7, 4-6:30 pm for a school-wide picnic BBQ celebrating the end of the school year! The PTSO will be sponsoring all the food so just bring your blanket or chairs and an appetite! Click to view more details on the PTSO Facebook page
. Bon Appetit!
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INFO SHARING
 Upper Room will be providing after-school care for Académie Lafayette's summer school program beginning June 17 and ending July 19, 2019. The program will run from the end of the school day until 6:00 pm Monday through Friday. Activities will include music, art, PE and games. Due to this being a
separate program from the school year after-school program, all families will need to complete an application and pay a $25 registration fee, even if they have completed an application earlier in the school year. Fees will be a flat rate of $60 per week for the first child and $45 per week for each sibling. If your family qualifies for free and reduced meals, the cost is $15.00 per child per week. Click here to view the details of the program. Click here to register.
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INFO SHARING
AL Field Days
Parents we need help for Field Day! Details for each campus are below:
Oak Campus Field Day | June 7 | Grades K-2 8-11:30, Grades 4-5 12-3:30
We need volunteers--and you'll get a free lunch! Check out the
sign-up for details.
Cherry Campus Field Day | June 6 | All Day
We need volunteers--and you'll get a free lunch! Check out the sign-up for details.
Armour Field Day | June 7
We have all the volunteers we need thanks to those who have reached out!
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INFO SHARING
8th Grade Graduation Ceremony
Wednesday, June 5th, 6 p.m.
Scottish Rite Temple
1330 E. Linwood Blvd
KCMO 64109
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INFO SHARING
Academie Lafayette's Oak Journee Culturelle will take place on Thursday, June 6, at 1 p.m. for students and in the evening for parents at 5:30 p.m. in the Oak Auditorium.
This year our theme is "A journey through the myths, legends and tales of the world." This event is open to all Oak K-5 students, teachers and staff and is not mandatory. Several activities are planned for the week of the Journee Culturelle for grades K-5: two student and staff performances, a student parade, forums, and Olympiades. In addition there will be a soccer tournament for grades 4 and 5.
At Academie Lafayette, we are thrilled to have so many cultures represented by our students, families, teachers and staff, and love Oak's annual celebration of our wonderful richness!
If you have any questions, please contact the Oak Journee Culturelle Committee:
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INFO SHARING
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Thank you for enjoying another successful year at Académie Lafayette! The nurses want to make sure you are all aware that all medications in the Health Rooms must be picked up by the last day of school.
Any medications left in the nurse's office on
June 7, 2019
will be disposed of.
New Medication Drop off and Medication Orders
Any students attending summer school will need to have updated medication orders from their doctor as well as bring those medications into the nurse's office in order for those medications to be ready for distribution.
Medication orders received during summer school will remain in effect throughout the 2019-2020 school year.
Please contact the nurse to schedule the drop off of those forms and medications before the start of summer school. If your student is
not
going to be attending summer school, please know that new medication orders as well as any other health-related items can be dropped off with the nurse during summer school in preparation for the following school year.
Medication orders will remain in effect for the entire school year of 2019-2020.
All medication orders must be updated each school year.
Action Plans
Finally, if your child has asthma or a severe allergy (food or otherwise) please have your child's doctor complete and sign a new action plan(s). These should be given to the nurse with the medications ordered by your doctor and will guide the nursing care your student receives at school.
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INFO SHARING
We are excited to announce
Kindergarten Parent Orientation Night on Tuesday, June 11th at 6:00 p.m
. During this meeting we are eager to share some practical tips and helpful information that will support you and your child in having a successful transition to kindergarten.
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Cherry's Kindergarten Orientation will be at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11th at 3421 Cherry Street.
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Oak's Kindergarten Orientation will be at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11th at 6903 Oak Street.
Please know that KG Parent Orientation Night is a meeting for parents. Limited childcare for school aged children only will be available on the playground. (Younger siblings not yet in kindergarten would need to remain with their parents.) If you cannot attend, please email Diane Balagna dbalagna@academielafayette.org for Cherry or Jessica Wallace jwallace@academielfayette.org for Oak. They will share a summary of the info shared that night.
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INFO SHARING
Register for a coupon code:
- May orders, up to 15% off
- June orders, up to 10% off
- July orders, up to 5% off
What you need to do:
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Find the supply list for your child's grade by going to this
link
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Click on the purchase button ("Full List") then enter your shipping and billing information(1)
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You can customize your cart in checkout by removing or adding items
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You're done!
How it works:
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Supplies are shipped "Next Day" to your home for free.(2)
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Simply bring your items to the classroom when school starts
(or before, on Meet the Teacher Night)
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Spend time at the beach rather than looking for 3-hole punched eco-friendly folders in magenta... It's that simple!
When:
The deadline to purchase supplies is August 6th (two weeks prior to the 1st day of school) to ensure your classroom has supplies for the 1st day of school. Parents are able to purchase supplies past the deadline; however, classroom supplies for those purchases are not guaranteed to be delivered by the 1st day of school.
What if I want to purchase supplies on my own and not from Yubbler?
Simply use Yubbler as the guideline for your shopping! The lists have been approved by the teachers. We still encourage you to use Yubbler, as it is another great way to donate to our school.
If you have any questions, you can contact Yubbler at
info@yubbler.com
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or go to the
yubbler.com
Customer Service page for more info.
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All transactions are processed by PayPal's BrainTree secure online payment service.
2 Occasionally, items are sent in multiple shipments. It is parents' responsibility to keep track of items received.
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INFO SHARING
Would your family consider hosting an
intern for the upcoming school year?
Interns are university students from French speaking countries who spend a year working in the classrooms of our youngest students. We review their resumes and references, and we interview them at length to make sure they are a good fit for our school. They also fill out a questionnaire about the
host family experience which helps match them with
host families.
If you would like more information about hosting, please contact Diane Balagna,
The McNary family says this about being a host family:
 We knew at some point we would want to host an intern, but had assumed we would do it a couple years down the road. I am so glad we made the last minute decision to host this year, otherwise, we would have missed out on the opportunity of getting to know Ambre. Immediately after bringing her into our lives she became more than a French intern at our kid's
school that we were hosting, she became a life long friend. Hosting her never felt like a burden. If anything, she brought so much more life and joy to our home. She has been there for all the big and small life events this year and we have made so many lasting memories with her. I know we are forever changed because of this year with her. The only downside is, of course, saying goodbye. Our trip to France can't come soon enough!
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INFO SHARING
In honor of Académie Lafayette's 20th anniversary, we are planning an 'AL Day of Service'
to give back to communities in need within our school's district boundaries on Saturday, July 20th. We have partnered with several organizations and asked if there is anything we can accomplish for them on that day such as gardening, organizing, moving, cleaning or hosting a garage sale. We would like to invite our staff, students and parents to participate to create a collaboration of community. Please sign up
here if your family, organization, team, or business would be interested in participating - the more people who sign up, the more organizations in need of our help we can service!
We look forward to working together in and with our community and hope to see this become an annual event! Please respond ASAP so we can organize and share with you the community sites we can impact. Thank you!
Robyn King
Director of Admissions & Community Outreach
Chris Neher
Development Director
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INFO SHARING
Cherry PBIS Store
The students are so excited to shop at our PBIS store one more time this year! Therefore, we are needing your help to get new items to make our last store a big hit! The students are working hard to earn their blue tickets to shop - by following the rules/expectations & demonstrating our character traits. If you would like to help out, any donations can be dropped off at the Cherry office - just label it PBIS STORE. Anything is appreciated!
The students have requested the following items as their favorites: sports cards (soccer, baseball, etc), fidgets, squishy toys, clay/playdough/putty, slime, Legos, balls, books (Diary of a Wimpy kid, etc.), bubbles, kid friendly games & toys, arts & crafts, etc.
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INFO SHARING
The Anxiety Umbrella: Interventions for Anxiety Based Behaviors
(Strategies for Teachers and Parents)
October 3rd
Union Station
8:30-11:30
Presenter: J. Michael Sumler, LMFT
Joshua Center
Look for more specific information in September.
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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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