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From the Head of School
Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) New Structure
Dear Parents,
As Académie Lafayette continues its K-12 plan growth, the need for changes in the current PTSO structure is evident. The rationale for a new structure is based on the new building network with three campuses and our school's commitment to diversity. This new structure will help align to our strategic plan goals by being more inclusive in board participants and also be building focused. We want the new PTO to focus its fundraising activities on community building and parent engagement, and most importantly on FUN! This will also allow us to simplify the coordination of fundraising and extracurricular activities.
Our goal will be to build a supportive, inclusive and engaged school community. Supporting all students by building a strong collaborative partnership with the teachers, administration and the Académie Lafayette Board of Directors is the new vision. The new PTO Board will be composed of parents and teacher representatives. The primary duty of all AL parents, teachers, administration, and PTO board will be to support our students.
Click here for more information on the PTSO new structure.
Sincerely,
Elimane Mbengue
Head of School
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In This Edition:
Please use any of the links below to be taken directly to the section you wish to read.
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calendar Upcoming Events
August 29
PTO Elections Open
September 6
5-9 pm, State Line Location
September 12
Cherry Parent Principal Coffee, 8-9 am
September 21
PTO Boogie Down
7:30 pm, River Market Event Space
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August 31
$10,000 Cash Raffle Kickoff
PTO Elections Close
September 10
Board Meeting,
6:30 pm, Armour campus
September 13
Armour Parent Principal Coffee, 7:30-8:30 am
6 pm, Oak auditorium
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September 3
NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
September 11
Oak Parent Principal Coffee
7:30-8:30 am
September 20
France Trip Meeting
6-8 pm, Oak Auditorium
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Access the 2018-19 School Calendars by clicking
here.
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Arrival & Dismissal Procedures
Click on your campus for details about arrival and dismissal procedures and times.
Please note the school times:
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After-School Program Partner
Académie Lafayette has an agreement with the Upper Room to run our after-school program. The Upper Room has twenty plus years of experience in running after-school programs. This program is offered at Oak and Cherry. The cost of this program is $60.00 per week for the first child, additional children are $45.00 each. If your family qualifies for free and reduced meals, the cost is $15.00 per child per week. There is a $25.00 registration fee. This information can also be found on
our
website under Resources and After-School Care.
Click here to
sign up for this great new program.
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2019 France Trip Meeting
Our first official meeting for this year's
France
trip
will take place on Thursday
, September
20, 2018 from 6 to 7 pm
in the Oak Auditorium. This meeting will include
trip
information, and time to ask questions. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Best Wishes,
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Robin Vaughn
France
Trip Coordinator
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Valerie Beachy
Assistant
France
Trip Coordina
tor
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Journalism Club
Thank you to the PTO for funding the
journalism club again this year! The club is open to all AL students in grades 4-8. There are 20 spots at Armour for middle school students and 20 spots at Oak for 4th and 5th graders. The club will meet after school every
Monday that school is in session, the first meeting is
Monday, September 10th. To participate, students must submit a letter, via email or hard copy, stating why they should be considered for the journalism club.
Application letters must be received no later than Tuesday, September 4th.
- Armour: Middle school students send their letter to M. Jean Pasqualini at Armour (jpasqualini@academielafayette.org)
- The club meets on Mondays from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m in M. Pasqualini's classroom (#213)
- Oak : 4th and 5th graders submit their letter to Mme Dorothée Werner at Oak (dwerner@academielafayette.org)
- The club meets on Mondays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Mme Werner's room (#315)
Editor spots are reserved for MS students. We are looking for writers, copy and layout editors, photographers, videographers and designers.
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We would like to introduce the AL family to new members
of the AL staff by profiling each in up coming newsletters.
First, we have Robyn King, Director of Admissions and Community Outreach.
King comes to Académie Lafayette with 20 years' experience in journalism broadcasting and 12 years' of education experience. She graduated with a BA from the University of Missouri-Columbia, holds a Master's of Arts in Teaching from University Central Missouri and is completing her doctoral degree. While at Mizzou King was honored to coordinate the 25th Anniversary of the Big XII Conference on Black Student Government, a quarter of a million dollar conference, started at MU. She also worked in the Black Cultural Center, gave MU tours, and was part of the Mizzou Athletics Sports Information department. King held the position of Broadcast Vice President for Kansas City Association of Black Journalists (KCABJ) for 10 years. She had the honor to coordinate the press room for the 101st NAACP National Convention held in Kansas City with First Lady Michelle Obama. She taught college and high school courses in English, Media, and Journalism including yearbook, online, newspaper, broadcast and photojournalism. She was featured in the NPR web article "With This Missouri Teacher, The Lesson Is Live" for the series "Secret Lives of Teachers." A featured writer in the college textbook
The Radio Station: Broadcasting, Podcasting, and Streaming
by John Allen Hendricks and Bruce Mims for her broadcast teaching and involvement in the radio industry working with Generation Rap, a teen talk show, on the Carter Broadcast Group radio station Hot 103 Jamz. King was part of the Communications committee for the University of Missouri-Columbia Alumni Association and has received many journalism state awards from the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association as well as a Literacy Award from the Missouri State Teachers' Association.
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"Painless fundraising" is an easy, simple way you can help our school. And, it's not only painless, it's profitable! Last year, over $3,000 was raised for the Académie Lafayette general fund through your painless fundraising efforts!
How can I help?
CLIP PRODUCT LABELS
Send labels to your teacher at any time! Be sure to put labels in a Ziploc bag and label it with your teacher's name. Give the bag(s) to your teacher or simply drop them in the collection bin at any campus.
The PTSO holds a collection drive in November and May. The class at each campus that turned in the most labels will earn a party at the end of the school year!
SHOP AND GIVE BACK
- AmazonSmile: Shop on Amazon a lot? Bookmark and use www.smile.amazon.com! Amazon gives back 0.5% of your eligible purchases to AL. Be sure to set Académie Lafayette as your charitable organization before you begin shopping!
- French Toast: AL earns 5% on orders placed in the Shop by School section with school code: QS5INDY.
- Lands' End: AL earns up to 2% on orders placed in the Preferred School program section with school number: 900161522.
- Mighty Nest: AL earns up to 15% on orders from MightyNest, plus get $7 off your first month when you join.
- My Coke Rewards: Create an account and donate your points from participating Coke products. AL can spend points on cool stuff!
- Office Depot: AL earns 5% on qualifying school supplies when you use our School ID: 70202425.
- Schwan's: Ask family and friends to support AL by ordering delicious foods from Schwan's online. AL earns up to 20% on orders.
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Michael Schonhoff, Académie Lafayette parent of
Theo, 1st grade, and Scarlett, 3rd grade, installed his sculpture, Deep States, at Westwood Park this week. It is part of the larger Open Spaces 2018* exhibition that will run in a variety of outdoor and indoor venues city-wide from
August 25th thru October 28th in Kansas City, Missouri. Open Spaces 2018 is "a collaboration between the City's Office of Culture and Creative Services and a private arts initiative led by Kansas City philanthropist Scott Francis, to create an event that highlights Kansas City's arts, culture and creativity..."
According to Schonhoff, "Deep States, is a sculptural investigation of the states of Missouri & Kansas, and is part of a larger concept investigation of the physical, historical, and psychological construct of separation barriers/borders, particularly within the United States. The goal of this project is to create physical, 3-dimensional, representations of the states as they appear when removed from the larger schema, the global, spherical earth. This piece specifically is a reflection on nationalism, inviting viewers to consider one's understanding of the American condition through beautiful, alternative, but recognizable forms."
*Visit
openspaceskc.com for more information about other city-wide activities related to this celebration of the arts in Kansas City.
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PTO: Trash Bags Sales, General Meeting
Welcome to the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) for AL. Because you are a parent or guardian you are automatically a member! No dues, no forms. It's a great way to meet new friends and work together to make our school even better than it already is!
Our first general PTO meeting starts at 6 pm, September 13, at the Oak campus. Pizza will be served at 5:30!
 Trash Bag sale: Heavy duty trash bags and lawn/leaf bags for sale through your student now! Order forms will available at the PTO table at each campus at Meet the Teacher Night. New this year: you can order online right here! Orders need to be placed by September 7th and the pick up date is September 29th at the Armour campus. Questions? Contact Amy Lee Sewell at amyleenorth@gmail.com or 816-269-6638.
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Stories
What is your AL story? Has attending AL made a difference in your child's life? In YOUR life? Did your family make a special effort to attend AL (such as move to the KCPS district so that you could apply?) Has it given your child the language skills to help someone in need? Does attending a free public school (i.e. not paying tuition) give your family the extra financial cushion to do something that you feel is important -- like start a not for profit? Has the foundation laid at AL given your older child an edge in high school or beyond? (Like Tom DeZutter who scored a perfect 36 on the English ACT.) Please share your AL story with us! Send them to Robyn King at
rking@academielafayette.org. Put STORIES in the subject line. Thank you!
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$10,000 Cash Raffle Coming Soon!
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Last year's winner -- Michael O'Shaunessey -- with Logan Bretell, who sold the winning ticket! |
Académie Lafayette's 10th annual $10,000 Cash Raffle begins August 31. This fun event supports the general fund and helps provide salaries for nurses and social workers, international interns, and funds for transportation. Raffle packets with your tickets and all the details will be sent home on Friday, August 31.
Volunteers are needed to help count money, deliver prizes, and stuff Raffle packets. Click
here to sign up!
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Universal Screening Reading
This year we will be doing a universal screening for all K-3 students in reading. The purpose of this screening is to comply with new state regulations, in order to detect potential reading difficulties.
The screening will be informal and brief and will take place with the homeroom or English teacher. We will use the information to provide additional support to students in the classroom and during reading intervention time.
In addition, all teachers have received training in August, which included an overview of dyslexia, the components of reading, and support and accommodations.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the school.
Click here to read the letter on our website.
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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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