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From the Head of School
We Did It!
Dear Parents and AL Community,
We did it!
A year ago, we started our campaign to implement our K-12 growth plan with a first phase consisting of growing the K-8 program. Since then, we bought the Armour building, raised $3 million from local and national philanthropic organizations, netted $1.8 million in new market tax credit and accepted an additional 66 kindergarteners and 34 first graders. We renovated the first three floors of the Armour building to get it ready for the middle school students. It is beautiful! The fourth and the fifth levels will be finished by November. They are reserved for our future high school.
At the Oak campus the parking lot was remodeled and resurfaced for safety reasons, so students would not cross the parking lot to access the recess areas. Our Board of Directors adopted new bylaws with term limits and a five-year strategic plan with the active participation of our school community. Yes, there are still areas to improve, and we will continue to work on these improvements with your help.
We could not have accomplished this without our very dedicated teachers and staff and the invaluable contribution of our caring community. We did it the AL way!
Thank you all for your continued support.
I wish every student, teacher, staff and parent a very successful 2018-2019 school year. We hope to see you next week at our Student Success Nights.
Bonne année scolaire!
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 20
Oak Student Success Night,
6-8 pm
September 3
NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
September 13
PTSO General Meeting,
6 pm, Oak auditorium
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August 22
Armour Student Success Night, 6-8 pm
September 6
PTSO Culver's Restaurant Give Back Night
5-9 pm, State Line Location
September 21
PTSO Boogie Down
7:30 pm, River Market Event Space
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August 23
Cherry Student Success Night, 6-8 pm
September 10
Board Meeting,
6:30 pm, Armour campus
October 8
Board Meeting
6:30 pm, Armour campus
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Access the 2018-19 School Calendars by clicking
here.
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INFO SHARING
Student Success Nights
Monday, August 20: Oak
Wednesday, August 22: Armour
Thursday, August 23: Cherry
All events will be held from 6 to 8 pm. This is a parent/guardian only event. You will learn more about curriculum, expectations, classroom schedules, procedures, and what's ahead this year!
OAK & CHERRY
- All parents meet in auditorium @ 6:00-6:20
- Principal welcome
- Teacher introductions
- Parent dismissal to student's classes
- 1st session @ 6:25-6:55
- 2nd session @7:00-7:30
ARMOUR: This event runs from 6 to 8 pm, a detailed schedule by grade-level will be available at the front desk.
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It was an exciting first day at Académie Lafayette!
Cherry Principal Heather Royce in her pink cowgirl hat and boots with sisters
Cadence Jefferson (left) and
younger sister
Kennedy Jefferson (right)
five years apart for their first day in Kindergarten.
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Arrival & Dismissal Procedures
Arrival and dismissal procedures for each campus are linked below. Click on your campus for details.
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. The decision is in line with our 2018-2020 Strategic Plan goals, adopted by our Board of Directors, to provide affordable after-school care with homework support. Académie Lafayette is excited to partner with the Upper Room.
The Upper Room is capable of accepting all families who need after-school care or
just want to be involved with this great program. After-school activities will include
homework supervision utilizing our teachers (in French), as well as enrichment
classes, visual and performing arts, sports, and scouting activities. 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.
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INFO SHARING
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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INFO SHARING
Lockers (Middle School Students)
Middle school students will not be using lockers the first few weeks of school. Please make sure your middle school student brings a backpack to carry belongings from one classroom to the next.
Once all lockers have been installed at Armour, students will need to bring a numerical combination lock (no locks with keys allowed) to secure their belongings.
Please take a minute to review the locker agreement with your child here.
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PTSO: Make Friends, Do Great Stuff
Welcome to the Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) 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 PTSO 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 PTSO 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 25. 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 25.
Volunteers are needed to help count money, deliver prizes, and stuff Raffle packets. Click
here to sign up!
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Website
Please check out our website at
www.academielafayette.org. There is a
sitemap if you are looking for something that you think should be there but you can't find it. If you find an error or need to make a change, please contact website manager Alix Lasker at
communication@academielafayette.org. Please note that we are still updating our website to reflect the switch to three schools! We appreciate your patience!
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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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We're kicking off the Beautify Oak 2018-19 Project, which will be a series of beautification initiatives for the Oak Campus grounds.
