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From the Oak principal
Are You Ready for Fall?
Dear families,
 This is the time of year when we talk about uniforms and the lost and found. The weather changes drastically day to day in the spring and fall so we often have many sweatshirts, jackets, sweaters left everywhere. Unless a name is on the clothing no one will claim it and then our lost and found begins to look like a boutique in need of help!
Although students obviously can wear any jacket outside, we have a uniform policy for what students are wearing in the building. Please abide by the uniform policy in the student handbook even for sweaters. Oak is an old building, built in 1926, so our classrooms can be fickle. Some rooms are warm and some not so much which is why students should always have a sweater handy. Please make sure your child's name is written inside.
Thank you!
Leslie Houfaidi
Oak Principal
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From the development director
Raffle Shirt Policy Clarification
Dear Parents of AL,
We have had a thoughtful discussion over the T-shirt Tuesday policy with parents, students, teachers and administrators. The passion and dedication of the folks at this school is such a joy to see. I have never experienced anything like it. In Friday's newsletter, we detailed that the kids who had earned a shirt from this year's raffle sales will be able to wear those shirts and only those shirts through the end of the year. To be specific I want everyone to understand that this refers to the calendar year and not the school year. Once students return from the winter break in January, we will resume the policy that any AL branded T-shirt on Tuesday is acceptable with uniform bottoms. This policy will be reviewed for the start of the 2019-2020 school year.
As our student body grows and becomes more diverse in race, ethnicity and also socio-economic status, we must be careful to look at how policies will impact ALL children. Our overarching drive is always "Is it good for the children?" Fundraising is hard for some families and we want people to understand that their gifts of time and of heart to the school are equally as important as their gifts of money. There is equal value in every gift that is given and children should feel pride in this. Our goal as a school is always inclusion and not exclusion. Each child should feel valued, included and a part of our AL community. Thank you all so much for all you do and all your understanding and support. I am so happy to be a new part in your community.
Chris Neher
Development Director
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calendar Upcoming Events
October 8
6:30 pm, Armour campus
October 24-25
NO SCHOOL
Parent Teacher Conferences
Wednesday: 11 am - 7 pm Thursday: 8 am - 4 pm
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October 15
NO SCHOOL
October 26
NO SCHOOL
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October 20
Boo Bayou, Armour campus
1-4 pm, K-5
7-9 pm, 6-8
October 30
Cherry picture day
High School Fair
7th and 8th graders
5:30-7:30 pm, Armour campus
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Access the 2018-19 school calendars by clicking
here.
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The Académie Lafayette
Board
of Directors will meet on Monday, September 10, 6:30 pm at the Armour campus. Click here
to read the agenda.
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Chess Club will also be offered at the Oak Campus!
(See
details
for Cherry Chess Club.) The Oak Chess Club will meet on Thursdays, 3:45-4:30 pm, Oct. 11-Dec. 13. This is a great opportunity to introduce your child to the "royal game" or refine their skills. The club is run by the KC Chess Club and you can register your child online
here.
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Now you can shop for gifts and the basics on Boon Supply, where 50% of every purchase goes back to Académie Lafayette. Please shop the beautiful assortment of products on Boon Supply either for yourself or an early start on holiday gifts to help our school!
Click here to shop to support. To see all the ways you can support AL while shopping,
click here.
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Armour Campus now has a temporary space for uniform items, classroom 123. A permanent closet has been designated and will be ready soon. The Oak closet is organized and stocked and Cherry closet is organized but running low on uniform pieces. If you have gently used uniforms to donate, you can drop them off at any of our 3 campuses at the front desk.
Thank you to all our AL families that are able to donate! Our uniform closets are one more way our AL community takes care of each other.
Your uniform team, Diane Rizzo, Sally King, and Missy Bailey
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Boo Bayou Information
The PTSO is proud to present this year's
Boo Bayou times two! With the growth of our school we get the pleasure of throwing not one but two awesome parties at the Amour Campus location this year! This event is free to AL families.
As always, these parties are only successful because of our valued parent volunteers. Please take a look and sign up for the volunteer opportunities
here!
- Kindergarten through 5th grade from both campuses will celebrate carnival style complete with games, a photo booth, a DJ, a cake walk, and a bouncy house from 1-4 pm!
- Sixth through eighth grades will enjoy a spooktacular dance and the ever famous haunted hallway from 7-9 pm!
Kids of all ages (and adults too) are encouraged to come in costume. Bring a bag or basket for goodies and don't forget the raffle prize will be drawn at the party! Be on the lookout for more details next week.
*Please note: Room parent emails earlier this week stated Oak as the location, however, both Boo Bayou events will take place at the Armour Campus!
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$10,000 Raffle Update
This is shaping up to be another great raffle season and the competition for top seller in the school is getting fierce! In fact our three top sellers all come from different campuses.
In first place, representing the Oak Campus: Jack McGurk at 347.
In second place, representing the Cherry Campus: Brooklyn Adams at 260. In third place, representing the Armour campus: Vladimir Crouch at 250. *These are current totals and may not include all paypal transactions and stubs turned in recently.
And the winner of the $250 Target Gift card is... Rosemary Holm of Mme. Soeun's 3rd grade class! Congratulations Rosemary!
Keep selling those raffle tickets everyone! The odds of snaring the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, so with our current odds of 1 in 10,000, you're more likely to win the AL way!
Need more tickets? More are available at the front desk of each campus!
Click here to purchase your $10,000 raffle tickets online now!
Volunteers are needed to help count money, deliver prizes, and stuff raffle packets. Click
here to sign up!
We have updated the signup genius with more options for ticket sales! Remember, you are only allowed to sign up for three time slots! Click
here to sign up!
Christopher W. Neher
Development Director
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Hello Parents,
Académie Lafayette will soon have a food pantry located at the Oak Campus. Our food pantry will provide food and snacks to our families that are food insecure or to our families that need extra food because of a financial crisis. Lara Troutner, Oak social worker and the PTSO are working together to provide this service to our AL children and families.
AL families here is what you can do!
*We need food donations to stock our food pantry and gently used duffel bags or recyclable grocery bags (Trader Joe's) for bringing the extra food home.
Here is a list of donations that would be helpful for our pantry. The only requirement is that the food has not passed the expiration date.
- Breads - sandwhich bread or rolls
- Boxes of cereal
- Mac and Cheese mix
- Peanut butter
- Jelly
- Canned soups or vegetables
- Granola bars
- Cheez-Its
- Nilla Wafers
- Oatmeal (instant or regular)
- Wheat Thins
- Popcorn
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- Tortilla Chips
- Dried fruit
- Fruit cups
- Applesauce
- Graham crackers
- Gold fish crackers
- Fruit roll-ups
- Cookies
- Crackers
- Pancake Mix - add water
- Syrup
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You can drop off your donations at the Oak campus inside the conference room in the new wing. Your student can also drop donations off for you.
Thank you for donating food items and helping AL serve all of our families in need. This will not be possible without your generosity. If you have any questions please contact Lara Troutner, LCSW,
ltroutner@academielafayette.org
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AL parents
Refe
and
Susan Tuma
wrote and published
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night which has just been released for the first time in board book form.
T
heir 2016 release
, What the Dinosaurs Did at School features the Oak campus science lab and the Cherry stairwell and classrooms!
For a preview and more information click here
. Copies of the set, donated by the Tumas, will be available at the Oak and Cherry Campus libraries for the dinophiles in your home!
Reminder:
AmazonSmile is a
website operated by Amazon
with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon
.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile
, the AmazonSmile
Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice. Académie Lafayette is eligible.
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Zoo Days
The
Zoo staff in the education department have arranged private
zoo
camps for no school days not already covered by the
zoo education calendar. Here are the dates they are able to provide, in addition to what is already posted for the public on their safari day
camp site.
Oct 15 - Turtle Power
Oct 24 - Animal Tricksters
Oct 25 - Night Life
Oct 26 - Cannibal Animals
Nov 30 - Reindeer Roundup
Jan 7 - Fishy Nests
Mar 8 - Nosing Around
Mar 25 - Gentle Giants
Please call 816-595-1765 to enroll. There are 20 slots
per day for ages 5-12. We need at least 15 to sign up in order to have the camp proceed. Typical rates apply ($50 per child per day for non-members and $45 per child per day for zoo members). They also provide before and after care for an additional fee. Thank you to Jennifer Schurman for organizing these days!
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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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Dear AL parents, 
