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From the Head of school
20th Anniversary!
Founding board member Ruth Terrell-Lee and Business Manager Jacque Lane
receiving the Charter School Pioneer Award.
Dear AL Community,
Last week, I attended the MCPSA (Missouri Charter Public School Association) annual conference in Saint Louis. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Charter school movement in Missouri. As the first authorized charter school in Missouri, Académie Lafayette received the Charter School Pioneer Award to celebrate 20 years of successfully educating children in Kansas City.
It is an opportunity for me to celebrate our founding faculty and staff who believed in and joined the adventure: Business Manager Jacque Lane, Administrative & Facilities Manager Carlos McClain, 8th grade teacher Muriel Desbleds Wilson, second grade teacher Sandrine Molinengo, first grade teacher Catherine Defosse and Oak Principal Leslie Houfaidi.
Sincerely,
Elimane Mbengue
Head of School
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calendar Upcoming Events
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October 15
NO SCHOOL
October 22-25
Book Fair,
Oak Campus
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October 19
Oak picture day
October 24-25
NO SCHOOL
Parent Teacher Conferences
Wednesday: 11 am - 7 pm
Thursday: 8 am - 4 pm
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October 20
Boo Bayou,
Armour campus
1-4 pm, K-5
7-9 pm, 6-8
October 26
NO SCHOOL
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October 22
Armour picture day
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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Picture Day Codes
Campus picture days and codes:
- Friday, October 19th Oak- KM018039Q0
- Monday, October 22nd Armour- Due to moving to a new building this year the Armour picture codes and information will be sent no later than Tuesday of next week. Sorry for the delay.
- Tuesday, October 30th Cherry- KM018038Q0
Click
here for information about picture orders.
Click
here to order pictures.
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AL wishes Happy 20th Birthday at MCPSA
Académie
Lafayette
students wishing Happy 20th Birthday at the Missouri Charter Public School Association Conference held in St. Louis, Missouri last week. Click here to view video.
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Parents should have received b
allots for PTSO structure and 2018-2019 budget last week.
Please take the time beforehand to review the minutes and slides from the last PTSO General Meeting. - and then vote! It matters! Voting will remain open until midnight, October 14.
If you missed the meeting, no worries! There will be another chance to be a part of the conversation, specifically regarding the Evening in Paris (EIP), the school's largest fundraiser. The EIP was not on the ballot. The PTSO is working with the development committee to reveiw best practices of similar schools. Stay tuned for more information about possible changes proposed to take place in the 2019-2020 school year.
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Click
here for more information
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The Be Good to People foundation ambushed Mme Beth Walker during the Cherry assembly last month click
here to view the KCTV5 story. BGTP has now created a fundraiser exclusively for AL! They're donating 30% of every sale to AL for those who use this unique code: SK8ACDLAY on
BeGoodToPeople.com. Parents and staff can share the fundraising code with others as well.
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Each fall before the holidays we plus up the regular spirit wear offer with some
one-time items
 that are perfect for the season of cold weather and gift giving! Orders are due October 24 will be available to pick up at
Generations Day on November 20th. This year we'll have hats & scarves with the Académie Lafayette logo embroidered on them, new coffee mugs and a school pennant! These are one-time orders -- separate from the website to hold costs down. You can access the order form
here.
New Ultra Cotton
Tee Shirts, Socks and all the usual Spirit Wear items are $2 off with free delivery to school campuses now through October 24th. These orders will be also available at Generations Day for pick up so be sure to let guests and grandparents know they can order in advance to assure sizes & styles are ready for them to pick up that day! Go to
ALSPIRIT.COM to order these items.
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Congratulations to the following 8th graders named Students of the Month at Armour campus:
Garrison Jackson, Tristen Porter, Ella Perry, Victoria Perry, C'asha Jackson, Graison Harms, Sylvie Boughner, Caleb Stolzfus, Charlene Welling, Davis Hoffman, Jon Buck, Lucille Scanlon (Not Pictured).
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Oak Book Fair
Oak Book Fair
October 22 - 25, 2018, Oak Auditorium
Our beloved book fair is returning to Oak this month! All proceeds support our building's library, with funds for both French and English titles. All Oak students will have an opportunity to attend with their English classes on either Monday or Tuesday of that week; specifics for your child's class will be coming home the week of October 16. If you like, you may send cash or a check with your child that day and offer them the opportunity to make their own selections, as well as work within a budget! Teachers and parent volunteers will be available to assist. Parents please take a moment to stop by during Parent/Teacher Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday; you will have a chance to peruse your teachers' wish lists for your child's classroom, as well as pick up a book or two for your collection at home.
As always, volunteers are needed and appreciated! If you're interested in helping, more information, opportunities and sign-up may be found here.
(Cherry families and teachers don't fret! Cherry will host a book fair in the spring to support that building's library.)
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 The air is getting cooler and the leaves are turning. That means it's BASKETBALL season. There are lots of opportunities for young players in Kansas City. There are teams of AL students playing in many leagues including the YMCA and GABL. Feel free to reach out to other families if you are interested in those non-school-sponsored teams.
Académie Lafayette will once again sponsor two teams of 3rd and 4th graders playing in the "KC Metro Conference". Games will be played on Saturdays in November (11/3, 11/10/, and 11/17) with a Championship tournament on Saturday, November 24. The cost to play for the AL team will be little to none this year thanks to the generosity of the PTSO. Registration will be first come first serve, once we have coaches in place.
We will have a link for team registration in the newsletter next week.
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$10,000 Raffle Update
We're getting close to the end of the Raffle! Please remember these upcoming deadlines.
All tickets are due in by the end of the day on Tuesday, October 16th.
Keep pushing! We're almost there and the prizes could have your name on them! We will be counting through the end of the week and will let you know prizes as soon as we can!
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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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. The $10K raffle prize will be drawn at 4 pm at the K-5 party. It will be announced at the 6-8th grade dance.
*Please note: Room parent emails stated Oak as the location, however, both Boo Bayou events will take place at the Armour Campus!
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New AL Staff
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Caroline Colby-Gonzalez at a friend's wedding with her husband Sergio. |
My name is Caroline Colby-Gonzalez. I am Robin Vaughn's (Art teacher) long term sub until the end of March 2019. I am originally from Miami, FL, the daughter of Cuban and Colombian parents. I received dual degrees in Art History and Fine Arts, with a focus in Painting from Florida International University. I moved to Kansas City almost three years ago for an art residency program with an organization called Transform.
While I was in the residency, in addition to making my own art for my solo show, I taught art history based after school art classes for K-5 and a sketchbook/drawing intensive course for High School at Bishop Ward in KCK. The capstone of my art residency included curating my first Latinx show of Miami and Kansas City based artists and a solo show at the Leedy Volkous in March/April of 2018.
Professionally, I would identify myself as an artist. However, as time has gone on, I see how much I genuinely enjoy sharing my love and knowledge about everything that encompass making and learning about art: the history of aesthetics, philosophy, cultures and how that helps us to grow in our knowledge of the world around us, the process of making art, the way art can be a tool for self-advocacy, how art teaches us critical thinking skills, etc.
My greatest desire to make our time together as fulfilling, enriching and fun for our students, not only as I teach them the concepts and techniques in art to mastery, but giving them the same joy of learning and loving art that teachers in my life have given me.
All in all, I look forward to growing as a teacher and working alongside of you, welcoming feedback and resources in order to best serve our students.
Caroline Colby-Gonzalez
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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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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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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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