From academie lafayettE 

School Updates

Dear Families,

As Kansas City's Shelter in Place orders go into effect, I hope you are enjoying time with your family and that you remain healthy. We know that these are uncertain times that may be causing some anxiety, but please be assured that our teachers, staff, administrators, and board of directors remain committed to being accessible and responsive to you and our students. In the meantime, I would like to share the following updates below. 

As you know, we have all been caught off guard by this crisis and we are building the plane as we are flying it. I invite you to join and support this unique endeavor and above all to be patient. Thank you to all of you for your part in working with us through these changing times.

Elimane Mbengue

Head of School

embengue@academielafayette.org

School Closed

Académie Lafayette will remain closed until Friday, April 24.

Food Service

Free sack lunches and additional groceries and supplies will be provided to families as they become available for pick up at the Armour Campus, 201 E. Armour Blvd, KCMO 64111, at the east door on McGee Street, from 10:00 - 12:00 Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Families are also welcome to deliver grocery, toiletry and cleaning supplies for donation at that time.

Teaching and Learning

• Middle School classes start this Thursday, March 26 with English, math and French as a pilot program to assess the quality of our platform.  K-5 will start on March 30 at the latest, though some K-5 teachers are piloting the program this week and will contact you if they are starting that pilot this Thursday.
• The live curriculum will be first French, math and English and will be later extended to science and social studies. The Middle School pilot schedule will be shared on Wednesday, the K-5 schedule will be shared on Friday.
• Académie Lafayette is currently partnering with the Springfield school district through their LAUNCH program to access their online courses for our middle school students. 
• As of now, the buildings will be closed and all school events canceled until April 24. As this is an ongoing and quickly changing situation, we will update you on any changes well in advance of that date.
• We will send a parent tutorial guide to access the virtual classrooms.

Technology and Equipment

• The Chromebook and hotspot distribution has started with Middle school. 5th grade will be next and we will work down to 2nd grade.
• Click here for internet options for families.

Communication

• To help answer your questions, we have created our Covid-19 webpage , which will be updated as we have more information to share.  If, at any time, you have a question, concern or information to share, please do not hesitate to reach out to your child's teachers, counselors, principals or Mr. Mbengue.

• We will continue to communicate with families and students through emails, all-calls, website and social media updates. We are also exploring the possibility of text messages with families.