Dear Students and Families,

Your opinions matter to us, and we want to ensure that our school meals align with your preferences. Please take a moment to share your thoughts on the breakfast and lunch options provided. Your feedback is essential in helping us enhance the dining experience. Thank you for your participation! Click here to take the anonymous survey now.

Class and individual pictures will be taken on Monday, February 12. All students must report in uniform. To order a class picture, please go to the Strawbridge website and use the following codes:

• ALIHS: Class code FM419953 - Individual code FM419954
• Armour MS: Class code FM419949 - Individual code FM419950
• Cherry: Class code FM419926 - Individual code FM419928
• Oak: Class code FM419940 - Individual code FM419942

Ready to make some sweet memories? Please save the following dates for the Girls' VIP Dances. Students and their VIP* are invited to enjoy a picture wall, snacks, a raffle and lots of fun dance music! This year's theme is Welcome to Candyland!

• K-3rd grade girls - Friday, February 23 from 7-9 pm at Cherry
• 4th-8th grade girls - Friday, March 1 from 7-9 pm at Armour

More information and tickets will be available at on the AL PTO website soon. Stay tuned for details about the K-5th Boys' VIP Dance! 

* Who is a VIP? Any special adult in the child's life, including a parent, guardian, relative or family friend.

Please join us as we celebrate 25 years of Académie Lafayette, and our first graduating seniors, with an Ethnic Food Festival at the Oak Campus on February 24 from 6 to 8 pm!

The ALIHS Senior class is raising money so that the next generation of AL students can continue to cap their education with meaningful international travel. Participants will be able to sample food from around the world, tour the Oak Campus, and hear from graduating Seniors about what their AL education means to them.

Click here to purchase tickets.

The Oak Book Fair will be held Feb. 12-16 in the Oak auditorium. Students will have the opportunity to preview the book fair and create a wish list in their library class the week prior. Shopping hours will include time during school, along with opportunities to shop during parent/teacher conferences. 

Help your student shop by setting up an eWallet, or shop online, (and find our full shopping hours) at Oak Book Fair Homepage. 

We need volunteers to make this happen! Click here to sign up. Questions? Contact Whitney Molloy at whitneysmolloy@yahoo.com.

Here are some helpful reminders about our MYP grading system:  

• All classes in grades 6-10 assess student learning in four areas (criteria) using a 1-8 achievement scale.
• Descriptions on the report card correlate to this scale and describe the student's achievement in each criterion.
• The semester 1 criterion scores are added together in each subject and then scaled to describe an "Overall Level of Achievement" (OLA) for that subject.
• At the bottom of the report card, you will find a description that correlates to that OLA number to better understand your student's progress in each class. 

Use these links to our website to learn more about AL's International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP). 

Next month for Black History Month, we are looking for Oak parents to come and read preselected books on Black History and help lead a discussion on the issues read about. This is a great opportunity to spend time with our wonderful kids in a truly meaningful way. Please sign up here!

Evening in Paris (EIP) is heading to the French Riviera…by way of the Historic West Bottoms!

Saturday, April 20, 2024

The Rumely

1222 W. 12th Street, KCMO

This annual fundraiser celebrates our wonderful school and highlights the cultures that make up who we are. Tickets for the gala will be on sale starting next week!

For additional information, contact Alyson Stewart, Director of Development, at astewart@academielafayette.org.

Orders for the 23-24 K-8 yearbooks are open until February 29, 2024. Click here to order today. Click here to see the flyer.

Have K-8 pictures from the 23-24 school year you would like to submit for the yearbook? Please email them to communication@academielafayette.org.

ALIHS enrollment is now open for 8th-11th graders. Students must be enrolled by March 6, 2024, to be guaranteed a seat. Click here to enroll now.

Elementary and MS student re-enrollment will open on March 7.

Sibling seats: to be fair and transparent with all prospective families, we want to be able to tell them how many seats are available and how many seats will be taken by siblings. Your help is essential. If you have a new incoming child or sibling entering in the fall of 2024, please apply here now until Friday, March 1st, 2024 for the 24-25 school year. The process will take you less than one minute! Sibling applications received after the deadline will be placed on the waiting list. For additional information click here.

Questions? Email enrollment@academielafayette.org. After you complete your child's application, share with your friends and neighbors wanting to join the AL family!

• If you know someone who is not receiving this newsletter, encourage them to contact communication@academielafayette.org.
• In addition to the weekly newsletter, the periodic all-calls, and email blasts, we also use Facebook to communicate with our families. Please "like" us at https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteKC/ and join our private FB group! 
• Changing emails? Phone number? Let us know at communication@academielafayette.org.
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