Le Journal
AL News & Updates
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Dear Families,
Every year, there are many opportunities for you to get involved at AL. One of them is through the Conseil d’Ecole. Started in 2012, it is an advisory board to the head of school and is composed of parents, teachers, administrators, and student representatives. The CE meets five times a year to help improve the management of the school. One-year term representatives are chosen by teachers, room parents, PTO president, and the head of school.
The CE is an occasion to encourage shared decision-making, get feedback, and promote collaboration and partnership between the various constituents. Some of the topics discussed are the school calendar, school activities, meals, school environment and student well-being and safety, as well as school improvement. CE members also help screen parent-elect board candidates.
If you are a room parent and would like to represent the parents in your building, please contact your building principal.
The PTO will be hosting playground mixers at both Cherry and Oak on September 21 after school. After two hard years of physical distancing, it is yet another welcomed step back to our community roots. I hope to see many of you there.
Enjoy your three-day weekend!
Elimane Mbengue
Head of School
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September 5
NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
September 7
Oak Open House, 6 pm
September 9
Annual $10,000 Cash Raffle Kick-Off
September 12
Board Meeting, 6 pm, Armour Cafeteria
September 13
PTO Meeting, 6 pm, Armour Cafeteria
September 14
ALIHS College Fair, 6 pm, Cherry Gymnasium
September 21
Cherry & Oak PTO Mixers, 4 pm, campus playgrounds
September 22
Armour MS & ALIHS IB Programmes Information Night, 6 pm, virtual
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Access our live calendar here.
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Covid Cases
8/26-9/1
Armour: 7
Cherry: 2
Oak: 2
8/19-8/25
Armour: 1
Cherry: 3
Oak: 1
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The Armour campus parking lot gates will start closing automatically at 8:05 am starting on Tuesday, 9/6. Click here to read the full communication. |
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We are always working to improve our arrival and dismissal procedures. Please click here to read the most up-to-date protocols. |
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Dear Oak Parents,
School has been in session for two weeks now and it has been such a pleasure to welcome your children back! Please read below some important reminders about dismissal. We need your help to make our process as safe and efficient as possible.
Car line and patio dismissal: This year we made enhancements to our safety processes.
To pick up your child you must bring your dismissal number on one of the original blue cards that were distributed at the beginning of the school year. If you forget your sign, staff will ask you to park and come to the front office and ask for the principal who will verify that you are authorized to pick up the child and will print you a new number. Please note that you may have to wait until 4:00 pm. Thank you for being courteous to our staff members who have been asked to follow these instructions without exceptions, even if they know you, in order to keep every child safe.
Upper Room pick-up: Académie Lafayette contracts with Upper Room for after-school care, they handle their dismissal separately from the school. To pick up your child from Upper Room, please text 816-307-7545. Your child will be brought to the playground door (door B). If your child will not go to Upper Room on a particular day, please email the classroom teacher and/or call the office before noon.
Thank you for your support.
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- Volunteer Opportunity
- K-5 Fall Pictures
- Trash Bag Sale
- ALIHS College Fair
- AL in the Community
- Uniform Closet
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- MS Cheer Team Tryouts
- 6th & 7th Grade Math Club
- PTO Meeting
- Trivia Night
- Communication
- Ad: Franck's Real Estate Corner
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Service learning is a major component of our identity as an International Baccalaureate (IB) school. As a result, we will be offering volunteer opportunities to students and promoting the value and importance of making a difference in our community. We encourage AL families to participate in opportunities such as the one below. |
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Fall picture day for k-5 students at Oak and Cherry is scheduled for Monday, October 3. Fall pictures are in casual wear. Casual day guidelines must be followed. The make-up day will be November 7 for all campuses. |
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Help support the PTO with our annual Trash Bag Sale. These are quality bags suitable in size and strength for your KCMO trash needs and never-ending yard work.
Each trash bag roll is just $12 (variety of sizes: 15-, 39-, and 55-gallon) and each paper leaf bag 3-pack is just $12 (15 bags total).
Sales end Sept. 26 and bag pick-up is in early October.
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We will have representatives from a variety of institutions attending. Below is a list of the ones that confirmed they will be attending. |
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Rockhurst University
Drury University
William Jewell College
Missouri Scholarship & Loan Foundation
State Technical College of Missouri
Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
University of Missouri (Mizzou)
University of Arkansas
State Fair Community College
Drake University
UMKC
Wichita State University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Illinois College
University of Central Missouri
Illinois College
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American University
University of Central Missouri
Kansas State University
Missouri Southern State University
Stephens College
Grand Canyon University
Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Saint Louis University
Westminster College
Truman State University
Emporia State University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Washington University in Saint Louis
Northwest Missouri State
Avila University
Webster University
University of Notre Dame
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The Missouri Department of Conservation Discover Nature Newsletter: September 2022 highlighted the work of Mme Desbleds using the Nature Unhooked project-based curriculum. |
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Uniform Closet Information |
It was great to see many families utilizing the uniform closets at all three campuses on Back to School Night and Student Success Night. We receive items throughout the school year so check the closets as often as needed. If you have items to donate, drop them at whichever campus is most convenient for you, regardless of size, and we will get the items to the right campus. When can parents access the uniform closet?
Cherry: Please contact Rachel Francis at capsfan96@gmail.com. We can put together bags for families or make an appointment to visit the uniform closet. If you have other needs related to uniforms, please contact Mme Sheila, our school counselor, sbaskin@academielafayette.org.
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Middle school students wanting to join the Académie Lafayette Cheer Team are invited to come to check out the team and try out for the 22/23 school year. See clinic and tryout details below. |
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6th & 7th Grade Math Club |
Sixth and seventh grade Math Club will soon be here again. This is an after-school club.
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Join us for the first PTO meeting of the year on Tuesday, September 13, from 6 to 7 pm at the Armour campus. Please note that this date has changed from the PTO flyer distributed at Back to School Night.
This is a great way to meet other families and help strengthen our community. Pizza and child care (for elementary-age children only) provided. For more information, please visit ALPTO.org. |
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Mark your calendars for Trivia Night on Saturday, October 15.
The AL PTO invites parents to join us for a night of fun for a great cause at Plexpod Westport Commons.
This year's theme is 90's sitcoms, so start brainstorming for your team's table!
More details and tickets will be available soon!
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Armour MS & ALIHS
201 E. Armour Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-800-8771
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Cherry K-5
3421 Cherry St
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-888-7400
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Oak K-5
6903 Oak St
Kansas City, MO 64113
816-361-7735
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