The Oak Book Fair is coming on Nov. 22-23. Students will have the opportunity to shop in person during English class. Parents can set up an eWallet, or shop online, at AL Oak Book Fair. Parents will also have the opportunity to shop with their students both days from 4:00-5:30 pm. We need volunteers to make this happen! Sign up here to volunteer. Questions? Contact Whitney Molloy at whitneysmolloy@yahoo.com.

Pre-K, Kindergarten,1st & 9th grade 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 2022, please apply here now until Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 for the 22-23 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 fill out your child's application, share with your friends and neighbors wanting to join the AL family!

Math Club for 4th and 5th graders at both Cherry and Oak is coming! If your 4th or 5th grader likes math and is interested in some new fun math challenges, then rejoice and consider joining the Math Club! Details are still being fleshed out. It looks like the Cherry Math Club will meet on Thursdays after school, and the Oak Math Club will meet after school either on Mondays or Wednesdays. We will probably start the week after Thanksgiving. Email Bill Kalahurka at wkalahur@hotmail.com if you are interested.

WOW! We had a total of 83 bookmark design submissions for our contest. Bon travail, les amis! The staff committee has met and has narrowed the designs down to four in each category (four for K-2 and four for 3-5). The week after Thanksgiving, students will have an opportunity to cast their vote for their favorite bookmark in each category! The names of the students who have moved on to the next round will not yet be revealed--we want it to be anonymous until the winners are announced. Merci for all your hard work so far, and stay tuned for the results!

Last week, at the Grain Valley high-school debate tournament, Micah Bartel and Fischer Krull, 9th grade students from the ALIHS debate club sponsored by Kate Absher, English teacher, went undefeated and came in third place in the Novice division. The debate consisted of two rounds where we - the debaters - received schedules and maps of the building, and got two separate topics. The first topic was “this house believes the US army should reinstate the draft including women” and the second was “this house believes that veterans’ services should be improved”. For the first topic, Micah, Fischer, Jean, and Yassi were in opposition while Stella, Lacey, Tanner and Emily were in government, and during the second round the opposite was true. Jean and Yassi came in fifth place but did not get a prize as they were not undefeated. The debate team is excited for our next tournament on the 8th of December at Rockhurst high school! The club just started a few weeks ago and this was their second tournament! Text by Jean Dunn, photos by Jean Dunn and Kate Absher. Follow alihs_journalism on Instagram for more stories.

Thank you Oak parents for being so generous and donating your winter uniforms to the closet! The closet is now getting full! We have lots of skirts and jumpers elementary-age as well as tons of size 4 through 6 pants and shorts. Also more long sleeve polo options are here!

Donations are always welcome. You can shop any day school is in session between 4:15 and 5 p.m. as the closet should be unlocked. Donations can be dropped at the office or in the closet.

Also the lost-and-found area is full full!! If you happen to come shop be sure to stop by there to see if your kid is missing anything. Uniform clothing in the lost and found is often brought down to the closet FYI.

For the month of November, the Women's Empowerment Club at Armour is organizing a donation drive for a local shelter for mothers in need. The Mother's Refuge is an organization who helps women who have difficulties to provide for themselves and their children.

Any support will be appreciated! Items can be dropped off in the donation box by the Armour front desk.

Here are items that would be greatly appreciated:

Generations Day will be moving to Spring this year after more of the population has been vaccinated against Covid-19 through boosters and the pediatric vaccine.

This event is a beloved favorite for our teachers, students and families; we can’t wait to be able to bring it back for everyone!

We will provide updates after the first of the year.