The Académie Lafayette Board of Directors will meet virtually at 6:30 pm on November 8, 2021. You can view the meeting live on our YouTube channel. Click here to read the agenda and previous board meeting minutes.

All current 8th grades students and families: Please join us from 6 to 7pm on November 18, 2021 for an in-person open house at ALIHS (201 E. Armour Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64111). Click here to view the flyer.

Attention 10th grade families: there will be an in-person meeting at 7 pm on Thursday, November 18th to present information on Summer 2023 International Travel. An online option will be provided if you are unable to come to the Armour campus.

As we are moving into the 6th year of our service learning project, maintaining Block 9 of Highland Cemetery, our students worked this week, in this raw 37˚ weather to make the headstones of servicemen presentable for Veteran’s Day.

Started in March 2015, originally funded through the Pizza Buffet and now the PTO, this service learning project has allowed six generations of 8th graders to make a difference in our community.

Looking like a tall grass prairie 6 years ago, Highland Cemetery is now again a respectful resting place. Our students did not move mountains, only piles of dirt, but enough to get this historical place back on the agenda of our city leaders for regular maintenance.

Armed with water and toothbrushes, our new crew scrubbed off years of dust, moss, and algae, giving a make-over to many headstones. They also collected names off the headstones to do research next week at the Black Archives of Mid-America.

It was time well spent, full of learning opportunities, making inferences, without a single complaint from our new participants. We left our adopted site with the humble satisfaction that we made a difference for many unknown families.

Each year, AL PTO hosts a lunch to say thank you to our wonderful teachers and staff. While this event has been a bountiful potluck in years past, we pivoted to a catered lunch to support health and safety protocols during COVID. In addition to lunch, each teacher and staff member receives a gift card in the amount of $5-$20, depending on the total amount donated by our generous community. Gift card denominations are in the same amount for everyone.

This year's celebration is set for Nov. 18 and we need your support to help make it all happen. Please consider donating what you may have spent on a potluck dish.

Contributions can be sent electronically to AL PTO Teacher Appreciation Chair Kelly Garr at the Venmo handle @Brett-Garr by Monday, Nov. 15. Please contact Kelly at bk_garr@yahoo.com with any questions.

Oak uniform closet in desperate need of elementary-age long sleeve polos and khaki pants! Sweaters and fleeces in AL colors always a need.

Have your child drop a bag off at the Oak closet. Thank you!

Support AL PTO and a locally-owned business!

The next Restaurant Giveback Night is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 10 at The Combine, located at 2999 Troost Avenue.

Visit or place a carry-out order anytime between

11 am and 9 pm and mention Académie Lafayette when you order and 15% of your pre-tax order (adult beverages included) will go back to AL PTO.

There is no school that day, so it's a great opportunity to go over lunch.

Oak will be having a bookmark design contest! As of November 1, the template can be picked up from the library. Students may only submit one, and it must be their original work. All bookmarks are due to Madame Cook in the library by Friday, November 12. There are two categories: K-2 and 3-5. Entries will be judged by a group of teachers who will narrow down the choices to five, and then students will vote on their favorites from there. The top two in each category will be printed and distributed in the library!

Questions: Contact Mme Cook, hcook@academielafayette.org.

The holidays are still two months away but it is never too early to start organizing our annual adopt-a-family program. Please complete this form to let the social workers know how many family members you are willing to adopt. Typically, each family member is given presents or a gift card amounting to $50. In a few weeks, we will follow up with the process for sending gifts or monetary donations. Thank you for supporting our community!

Any of you that have joined us at the Market in years past know that we have one amazing bake sale each year.

This is the largest part of our fundraising dollars that all goes directly back to the school and we cannot do any of this without you. We need volunteers to bake for us and also a handful of people to help us the day of the event with working that table.

SIGN UP FOR BAKE SALE HERE.

Bake Sale Drop off either on the evening of the 19th or morning of the 20th. All items should be marked and individually wrapped. More details available here.

Can you help us out and share your skills or your time? Sign up here!

Also, still a few standard and student booths available if markers/artists are interested in joining us. Go to this sign up to get more details and reserve your booth.