In order to meet the requirements of a new Missouri law SB 681 (2022), students in first through 3rd grade took the NWEA MAP Reading Fluency Foundational Skills and Dyslexia screener.  

In the past two weeks parents of 1st-3rd graders should have received an email from the school with the results. In addition, those students who need support have receive a Reading Success Plan. Students’ progress will be monitored and parents will receive regular communications.

When viewing your child’s assessment results, it is important to keep in mind that we are an immersion program. Your child is being taught to read first in the target language- French. We know that sometimes English reading may temporarily lag behind peers at a traditional English language school. As students progress, their ability to read in both languages will solidify- as evidenced by our strong record of academic performance on state standardized tests in the upper grades.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact your child’s English teacher or the principal/vice principal.

Join us for the eleventh annual Holiday Art Market on Saturday, 12/2, from 10 am to 5 pm.

We are excited to have 20+ local vendors, student vendors, music, raffle, and of course- the bake sale. Food trucks joining us this year will be Wild Way Coffee, The Tamale Kitchen, and TCs Fully Loaded. 

Our Holiday Art Market bake sale is an amazing fundraising tradition. Please consider signing up for a spot to help us raise funds for the school!

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

Académie Lafayette Spiritwear is AWESOME, available, and uniform approved! Place your order by Tuesday, December 5th, to get free delivery to the school before winter break!

The robotics club is currently run by parent volunteers and we are looking for more volunteers to help run sessions in the Spring 2024 for 3rd and 4th graders at both campuses. As a benefit, students of volunteers automatically get a spot in their guardian’s session. The number of volunteers will impact the number of student seats we can offer. If you are interested please fill out this form by Dec. 18th. Programming experience is a bonus, but not required.

Cherry parents: We are looking for a Cherry Campus Coordinator. This person would be in charge of coordinating volunteers at the Cherry campus, working with the administration, managing equipment, helping with the student lottery, and attending Robotics Club strategy meetings. Programming experience not required.  Filling this position is critical to continuing to offer Robotics at Cherry campus. Email alkcrobotics@gmail.com if you are interested. 

The lottery is open for 3rd and 4th grade Robotics Club at both campuses. Robotics Club is a seven week program using LEGOs to introduce kids to building robots and beginning programming concepts. Meetings are once per week, directly after school for 75 minutes.

Please fill out this form to enter your student for the seat lottery by midnight on January 14th. The number of seats available is dependent on successful volunteer recruitment to run the Robotics Club Sessions. You will be notified if your student got a seat or not on January 15th. 

Students that have not previously attended Robotics Club will get priority. Clubs will tentatively run the week of Jan. 29th for seven weeks, with the last meeting the week of March. 11. Which day of the week the clubs are offered is dependent on volunteer sign up. The club fee is $75, there are scholarships available. 

Oak 5th graders just finished reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan during Hispanic Heritage Month. The historical fiction book focuses on a young girl and her mother who run away to California with no money during the Great Depression, where they find agricultural work that pays very little. They were accustomed to a lavish life in Mexico before they had to flee the country. The story's themes are perseverance, family, race, class, hope, and the American dream. Students also had the opportunity to research a Mexican holiday. After the students shared their research slides with the class, Madame Rowan's classes celebrated with a fiesta! Thanks to the fine folks from Jalapeños Brookside, the students feasted on tacos, chips/salsa, and a piñata. The students made yarn dolls as well. A good time was had by all. 

Please note this only applies to new siblings not currently enrolled at Académie Lafayette. All current pre-K-11th grade students will re-enroll in Tyler at a later date. 

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!

Check out our online French book store, exclusively for the AL community. The goal of AL Town Square is to make purchasing French books easier and as cost effective as possible. All books or magazines are sent to an AL campus and distributed to students in school or picked up by parents.

Featured:

• French Magazine Subscriptions - We have recently added a selection of magazine titles.  
• Ecole des Loisirs book subscriptions - Collections of 8 French books at various levels. These book subscriptions are available throughout the school year, however the subscription normally starts in November; if you subscribe after the initial deadline you will receive the previous month's books with the first shipment
• Lire C'est Partir books - These books are all $2

Questions? Contact Jessica Wallace, jwallace@academielafayette.org.

Shadowing: If you have not already done so, please consider signing up for a shadow day for your student. Students who sign up will come upstairs to shadow at ALIHS for the majority of the school day. Within a week of completing this form, you will receive an email with your assigned shadow day and time as well as information about where to meet. Students will miss their 8th grade classes while shadowing and will be responsible for making up any missed work.  

Parent/Guardian Tours: Interested in taking a tour of the high school during a school day? Please email Liz Seely, lseely@academielafayette.org, to get started.

ALIHS is thrilled to announce our line of official high school Spirit Wear! Featuring our fabulous Gilbert the fox (designed by Cherry parent Kate Ley), all members of the AL community have the opportunity to order t-shirts and hoodies. 

Click here to check out our student-designed shirts -- you may send cash or check to Kate Absher at Armour or use the Paypal button on our AL website to purchase! 

Get ready for ALIHS's first ever Winter formal dance! Come enjoy a night of dancing, treats and merriment. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or at alpto.org soon.