The Académie Lafayette Board of Directors will meet online & in the Armour conference room at 6:00 pm on Monday, November 13. You can view the meeting live on our YouTube channel. Click here to read the agenda.

While guest registration has closed for our Generations Day Art Walks, we still have a need for volunteers to help make this event a huge success for the more than 700 grandparents and special guests we will welcome into our schools next week.

Volunteer slots are available at every campus! Please use this sign-up form or reach out to Alyson Stewart directly at astewart@academielafayette.org

Thank you for your help in supporting our wonderful community and making this day extra special for our students and visitors!

The 2022-23 ALIHS’ yearbook is ready! Yes, you read this correctly. If you have already ordered one at the end of last school year, we’ve got you covered. Want one? Click here to order one today!

Please note this is NOT the K-8 yearbook or the 23-24 ALIHS yearbook. Orders for those will open later this year.

ALIHS is excited to host their third debate tournament with the Kansas City Parliamentary League at Armour on November 15. Our small league consists of local schools including Rockhurst, STA, Center, Grain Valley, St. Pius, Whitefield Academy, and of course, ALIHS. If you are interested in joining us as a judge, please email Kate Absher (kabsher@academielafayette.org) for info and questions!

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! 

Do you love to read? The Title I team is looking for parent volunteers to help mentor K-5 student participants and their families at the Open Books workshop. Commit to being a literacy mentor just one Tuesday evening a month November through April, and make a BIG difference in our AL community! 

Sessions are in the Armour Campus Cafeteria from 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm. Dates are November 7, December 12, January 9, February 13, March 12, and April 9, 2024.

If you are interested in being a literacy mentor, please contact Keith Christensen for more information at kchristensen@academielafayette.org.

The GreenAL Student Club at Oak recently concluded a 6-week session. Our cohort of students from 2nd and 3rd grade learned about renewable & nonrenewable resources, food chains, sustainable practices, recycling, and caring for our habitat through fun and engaging activities. Students really seemed to enjoy dissecting owl pellets while discussing forest ecosystems and food chains as well as making paper from recycled magazines and paper products while learning about the environmental impacts of commercial paper-making and benefits of creative reuse. We hope students came away with a greater understanding of how each of us can "improve our place" through environmental stewardship and waste reduction - and made some new friends in the process! For more information or to learn about how to become involved with GreenAL efforts at Oak please contact Saori & Devon at greenal.academielafayette@gmail.com. 

While we have not seen any increase in lice cases, the nurses would like to remind parents of the importance of spot checking your child for lice and properly treating it at home. As we enter winter months, please also remind your children to avoid sharing hats, scarves, brushes, etc.

Click here to access the AL lice procedure; please take a few moments to read it in it’s entirety. We believe it will answer many of your questions regarding the way we deal with lice in our community. Click here for lice treatment instructions.

How can I help prevent the spread of lice?

1. A great way for parents to catch lice early and treat it effectively is to remember the saying “ONCE A WEEK, TAKE A PEEK”. This means that once a week you should inspect your child’s head in good lighting looking for evidence of an infestation, such as nits or live lice.
2. If you do find an infestation, start treatment immediately by thoroughly combing the affected hair with a high quality nit comb. We have excellent, reuseable, metal nit combs available in the Nurse’s office at each campus.
3. Keep your child’s long hair tied back in a ponytail or a bun while at school.
4. Educate your child to try to avoid head-to-head contact whenever possible as this is, by far, the most common form of transmission.

Please let the nurse at your campus know if your child has lice or if you have any questions regarding the treatment of lice for your family.