Kindergarten News!
Message from The Lafayette Elementary Kindergarten Team:
Hello Kindergarten Families,
We are so excited to welcome your little one to kindergarten at Lafayette! If you’ve enrolled your child for the 2025-26 school year, you should soon receive a postcard letting you know who your child’s teacher will be. (If you haven’t received your postcard, you can contact the school to check on your child’s placement.)
Once you find out who your child’s teacher will be, please find their name below and click on their link to sign up for a Family Connection Meeting. This is a conference we all get to have together—parents/guardians, teacher, AND student—before classes begin. This gives us all a chance to get to know each other better and allows us teachers to meet our wonderful new students ahead of the school year. So please make sure to sign up for a time that allows your child to attend with you!
If you have questions, please reach out to your child’s teacher. We highly recommend bringing your school supplies to this meeting so that your child doesn’t have to manage them all on the first day of school (which, for kindergarten, is on Monday, September 8th, 2025).
Kindergarten Beginning-of-the-Year Meeting Sign Ups
Ms. Peterson’s Class: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44A9AF2DA5F58-58160716-family
Ms. Angel’s Class: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CA8AB2AABFEC70-50753480-family
Mr. Marks’ Class: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4BA4AE22AAFF2-58178442-kindergarten
Ms. Sarah’s Class: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F49A5AF2AA2F94-58056040-mssarahs
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
The Kindergarten Team
Some additional important information:
Kindergarten Playdates: The PTA has organized two Kindergarten playdates, which will be held at the Lafayette playground on Sunday, August 24th at 2-4pm and Saturday, September 6th at 9-11am. Come by to let the littles play and get to know other Kinder families and students! PTA members will also be available to answer questions. We hope you can join us!
First Day of School: The first official day of kindergarten is Monday, September 8th, 2025 (please note that kindergarten starts later than other grade levels). Drop off and pick up for all grades happens on the playground, so look for your teacher’s sign on the first day, and that is where your child will line up and be released every day. Note that Kindergarten classes start five minutes earlier at 7:50am, and release at 2:20pm. Take a virtual tour of Lafayette HERE!
Tears and Cheers: Kindergarten parents and caregivers are encouraged to stay after their first drop-off on Monday for “Tears and Cheers” (and treats and coffee!). Enter through the school’s main entrance and head left to the Lafayette Cafeteria. Administrators and PTA parents will be onsite to hand you a tissue or high five you for making it to full time school and answer any questions you may have about the school year ahead for your student!
School Supplies: School supplies lists for all grade levels can be found at this link. Note that many of the supplies on these lists are intended to be shared in classrooms. Backpacks, water bottles and anything that says it should be labeled with your student’s name will be kept and used by your student. Anything else may be collected by the teacher to be shared with the class as a whole. Where teachers have asked for a specific brand or color, please try to purchase that specific item. If your student wants something unique or personal, please purchase that in addition to the specific items the teacher has requested.
Room Parents: Room Parents are vital to the joy (and sanity) of the classroom! If you’re interested or want to find out more, fill out this form! Start thinking about whether this is a role you would consider taking on for your child’s classroom. Each classroom ideally has two or more Room Parents. The PTA Room Parent Coordinator will have resources to help make this job a breeze. Main responsibilities are creating volunteer signup sheets for your classroom, assisting the teacher and PTA with parent communications, and coordinating class gifts and resources your teacher may be needing. It’s a very rewarding position, and a great way to get to know fellow Lafayette parents!
Volunteering: Many teachers also welcome (SPS Approved) volunteers in the classroom during the school year and on class field trips, so be sure to fill out your volunteer application early so you don’t miss out! More volunteer info HERE.
Stay Informed: Sign up to receive PTA emails and follow us on Facebook and Instagram - you don't have to have a PTA membership to stay informed, but we would love if you joined us. Keep an eye out for our weekly newsletter emails!
We know kindergarten is a big milestone in your child’s life, and we can’t wait to work with you to ensure that your child has a successful (and fun) year!
