Calling all current Kinder families! We’re looking for 2-3 volunteers to lead the “Welcome Kinder” playdates before next school year. We’d like to begin a new tradition where our rising 1st grade families help welcome incoming kindergartners with this activity since you’re now veterans.

The exact dates are decided by “Welcome Kinder” volunteer families, are typically held at Hiawatha or the Lafayette school playground, sometimes families procure light snacks (reimbursable by the PTA), and are attended by other PTA Board members.

Email if you’re interested in planning these fun events!

Lafayette Leopards rocked Bike-to-School Month!

Here are the numbers:

• 208 students biked/walked/scooted to school on Bike to School Day

• The least number of students biked on the only rainy school day of the month, May 5th. Only 24 students biked that day.

• 1,292 rides were taken to and from school during May.

• An average of 59 students biked, scooted, or walked to school every day and,

• 26 students biked, walked, or scooted EVERY day in May.

WAY TO GO, LEOPARDS!

Vote for the 2022-23 Lafayette Yearbook Cover

Please only submit one vote per Lafayette Student. You can zoom into to each image. Vote by 9:00 PM on Wednesday, May 31.

Each student should vote once HERE!

Every year, PTA's across the country award the Golden Acorn to volunteers they feel made an extraordinary impact in their schools that year. Lafayette is now accepting nominations for our 2022-2023 Golden Acorn winners. The Lafayette Golden Acorn will be awarded at the General PTA Meeting on June 15th!

Please use this link to nominate an outstanding volunteer and tell us a little bit about why this individual is so deserving of recognition:

Deadline to nominate: May 31st.

JOIN OUR TEAM.

Any level of participation is welcome and encouraged.  This is your community, this is your school, and we can’t wait to learn how you’d like to get involved. Lafayette PTA is a non-profit organization, driven by inspiration, supporting student enrichment opportunities within the community.

Join us the second Tuesday of each month to dine out at Good Society for a good cause. Please mention "Lafayette" when ordering.

Interested in Volunteering to provide complimentary childcare during the General PTA meetings? Email us!

June 15th: General PTA Meeting 6:00-6:45 in the Lafayette Library.

Join us to vote on your PTA Board for the next school year! The final PTA Meeting of the 22/23 school year will focus on approving any remaining candidates for next year's PTA Board.

Lafayette spirit wear is available for purchase one last time before the end of the school year! The spirit wear shop is open now. Go ahead and place your orders to support the school and get cute gear to show off your Leopard Pride! We only have a limited amount of each item for this end-of-the year sale, so don’t wait to order! Also, be sure to check out our NEW Lafayette Trucker hats, and our NEW baseball tees! Items will be delivered to your students at school in mid-June. Thank you for your support!

Thank you for making Staff Appreciation Week so successful for all of your teachers and support staff. We thank you also for attending the Lafayette General PTA meeting last week on 5/4/23. If you did not attend, we reviewed, voted, & approved the proposed budget for the 2023/2024 school year, received an update from the Rock of Ages Auction, and discussed open PTA Board Positions. Here are a few highlights to keep you in the loop. Hope to see you all at the next one!

Order your yearbook and help us design the cover - now through May 15, 2023!

The 2022-2023 Lafayette Elementary yearbook is a full-color book of special memories of students and staff. Order your copy now through May 15, 2023! The books will be shipped to the school in mid-June. $15.25

https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/lafayette

May 4th: General PTA Meeting 6:30-7:30 in the Lafayette Cafeteria.

It’s the annual Budget Vote! We will be proposing and voting on a final School Year 23/24 Budget at this important meeting. Please join us!

We also need volunteers to help cheer on and count bikers/scooters/walkers, hand out raffle tickets, and help students lock their bikes up every morning throughout the month of May. Sign up for one (or more!) days HERE. 

Join us the second Tuesday of each month to dine out at Good Society for a good cause. Please mention "Lafayette" when ordering.

We're still looking for volunteers for all three Enrichment days - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. If you are able to volunteer for the 10-week session, you'll get free tuition for your kiddo in a class of your choice! If you aren’t able to commit to the full 10 weeks, are you interested in being a substitute if our volunteer is not available? Please talk to Lia Aprile if you have any questions!