Welcome to Lafayette Elementary School
Our mission is to help our students reach their full potential through creative, challenging, and joyful learning experiences in a supportive, nurturing environment that integrates the arts into all we do. Located in Chevy Chase, DC
Meet the Team
Our talented and caring staff ensures that students thrive academically and socially. Get to know who is on the team!
Our Values
The choices we make are driven by our core values of a growth-mindset, joy, kindness, inclusion, and integrity.
Our Curricula
Our commitment to ensuring every child receives rigorous and joyful instruction starts with the curricula we teach.
School Video Tour
Although we are unable to offer families building tours outside of the regularly scheduled information sessions, we hope this virtual building tour gives you an understanding of the space and the sense of belonging you will experience here!
School News & Updates
Lafayette Together!
Join the Lafayette Greeter Group! Seeking cheerful grown-ups to welcome families to school on Friday, November 15. We’ll meet at the flagpole at 8:10am and wrap up by 8:45am. Help us create community! Let’s welcome new and returning families — we are all part of...
A Message from the HSA
We wanted to share an enormous thank you to the Co-Chairs of the Fall Festival this year and ALL of our amazing volunteers that made it so special and fun. The positive feedback was TREMENDOUS and we are so grateful for the time to collaborate and pull off one of our...
Hear from a Sponsor: Bennett Frank
Name, Title, and 2-3 sentences about your business/organization. Shawn Buehler, Principal, Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects, Inc. We are a residential architecture firm serving the DC area, specializing in single-family additions, renovations, and new homes. With...
BEAR FUND
One of the best things about Lafayette is its generous community of families who support our school at every level. Each year, we come together to contribute to the BEAR FUND, the HSA’s annual fundraising campaign. Money raised supports a variety of new activities...
Lost & Found: Emptied Next Monday!
We will be emptying the Lost & Found on Monday, November 4th. All remaining items will be donated (exceptions for things that just arrived). Please come check for lost items on Friday, November 1st. There are currently dozens of coats, sweatshirts, water bottles,...
Upcoming Events at Lafayette
Who We Are
Lafayette Elementary School is the largest elementary schools in the District of Columbia with about 900 students in pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade. We serve students from all 8 wards from over 15 different linguistic backgrounds and believe that our diversity is the source of our strength. We are proud of our academic excellence, talented teachers, happy students, and engaged community.
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Donation Opportunities
We are able to provide our students with incredible experiences with the support of the Home School Association (HSA), who accepts donations all year round.