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
Fourth & Fifth Grade Cross Country
Do you have a 4th or 5th grader who is interested in running Cross Country this fall? If you missed the informational meeting, don't worry! Please read through the flyer below for how to register your child for the DCIAA fall season. If you have any questions, please...
Save the date for upcoming HSA events, more information to come!
September 13 – Lafayette Greeter Program September 21 – Outdoor Movie Night October 1 – HSA General Meeting #1 October 18 – Lafayette Greeter Program October 26 – Fall Festival
RETIRED DCPS TEACHER AVAILABLE TO TUTOR
Nancy Nickel, a twenty-year veteran teacher of DCPS is available to tutor. Ms. Nickel spent the entirety of her service at Lafayette, fifteen of which was spent in teaching second grade. Prior to that she was the founding director of a Montessori School in DC. Since...
Back to School Checklist! (with updated links)
Lafayette Back to School Checklist! Visit LafayetteHSA.org to do the Following: ● Pay Your Class Activity Fee The class activity fee pays for costs associated with field trips (buses, etc.), field day t-shirts, and end-of-year parties. Instead of asking parents to pay...
LAFAYETTE’S DOT DAY is Friday, September 13!!!
What is Dot Day? The International Dot Day celebration was started by a teacher 15 years ago to celebrate the message of creativity, kindness and courage in Peter Reynold’s book “The Dot”, and is now celebrated in 200 countries by almost 30 million people! For more...
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.