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
One Spot for Weekly Lafayette News
This year, HSA news isn’t published in a separate Thursday Bulletin. Instead, it’s curated here in the Lafayette ES Family Newsletter under our “HSA Corner” banner. We hope that compiling all school community news in one place, every Monday, can make things a little...
Back to School Night
Wednesday, September 10th. Below is the schedule (multiple session options for parents to join): Outside tabling at 4:30pm (This is an opportunity to learn about specials, math & reading specialists, mental health resources and more!) Three classroom sessions:...
Updated: Movie Night
Save the date — Saturday, September 20 — for one of Lafayette HSA’s favorite back-to-school traditions: Outdoor Movie Night! The movie will be Paddington in Peru. Food trucks will start serving at 5pm and the movie will begin at 7pm. This year’s movie night will be...
Drop Off Line: 5th Grade Volunteers needed for September
School is back and so is the morning drop-off line! Every day — rain or shine — volunteers staff this line, allowing parents and caregivers to drop kids at Lafayette’s Northampton Street doors (driving west from 33rd) anytime from 8:25am until the doors close at...
Grizzly Gear
Get Loud! Get Proud! Get Your Grizzly Gear! Rock your Grizzly Gear that's as fierce as our Bears. Tees, hoodies, hats, note books, and more — made for YOU and your kids! We have brand new designs and new products this year. And proceeds support the Lafayette HSA, so...
Who We Are
Lafayette is the largest elementary school 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.
Find out more about what is required to enroll >
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.