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
Bear Fund
The Bear Fund Thanks You! On behalf of all of us on the Bear Fund Committee and everyone at the HSA, THANK YOU, LAFAYETTE! We had a fantastic Bear Fund campaign this fall, with amazing energy, enthusiasm, and participation in our fundraising efforts. We are so...
Flex Offerings
Flex Winter 2025 Sign Ups Started on 12/17/24. Another round of FLEX Classes are slated to begin the week of January 21, 2025. The link to register is now live. Winter Flex Schedule 2025
Cub Facts December 2024
The latest edition of Cub Facts is here! What is Cub Facts? It's a magazine created by 4th and 5th Grade students, printed out, and distributed to Pre-K and Kindergarten students at Lafayette. Please enjoy the creative poems, stories, comics, and activities the...
What a Relief!
Thanks to the generous amounts of paper towel/toilet paper tubes, we were able to facilitate an amazing project for students in grades 1-5! Students learned about the art of “relief.” What is a relief, you ask? Relief, in sculpture, is any work in which the figures...
Lafayette Gives Back’s Annual Holiday Gift Drive for Takoma Elementary
Deadline TOMORROW morning! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to contribute a gift basket to the annual holiday gift drive for Takoma Elementary. For years, the Lafayette community has supported our neighbors across Georgia Avenue during the holiday season,...
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.
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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.