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
Community, Belonging & Safety
Good afternoon, As an HSA organization, we recognize our responsibility to foster a sense of community and belonging at Lafayette Elementary School. Recent concerns regarding the safety of one of our students on their walk home after school have raised important...
Lafayette Gives Back’s Annual Holiday Gift Drive for Takoma Elementary and Coat Drive
With holiday sales in full force this week and next, please put Takoma Elementary School, a Title I school only a few miles away, on your shopping list! For years, the Lafayette community has supported our neighbors across Georgia Avenue during the holiday season...
Grateful for the Bear Fund!
As we near Thanksgiving, we can’t help but think about all the things that we’re grateful for–including our amazing Lafayette community! This year’s Bear Fund campaign supports what we love most about the programs and activities that make Lafayette special—but with a...
Grateful for the Bear Fund
As we near Thanksgiving, we can’t help but think about all the things that we’re grateful for–including our amazing Lafayette community! This year’s Bear Fund campaign supports what we love most about the programs and activities that make Lafayette special—but with a...
AtoZ Directory–Call for Babysitters!
Calling All Babysitters! We’re compiling a listing of neighborhood babysitters for the Lafayette AtoZ Directory (the babysitter list is available in the menu on the app!). This is intended for neighborhood students–usually Lafayette alums or siblings–who will be...
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.