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
Farewell and thank you
Dear Lafayette Families – As July is upon us, it is officially time for me to bid you all farewell. I deeply appreciate the time we have spent together, the moments we have shared, and the learning and joy we have created within our community. Over the...
PROMOTION PHOTOS NOW AVAILABLE!
CONGRATULATIONS to our 5th Grade Students! Photos from promotion are now available for viewing and purchasing at the following link: https://freedphotography.simplephoto.com/galleries/48176032?code=LAFAES245PROMO Enjoy your summer!
LOST & FOUND Last Call!
Attention Lafayette Families! Before you head out for summer adventures, camp, trips, and the likes - please take a moment out of your day to swing by the Lafayette Lost & Found. The Lafayette volunteers are checking each item for...
Auction Tennis Party Results
Before Carlos Alcaraz defeated Sasha Zverev in the Men’s Singles in the French Open, Lafayette parent, Anders Rasmussen, won the Lafayette Auction Parent Party. He outplayed 16 other folks in the Lafayette community. And he did it without taking any adult...
The Last Full Week of School is HERE!
Dear Lafayette Families – What an amazing Field Day we had on Friday!!! It was “pict-ionary” perfect. Thank you to all of our parent volunteers, our INCREDIBLE PE teachers – Ms. McClure, Ms. Braswell, and Ms. Dunleavy – and ALL of the teachers and staff...
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.