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
Flex Winter Sign Ups Wednesday, December 20th at 5 PM
Flex is a third party after school program offered to Lafayette students. Students go directly from their regular day to Flex classes and parents pick them up at 4:30 PM. Flex will run an 8 week winter session starting 1/22 through 3/29. See the flyer for...
Consider Bear Fund for your Year-End Giving
Thanks to a great community effort to support the HSA’s annual campaign, The Bear Fund, we are very close - just $9,000 - to reaching our goal of $155,000. This is the amount we raised for last year’s campaign, and we can raise it again with your support! ...
LSAT Meeting This Wednesday, December 20
The Lafayette LSAT will meet on Wednesday, December 20th from 7:30 am – 8:30 am via Teams with the link below. The agenda is as follows: Enrollment Projections Continue discussion from last month Ensure the next steps from last month are addressed Confirm with...
Thank you for making annual holiday gift drive a success!
Huge thanks to everyone who made the annual holiday gift drive a success! Happy holidays and start to 2024! Look out for information about MLK service opportunities when we return in the new year.
Flex Sign Ups Wednesday, December 20th at 5 PM
Flex will run an 8 week winter session starting 1/22 through 3/29. The Flex vendor is delayed on getting Lafayette the schedule of classes, but please look out for it via a stand alone email on Friday or Saturday.
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.