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
Corrected Date: Cookies and Coding is Coming December 9!
Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students and an adult family member are invited to Cookies and Coding on Saturday December 9th from 9am to 11 am at Lafayette Elementary. Come learn all about coding at this fun, free and informative event!...
It’s Giving Tuesday – Donate to the Bear Fund!
Give this bear some honey on Giving Tuesday! We are more than halfway to reaching our Bear Fund goal, Lafayette. Please take a moment today, Giving Tuesday, to fill the Bear Fund honeypot with your donation and help make our school extra sweet! CLICK HERE TO...
Last Call Lost & Found: Donating Items on 12/14
Attention Lafayette Families! The HSA has a few volunteers who are sifting, sorting, and searching for name tags once quarterly in the Lafayette Lost and Found (L&F). These volunteers hand sort piles of wet, wrinkled, and soggy clothes to find those hidden name...
Math Club November Newsletter
See what the Math Club has been up to on Wednesday mornings! Read a copy of the newsletter here.
Calling all 1st Grade Parents!
The morning drop-off line is staffed by Lafayette parents, and each month we ask parents from a specific grade to volunteer. The drop-off line for December is assigned to 1st grade and will begin on Friday, December 1st. For those of you not familiar with this...
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.