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
We Love Books – Poster Contest
The Lafayette Literacy Committee invites all students to participate in our annual book poster contest! This year, we’re celebrating books we love. A winner from each grade will have prize money to spend at...
Lafayette Annual Book Fair – Volunteers Needed!
Lafayette annual book fair provides convenient access to new books for students and benefits our library, and we are looking for volunteers to help make this fantastic event happen! No clearance is needed for volunteering. Get to know other parents while you...
SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS – GIVE TO THE BEAR FUND!
The Bear Fund is Lafayette HSA’s main fundraising campaign and supports an educational experience above and beyond what is provided by DCPS funding alone - but it needs YOUR help! Throughout the year, the Bear Fund helps make many new learning...
Lafayette Learning and the Bear Fund
It’s hard to believe Fall is going by so quickly. Our kids have already done some amazing things in the classroom! Throughout the year, the Bear Fund helps make new learning experiences possible for our children. Your gifts help support creative endeavors in art and...
Lafayette’s Book Fair is Coming Soon!
The annual book fair is coming soon, just in time for holiday gifts! Books will be on sale in the library from December 4-8. The fair will be open to students during the school day, and to families from 3:15-4:30, Monday through Thursday....
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.