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
Girl’s Basketball Information
If your student is in 4th/5th grade and is interested in trying out for the Girl's Basketball Team, please fill out the following try-out permission slip/survey: Survey In addition, if you missed the interest meeting, you can find all necessary information here:...
Mental Health Team News
The Lafayette Mental Health Team (MHT) is excited to reintroduce the MHT Newsletter! Each month the MHT Newsletter will cover a topic relevant to our Lafayette community and provide you with resources on how to explore this topic further with your student...
In-Class talent shows!
ONE SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR MUSIC ROOM RECITAL DAY! If your student has music on Day 6 (BELL, MARTIN, KING, FIELD) your student's Recital Day will be on Monday, November 27th! 2nd-5th grade Music Class Recital Day #1 is coming up in November! Recital...
Lafayette Gives Back Fall Initiatives
Here are ways to get involved now: Meal train, coat drive, grocery gift cards! Lafayette Gives Back fall initiatives are underway. Here’s ways to get involved now: Knollwood Halloween Parade - CANCELLED. Unfortunately, due to a covid outbreak in one of their units,...
Recycled materials needed in the art room!
Open art studio at recess is hopping for grades 3&4 especially! What do we need? Cardboard boxes (send those amazon boxes our way please!) Fabric scraps (multiple groups are creating costumes for plays and puppet shows and fabric is hot stuff right now)...
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.
Find out more about what is required to enroll >
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.