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
Thank you Lafayette Gives Back Volunteers
Lafayette Gives Back is sending a huge thank you to all our volunteers who helped with our fall volunteer activities. Shout outs go to coat drive volunteers: Kerry Cassidy Lapin Tanya Covington Jessica Jones Ami Levy Nicole Majestic Anu Mullick ...
Consider Donating Winter Clothes to the School
As you are cleaning out winter clothes that don’t fit anymore, consider donating outgrown pants to the nurse’s office. We always have the need for a “spare set of clothes” for kids who have accidents, fall in the mud, etc. We have plenty of shirts, but...
This All-Lafayette Effort Needs YOU!
You’re making it happen, Lafayette! Keep up the team effort! We are so close to raising the Bear Fund money needed to keep funding all the programs, extracurriculars, classroom supplies, and more that you’ve come to know and love about our school. As 2nd-grade...
Check ‘Bear Fund’ off your to-do list and donate today!
Parents, we get it: The mental load is real. The Murchies have even created this hilarious video to demonstrate it. Bear Fund Week ends tomorrow, and we need your help to make it a success. We know we’ve totally overloaded you with requests to increase participation...
1st Grade Currently in 1st Place in the Bear Fund Participation Race!
After a great Giving Tuesday bump, Bear Fund is 60% to goal and 1st Grade is currently in 1st place for participation! But K and 3rd grades are right on its heels! Which grade is going to win all the fame, glory, AND the ice cream party??? Thank you to all the...
Upcoming Events at Lafayette
Who We Are
Lafayette Elementary School is the largest elementary schools 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.