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
School Supply Lists Are Here
This year we will once again utilize School Tool Box for school supplies. Here is the link to School ToolBox: School Supplies If you don’t want to purchase a box from School Tool Box, you’re welcome to click on your grade level box and use the list if you...
5th Grade Graduation Photos
5th Grade Graduation Photos from Freed Photography are here. Click here to view and purchase.
Summer Reading Lists
The Lafayette Summer Reading Guide is filled with resources to kick the summer off right! Find suggested (not required) books for every grade, learn strategies for picking your next read, visit other websites to find book suggestions (including a summer...
Closing Out 2021-2022
Dear Lafayette Families – As a quiet settles over the building, I’m finally sitting down to exhale and send you all a closing note. What a year we have had. Although I have tried to recall all the wild and crazy logistics, (quarantines, spitting in...
Fifth Grade Graduation Ceremony and Thanks!
Congratulations to our rising sixth grade students on their Lafayette graduation! Congratulations to parents, families and caregivers as well. Special thanks to the teachers, custodians, administration and 4th grade parent volunteers who made the graduation ceremony...
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.