Lafayette Elementary School
"The Pride of Eureka and Home of the Lions"
3100 Park Street - Eureka, CA 95501 Phone: (707) 441-2482 - Fax: (707) 441-3320
Lafayette Elementary School
"The Pride of Eureka and Home of the Lions"
3100 Park Street - Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: (707) 441-2482 - Fax: (707) 441-3320
The above links visit our many active classrooms, school activities, sports, music, office, library and yearly calendar.
Welcome to Lafayette Elementary School's
web site. This web site gives us the opportunity to provide our parents
and community members with important information and fun facts. We hope
you find our site interesting, informative and helpful. We take pride in
our community and
school, its diverse student population, and our
high achieving 'cubs'. Our web site is updated weekly;
so please visit us often.
"Working Together To Help Each
Other"
Congratulations Betty Chinn on receiving a
special KEET-TV Public Broadcasting Award and
we are very proud to have named our climbing wall in your honor ....BETTY ROCKS!
JOIN PTA and be entered to win ...a $100 gas card or passes to Redding Waterslides! Join today .. ask the office 441-2428.
What's Happening This Week at School
Monday
- October 13
School in Session ... Columbus Day
Tuesday
- October 14
Wednesday
- October 15
Learn to Earn Banking in the early morning!
ECS District Board Meeting 7 pm (Walford Avenue)
Thursday
- October 16
Friday
- October 17
PTA Freeze Pop Sale EVERY FRIDAY .25 each after
school!
Don't forget to wear your ORANGE LIONS ...
Spirit Day!
Third Graders field trip to Patrick's Point / Sumeg Indian Village
Mark
Your Calendars
October 20 is RED
RIBBON WEEK ... Just Say NO!
October 27 - LION LOOPS PTA fund raiser at school
October 31 - HALLOWEEN PARADE
November 2 - Daylight Savings Time
November 4 - ELECTION DAY ... Don't forget to vote!
November 5 - PTA Board Meeting
November 11 - NO SCHOOL / VETERANS DAY
November 14-21 Parent Conferences -- Minimum Days (12:50
dismissal)
HALLOWEEN ... Friday, October 31st we will hold our annual Halloween Parade beginning at 8:30 am. Parents/Guardians are invited to come and watch the parade. When helping your child pick out a costume, please keep these points in mind: NO SCARY MASKS, OR items that look like BLOOD! Also please remember WEAPONS of any kind ARE NOT ALLOWED AT SCHOOL...even toy weapons (swords, guns, hatchets, etc.) If your child's costume includes a weapon please make sure they leave that part of the costume at home. Costumes also need to follow MODESTY rules. Please monitor them so that they are not too short or revealing for school attire. Students in grades 1-5 need to bring a change of clothes so they can continue with their regular day without ruining their costume. COMFORTABLE SHOES ARE A MUST!
Reminder: Parents of First thru Fifth graders, PLEASE wait and meet your student (s) in the front of the school ... Thank you!
Want to help?.. Every Monday 8:30 to 11:15 am in our cafeteria, grades K and 1st are participating in 20 minute sessions of motor development. Catrina Scheffler is the organizer and needs more volunteers. Please call the office for more information ... 441-2482!
Drivers Needed ... This year our students have been invited to participate in a cross-generational experience with seniors living at alder Bay. Students will be making crafts with the residents. Our first event is scheduled for October 30th from 9:30 to 11:30. If you would be able to drive students to and from Alder Bay, please contact Principal Kathleen Honsal ... 441-2482.
COMING
October 27th ... LIONS LOOPS! Monday,
October 27th is a major PTA fundraising event that benefits Lafayette's school
activities. The money raised from LIONS LOOPS helps to fund many of the
great programs and activities the PTA sponsors at Lafayette throughout the year.
Each class at Lafayette will participate in this event in which students will
walk/jog/run a loop of 175 meters as many times as they can in a 20-minute time
period. Each student will be asking friends and relatives to sponsor them
by pledging to pay a certain amount for each lap completed, or a specific
donation amount.
Thanks in advance for your help and support.
Got Tennis Balls? : Did you know that our school can utilize new and used tennis balls? Yes, they are used to cover the feet of student chairs. These items help to keep our classes not only quiet but also save the wear and tear on the chairs and floors. For more information talk to your child's teacher or call the school office (441-2482).
Too
Early! : Your students should not arrive on
campus before 7:40 am. Adult supervision is not provided until this
time. Students remain in the cafeteria until 8 am when they are dismissed
to go to the play area. School begins promptly at 8:10.
Please do not send or drop off your student before 7:40 am!
Lunch: We encourage you to prepay ahead for your child's lunches. This can be arranged with our cafeteria staff or send a note and payment with your child. If your child brings lunch money daily, they can take it to the cafeteria before school, preventing any loss of money during the day.
BOX TOPS for EDUCATION: Box tops are back! Please save your BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION coupons. They are on any General Mills products. Before turning them in please trim them down to just the coupon only. They can be turned in to your child's classroom or the office anytime! Monthly box top classroom winners will get to display the "official box top trophy" in their classroom. The class with the most wins will get an ice cream party in June! So start saving / collection today ... remind your neighbors and grandparents as well! Congrats to Mrs. Stewart's 1st grade class for the 170 box tops collected in September! Mrs. Stewart's class will have the TROPHY in her class for the entire month of October....way to go 1st grade!
Lafayette
(words
by Adelene Jones music by Woody Guthrie)
This school is your school,
This school is my school,
Let’s work together
To make it our school.
We are the Lions,
The
This school is here for you and me.
As I was walking,
To school down Park Street,
I looked above me, and saw Dawn Redwoods.
I looked around me,
And saw our playground
This school is here for you and me.
This school is your school,
This school is my school,
Let's work together
To make it our school.
We are the Lions,
The Lafayette Lions,
This school is here for you and me.
Our students learn how to eat
healthy and make healthy food choices while enjoying GREAT 'food'
literature and getting tips on how to stay fit. Harvest of the Month
connects with core curricula and links the classroom, library, cafeteria, home
and community...(click here) to
find out more.
We're proud to announce that
we are a
Healthy Play School ... (thank
you Charlie
& Spencer)
PARTNERS-IN-EDUCATION
Coast Guard men and woman are on Lafayette's campus throughout
the week
helping in classrooms. THANK YOU helpers.....what a GREAT TEAM we make!
Visit our 'across-the-street neighbors'
The U.S. Coast Guard Families
Our entire staff strives to
provide a fun, healthy, safe, friendly environment for learning.
If you have any comments and/or questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Principal Kathleen Honsal
Created,
maintained, and updated by the School Library Technician
Carol Skaggs - Last update October 9, 2008
(photo by HKS 2007)