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from the head of school
Dear AL Community,
As we are getting closer to the start of school year, here are a few notable updates:
Our remodeled website is now live! We hope that you will enjoy the new streamlined design that also includes a section for our international high school. Please be aware that there might be some times where the site is unavailable this weekend while our content loads. Along with the website, we also got a new logo that reflects all of AL: the oak and cherry leaves, the armor, our global mission and our mascot the musketeer. Thank you to AL parent Marianne Eppelheimer for designing the logo and to AL alumna parent Angela Michka and her team for the beautiful website overhaul.
New teachers and staff officially joined our team and started their onboarding last Monday. We are thrilled to welcome them to the AL family! Our returning teachers will start back this Monday. Over the summer, we said goodbye to development director Chris Neher. We wish him well in his new adventures.
We are working on fulfilling the demand for Chromebooks. Please understand that there might be a waiting period until you can get a device.
The schedule outlines for 2nd-9th grade are ready and shared below. The K-1 schedule outline will be released early next week and emailed directly to K-1 families.
Mark your calendars for our Meet the Teacher events next week: 8/18 for ALIHS and 8/20 for our elementary and middle schools.
We love our AL family! Join our private Facebook group to get news, updates and questions answered by other parents and staff.
Thank you for your patience and support as we work together to make this a great school year!
Elimane Mbengue
Head of School
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In This Edition:
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calendar
Upcoming Events
August 18
ALIHS Online Meet the Teacher Night
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August 20
Online Meet the Teacher Night,
Armour MS 4-5pm,
Cherry & Oak 4:30-5pm & 6-6:30pm
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August 25
First day of online classes, Phase I
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Access the 2020-21 school calendar by clicking here.
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INFO SHARING
Grade Level Online General Schedules 
General online schedules for grade levels are below. Detailed class schedules and teacher assignments will be sent to parent emails next week.
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INFO SHARING
Kinsa FLUency program
Dear AL families,
As we approach the school year, the nursing and social work teams would like to help support your families as much as possible. This program is only available for our K-5 families. Académie Lafayette has once again been granted a spot in the Kinsa FLUency program for the 20-21 school year. This program, which normally starts in late September, has added a waitlist feature this year due to COVID-19 which allows families to sign up for the program early. The FLUency program gives one free Kinsa thermometer to interested families in the community and provides a community illness tracker in their app so families can see what illnesses are going around the school community. All personal information is kept completely private while notifying the broader AL community of communicable illnesses.
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INFO SHARING
19-20 Yearbook Delivery Delay
Our yearbooks have been ordered but like all businesses in the world, LifeTouch is experiencing some delays in production. This is due to their factories being affected by COVID. Click here to read the letter from LifeTouch.
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INFO SHARING
Social Work and Counseling Corner
Starting the week of August 17, food pick up will change to Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:30. The location is the east door of the Armour campus on McGee Street. Deliveries will also take place on that day. Please contact your school counselor or social worker if you need deliveries. This is available to all families. We want to say a special thank you to the volunteers from St. John's Methodist Church for helping us with deliveries.
Sincerely,
Check out our AL Counseling and Social Services Department website!
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INFO SHARING
Fall School Supplies Orders
 Dear Parents, Our school is participating in a school supplies program with Yubbler.com this year. When you purchase your school supplies on Yubbler.com, our school will receive 50% of the profits! * One-click ordering makes back-to-school shopping simple! * All lists are teacher approved * Parents can customize orders (buy only what you need) * Quality, name-brand products you trust * Low prices and next-day shipping to your home * The school gets half the profits! Register for a coupon code here. Visit Yubbler to order today!
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INFO SHARING
Technology and Equipment
- If you have technical difficulties with a Chromebook or the Google Classroom Roger Goudiaby, [email protected].
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INFO SHARING
Communication
- To help answer your questions, we have created our Covid-19 webpage, which will be updated as we have more information to share. If, at any time, you have a question, concern or information to share, please do not hesitate to reach out to your child's teachers, counselors, principals or Mr. Mbengue.
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Oak Street Campus
6903 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64113
816-361-7735
Armour Campus,
201 E. Armour Blvd,
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-800-8771
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Cherry Street Campus
3421 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64109
816-888-7400
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