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News and Announcements
Lion Pride Newsletter - January & February 2010
It's here! The Lion Pride for January and February! Check it out for all the Lafayette News!
Lafayette Charter's 4th Graders Score in LEAP's 98th Percentile
With the help of motivation and extra support from their teachers, 98% of fourth graders at Lafayette passed the LEAP test in 2009.
Bouquets & Brickbats
Greta Smidt, a Lithuanian-born 16-year-old high school sophomore who now lives in Georgia, is donating $7,000 for educational purposes to local charter school Lafayette Academy and another $5,000 to Warren Easton High School.
A Post-Katrina Charter School in New Orleans Gets a Second Change
How a “nimble, determined organization of amateurs” turned Lafayette Academy from a struggling new charter school to a place where “we’re just educating.”
Volunteers Step Up to Bridge Textbook Gaps in NO Schools
Lafayette Students receive books and pajamas for a “comfy” reading experience to encourage children and adults to read the same book on the same day.