Hi everyone!

Here is a brief overview of this week's newsletter:

• We still need your help emailing the District about funding the AP position
• Set up your Givebutter fundraiser page for this month's read-a-thon!
• Sign up to contribute food etc for teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week
• Get your wheels ready for Bike / Roll to School Day on May 6th!
• Pre-order your yearbooks here!

The Read-a-thon is almost finished, but there's still time to get in some final reading time and donations!

Thanks to you, we've raised over $10,000 so far, but we're still shy of our final goal of $30,000! You can collect and manage pledges online through your GiveButter page, or fill out your pledge form and collect cash, checks, or paypal donations!

Did you lose your form? Copies are available in the school library, or you can download and print the packet at home here.

Important Dates:

Monday, April 27: Final day of the read-a-thon!
Tuesday, April 28 - Friday, May 1: Collect pledges/donations and turn in reading forms! Students can return completed forms to their classroom teacher or to the Read-a-thon table at morning drop-off. (5th graders at Nature Bridge have until Monday, May 5th).

This year's prizes:

Everyone who participates: A blue color-changing Lafayette pencil and a raffle entry to win an XL Claude stuffie

The top readers and fundraisers:

• Signed copy of Claude
• Claude stuffie from the Academy of Sciences
• Read-a-thon winner t-shirt
• Lunch with the author Emma Bland Smith (for grades 3-5)
• A class party for the rooms with the highest total participation

Visiting Author: After the read-a-thon, we’ll celebrate with an assembly from our guest author Emma Bland Smith, on Friday, May 15th, 2026.

Do you love reading and want to help make the read-a-thon even better next year? Email LafayetteReads@gmail.com

Allie Summers and Justin Haywald
Lafayette Read-a-Thon Co-Chairs
LafayetteReads@gmail.com 

Teacher Appreciation Week is right around the corner, and we’re excited to once again come together as a community to show our Lafayette teachers and staff some love.

As in years past, we’ll be stocking the teachers’ lounge with breakfast treats Monday through Thursday—and wrapping up the week with a catered lunch on Friday.

How can you help? By contributing to the breakfast spread!

Sign up here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vNZxK85T0MBF4sZfNCiItEr-XycsJeseYoMQLO-c4JI/edit?gid=0#gid=0 

Items needed: (Items should be dropped off in the teachers’ lounge at 7:30 AM on your selected day.)

• Pastries (nut-free, with some vegan options)
• Breakfast bites (gluten-free and vegan options appreciated)
• Pre-cut fruit
• Coffee / tea
• Juice
• Reminder Please keep in mind that Lafayette is a nut free campus. All pastries should be NUT FREE.

Thank you for helping us make this week special for our staff!

— Crisel, Christina & Natalie

At 7:30am on May 6th, families can meet up with a staff person and other community members to walk and/or bike to school. Meet at the following cross streets:

30th / Balboa
40th / Anza
36th / Fulton

Please help provide photos for this year's yearbook! From class field trips and special school-wide events, to after-school sports and arts programs – please use the link below to start uploading your photos to the relevant folders for use in the 2025-26 yearbook!

The yearbook is only as good as the photos we have to create it with, so we appreciate your participation in this process!

Upload your photos here

You may also purchase your yearbooks at this time as well! This year the books will ship directly to your house, and if you order by June 16th will include two free custom pages. In order to include events up until the end of the year, the books will not be completed until after the school year ends, but will be delivered by the end of July.

Purchase your yearbook here
Passcode: 1015718683474794

ATTENTION 5TH GRADE FAMILIES:

5th grade parents are also given the option to purchase "Recognition Ads" for their child which will print in every single yearbook (custom pages only print in individual books).

In order to include events up until the end of the year (like class promotion), the books will not be completed until after the school year ends, but will be delivered by the end of July. 

The Lost and Found has filled up again! Please stop by (located outside the music room and auditorium) to see if you recognize anything. Thanks!

(SFUSD neither endorses nor sponsors the organization or activity described in this announcement. This distribution is provided as a community service.)

SUN Bucks for eligible students ($120)

What are SUN Bucks? SUN Bucks (also known as Summer EBT) is a permanent programs that helps families with school-aged children buy food during summer months. Learn more on the website and visit School Cafe to apply.

To sign up, register here.

Register here. Flyer with more information is here.

Link to register

There's no better way to make an impact than to become an active advocate for this community. Join now and make your voice heard!

Lafayette Elementary PTA • 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization • Tax ID# 94-6172049