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Par la sagesse, liberté

Through wisdom, liberty

Teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members will work together to create lifelong learners and accountable citizens who rise to meet challenges and strive to give back to their communities.

--- Brian Zager, Principal

Currently, ALL middle school students are learning full-time remote.

We are waiting on guidance from the Department of Education to know when it will be safe again to open our schools, at which time blended learning will resume. In the meantime, students can access all of their class work and live class sessions via Google Classroom. Please see the letter below for further details regarding school reopening plans for the NYCDOE.

School Reopening Updates

All students who plan to return to blended learning must fill out the following consent form for weekly Covid testing

As a part of the DOE's safety plan for schools, we need to ensure that we are monitoring our student population continuously. All students who plan to attend school in person must complete the following consent form. Completed forms can be emailed to our parent coordinator, Ms. Starrlynn Fikaris, at

Student Consent Form for Covid Testing

Latest Updates

NYCDOE Reopening Plan, 11/29/20

Updates for Families in Marking Period 2

Parent Teacher Conferences in November! Sign up now!

Updates for the 2020-2021 School Year

Updates for Fall 2020, Return to School Survey

PTA Meeting Friday, June 19th

Important Links

Lafayette Academy has moved to a remote learning platform as of Monday, March 23rd. Students can access lessons and assignments through Google Classroom. Please find important resources linked below. We are constantly adapting to the current situation - we have deep gratitude for your flexibility, understanding, and cooperation.

Attendance correction form

Late Work Extenuating Circumstances

Learn about Regional Enrichment Centers

Updated Grading Policy

Blended Learning Schedule

See the Calendar page for more

NYC Schools Account

Frequently Asked Questions

When can students speak to their teachers face-to face?

Students can see teachers for their core classes every single day during live sessions. For each period, there is a 20-minute live session when students can log on, see their teachers and classmates, and discuss the day's lesson. Students are also welcome to reach out to teachers directly during the new STUDY HALL period, Monday - Thursday mornings from 8:40 - 9:10 am. Simply join the link for your teacher's study hall (posted on their google classroom page) and get some extra help with your school work.

How can parents see what students need to do each day?

In your student's google classroom page, there is a tool called "To Do" - it compiles all the assignments that are due in each class as a to-do list. We suggest checking in with your student at least once in the morning and once in the afternoon to to see the assignments they have due for the day.

Can students have live stream lessons so that they can interact with their friends and their teachers?

Yes -- all core classes have live-streamed lessons via Google Meet for their core classes. Consult the daily schedule for your student to see when each class meets in a live session.

Sometimes my student submits work, but it is later marked as missing. Why is this happening?

If a teacher returns work to a student without a grade and the student does not resubmit by the marked deadline, the work will be marked as missing. Usually, teachers do this if work is incomplete or done incorrectly, and the teacher will leave comments on the assignment indicating why it has been returned. This is done with the intention of giving students opportunities to improve and complete their work before a final grade is assigned.

My student feels overloaded with the number of assignments - can we have more time to complete them, or fewer assignments?

For all assignments, students have at least a 24 hour time period to complete any assigned work. If your student is struggling with time management and needs some additional guidance from teachers, we strongly recommend that students attend the new Study Hall period for additional guidance with their coursework.

We're having some technical difficulties opening up some of the documents that are attached as classwork.

Again, we thank you for your patience as we all adjust to online learning. We have since ensured that teachers are posting work as google docs and google slides, which can be edited easily by students, rather than word documents that must be downloaded and uploaded.

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