It's a sweep for the Commodores! 🧹⛳ Lafayette Girls and Boys Golf Team for sweeping both matches at Pontotoc CC.   On the leader board for the boys was Easton Thompson and the girls were anchored by Ainslee Everett.

Mrs. Whitten started a new trend at Lafayette Upper Elementary. With the help of her husband, she created the Anchor Teacher Award to pass from one teacher to another who has inspired, encouraged, or motivated them. The first recipient is Mr. Kyzar. Thank you Mrs. Whitten for starting such a motivating tradition for the faculty and staff.

Mrs. Threlkeld’s first-grade class read "My Mouth is a Volcano" by Julia Cook earlier this week. The students created volcanos and made them erupt. The experiment was a cool way to connect science and reading in the classroom.

If you're in town, you should go cheer on the Commodores at OHS for an exciting tri-match versus Northwest Ranking and Oxford.

It's time to order your Lafayette Yard Sign! Show your support for your Commodore with a custom sign. $25 per sign Order by Thursday, August 29th. Contact stacey.raspo@gocommodores.org for orders and details.

Lafayette High School students worked on interview skills today as part of the Commodore Media Group. Athletics Director Greg Lewis participated in a press conference-style format that allowed students to form questions while working on building listening and comprehension skills using follow-up questions.

This Week in Lafayette Athletics: Aug 12-17th

FLASHBACK FRIDAY We completed the first full week of the school year. Well done, Commodores! We wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of our community members and local businesses for dedicating resources and time to serve our staff to start the year on a great note.

The new lock screen football schedule just dropped. #almostthere

CHARGE Syndrome Awareness Day We love our fearless Commodore Ollie and stand together to support this monumental day. The first paper on the discovery of the CHD7 gene was published by Professor Conny van Ravenswaaij-Arts (August 8, 2004). This day aims to raise awareness of the variability of CHARGE syndrome to help improve diagnosis and access to best practice interventions.

MAIN CAMPUS AFTERNOON TRAFFIC UPDATE We want to thank everyone for their patience and generosity in working with our staff daily to ensure the Commodore experience is great. We have an update on minor changes to the afternoon traffic on the main campus. We implement these changes for the safety of our students and drivers as we flow traffic during bus waves. 1. Car rider pick locations are only at the front of each building (LUES, LMS, and LHS). 2. South Commodore Dr, the road behind the LMS Gym, will now be closed to traffic. 3. LHS drivers exiting the LMS back parking lot will exit directly from Commodore Dr onto HWY 334 (green arrows). 4. The point beyond the LMS back parking lot will be one-way traffic for the bus lane and the lower athletics parking lot heading out to LUES. LHS drivers parked in the athletics parking lot will have to exit toward LUES and loop if exiting during dismissal.

Lafayette Upper Elementary parents are invited to attend our annual Title 1 meeting at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 in the LUES 3-5 Library. Doors will open at 4:45.

First game on The Ship! See you on Tuesday!

Lafayette Athletics This Week: Aug 5 -10

Introducing: Tailgate the Endzone You can now reserve a tent at the endzone for home games. Call 662-234-3271 to reserve today!

Spirit Days for the 2024 football season! Show off your Commodore spirit.

3K ✅ Lafayette CXC with a strong finish and representation at the annual Watermelon Festival 3K run/walk. Willow Noble (9th) was 1st female finisher and Hazel Dawson (7th) was 3rd female finisher. Great morning for the unofficial start of the season.

TAKING FLIGHT Cody Quarles, a senior, is now a certified pilot. He was the only cadet selected in Mississippi to attend the Air Force JROTC Flight Academy this summer. This is an eight-week summer aviation program conducted at partnering universities nationwide. Congratulations!

Lafayette Volleyball kicks off the athletic year with tournament play at the Mississippi Volleyball Invitational hosted by @misshsaa in Jackson, MS. Thirty-two (32) elite teams face off for the chance at tournament gold.

A GOLDEN PERFORMANCE FOR LCSD PRE-K PROGRAM We are thrilled to share that our LES Pre-K achieved a perfect score of 100/100 on the end-of-year Kindergarten Rate of Readiness. MKAS2: 25/25 points CELA: 25/25 points CLASS: 50/50 points Congratulations to our amazing Pre-K students and their fantastic teachers. You’ve truly earned your gold! The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has established a rate of readiness for each collaborative site as part of the Effectiveness Evaluation of Early Learning Collaborative and Other Pre-K Classrooms. The rate of readiness is a score assigned to each site through the completion of specific evaluation tools that assess how children grow academically and developmentally throughout a school year and how the classroom environment and teaching practices support children’s learning.