Autumn Carnival

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A fun-filled day in the school yard with traditional games, music, snacks, a cake walk, jumpy house, prizes, and more!

Estimated people needed: 30-35

Different roles needed, including services: Set-up, cliean-up, prize table, inflatables, crafts, refreshment sales, ticket sales, etc.

Time Commitment: 1 hour or more

See past Autumn Carnival photos!

Halloween Parade & Carnival

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In the morning, the entire school will go on a Halloween parade around the block to show off their costumes. Then, throughout the day each classroom will visit the auditorium, which will be transformed into a creepy Halloween haven, much to the delight of the kids. The kids will enjoy games, face painting, fortune telling, popcorn, and more treats. Interested in volunteering during the ghostly day of Halloween fun with the kids? Whether you have 30 minutes or a couple hours, any help is appreciated.

Estimated people needed: 25 people for anywhere from 2 hours to 8 hours, for favor assemblage, day before Halloween set up, and working game booths. Also need clean up people at the end of the carnival.

Different roles needed, including services: Chair will coordinate volunteer sign up for set up and manning of games, popcorn making, and assemblage of party favors. Party favors to be ordered and packaged in weeks before Halloween carnival (about 460 needed for all students). Halloween themed decorating to be purchased and set up the day before Halloween. We will optimally have eight people for set up. This includes game set up: mini-golf course, rubber rat toss, fishing for spooky for treasures, face painting. Also to set up popcorn popper. Voluminous disposable spider webs adorn auditorium. All reusable supplies are stored on site. Clean up to include removing all reusable items and toting to Lafayette basement which is actually scarier than the carnival decorations. Chair and volunteers optimally dress up, but not too scary.

Time commitment: Day before Halloween and day of Halloween about four and eight hours at school, respectively. Preceding coordinating, favor assemblage, errand running, approximately twelve to fifteen hours. Any number of volunteer participants anywhere from two to eight hours on day of set up and Halloween.

Back to School Night

Teachers host parents in their classrooms to set expectations and explain the curriculum for the upcoming year. It’s a great way to meet other parents and plan for volunteer and field trip opportunities.

Book Fair

The Book Fair not only raises money but also puts books in the hands of every student, brings the community together, and supplements each classroom’s collection and the school’s main library. For every Scholastic book sold, Lafayette receives a credit for free books.

See past Book Fair photos!

Field Day

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Hosted by the PTA, this annual all-day school-wide picnic happens in May in Golden Gate Park. Each class is responsible for providing their own side dishes to supplement the hamburgers, hot dogs and snow-cones that are provided by the PTA. Organized games such as kickball, hula hoops and tug-of war are provided for students. Students walk with their classroom to the park where parents have set up the grills and tables and games for a day of fun!

Estimated people needed: 30-35

Different roles needed, including services: Transportation of food to Golden Gate Park area, food preparation and distribution, supervision at schoolyard for transportation of supplies, supervision at Golden Gate park as children walk around, bathroom supervision, face- painting, run activities, clean-up.

Time Commitment: 1 hour or more

Fun Run

This fun community building event and fundraiser, promotes physical fitness and good health. Children run a specified distance in a given time and raise pledges for their run. The run ends in a family picnic! It is a great way to spend the day with family and friends while supporting Lafayette.

Math Night

A fun night where Lafayette students and parents come to the school to play fun math games.

Multicultural Night/Week

A week of celebrating the different cultures that make up our Lafayette Community. Students participate in an Around the World Passport Activity in their classrooms, watch student performances and attend our Annual School Potluck in the evening. Everyone is invited to this potluck and families are asked to bring a dish representing their cultural heritage.

School Musical

This theatrical production is run entirely by the parents. All students are encouraged to audition, and everyone gets a part. The talent and commitment of our students and parents is incredible.

See past School Musical Spring Play performance photos!

Science Week

Families and friends are invited to check out how Lafayette implements the California Science Standards through the Full Options Science Systems (FOSS) curriculum. Classes showcase their projects, investigations, and experiments that they have been learning in science throughout the year. During the week, you’ll see the various experiments and investigations displayed in the halls, and during one evening, students will formally present their work to families and the community.

See past Science Week photos!

Read-a-thon

In this annual fundraiser, students set reading time goals and ask sponsors to pledge money toward meeting those reading goals. All the funds collected in this event are used to support school programs.

Stop, Drop & Go

The award-winning Stop, Drop & Go program enables students to be dropped off safely in front of the school while keeping traffic and parking issues at a minimum. We greet about 150 families every morning and unload 8 to 10 cars per minute. The program’s success is due to the commitment and shared responsibility of all the parents at our school. Each classroom has two rotations scheduled each year.

See “Stop, Drop & Go” page for more details.