Clubs & Activities
Lafayette offers many ongoing enrichment activities throughout the school year. Enrichment activities are supported by the Gifted and Talented program as well as BVSD and are sponsored by teachers.
Our current programs for 2024-25 typically operate from 2:55-3:55 pm. Exact dates can be found on the website calendar on our home page:
Sewing Club - grades 2-3 on Wednesdays March through April.
Curious Cougar News - grades K-5 on Tuesdays September through May - Check out the latest issue on our home page!
Mural Art Project - grades 3-5, March through April.
Student Council - grades 3-5, October through May
Choir - grades 4-5, January through March - The Lafayette Cougar Pride Choir is a diverse, non-auditioned group of singers who perform for the school and community. Cougar Pride members perform songs in many languages and musical styles as they consistently strive for excellence.
Volleyball Club - 4th Grade on Mondays, February through March and 5th Grade on Wednesdays throughout April.
No Place for Hate - grades 3-5, Monthly October through April
Shakespeare Club - grade 5, October through May with a special field trip the Willpower Festival on the CU campus!
Chess Club - grades 3-5, January through February - Through small group coaching, beginning players learn strategic moves that help improve their level of play while intermediate students develop strategies that enhance their level of play.
Battle of the Books - grades 3-5, January through April with a BVSD school competition on April 26th!
Math Mania - grades 3-5, April through May
Service Club - grades K-5 on Mondays, May through April - In service to our community, children carry out a different service activity every week, such as writing letters to the elderly, making bracelets for young patients at the children’s hospital, holding a coat, canned food, or pet food drive, decorating "kindness" rocks for distribution in local parks, picking up trash on the playground with the Trash Pandas (or general tidying up), creating enrichment toys for local farm animals, and more!
Geography Bee - 4th and 5th grade students participate in the National GeoBee sponsored by National Geographic Magazine.
Spelling Bee - Both primary and intermediate students participate in a spelling bee at Lafayette Elementary. The school winner from the intermediate division then moves on to the Boulder Valley District Spelling Bee. Winners may go as far as the state and national level bees.
Other Co-Curricular Opportunities for enrichment offered at Lafayette Elementary:
Outdoor Education - Fifth grade students participate in an outdoor education program that provides opportunities to experience real life ecology structures and connections to the outdoors through an overnight outing with teachers and parents.
Lifelong Learning Programs
BVSD Lifelong Learning offers a way for kids to expand their knowledge without having to worry about grades or homework. After the school bell rings or during the summer, students can switch gears from core curriculum to their choice of creative, active and/or brain building options. Igniting a spark outside of the classroom can improve children’s attitude toward school and boost their self-confidence. Best of all, Lifelong Learning reinvests 100% of its profits back into BVSD.