Distance Learning and COVID-19 Response
Distance Learning at Académie Lafayette
This section contains teacher websites and resources, schedules, tutorial videos, and expectations for online learning.
All of our students have an Académie Lafayette email through Gmail.com. It is generally the first letter of their first name followed by their last name @academielafayette.org. For example, Jane Doe would be jdoe@academielafayette.org.
If you need assistance with your child’s login credentials, email your child’s homeroom teacher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Access the Fall 2020 FAQs here. This is a live document so that new questions and answers can be added as they arise. Additional FAQs can be found below.
Review our school reopening plans via the links below.
All tours have been cancelled due to health concerns for all involved. For additional information, visit our Tours & Open House page.
About COVID-19
The following are additional helpful resources in understanding and talking about COVID-19, but please don’t hesitate to reach out to our school social workers if you feel your child needs additional support:
- General information from the CDC
- Talking to children about COVID-19:
- Our AL social workers’ website
More FAQs & Current Logistics
Take our sack lunch survey if you need food assistance.
We distribute food at the Armour campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays between noon–1:30 p.m. We are doing food distribution on a first come first served basis. Please contact your campus counselor to inquire.
Teachers have daily online office hours for children who have questions or need additional help.
Courses are recorded and put on Google Classroom for students in grades 2–9. Grades K–1 use a different platform. Parents will receive more information from their children’s homeroom teachers.
If you need a Chromebook, please fill out the technology waitlist form on the side.
You can find various school updates through the resources on this webpage.
Food, toiletries, and cleaning supplies can be donated from 12:30–1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the east door of the Armour campus off McGee Street.
Please leave a message on the answering machine and it will go to our front desk person. You can find the office numbers for your student’s school in the website footer or on the Contact page.
You can also contact teachers and staff directly through the school directories:
Please contact IT Director Roger Goudiaby via email.
Please contact your child’s teacher.
Please contact one of our social workers found under the Who should I contact? heading on the Contact page. Our Counseling & Social Services Department website is also a great resource.
Here are some ways you can support your child in virtual learning:
- Ensure that your child can access his/her assignments and that he/she completes them daily.
- Regularly check email from Académie Lafayette, your child’s teacher(s), and Google Classroom.
- Identify a space in your home for your child to work with the least amount of distractions.
- Decide what device your child will use with adult help to view videos and other messages sent by his/her teacher(s). Please contact Roger Goudiaby if you have any concerns about your internet capabilities or devices.
- Continue to supervise your child when he/she is using devices with online access and have your child put phones and other electronics away during scheduled classroom time.
- Share feedback with your child’s teacher(s).
- Contact teacher(s) with questions or concerns related to virtual classroom learning and assignments.
- Establish routines and expectations for your child.
- Remember the importance of movement throughout the day, as well as recess time outside.
Contact Roger Goudiaby
Internet options
Here are a few free or low-cost internet options:
- FCC agreement states that providers will waive late fees, not cut off service for lack of payment, and open hot-spots.
- Altice USA is offering Altice Advantage 30 Mbps broadband solution free for 60 days to any new customer household within its footprint.
- AT&T COVID-19 response: AT&T is offering open hotspots, unlimited data to existing customers, and $10/month plans to low-income families.
- Comcast COVID-19 response: Comcast is offering free Wi-Fi for 2 months to low-income families plus, all Xfinity hotspots are free to the public during this time.
- Charter Free Internet offer for 2 months
- Sprint COVID-19 response: Sprint follows FCC agreement, provides unlimited data to existing customers, and, starting Tuesday, 3/17/2020, will allow all handsets to enable hotspots for 60 days at no extra charge.
- T-Mobile COVID-19 response: T-Mobile also follows FCC agreement, plus unlimited data to existing customers, and, coming soon, will allow all handsets to enable hot-spots for 60 days at no extra charge.
- Verizon COVID-19 response: Verizon currently has no special offers but is following the FCC agreement.