SAT/ACT Webinar with Michael Cancella of Bee Tutored

Join Bee Tutored’s SAT/ACT expert, Michael Cancella to learn all you need to know about SAT vs ACT, when to begin prep and how to navigate the new digital exam. Junior SAT is coming up in the spring, so this is a good opportunity to learn now how to best prepare. Learn more here.

When: January 13, 2026 @ 7pm

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$10 students/$25 adults (only one purchase per family necessary)

Announcing the Reflections 2025-2026 Advancing Artists

Congratulations to the artists who participated in the 2025-2026 National PTA Reflections. We had a wonderful Artist Recognition Celebration for everyone who entered last week and it was a great time! We would like to announce the Artists that are moving from the LASA level to the ACPTA (Austin Council PTA) Level.

With a theme of “I Belong!” For The Categories of:

  • Literature: Ananth Pakanati and Ariana Rodrigue
  • Photography: Piper Meley, Liam Harris and Ananth Pakanati
  • Visual Arts: Camille Mei, Tiernan O’Keefe and Zaara Zaidi
  • Music Composition: Chloe Billhardt and Grant Ratcliffgardy
  • Dance Choreography: Amelia Ratcliffgardy and Sadie Sarrat

We were pleased to have increased the number of artists and entries this year and hope that even more will participate in the LASA PTSA Reflections program next year. The Reflections theme for 2026-2027 is “What My Culture Means to Me”.

Congrats Again, LASA Reflections

LASA Volleyball is bringing the coffee truck back!!

Tom’s Coffee Truck is coming back on January 12th to help get you through the post-holiday blues!

Tom’s will be on campus on Monday, January 12th from 6:30am–10:30am. See the flyer.

Get to campus early so you don’t miss out!

There was a huge response last time they visited, and your LASA Volleyball Booster wants everyone to get served! (Pun intended.)

Pre-orders will be available, and the window to order ahead of time will close at noon on January 11th.

Save my drink!
Pre-order by 1/11 noon

PFLASA Study Groups 2025 Fall Finals Schedule

Greetings LASA Community!

The PFLASA Study Groups Committee continues to work diligently to ensure that this resource is useful and available to all students. We have hired two additional tutors to help out during finals week and next semester.

Support in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology will be available on of the days shown below:

  • Monday, December 15th 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
  • Tuesday, December 16th 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
  • Wednesday, December 17th 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
  • Thursday, December 18th 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm

In service,
PFLASA Study Groups Committee

Calling All Parents with High School Experience from Schools other than LASA!

Do you have a child at another high school? Or one that graduated from somewhere other than LASA? Or did you transfer to LASA after freshman year?

PFLASA needs parents with these backgrounds to help with our “Find Your Fit” Parent Panels. With the advent of ranked choice applications a few years ago, PFLASA started hosting this event for parents of potential students during the COGAT testing. This helps parents decide if LASA is the right fit for their student. And it is a fun way to hear about other programs in AISD and private schools.

Incoming parents have told us how helpful these panels have been.

Please reach out to president@pflasa.org by January 5th! Especially if you have a few hours to volunteer on either Saturday, January 10th or 24th! But even if you can’t make those dates work, please also reach out if you would like to participate in this event in future years.

2025 Reflections Recognition (Update) & Reception Date

Congratulations to the artists that participated in the LASA PTSA Reflections 2025-2026 art competition (“I Belong!”).

We will have a reception for all of our participants Thursday, Dec 11 at the beginning of lunch.

Please recognize our amazing artists who contributed to Reflections this year.

  • Advika Raghav (somehow left out last week)
  • Akwaeno Udosen
  • Alex Catterson
  • Amelia Ratcliffgardy
  • Ananth Pakanati
  • Ariana Rodriguez
  • Chloe Billhardt
  • Elise Foster
  • Gargi Pandey
  • Gordon Streber
  • Grant Ratcliffgardy
  • Knox Meley
  • Liam Harris
  • Maeve Mohundro
  • Paxton Tidrick
  • Piper Meley
  • Ryan Wu
  • Sadie Sarrat
  • Sahana Vijay
  • Stella Thomaz
  • Tiernan O’Keefe
  • Zaara Zaidi
  • Zixuan (Camille) Mei

Judging has been completed and we will be announcing the artists that move forward to the Austin Council PTA (ACPTA) level at the Reflections Recognition Celebration this Thursday, December 11th during lunch.

Great Job!

LASA Reflections

PFLASA’s Raising Healthy Raptors: Parent Book Club Interest Form

Greetings, LASA community!

My name is Mandy Menzer and I am a fellow LASA parent as well as a clinical psychologist. I wanted to see if there would be any interest in possibly having a parenting book club. I have found this particular book, Getting to Calm: Cool Headed Strategies for Parenting Teens and Tweens, to be based on solid psychological research as well as easy to read and apply in my own parenting dilemmas.

More information can be found in this Google form, which will help me to both gauge interest and to get contact info for those who would like to receive updates about it. Feel free to email mmh20cornell@yahoo.com with any questions.

Congratulations to our Reflections Artists of 2025

We are pleased to congratulate the artists that participated in the PTA Reflections 2025-2026 themed “I Belong!” art competition. The judging should be completed soon to find out who moves on to ACPTA reflections. We hope to have a reception for all of our participants very soon. We would like to recognize these esteemed artists who contributed to Reflections this year:

  • Akwaeno Udosen
  • Alex Catterson
  • Amelia Ratcliffgardy
  • Ananth Pakanati
  • Ariana Rodriguez
  • Chloe Billhardt
  • Elise Foster
  • Gargi Pandey
  • Gordon Streber
  • Grant Ratcliffgardy
  • Knox Meley
  • Liam Harris
  • Maeve Mohundro
  • Paxton Tidrick
  • Piper Meley
  • Ryan Wu
  • Sadie Sarrat
  • Sahana Vijay
  • Stella Thomaz
  • Tiernan O’Keefe
  • Zaara Zaidi
  • Zixuan (Camille) Mei

We will be announcing the artists that move forward to the Austin Council PTA (ACPTA) level next week and will be planning a Reflections Recognition Celebration during lunch soon as well.

Great Job! LASA Reflections

Join PFLASA for an evening zoom meeting, Thursday, Dec 4th 6:30-8pm!

Come join us for the first PFLASA evening zoom meeting of the year! We will briefly discuss PFLASA general business, then follow that up with a special guest presenter and a topic that we hope will be especially useful as the semester nears its end. This meeting was originally scheduled for November 18th, but due to a scheduling conflict, we had to move it to the first week of December.

Date: Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Time: 6:30-8pm
Location: Zoom (link TBA)
Special Topic: Frontline/Blend for parents: How and when to use Frontline and Blend for productive parenting interactions