Join us to honor the life of Savitha Shan

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A vigil has been organized by The University of Texas tomorrow, Wednesday, March 4, from 7:00–8:00 p.m. on the Main Mall to honor Savitha’s life.

She was not just a headline — she was a LASA classmate and a member of the Class of 2022. This will be a time to stand together, remember her, and support her family during an unimaginable loss.

If you are able to attend, please come. If not, please continue to keep her family, friends, and classmates in your thoughts.

Let’s honor her by showing up for one another with care.

Two Upcoming Events from Raising Healthy Raptors

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“Getting to Calm” Parenting Book Club Part 3 (last meeting)

  • Sun March, 8 1:15- 2:45 pm at Austin library – Ruiz branch; 1600 Grove Blvd
  • We will be discussing the end of the book: chapters 10-14. All are welcome, whether or not you attended Part 1 or 2, but we still have a room limits so we need everyone who is planning to attend to fill out the RSVP form.
  • Contact Mandy Menzer at mmh20cornell@yahoo.com with any questions.

Free, Virtual, Parent Education Series from Healthy Futures of Texas in March

  • This series aims to help parents improve communication skills with their teens and young adults around healthy relationships and sexual health. They are looking for honest feedback from parents with kids between the ages of 13-24, so they are also offering gift cards for those willing to take anonymous surveys.
  • The next series is in March. See the Healthy Futures of Texas flyer for details.

WHAT’S MY JOB HERE?: UNDERSTANDING YOUR ROLE AS A PARENT IN THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
6–7pm

As an essay coach and college consultant, I watch parents struggle mightily every year to figure out what their role in the college application process should be. What’s doing too much? What’s doing too little? What if your student wants you to butt out? What if no matter how many times you yell, plead, and try to inspire, your student isn’t engaging in the process? How much responsibility do you entrust to your student? These are all questions most of the parents I work with don’t know the answer to. This class is about having a very frank discussion through vignettes, concrete examples, and longterm experience about making sure you aren’t going into the college app process with the wrong assumptions about your part in the process. Bring your questions!

Get tickets at https://pflasa.org/product-category/masterclasses/

Raptor Library Book Fair

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The Raptor Library will be hosting a Book Fair again this year, but it will look a little different due to BookPeople getting out of the book fair game last year (SB13 ramifications). So we’re going to host a crowd-sourced book fair! All paperbacks will be $1 and all hardbacks will be $2. I have quite a few books already but I would love any and all donations! The money made from our book fairs is used to purchase new books for our small, but mighty library. Books can be delivered to the front office or the library any day we’re in school.

If you’d like to volunteer at the event, you can check out the SignUp Genius. Thank you!