Come sign up to PFLASA’s FB and class Google groups during BYPTSD

PFLASA will be set up both during morning check-in by the front office (7:20-8:10) and during lunch in Mr Mueller’s room (506), on Thursday and Friday during Bring Your Parents to School Days.

If you’ve been having issues joining us, or if you know people who have had trouble, this will be your opportunity! Please join us. 🙂

The 3rd Gift Card Gala is coming up!

Thank you to all of you ladies who have already signed up! At the time I type this message, we have 63 responses, which is incredible! And yes, we have room for more of you, so please join us to catch up with old friends and/or make new ones! Please sign up to join us on 9/27.

As we get closer, we’d love to have a better idea of which gift card you are bringing; if you know please don’t forget to update the SignUpGenius!

In case you need ideas, here are a few popular unclaimed ones: REI, Lush cosmetics, Snap Kitchen, Athleta, Lululemon, Crux, Waterloo Records, End of an Ear, Homeslice Pizza, Pinthouse Pizza, HopDoddy’s, PTerry’s, Canes, Yeti Store, Jerry’s Artarama, Half Price Books, Spas, Boba places, Tiff’s treats, Juiceland, Daiso, Austin Books and Comics, Toy Joy, Tiny Pies, Loro, restaurants, coffee shops, etc…

Thank you for your support of the Class of 2026!

LASA Dance Spooktacular Dance Clinic!

LASA Dance invites all Pre-K-11th grade dancers to join us for our Lil’ and Junior Spooktacular Dance Clinic hosted at LASA High School, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.

Students are welcome to stay for a full day from 8-4P for $75 or a half day from 8-12P for $40. Clinic attendees will learn Thriller themed choreography, enjoy team building activities, have arts and crafts time, and practice dance technique. All dancers staying for the full day need to pack a nut-free lunch as well.

Additionally, dance clinic students are invited to join Velocity and Dynasty dance teams at our annual Spooktacular Football halftime performance on Thursday, October 30 at Burger Stadium at 7:30PM!

Register and see more details at: Tinyurl.com/LASADanceSpookyClinic

Contact Paige.Gomez@Austinisd.org or LASADanceBooster@gmail.com with any questions, and we hope to see you/your dancer(s) there!

Reflections entries for “I Belong” theme are due Oct 31

“I Belong” is the theme this school year’s Reflections Art Contest. The submission deadline is October 31, 2025.

National PTA’s Reflections program provides opportunities for students to explore their own thoughts, feelings, and ideas, develop artistic literacy, increase confidence, and find a love for learning that will help them become more successful in school and in life.

Reflections Arts categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts. Multiple submissions are welcome!

Find more details, including rules and the student entry form, at https://www.lasaptsa.org/reflections.

Join our PFLASA FB Group!

We’re eager to welcome our new parents to our PFLASA Facebook group!
Group members are parents and staff members. We have discussions about pretty much anything LASA-related!

To join, please log on from a computer to facebook.com/groups/pflasa.

You will be prompted to answer 3 security questions on FB (one includes an external Google form) AND to agree to our group rules. If any part of the process is missing, your membership is automatically denied until 100% complete. You may resubmit at any time.

PS: This process does not work from a phone. FB groups don’t prompt membership questions on a handheld device.

Host a Great Gathering!

Great Gatherings (GGs) are an excellent way to build community and a fun way to help PFLASA’s fundraising efforts. So, grab some friends and host a party!

Hosts incur costs for the gathering and the ticket sales go to PFLASA. GGs can be held for your grade level to get to know your parent cohort, open to a mix of classes, or for the entire LASA population. As host, you determine your audience and size of your event. We suggest a ticket price of $30/ guest, but each event is unique and we are happy to work with you if you feel your event meets a lower or higher ticket price.

Some hosts come up with a theme but there is no pressure. Some ideas from the past: wine, beer or scotch tastings, yoga class, balloon twisting, blackjack, V day, Halloween.. You can elect to host in your home or at a venue.

How to host? Simply fill out the GGs Interest Form with all the dates and details of your event and someone will get in touch with you promptly!

Save the Date! 3rd Annual Gift Card Gala / Moms HH on 9/27

Dear Raptor Moms,

You are all cordially invited to join us for the 3rd Annual Gift Card Gala on Saturday Sept. 27th, benefiting the Class of 2026 Project Graduation fundraising efforts. This event is a traditional PFLASA Great Gathering (more on that later) and as with many things at LASA, this is a pay-it-forward act—and open to moms of ALL Classes!

In order to “enter” this Gala, we are kindly asking you to bring an unused gift card (suggested value of $25 or more) as your “ticket fee”.
We will take all of these gift cards and add them to the Class of 2026 Online Auction in November.

Have unused Gift Cards laying around your house? You can donate those too! If you are going out to buy a new gift card for this event, please consider a restaurant, a store or somewhere popular that you know will sell in the auction.

Please view details and sign-up here.

Come Join the LASA PTSA!

It’s time to join the LASA PTSA for the 2025-2026 membership year! All welcome to join (parents, students, grandparents, community members, really everyone)!

Last year was amazing! We…

  • Had record membership numbers for our PTSA
  • Earned so many awards due to your membership! (You can see them all on our website)
  • Hosted numerous Advocacy Workshops for our students
  • Visited the Texas Capitol to advocate for Public Education during Rally Day and provided lunches to the students and faculty in attendance
  • Advocated for the local neighborhood for parking issues
  • Provided a light grab and go continental breakfast for the Classes of 2027 and 2028 during the first day of finals
  • Provided donuts to the faculty and staff during the first day of finals

And SO MUCH MORE

We’d love to have you join us (again) this year. You can join and donate here: https://www.lasaptsa.org/

SchoolPool for Carpool Options

LASA is working with SchoolPool, a carpool matching program. This is a program which can help you find others in your area and set up carpools to and from bus hubs and/or LASA. It can also be helpful to coordinate for afterschool activities, or LASA sporting event.

To get started, simply fill out the interest form using the QR code, or use this link.

Back again for Week 2: AP SNACK DONATION REQUEST

Thank you so much for your support! We have a little more to go to finish the upcoming second week of testing. We are so thankful for this community and its support!

TWO WAYS TO DONATE:

  1. AMAZON: Snacks are a click away! Select any variety of the dry-good items suggested (or whatever tickles your fancy) and have them delivered to LASA.
    • ATTN: PFLASA AP Snacks, 1012 Arthur Stiles Rd., Austin, TX 78721
    • Please arrange for a weekday delivery.
  2. SHOP LOCAL/DELIVER TO LASA: Add some extra items to your weekly grocery list and drop them in the LASA Office. There will be a cooler in the office for perishable items.

Items for Week 1: Bring to the main office on Friday, May 2 or by 7:15am Monday, May 5.

Items for Week 2: should be brought to the main office on Friday, May 9 or by 7:15am Monday, May 12.

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to donate! We still have nervous testing bellies to fill!

Click for the signup/ list of snacks.