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

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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!

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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

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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.

Congrats and Thank You to the Class of 2028 (and 2027)!

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The Class of 2028 is this year’s winner of our PTSA membership contest! Thank you so much for all your memberships and for participating in the largest advocacy organization in the United States for children.

Hey Class of 2027! You were close and you were the winners last year, so we’re including you in the celebration too! We know we didn’t get to celebrate you last year so we’re going to this year.

The LASA PTSA will be providing a light Continental Breakfast Grab and Go on the first day of finals! Come see us at the bus loop on Friday, May 23rd before school. This is open to the Classes of 2028 and 2027. We’ll be there at 7:00am until we run out of food or when school begins, whichever comes first.

Good luck with finals and thanks everyone for your membership. If you haven’t joined yet, it’s not too late! We also are still taking donated memberships for faculty members!

https://www.lasaptsa.org/

Back again for Week 2: AP SNACK DONATION REQUEST

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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.

Our Students Are the Best!

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Thanks to our student members, LASA PTSA has earned the Special Category Student Membership Award from the Texas PTA. To earn this award, LASA PTSA needed to have at least 50 students become members. Way to go LASA Students!

Here’s the most updated student class counts:

Class of 2028: 61
Class of 2027: 54
Class of 2026: 42
Class of 2025: 34

There’s still time to become a member for this year and increase your class membership count!

We also still need about 15 more donated memberships to cover all of our faculty.

https://www.lasaptsa.org/

Coffeehouse 2025 – Tickets go on sale 5/1

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COFFEEHOUSE 2025 – The annual talent show that showcases the amazing skills of the LASA students and staff is set for May 16, 2025 at Life Austin at 1504 E 51st St. Two amazing stages to enjoy the performances. Coffeehouse is created, organized and executed by the students of the Songwriting Class with the guidance of Mr. Snyder. This event is for current LASA students and their families.

We will have a few food trucks this year! Please come hungry and early to support these vendors. Doors and food trucks open at 5:30pm. Showtime is from 7-10pm. Smoking and vaping is strictly prohibited, and food must be consumed outside. Parking available on site. Additional parking available at AISD Performing Arts Center at 1500 Barbara Jordan Blvd.

Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased online and at school. Buy your tickets early, this event historically sells out! NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.

  • Online sales: May 1-15
  • At school in-person sales: May 14-16, 7:30-8:15am and at lunch in the cafeteria foyer. $10 (Cash, Credit, Debit, Venmo, GooglePay, PayPal, Apple Pay)

Visit the Coffeehouse page for more details, updates, and online ticket sales.

Tonight! Informal Introduction to Naviance

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Naviance: How do I get Started? with Geeta Suggs, former LASA webmaster and Alum parents at 6:30pm TONIGHT!

Join us for a very informal Naviance class. This Zoom class is geared to parents and will not be recorded. This class if offered free of charge. Please sign up so we can correctly prepare our Zoom. Sign up can be found here: https://lasa.austinschools.org/sc

From Geeta:

As I’ve done in the past, I’m volunteering myself and what little I know to you about the college process (yes, I have a LASA 2020 and 2024 grad) but more specifically, Naviance and how to start there. I am no expert, but I can get you started and show you how to explore things. I have done this for junior parents for a few years now and it seemed helpful. Expect an hour max and I’ll point out some resources on the LASA website too.

AP Snack Donations Requested

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We welcome your snack donations for students taking AP tests. Why are we requesting snack donations? Great question! Many students go to tests back to back, without time for a break College Board is RIGID on test start times, so grabbing a bite to eat is no excuse for being late. By providing breakfast and snacks, we hope to provide a little something for a nervous belly or a little oomph to fuel a kiddo through those last hours of testing. We greatly appreciate your support.

Click here for the signup/ suggested list of snacks.

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.

DEADLINES:

  • 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!

Raising Cane’s Sprit Night benefitting the LASA Raptor Band

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Raising Cane’s Sprit Night benefitting the LASA Raptor Band

    • When/Where: May 1st from 5pm-9pm at Raising Cane’s MLK location (415 W. MLK)
    • Mention the LASA Raptor band at the register OR skip the line and order online using code RCFUND96.

Come join us for dinner and support your LASA HS Raptor Band! We will see you there!!