Calling all LASA Teachers!

Come out and support your LASA Raptors baseball team on Thursday, April 2nd. The first five teachers who arrive will get a Raptors baseball hat. Teachers will also be entered in a gift card raffle and provided with treats. We hope to see you there!

  • Thursday, April 2nd
  • 5:00pm
  • Nelson Field (7105 Berkman Drive)

Seeking volunteers for THIS SATURDAY for our spring Love Your Neighbor Walk

Can you believe it’s almost April?!? Time to help your kiddos get their volunteer hours in! We need at least 4 adults and 8 students for our spring Love Your Neighbor Walk THIS SATURDAY shortly after the incoming freshman choice sheet event. (Hey-if you’ll be there with your 8th grader, model Raptor spirit and bring them along!) We do these “goodwill walks” a couple of times a year to keep in touch with our neighbors and let them know they’re appreciated. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the fall walk!

The event will be based out of the PTSA/PFLASA portable on Arthur Stiles (near the tennis courts). We’re still nailing down the timing, but the event is TENTATIVELY set for 12:30-2:30 pm. We’ll update the signup ASAP with the exact time. Thank you!

Sign up to join us!

Supplemental Essays: A Crucial Component to College Applications

Thursday, March 26, 2026
7-8pm

In this interactive workshop, participants will learn why supplemental essays matter to college admissions committees, how to successfully approach different types of supplemental essays, and start brainstorming about their own supplemental essays.

After growing up in the Midwest and attending college in the West and graduate school on the East Coast, Kelly moved to Austin, Texas to get a Ph.D. at UT. She wound up staying to raise her two children (one of her daughters is a LASA and Johns Hopkins grad!) and to teach writing at a local liberal arts college. In 2020, Kelly launched her own college consulting business to help students navigate the college admissions process and to share their best selves in their college essays.

Tickets available at https://pflasa.org/product-category/masterclasses/
Only one purchase per household necessary.

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

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/

2026 PROJECT GRADUATION TICKET SALE IS LIVE

Senior Parents! Project Graduation is set for Mon 6/1 10:30pm to 6/2 5:30am at the East Communities YMCA.

  • Every senior must buy a ticket to attend, tickets are $10. All attendees must be LASA Seniors.
  • The senior AND a parent must sign a contract together that says student will not drive/drink/do drugs at said event; parent will drop off at East Communities YMCA and pick up at LASA in the morning (students will be shuttled by bus to LASA). Seniors will not be allowed to drive home after the event.
  • BOOKMARK YOUR TICKET to remember you’ve purchased it! The ticket is a unique QR code that the student will need to present on the day of.
  • Buy your ticket early, this helps us plan food!
  • Parents/Students who do not purchase their ticket and sign the contract ahead of time will BOTH need to be present at 10pm on the day of.

BUY TICKET HERE. Contracts are attached to the ticket order.

Let the fun begin!!!

NEW Great Gathering OPEN TO ALL CLASSES!

Join us Saturday, March 28 for an evening that’s all about great food and even better company. We’re hosting a Cajun Night Great Gathering in North-Central Austin, featuring a spread of Cajun-inspired favorite and hurricane cocktails. Whether you’re here for the spicy flavors or just the good conversation, we’d love to see you there!

Hop on over to the store to get your ticket: https://pflasa.org/store/mardi-gras-party/