LASA Project Graduation 2025 Needs Volunteers

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It takes a village to raise our children. That village has taken many shapes and forms throughout their school years: devoted teachers, principals, librarians, staff, mentors, and other parents.

The LASA community is a community like no other. As we prepare to launch our LASA Class of 2025, we hope you will consider serving in their last LASA village by volunteering at the Project Graduation 2025 lock-in at the East Communities YMCA on June 3-4. We need adult volunteers across all grade levels to help by volunteering for a 4 hour shift during the event.

It is a fun event and the volunteers have a great time. This sign-up has details about the roles and shifts, but if you have any questions, feel free to drop us a note at projectgraduation@pflasa.org.

Lights! Camera! Dance! Spring Show 2025

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Lights! Camera! Dance!

Attend the LASA Dance Spring Show at the AISD Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 6:00pm!

  • $10 general admission
  • $5 student & staff

You do not want to miss this annual dance event featuring Velocity and Dynasty Dance Teams with special guests including: Choreopop, Lamar Middle School Dance, and more! There will be concessions and a silent auction.

Tickets are sold online and at the door via cash or credit card: https://lasadance.ludus.com/200481356

For questions, please contact: paige.edwards@austinisd.org

SENIORS! Project Graduation Tickets are on Sale Now for $10!

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Tickets are now on sale for Project Graduation! $10! Don’t miss out!

Project Graduation is an annual LASA tradition, attended each year by almost every graduated Senior. It is a fun-filled evening with live entertainment, casino games, including a poker table with dealers, a pool, sports courts, games, movies, karaoke, quiet spaces, creative spaces and food for all. There is literally something for everyone.

  • Location: East Communities YMCA
  • Starts: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 10pm
  • Ends: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 5:30am

Full details provided in the LASA 2025 Project Graduation Contract & Dietary Preferences. Look for the link on the purchase confirmation page. Contracts must be completed by parent and student to attend.

Purchase your tickets NOW!

Tonight! – Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World

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Wed, March 26th 6-7:30pm Carver Branch Library (1161 Angelina St.)

PFLASA’s Raising Healthy Raptor’s Committee is thrilled to invite you to an evening with Mike Brooks, Ph.D, psychologist, author, and speaker. During this presentation, Dr. Brooks “shares insights from the latest research on screens’ effects, explains why technology has such a powerful grip on us, and provides practical strategies to help your family find balance in our hyper-connected world. These evidence-based approaches will help your children succeed academically while maintaining deeper, more meaningful connections.”

See the full flyer for more information on this presentation and Dr. Brooks. We’d truly appreciate an RSVP to wellness@pflasa.org so we can have a rough idea how many will be in attendance

NACLO Invitational Round

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Congratulations to LASA student Luka Zitkovic for advancing to the North American Computational Linguistics Open (NACLO) competition’s Invitational Round. Of 1733 students nationwide competing in the Open Round only 248 advanced to the Invitational Round. NACLO is a contest in which students solve challenging linguistic puzzles while exercising logic skills.

Master Classes Post Spring Break

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Don’t let these classes slip away! We have two Master Classes the week after Spring Break. Do yourself a favor and purchase your ticket now before you unplug for our week-long vacation. We cannot say it enough. THANK YOU for your support of PFLASA through Master Classes.

Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 pm | Laws of Inspired Leadership with Andy Land
ONLY 8 SEATS LEFT!
Learn key leadership laws that inspire others and lead to successful team efforts, and how you can immediately begin to apply these laws in your first leadership roles in high school.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Junior Year College Planning
with Yvonne Espinoza of Yvonne Espinoza College Consulting
CALLING THE CLASS OF 2026 and 2027! Take charge of the Junior year to be more empowered Senior year!

Sign up for Master Classes in the PFLASA Store.

SENIORS! Project Graduation Tickets are on Sale Now!

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Tickets are now on sale for Project Graduation! Don’t miss out!

Project Graduation is an annual LASA tradition, attended each year by almost every graduated Senior. It is a fun-filled evening with live entertainment, casino games, including a poker table with dealers, a pool, sports courts, games, movies, karaoke, quiet spaces, creative spaces and food for all. There is literally something for everyone.
Purchase your tickets NOW!

Location: East Communities YMCA
Starts: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 10pm
Ends: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 5:30am

Full details provided in the LASA 2025 Project Graduation Contract & Dietary Preferences. Look for the link on the purchase confirmation page. Contracts must be completed by parent and student to attend.

Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World

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Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World
Wed, March 26th 6-7:30pm Carver Branch Library (1161 Angelina St.)

PFLASA’s Raising Healthy Raptor’s Committee is thrilled to invite you to an evening with Mike Brooks, Ph.D, psychologist, author, and speaker. During this presentation, Dr. Brooks “shares insights from the latest research on screens’ effects, explains why technology has such a powerful grip on us, and provides practical strategies to help your family find balance in our hyper-connected world. These evidence-based approaches will help your children succeed academically while maintaining deeper, more meaningful connections.”

See the full flyer for more information on this presentation and Dr. Brooks. We’d truly appreciate an RSVP to wellness@pflasa.org so we can have a rough idea of how many will be in attendance.

2025-2026 LASA Dance Auditions

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Calling all current 8th-11th grade prospective or current LASA Dancers! Save the date and apply to be a part of our dance community!

Clinic Dates
Mon-Wed, March 24-26, 2025
4:30-6:30PM
LASA Big Gym

Audition Date
Thurs, March 27, 2025
5-7:30PM
LASA Dance Room

Submit the dance team application here!

For questions, email Paige.Edwards@austinisd.org or Victoria.Parra@austinisd.org.

Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 6:00pm | Leveling Up Your Activities with Shannon Bergeron of Core College Consulting

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Colleges are very interested in what students are choosing to do outside of the classroom. They are looking for initiative and impact, intellectual curiosity, and what matters to a student (and how they are choosing to address that). Let’s talk about how activities matter in the admissions process, how to “level up” some activities, and how students can set themselves apart when so many applications start to look the same. We’ll look at some great examples together!

Hear from Shannon Bergeron, M.Ed., Certified Educational Planner, former Lead Counselor and Head XC Coach at LASA, and mom to two LASA grads (’16 and ’18). She is the Founder & CEO of Core College Consulting, and has been a college counselor for 23 years. She is a member of IECA, NACAC, and TACAC and also serves in leadership roles for these professional college admissions organizations.

Click here to purchase a ticket.