Senior Moments

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Save the Date: 2025 Parent Mix and Mingle

Come celebrate being a POTCO2025 (Parent Of The Class Of 2025!). We are all in this together, so let’s gather outside on the patio and celebrate our lovely little birds preparing to leave the nest!

There is plenty of parking. Non-alcoholic beverages and food available on site. Hope to see you there!

Sunday, March 30 from 2-4pm
The Draught House
4112 Medical Pkwy, Austin, TX 78756

Decisions, Decisions….

Your senior has until May 1st to declare their college intentions, but if they are already set and have made a match, you can share their decision on the @2025lasadecisions Instagram page. You can find a HOW TO instruction link for submitting your entry. Looking forward to seeing where all these talented kiddos will be heading next fall!

Senior Salute

Senior Salute will be held on the evening of Sunday, June 1, 2025 at Austin Ridge Bible Church. All seniors and their immediate families are invited to attend this 3 hour event. In true LASA-esque fashion, seniors will emcee, audition and perform musical acts and also write/perform in the annual skit, where they “roast” LASA faculty and staff. We will be looking for students to perform, audition to be an emcee and/or be involved in the skit, with more information to come. Sign-ups coming soon for senior parents to help plan the event. Junior parent volunteers actually run the event that night, so we can all sit back and enjoy the show!

Project Graduation Update

LASA High School 2025 Project Graduation is June 3, 2025, 10pm – June 4, 2025, 5:30am (approx) at the East Communities YMCA. This LASA Senior-only event is an all-night lock-in supported by PFLASA to provide a fun, healthy environment for the graduated Seniors to safely celebrate on what is sadly, one of the most dangerous nights for high-schoolers. We will have the entire space for this event. It will be a fun-filled evening with live entertainment, casino games, poker table and dealers, a pool, sports courts, games, movies, karaoke, quiet spaces, creative spaces and food for all. There is literally something for everyone. Ticket purchase and volunteer details to come.

Managing Difficult Feelings: Practical Insights from Inside Out

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Save the date: Wed, February 26th 6-7:30pm Yarborough Library

PFLASA’s Raising Healthy Raptor’s Committee is so excited to invite you and your students to join Dr. Mandy Menzer, Licensed Clinical Psychiatrist (and LASA Parent Alum), as she explains effective tools for handling difficult emotions using clips and concepts from the Inside Out movies. Please RSVP at wellness@pflasa.org to help us gauge attendance. See the flyer for more details.

Master Classes On Sale Now

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Secure your seats by purchasing now. You can find a complete list here: https://pflasa.org/product-category/masterclasses/

Here are our January Master Classes:

  • SAT/ACT Webinar | Thursday, January 9 at 6:30pm
    This is a useful resource to get your junior or prepped and ready for SAT day in the spring or for sophomore students to prepare for the Junior year PSAT.
  • Finding Your Personal Fit College Options | Tuesday, January 14 at 7pm
    Don’t just get in, fit in! How to find colleges that align with your values, goals, and budget.
  • Application Strategies for The University of Texas and Texas A&M | Thursday, January 16 at 7pm
    Do you dream in burnt orange or maroon? Maybe both: Learn applications strategies for UT and TAMU!
  • How to Get the Most Out of Naviance | Tuesday, January 28 at 6pm
    Use Naviance to level up your college research game.

Open to parents and students. Please note, you only need to purchase 1 seat per household.

Reflections 24-25 Accepting Imperfection

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We would like to recognize and congratulate the amazing artists who participated and excelled in this year’s Reflections Art Program. The theme this year was Accepting imperfection and we had a decent response from LASA and hope to grow this program even larger next fall!!! Here are the LASA artists for this year who will be receiving awards at their upcoming recognition luncheon. Thank you for being a part of this wonderful part of LASA and ACPTA programs. Our fantastic artists are:

Vinson Ratcliffgardy
Janani Easwar
Sierra Kumar
Amelia Ratcliffgardy
Grant Ratcliffgardy
Vivian Prather
Sanvi Paranjape
Gargi Pandey
Tiernan O’Keefe

Thank you for all of your hard work, and we’ll see you at the recognition luncheon!

Reflections Committee for LASA

Great Gatherings are Live!

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We are very excited for the launch of our 2024-25 Great Gatherings! The first two are coming up fast: the 2nd Annual Gift Card Gala at Drafthouse Pub on 10/06 (open to all) and a Pinochle party on 10/19 for the classes of 2025 and 2027. You can hop on over to the PFLASA store to secure your tickets and/or sign up for the Gala.

Do we have any spooky lovers out there? Wanna throw a Halloween-themed party? There’s still plenty of time! What better conversation starter than meeting your fellow parents in scary costumes! Grab your friends, choose a theme, and submit your event idea.

Great Gatherings are a very successful way to build community while raising funds towards the 2025 senior events.

2nd Annual Gift Card Gala

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Dear parents,

You are all cordially invited to join us for this unique gathering on Sunday 10/6, 3-6pm at Draught House, benefiting the 2025 Project Graduation fundraiser.

Instead of buying a ticket, we ask you to bring an unused gift card (suggested value of $25 or more) as your “ticket fee.” We will add all these gift cards to the Class of 2025 Silent Auction in November. Have unused Gift Cards lying 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 the details and sign up here.

A reminder that our calendar is open for your Great Gathering! Want to host a themed happy hour, a game night, a breakfast/brunch? Gather some friends and fill out this interest form and we will get your party on the calendar!

Bring Your Parent to School Days (BYPTSD)

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This year, BYPTSD will be held on September 18th (Regular A Day) and 19th (Regular B Day). As one of LASA’s cherished traditions, I encourage everyone who can adjust their schedule to attend one or both days. Parents will gather in the library before school and then join their student’s classes. There are no changes to the class periods for these days; whatever the teacher has planned will proceed as usual. Your experience will be entirely authentic, allowing you to sit through a lecture or discussion, participate in a debate, or even take a quiz/test. Please be open to all these experiences and enjoy the day as a LASA student – you can attend one class or all day (either day or both) – that’s up to you!

Here are some more reminders for you:
– Badges will be printed ahead of time for those who pre-registered or as you arrive for those who make the last-minute decision to attend.
– Avoid the lines: PRE-REGISTRATION LINK HERE: https://forms.gle/TNCFCtmYfh914VsM8
Pre-registration will close on Monday, September 16th, to allow us time to print the badges. If you don’t pre-register, you can still attend and check in at the office to get your badge. Pre-registering just helps save time!
– You are welcome to arrive and leave as your schedule permits; however, to maintain the natural flow of the class and avoid distractions, we kindly ask that you enter at the beginning of the period and leave at the end of the period. The bell schedule is here: lasahighschool.org/bells.
– If you have pre-registered and are arriving for the first class of the day (either 1st or 5th period), please check in at the table located in the main hallway near the front office. For arrivals at any other time during the day, go to the front office to either:
1. Pick up your pre-printed badge if you have pre-registered or
2. Show your Driver’s License/ID to have a badge printed.
– Schedule: Please ensure you have a screenshot of your student’s schedule, which should include the class name, teacher, and room number. Note that course lists will not be printed.
– PARKING – is always limited at LASA. Additional details will be provided soon.
– Please set your cell phone to silent or vibrate. If you need to take a call during a class period, feel free to step out into the hallway.
– All grade levels are welcome! The Junior and Senior classes are especially worth visiting—you’ll feel smarter after just one period!
– Don’t let your child discourage you from coming. This is your decision, not theirs. If they are truly uncomfortable with you visiting their class, consider attending the same class during a different period. We can help arrange this for you.
– Parents can bring their own lunch or purchase one from the cafeteria. You may eat with your student or in the designated room with other parents.
– If you want to volunteer for BYPTS Days from 7:30 am – 8:15 am, please register here to volunteer.

Don’t miss this is a wonderful opportunity to get a glimpse into your student’s daily experience.
We hope to see you there!