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Join us for the PFLASA (Parents and Friends of LASA) meeting this Friday, October 17th, at 8:15am in the portable building by the tennis courts. Come hear about upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, and fun-er-tunities (aka social networking). Come meet other parents and ask questions. You might even get some answers! We’d love to see you there!

• What: PFLASA (nearly) bi-weekly meeting
• When: Friday, October 17th, at 8:15am
• Where: the portable building near the tennis courts

At our last meeting, we heard updates about upcoming Great Gatherings and Masterclasses, teacher grants, and recruiting efforts like helping out with Showcase and mentoring prospective students and parents through the application process. We also heard updates on the extensive planning that is happening for Senior events like Project Graduation, Senior Salute, and CoffeeHouse.

There’s a lot going on at LASA!

To join the Facebook group: Make sure to answer ALL security questions!!!

The PFLASA facebook group is a great place to ask questions, find posts about school-related events, and connect with other LASA parents and guardians asynchronously. For security reasons, we require several automated security questions in the joining process. You must answer all security questions in order to join the Facebook group. If you tried to join and were rejected, it is not because we don’t love you. We do love you and would love to have you join us. Try again, and remember to answer all security questions.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pflasa

Other ways to get connected:

If you haven’t already done so, here are some other great ways that you can get “in the know” about what’s going on at LASA. The Grade Level Google Groups will become more important as college applications and graduation approaches, but they are also used to communicate about upcoming events and opportunities from freshman year onward.

Subscribe to the Raptor Report: https://pflasa.org/news/subscribe/

Join your Grade Level Google Group by sending a blank email to one of the following that corresponds to your graduation year:

• lasa2029+subscribe@googlegroups.com
• lasa2028+subscribe@googlegroups.com
• lasa2027+subscribe@googlegroups.com
• lasa2026+subscribe@googlegroups.com

You can find more detailed information about all of the various ways to stay in the loop here: https://lasa.austinschools.org/parents/stay-connected

The PFLASA Application Mentoring program is gearing up for the upcoming application window and we need many volunteers. Please consider joining our team.

We provide students with access to adults who have the understanding of the application process and can help edit essay questions and discuss the COGAT. We go to Title 1 middle schools in AISD at various weekly times. Your commitment would be weekly from late-November until early Feb when applications are turned in. We will also need mentors for two Saturday Zoom sessions in January that are open to students city-wide.

There will be training offered at the end of October.

If you are interested, please fill out this form.

Any questions, contact Emily Robson at mentoring@pflasa.org