Are you a student writer, artist, or photographer? Are you a student looking for extra credit in English class? How about both? Submit to the Composer for a chance to be featured in the 24th annual edition of LASA’s very own magazine. We review written works under 10 pages, digital and traditional art, and photography! We do not accept works produced by artificial intelligence.
Email your submissions to lasacomposer@gmail.com or to Editor julia.bednarsf@stu.austinisd.org today!
The LASA PTSA has been busy earning membership awards! Thanks to everyone who has joined and donated so far this year!
October – We earned the Snappy Increase Award by submitting more than 100% of last year’s membership total!
December – We earned the Golden Apple Award by recruiting 100% school faculty as members (thanks donors!).
We also reached the Good Standing metric.
It’s not to late to join. In fact, you can help us earn the next award, by joining today. In January, we need 10 new members to earn the Welcome Back Membership Award. All are welcome to join and our JotForm is working again!
Congratulations to these LASA Students who have now advanced to the Texas State PTA level of the National PTA Reflections Competition.
After participating in the LASA round (LASA PTSA), then advancing to and competing in the Austin Council PTA (ACPTA) Reflections Competition using the theme “I Belong”, several LASA Students have now been advanced to the state-level competition for the entire state of Texas.
Here are the amazing artists who have been advanced to TXPTA Reflections 25-26:
(Camille) Mei Zixuan – Visual Arts
Piper Meley – Photography
Ananth Pakanati – Literature
Grant Ratcliffgardy – Music Composition
Sadie Sarrat – Dance Choreography
We wish these talented individuals the best of luck in this next round of the National PTA Reflections Competition! Results will be posted March 15th.
Dance Class: All levels welcome & no auditions! No homework or time commitments with performance opportunities each semester. Experience many genres of dance, history, & wellness. Benefits: flexibility, strength, rhythm, confidence, community, & dance knowledge! Select either Lifetime Fitness & Dance: PE /Athletics or Dance I-IV: Fine Arts (weighted year 3 & 4) on your course sheet.
Dance/Drill Team: All levels welcome! Mandatory audition meeting March 9 at 6:30P. Audition March 30 – April 2. Year round commitment with focus on various genres of dance. Benefits: artistry, athleticism, team work, monthly performances, leadership, & community! Side effects may include endorphins & school spirit. Must consult your doctor to participate. Select Velocity & Dynasty JV Dance Team Fine Arts & PE/Athletics (weighted year 3 & 4) on your course sheet.
Email: Paige.Gomez@austinisd.org
The Raptor Library and will be hosting the 4th Annual Cookie Challenge Jan 28-30, a fun 3-day event where students decorate a cookie to look like a book cover. The entire community is invited on the third day to vote on the winning cookies. I need a ton of parents to help with this event and you’ll be run ragged, but it’s ever so much fun! You will be helping with set-up and/or cleanup and also with dispensing royal icing and frosting, and you might even be offering some decorating advice. But you don’t have to have any cake decorating experience for this gig, just a desire to interact with teenagers over icing!
Please consider signing up. Thank you so much for helping me offer fun programming to our students!
THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and a dilemma that’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family—a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before—keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
Dates:
January 29, 30, 31 at 7p
February 1 at 2:30p
Location:
LASA Theatre
Tickets at: lasatheatre.ludus.com
Raising Healthy Raptors: “Getting to Calm” Parenting Book Club Part 2
When: Sun Feb 1, 1:15- 2:45 pm
Where: Austin library – Ruiz branch; 1600 Grove Blvd
We will be discussing chapters 6-9. All are welcome, whether or not you attended Part 1, but we still have a room limits so we need everyone who is planning to attend to fill out the RSVP form.
Contact Mandy Menzer at mmh20cornell@yahoo.com with any questions.