GRACE Academy Application Now Available

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For rising 9th-11th grade girls
GRACE Academy and Annual Corazon Ball is a modern take on the traditional coming-of-age celebration, anchored in leadership development, for up to 25 girls in the Austin, TX area. The key program outcome is a social impact project roadmap, created by your student, for execution during their high school years prior to applying for college. Scholarships may be available

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Para familias de jovencitas en grados 9 – 11 en el proximo año
La Academia GRACE y Baile Annual de Corazon, es una forma moderna de celebración (como la Quinceañera y Sweet 16) basada en el desarrollo de liderazgo. El program se ofrece para 25 participantes de el area de Austin.

Application Dates: April 1 – May 29
Program Dates: September 2026 – May 2027
Virtual info session on April 9, 2027, from 7 – 7:45 PM.
Info Session registration: corazoneventstx.com, click on GRACE Academy and Annual Corazon Ball.

Masterclass: International College Admissions

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
6:30-7:30pm

Curious about attending college abroad? This Masterclass will contain:

  • An overview of English-speaking programs at universities around the world
  • How to know if your student is well-suited to an international college differences between US and international college curriculums & student life
  • Understanding application requirements and timelines
  • LASA alumni insights from students who attended college abroad

Only one purchase per household necessary.

Tickets available at https://pflasa.org/store/international-college-admissions-4-21-26-630pm/

Neighbors First: From Outrage to Connection

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PFLASA’s Raising Healthy Raptors Committee invites you to Save the Date for:

Neighbors First: From Outrage to Connection
Why we’re more divided than ever, what the attention economy has to do with it, and a practical path back to seeing each other as neighbors instead of enemies.

PFLASA meeting this Friday, April 3rd

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Please join us for our next PFLASA meeting, we’d love to see you!

  • Date: Friday, April 3rd
  • Time: 8:15 AM
  • Location: Portable by the tennis courts

We’ll share what’s going on with PFLASA, lots of volunteer opportunities, committee updates and as always, coffee and tea.

We look forward to seeing you this Friday!

New Parent Coffee is looking for a few good volunteers!

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☕️New Parent Coffee☕️

We need volunteers for this event!
NPC is where we host the parents of newly accepted Raptors. We are doing it in conjunction with Choice Sheet Day this Saturday, March 28th. The coffee will be in the library while students attend the elective fair! But we still need volunteers to successfully answer parent questions. Please sign up! This is a great event to participate in, low effort with big rewards. Reminder to us all, we know more than we think we do and definitely more than someone new to LASA who is looking for help and guidance. Please join us this Saturday.

LASA Students Shine During the 2025-2026 Reflections Program, Going National!

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LASA Students Shine During the 2025-2026 Reflections Program!
Texas PTA proudly celebrates the incredible creativity of students across the state! This year, more than 870 student entries advanced for state-level judging, showcasing remarkable talent, imagination, and artistic expression inspired by this year’s theme. We are thrilled to recognize over 600 student artists with state-level awards. Five LASA Students have been recognized by the LASA PTSA, the Austin Council PTA, the Texas PTA this year with one student making it to the National PTA Competition (results will be announced the first of May, 2026).

These incredible student artists are:
Ananth Pakanati for Literature
Grant Ratcliffgardy for Music Composition
Piper Meley for Photography
Sadie Sarrat for Dance Choreography
Zixuan (Camille) Mei for Visual Arts

Camille has achieved the “Overall Award of Excellence,” which elevates her to the National PTA Reflections competition level. Congratulations, Camille!!!!!!!

PFLASA General Meeting

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Please join us for our next PFLASA meeting, we’d love to see you!
Date: Friday, Mar. 13
Time: 8:15a
Location: Portable by the tennis courts

We’ll share what’s going on with PFLASA, lots of volunteer opportunities, committee updates and as always, coffee and tea.

We look forward to seeing you this Friday.

Two Upcoming Events from Raising Healthy Raptors

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“Getting to Calm” Parenting Book Club Part 3 (last meeting)

  • Sun March, 8 1:15- 2:45 pm at Austin library – Ruiz branch; 1600 Grove Blvd
  • We will be discussing the end of the book: chapters 10-14. All are welcome, whether or not you attended Part 1 or 2, 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.

Free, Virtual, Parent Education Series from Healthy Futures of Texas in March

  • This series aims to help parents improve communication skills with their teens and young adults around healthy relationships and sexual health. They are looking for honest feedback from parents with kids between the ages of 13-24, so they are also offering gift cards for those willing to take anonymous surveys.
  • The next series is in March. See the Healthy Futures of Texas flyer for details.