PFLASA General Meeting

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

“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.

WHAT’S MY JOB HERE?: UNDERSTANDING YOUR ROLE AS A PARENT IN THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
6–7pm

As an essay coach and college consultant, I watch parents struggle mightily every year to figure out what their role in the college application process should be. What’s doing too much? What’s doing too little? What if your student wants you to butt out? What if no matter how many times you yell, plead, and try to inspire, your student isn’t engaging in the process? How much responsibility do you entrust to your student? These are all questions most of the parents I work with don’t know the answer to. This class is about having a very frank discussion through vignettes, concrete examples, and longterm experience about making sure you aren’t going into the college app process with the wrong assumptions about your part in the process. Bring your questions!

Get tickets at https://pflasa.org/product-category/masterclasses/

Raising Healthy Raptors Presents – “Parenting Through Imperfection: The Good Enough Parent”

When: Tues, Feb 24th, 7pm, Virtual (RSVP for link)

Let’s face it, the reality is that parents are imperfect humans dealing with our own issues while also navigating our parental responsibilities. We are given the message to put our oxygen mask on first, while constantly fielding both internal and external expectations to sacrifice for our children.

Raising Healthy Raptors is proud to host Valerie Milburn, co-host of the award winning podcast Mental Health: Hope and Recovery and former LBJ teacher, to share her personal journey though imperfect parenting. Please join us for this virtual presentation followed by a Q&A/discussion session by sending an RSVP to wellness@pflasa.com for the link and/or be on lookout in Sunday’s Principal’s message and on the PFLASA FB page.

PFLASA Meeting

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

  • Date: Friday, Feb. 20
  • Time: 8:15am
  • Location: Portable by the tennis courts

We’ll share what’s going on with PFLASA, lots of volunteer opportunities (including stuffing envelopes right after our meeting!) committee updates and as always, coffee and tea.

We look forward to seeing you this Friday.

Valentine’s Donations Needed ❤️

We need your help celebrating Valentine’s Day!

Ms. Czaplinski has requested donations of candy and cards through February 9th. These will be provided for students to fill out to share with friends and teachers during the week of February 9-13.

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4DAFA92DA3FB6-62186147-valentines#/

Drop donations at the front office, directed to Ms. Czaplinski. If you are ordering on Amazon, you can have items delivered directly to the school at the following address:

Liberal Arts and Science Academy
c/o Ms. San Czaplinski
1012 Arthur Stiles Rd.
Austin, TX 78721

Please specify what you are bringing, and how many of each item. Thank you for helping to bring the warm fuzzies of the season to our LASA students, staff, and community!

2026 PROJECT GRADUATION TICKET SALE IS LIVE

Senior Parents! Project Graduation is set for Mon 6/1 10:30pm to 6/2 5:30am at the East Communities YMCA.

  • Every senior must buy a ticket to attend, tickets are $10. All attendees must be LASA Seniors.
  • The senior AND a parent must sign a contract together that says student will not drive/drink/do drugs at said event; parent will drop off at East Communities YMCA and pick up at LASA in the morning (students will be shuttled by bus to LASA). Seniors will not be allowed to drive home after the event.
  • BOOKMARK YOUR TICKET to remember you’ve purchased it! The ticket is a unique QR code that the student will need to present on the day of.
  • Buy your ticket early, this helps us plan food!
  • Parents/Students who do not purchase their ticket and sign the contract ahead of time will BOTH need to be present at 10pm on the day of.

BUY TICKET HERE. Contracts are attached to the ticket order.

Let the fun begin!!!