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.
Please join us for our next PFLASA meeting, we’d love to see you!
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☕️
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!
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!!!!!!!
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.
Let’s grab a coffee and catch-up the Thursday, after spring break. March 26 at Central Market (North Lamar). We’ll be there from 8:15a on.
Please RSVP below just to get an idea of how many tables to put together. ⬇️
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4DAFA92DA3FB6-62841423-informal
“Getting to Calm” Parenting Book Club Part 3 (last meeting)
Free, Virtual, Parent Education Series from Healthy Futures of Texas in March
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/
Hello Class of 2029,
Some of your fellow parents are hosting a Sweet and Savory Great Gathering on Friday 3/6. Hop on over to the store to grab your tickets! https://pflasa.org/store/sweet-and-savory/
As always, we aim to sell out! Thank you for your support!
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.