Save the Date! The next virtual PTSA meeting will be on Tuesday, February 24th at 7pm. More information coming soon!
LASA PTSA Loves our Student Members!
That’s right, we love our student members! Every year, LASA PTSA runs a contest to see which class will have the highest student membership. The race is on! Here’s the student membership count as of January 31st:
- Class of 2028 – 59 members
- Class of 2029 – 56 members
- Class of 2027 – 47 members
- Class of 2026 – 41 members
It’s a close race! Spread the word and have your classmates join PTSA. Every membership counts. While you’re at it, have your parents join too!
Lunch & Learn This Friday: Be an Informed Voter
Friday, January 23 from 12:05-12:55pm in the library. Pizza will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis to enjoy during an informative lunch talk open to the entire LASA community, including parents! This PTSA Advocacy program is an excellent primer for future voters and a helpful refresher for registered voters, offering insight into how civic participation shapes our communities. Please join us – register today!
LASA PTSA Earns Even More Membership Awards!
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!
Reflections Austin Council PTA (ACPTA) Reflections Competition Winners
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.
Announcing the Reflections 2025-2026 Advancing Artists
Congratulations to the artists who participated in the 2025-2026 National PTA Reflections. We had a wonderful Artist Recognition Celebration for everyone who entered last week and it was a great time! We would like to announce the Artists that are moving from the LASA level to the ACPTA (Austin Council PTA) Level.
With a theme of “I Belong!” For The Categories of:
- Literature: Ananth Pakanati and Ariana Rodrigue
- Photography: Piper Meley, Liam Harris and Ananth Pakanati
- Visual Arts: Camille Mei, Tiernan O’Keefe and Zaara Zaidi
- Music Composition: Chloe Billhardt and Grant Ratcliffgardy
- Dance Choreography: Amelia Ratcliffgardy and Sadie Sarrat
We were pleased to have increased the number of artists and entries this year and hope that even more will participate in the LASA PTSA Reflections program next year. The Reflections theme for 2026-2027 is “What My Culture Means to Me”.
Congrats Again, LASA Reflections
2025 Reflections Recognition (Update) & Reception Date
Congratulations to the artists that participated in the LASA PTSA Reflections 2025-2026 art competition (“I Belong!”).
We will have a reception for all of our participants Thursday, Dec 11 at the beginning of lunch.
Please recognize our amazing artists who contributed to Reflections this year.
- Advika Raghav (somehow left out last week)
- Akwaeno Udosen
- Alex Catterson
- Amelia Ratcliffgardy
- Ananth Pakanati
- Ariana Rodriguez
- Chloe Billhardt
- Elise Foster
- Gargi Pandey
- Gordon Streber
- Grant Ratcliffgardy
- Knox Meley
- Liam Harris
- Maeve Mohundro
- Paxton Tidrick
- Piper Meley
- Ryan Wu
- Sadie Sarrat
- Sahana Vijay
- Stella Thomaz
- Tiernan O’Keefe
- Zaara Zaidi
- Zixuan (Camille) Mei
Judging has been completed and we will be announcing the artists that move forward to the Austin Council PTA (ACPTA) level at the Reflections Recognition Celebration this Thursday, December 11th during lunch.
Great Job!
LASA Reflections
Congratulations to our Reflections Artists of 2025
We are pleased to congratulate the artists that participated in the PTA Reflections 2025-2026 themed “I Belong!” art competition. The judging should be completed soon to find out who moves on to ACPTA reflections. We hope to have a reception for all of our participants very soon. We would like to recognize these esteemed artists who contributed to Reflections this year:
- Akwaeno Udosen
- Alex Catterson
- Amelia Ratcliffgardy
- Ananth Pakanati
- Ariana Rodriguez
- Chloe Billhardt
- Elise Foster
- Gargi Pandey
- Gordon Streber
- Grant Ratcliffgardy
- Knox Meley
- Liam Harris
- Maeve Mohundro
- Paxton Tidrick
- Piper Meley
- Ryan Wu
- Sadie Sarrat
- Sahana Vijay
- Stella Thomaz
- Tiernan O’Keefe
- Zaara Zaidi
- Zixuan (Camille) Mei
We will be announcing the artists that move forward to the Austin Council PTA (ACPTA) level next week and will be planning a Reflections Recognition Celebration during lunch soon as well.
Great Job! LASA Reflections
Reflections entries for Raptors at an All Time High, Thanks!
Congratulations to all of the amazing artists who contributed to this year’s Reflections competition themed “I Belong”!!! This year we received the most entries at the new LASA location and they are truly wonderful as well.
The list of participants will be announced next Raptor Report and these participants are cordially invited to a Reflections Recognition Celebration (hopefully in December).
Have a great week and holiday to everyone!!!
LASA Reflections
2025 Fall festival
Join LASA for our 2nd annual Fall Festival on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 11a-3p! All proceeds help benefit various LASA programs.
Join us for a day of games, food, music, and prizes! There will also be LASA Recruitment and admission information for all prospective families.
Tickets are $1 each. Game prices may range from 1-5 tickets/per play, and food from 1-25 tickets. Tickets are sold in packs of 10, 25, and 50. NO CASH will be accepted.
We hope to see you there! Get your tickets today!