LASA PTSA Proposed Bylaws Update

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LASA PTSA proposes to update our bylaws for next school year. The changes would be made to our dues structure to allow current LASA staff and current LASA students to pay a lower price for LASA PTSA Membership.

Updated Bylaws:
Section 2. Dues.
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B. Annual dues for each current LASA staff member or current LASA student shall be the sum of national dues plus state dues plus state dues plus the local dues amount of $3.00.
C. Annual dues for each general member shall be the sum of national dues plus state dues plus the local dues amount of $8.00.

To replace current bylaws:
Section 2. Dues.
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B. Annual dues for each member shall be the sum of national dues plus state dues plus the local dues amount of $5.50.

Please email president@lasaptsa.org with any questions or concerns.

LASA PTSA Earns Another Membership Award!

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Another Award because of our wonderful members! The LASA PTSA has earned the XOXO Award! This is a Texas PTA Membership Award given to PTAs who share the love of PTA with 14 new members in February. Thank you to all of our members!

Let’s keep that passion burning and let’s see just how far our membership magic can go! Help us earn our next award by joining today and/or donating a membership for a facility member. We have fewer than 15 facility members who need a membership, so your donation will go a long way to helping us reach our goal!

All are welcome to join us: students, teachers, grandparents, and community members. We want you all to be part of our award-winning PTSA!

https://www.lasaptsa.org/

LASA CAC 2025 – 2027 Applications Open

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It’s that time of year again, we are looking for community members, parents, and alumni members to be a part of the LASA Campus Advisory Council (CAC) 2025-2027. Access the Application form at https://www.austinisd.org/advisory-bodies/cac/application. The application deadline is Thursday, April 17, 2025.

You can learn more about LASA CAC, including how frequent the meetings are, at https://lasa.austinschools.org/parents/campus-advisory-council. If you are selected to serve on the CAC 2025-2027 board, your term will officially start in September 2025, and you will be invited to join the May 7th meeting.

PTSA Earns the Welcome Back Award

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The LASA PTSA has earned the Welcome Back Award! This is a Texas PTA Membership Award given to PTAs who recruited 10 new members in January. Thank you to all of our members! You’ve strengthened our school community and set the tone for an incredible year ahead.

Help us earn our next award by joining today and/or donating a membership for a facility member. We have less than 20 facility members who needed a membership so your donation will go a long way to helping us reach our goal!

All are welcome to join us: students, teachers, grandparents, community members…we want you all to be part of our award winning PTSA!

https://www.lasaptsa.org/

Lively Alumni Scholarship – Open to AISD Seniors

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Announcing the Lively PTSA Alumni Scholarship! Since 2024, Lively PTSA has offered an annual $500 scholarship to Lively Middle School Alumni.

Application deadline is April 15, 2025 and is open to all AISD High School Students who are alumni of Lively Middle School and are graduating during the 2024-2025 school year. Funds can be used for any continuing education program.

Applications and the Rubic can be found here:
https://livelyptsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lively-scholarship-application_2025.pdf

More information can be found here:
https://livelyptsa.com/alumni-scholarship-2025/

Please reach out to president@livelymiddleschoolptsa.com if you have questions or concerns. We hope you apply!

XOXO, Your PTSA Needs You!

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Show Your PTSA Some Love & Help Earn the XOXO Award!

February is the perfect time to share the love—and what better way than supporting your PTSA? Help us earn the XOXO Award by joining our PTSA today. We need to recruit 14 new members during the month of February to qualify for this award. Students, Teachers, Parents, Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts, Friends, and Community Members are all welcome to join our PTSA.

Already joined? We still need about 25 facility memberships! Please consider showing some love to your facility by donating a membership! To donate, add adult faculty membership (s) to your cart and put donation in the name and email fields.

https://www.lasaptsa.org/

Texas PTA Rally Day is Approaching!

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Texas PTA Rally Day is Monday, February 24th and we want you there!

Rally Day is a day spent at the Capitol talking about Public Education and meeting with Legislators about supporting Public Education. We usually have a large contingent from LASA  and we’d love for you to join us! If you can’t make it, please consider donating to or joining our PTSA. We will be providing lunches to the students attending through the LASA PTSA legislative program and your membership helps amplify our voice when talking to legislators.

Join or donate: www.lasaptsa.org

The Austin Council of PTA’s has been preparing our communities for the 89th Texas Legislative session, where they debate big issues (like school funding, school security, accountability, support for our LGBTQ+ youth, etc).

More info: www.austincouncilpta.org/advocacy

If you are planning to attend, you email Sarah Romo de Vivar at president@lasaptsa.org so we can meet up.

LASA Reflections Artists make it to State!

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We would like to recognize and congratulate the amazing LASA artists who have been promoted from the Austin Council PTA level to the Texas PTA Reflections level in this year’s Reflections Art Program. The theme this year was “Accepting imperfection”. We had some very respectable responses this year, and hope to grow this program larger next fall! Thank you for being a part of this wonderful competition. While all of our submissions were excellent, our artists who made it to State are:

Janani Easwar for High School Literature
Gargi Pandey for High School Visual Arts
Grant Ratcliffgardy for High School Photography
Vinson Ratcliffgardy for High School Film Production

Thanks to all participants for their hard work and we’ll see you at an upcoming ACPTA recognition event in February,
-Reflections Committee for LASA

Class of 2028 Leads in Membership….but for How Long?

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The Class of 2028 is still holding the lead for most PTSA Student memberships, but The Class of 2027 is closing in. It’s a tight race! We are still accepting memberships for all students, parents, friends, and faculty!

Membership counts as of January 5th:

Class of 2028 – 56 Members
Class of 2027 – 49 Members
Class of 2026 – 38 Members
Class of 2025 – 32 Members

We still have about 40 faculty members who need memberships. If you would like to donate one, add an Adult Faculty membership into your cart and put Donation in the name and email fields.

Join the PTSA or donate a faculty membership today!

Faculty Memberships Still Needed

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Thanks to everyone who donated memberships for our faculty! We were able to donate over 50 memberships. While we didn’t have enough to earn the Golden Apple Award, it’s been a nice surprise for our teachers as we head into finals week. We still have about 45 teachers and faculty who we’d love to have as a PTSA member. To donate, choose a faculty membership and put Donation in the name and email fields.

While you’re at it, we are still accepting membership for Parents, Students, and from the Community. We’d love for you to join!

https://www.lasaptsa.org/