We are looking for community members, parents, and alumni to be a part of the LASA Campus Advisory Council (CAC) for a term of 2 years starting in September 2026. Committee meetings are held after school the first Wednesday of the month throughout the school year and run about 1 hour. Fill out an application here: https://www.austinisd.org/advisory-bodies/cac/application. The deadline to apply is April 13, 2026.
Any current LASA parent (or incoming 2026 parent) can apply to be a parent representative. We are also looking for a community member who has no current student at LASA, does not work for LASA and lives in AISD. This would be a great way for an alumni parent (or student!) to stay connected with the school!
Can you believe it’s almost April?!? Time to help your kiddos get their volunteer hours in! We need at least 4 adults and 8 students for our spring Love Your Neighbor Walk THIS SATURDAY shortly after the incoming freshman choice sheet event. (Hey-if you’ll be there with your 8th grader, model Raptor spirit and bring them along!) We do these “goodwill walks” a couple of times a year to keep in touch with our neighbors and let them know they’re appreciated. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the fall walk!
The event will be based out of the PTSA/PFLASA portable on Arthur Stiles (near the tennis courts). We’re still nailing down the timing, but the event is TENTATIVELY set for 12:30-2:30 pm. We’ll update the signup ASAP with the exact time. Thank you!
LASA will be administering over 4,000 AP tests from May 5th-May 16th, and many volunteers are needed to make this whole thing happen.
There are over 200 volunteer slots that need to be filled for those two weeks. We need volunteers to monitor exams and testing areas. We also need volunteers to help with breakfast and snack distribution (this is a great job if your time is limited).
IMPORTANT: You may NOT MONITOR any exam your student is taking (even if the student will be in a different testing room). Hall monitors should not sign up for a shift when your student is taking any AP test. Breakfast/snack volunteers can sign up for any time, does not matter which test their student(s) are taking.
COFFEEHOUSE 2025 – The annual talent show that showcases the amazing skills of the LASA students and staff is set for May 16, 2025 at Life Austin at 1504 E 51st St. Two amazing stages to enjoy the performances. Coffeehouse is created, organized and executed by the students of the Songwriting Class with the guidance of Mr. Snyder. This event is for current LASA students and their families.
We will have a few food trucks this year! Please come hungry and early to support these vendors. Doors and food trucks open at 5:30pm. Showtime is from 7-10pm. Smoking and vaping is strictly prohibited, and food must be consumed outside. Parking available on site. Additional parking available at AISD Performing Arts Center at 1500 Barbara Jordan Blvd.
Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased online and at school. Buy your tickets early, this event historically sells out! NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.
Online sales: May 1-15
At school in-person sales: May 14-16, 7:30-8:15am and at lunch in the cafeteria foyer. $10 (Cash, Credit, Debit, Venmo, GooglePay, PayPal, Apple Pay)
Visit the Coffeehouse page for more details, updates, and online ticket sales.
Looking for an entry level committee to join to support our school? How about the Hospitality Committee? PFLASA pays for and organizes 4 meal events during the year to feed and give thanks to our hardworking teachers, staff, and administration. Our current hospitality chair is graduating, and we need 4-6 people who want to take these events on. With a committee that size, one person could be in charge or every event could be hosted by a different member—it will be up to the committee. Want to learn more? Email us at president@pflasa.org!
AP testing spans two weeks in May beginning on 5/5 and ending 5/16. Many students go directly from test to test, with less than 10 minutes to refuel between tests. PFLASA coordinates breakfasts and snacks to fuel these hardworking minds and bodies. We are looking for a shadow to learn the ropes for next year, as well as people interested in serving as a planning committee.
Duties could include: scheduling volunteers, set up/break down of breakfasts and snacks, setting up and maintaining spreadsheets, working within a budget to arrange the necessary food and snacks for the 2 week testing period, and communicating with volunteers, staff, and vendors.
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.
It’s time to conduct the annual inventory in the Raptor Library. This is kind of mind-numbingly boring but absolutely necessary to keep our catalog up to date. If you’ve got some time to spare after drop-off or before pick-up, please sign up to help us scan books! It’s not difficult but will require being able to hold a scanner and do some squatting. Thanks!
Ms. Czaplinski has requested donations of candy and cards through February 7. These will be provided for students to fill out to share with friends and teachers during the week of February 10-14. Sign up to donate here.
Drop donations at the front office, directed to Ms. Czaplinski. Thank you for your continuing support of the LASA community!
The Raptor Library BookPeople book fair is right around the corner and Ms. Switek would love to have some help setting it up and running it. The fair will run from 2/1-2/9. Please check out the SignUpGenius if you have some time and energy to spare!
This is a fun event that the kids look forward to! It’s also the only fundraiser the library holds and very important to add books to our library. When we moved to this campus AISD chose to fund a librarian but not to provide the library with a single book. Ms. Switek brought a few thousand very old books with us from the old campus and has been trying to build a collection ever since.
