Volunteer for CapCity Marching Festival!

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The Capital City Marching Festival returns to the Toney Burger Center on September 26, 2026, and LASA Raptor Band needs volunteers to help make this exciting event a success! More than 5,000 students, directors, and supporters from across Central Texas will gather for this annual celebration of high school marching bands. CapCity is a volunteer-driven event, and there are opportunities for adults, students, and families to help throughout the day.

Sign up for an All Ages volunteer opportunity here: https://signup.com/go/vVgGzqe or an Adults Only opportunity here: https://signup.com/go/JZuZeuf.

Come be part of one of LASA Band’s biggest events of the year!

Questions? Contact capcity@lasaraptorband.org.

Behind every great LASA tradition…

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…there’s a parent making it happen.

From teacher and staff meals to Giving Thanks Pie Day, AP snacks, Coffeehouse, application mentoring, and so much more—PFLASA is a 100% volunteer-driven organization powered by: 8 Board Members, 30+ Committees Chairs, and Hundreds of Volunteers.

And we’re looking for a few more people to join us!

CURRENTLY SEEKING PARENTS TO SHADOW:

  • Bring Your Parents to School Days — Sept. 14 & 15
  • LASA Directory Administration — Sept./Oct.
  • Hospitality — Teacher & staff meals throughout the year
  • Giving Thanks Pie Day — Nov. 20
  • LASA Application Mentoring — LASA application cycle
  • AP Breakfast & Snacks — May
  • Coffeehouse Ticket Sales — May
  • Raising Healthy Raptors — ongoing

Not ready to chair something? Perfect. That’s why we’re looking for people to shadow! Learn the ropes, meet great people, and help keep LASA’s favorite traditions going!

Email president@pflasa.org for more information.

Reflections 2026-2027 “What My Culture Means to Me” Art Contest (due 10/31)

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National PTA’s Reflections program provides opportunities for students to explore their own thoughts, feelings, and ideas, develop artistic literacy, increase confidence, and find a love for learning that will help them become more successful in school and in life by creating original works of art. This year’s theme for the 2026-2027 program year is “What My Culture Means to Me.”

Submit completed work in one or more arts categories:

  • Dance Choreography
  • Film Production
  • Literature
  • Music Composition
  • Photography
  • Visual Arts

Multiple submissions are welcome! Deadline is October 31, 2026.

LASA entries will be judged, and selected entries will move on to ACPTA level. From there, entries may move on to the TXPTA level and even nationals, where they may be chosen for state-wide and national honors.

Get all the details here: https://www.lasaptsa.org/reflections

LASA Student Entry Form: Online | Printable

Call for volunteers this Saturday!

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Student & parent volunteers: we need you Saturday, May 23rd from 12:45p to 3:45pm (this is a correction from last Sunday’s principal message). We’ll set up for and clean up after a Johnston High School ex-students Memorial Day gathering. It’s a lovely way to give back to the community and honor students who went to classes in the school building we now call home, and later died as a result of their service to the United States. (AND for students to earn sponsored volunteer hours.)

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4wFqk6c

Senior Salute Call for Volunteers

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Hello class of 2027, 2028 & 2029 parents ,
We’re looking for a few more volunteers to help us run this year’s Senior Salute smoothly.

What is Senior Salute you ask:
It’s LASA’s capstone celebration of everything that makes LASA the unique place we love . . . and an opportunity to congratulate our seniors with extra flair! The event will be held at The Long Center on Sunday May 3, 2026 from ~1-7pm.
Please consider volunteering if you can and thanks for paying it forward.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4BAFAE2AAAF85-63885055-senior

Volunteers Needed May 23

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Save the date! Student and parent volunteers needed Saturday, May 23rd. We’ll be putting out tents, chairs, and coolers with cold water for Johnston High School alumni gathering to honor classmates who’ve died in service to our country. Keep an eye on the PFLASA Facebook page for the signup link.

2025-2026 Teacher & Staff Appreciation Luncheon Sign-up

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Hello Dedicated PFLASA Parents!

Help us celebrate our teachers and staff, who really are at the heart of the academic excellence we see reflected in our students and the quirkiness of our school community! 🙏😊♥️

Please consider volunteering your time and donating items to round out our Mediterranean-themed menu for our Teacher and Staff Appreciation Luncheon that will take place on Friday, May 1st.

Here is the link for the 2025-2026 Appreciation Luncheon Signup.

In Service,
PFLASA Hospitality Committee

AP Volunteers and Snack Donations!

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Hello LASA Families!

AP Testing runs from May 4 – May 15, and we need many many volunteers.
We have over 250 different shifts we need filled, for test monitors, hall monitors, breakfast and snack providers.
We also are looking for donations of snacks for the students who are testing.

Please sign up to volunteer here.

Please sign up to donate snacks here.

Things to know:

  • For HALL MONITOR slots, your student CANNOT be taking an AP test at that time. Even if you are monitoring
    in a different room, it is still not allowed.
  • If your student is taking a morning test, you CAN be a hall monitor for an afternoon test (and vice-versa).
  • For TEST MONITOR slots, your student CANNOT be taking that AP test, even if they are in a different room from the one you are assigned.
  • Anyone can be a Breakfast or Snack Volunteer, no matter when your student is taking AP exams.

Thank you!

BECOME A LASA CAC REPRESENTATIVE

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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!

You can find more information about the CAC on the AISD CAC page and on the LASA CAC page.

Seeking volunteers for THIS SATURDAY for our spring Love Your Neighbor Walk

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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!

Sign up to join us!