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!

New Parent Coffee is looking for a few good volunteers!

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☕️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, Going National!

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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!!!!!!!

PFLASA General Meeting

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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.

LASA PTSA Scholarship Application

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LASA PTSA is offering a $1,000 scholarship this year. Application and rubric can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zroc984DV4XrI4dKknWyidxVv8-Zqc4L/view?usp=sharing

Applications are due March 31st. For questions, please email Heather Roell vpmembership@lasaptsa.org.

If you are NOT a Senior Parent and would like to sit on the Scholarship Committee, please email vpmembership@lasaptsa.org. We need a few more people.

Supplemental Essays: A Crucial Component to College Applications

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Thursday, March 26, 2026
7-8pm

In this interactive workshop, participants will learn why supplemental essays matter to college admissions committees, how to successfully approach different types of supplemental essays, and start brainstorming about their own supplemental essays.

After growing up in the Midwest and attending college in the West and graduate school on the East Coast, Kelly moved to Austin, Texas to get a Ph.D. at UT. She wound up staying to raise her two children (one of her daughters is a LASA and Johns Hopkins grad!) and to teach writing at a local liberal arts college. In 2020, Kelly launched her own college consulting business to help students navigate the college admissions process and to share their best selves in their college essays.

Tickets available at https://pflasa.org/product-category/masterclasses/
Only one purchase per household necessary.