LASA Raptor's News
LASA FBLA at State!
LASA's Future Business Leaders of America had a very successful showing at the state competition this year. They had 42 students qualify for state and are sending 15 on to nationals!
UIL Academics
LASA students have been making their mark in UIL Academics for many years. This year was no exception. Students competed in various events, including Mathematics, Science, Journalism, and Computer Science. In each event, the students worked hard to prepare themselves for the competition, with the aid of their teachers, and to represent their school with pride.
Alley Cat Players received Heller Awards Nominations
The cast and crew of LASA's Into the Woods were nominated for five Heller Awards. This awards ceremony will be April 19th at 6:30 at The Long Center.
LASA Debate Seniors CH win Baker Award
LASA CH (Seniors Sam Church and Alex Huang) are OFFICIALLY the recipients of the 2022-23 David P. Baker Award for Season-Long Excellence in Policy Debate.
UIL One Act Success
Congratulations to the cast and crew of LASA's UIL One-Act play for taking second place in district and third place in bi-district. This success now let’s us advance to Area for only the second time in Alley Cat Player history! Good luck this Thursday at the Area competition.
Two LASA students received medals from Scholastic Art & Writing
Scholastic Art and Writing announced their 2023 National Medalists on March 22. Two LASA students received medals and are part of the 100th Anniversary Class of National Medalists.
Full Orchestra Takes Sweepstakes at UIL!
Congratulations to the 2023 Raptor Full Orchestra for earning sweepstakes at the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading evaluation recently. The ensemble earned straight Division 1 Superior ratings from all six judges, both on the concert and the sight-reading portions of the evaluation.
LASA 10th grader, Janani Venkat Easwar, gets published in Girl Story Magazine
Congratulations to Janani Venkat Easwar, a current LASA sophomore, whose poem has been published in the Girl story magazine.
ASA 10th grader, Astrid Gothard, Writing Piece Accepted into DePaul Blue Book’s National Anthology: Best American High School Writing 2022
Congratulations to Sophomore Astrid Gothard. Her piece, “homeland by,” was accepted into DePaul Blue Book’s National Anthology: Best American High School Writing 2022.
African American Heritage Celebration Award Winners
Last Friday Austin ISD culminated the celebration of Black History Month with their annual African American Heritage Awards. We ar proud to announce that the following LASA students were honored during that celebration for their academic and community achievements.
Japanese Speech Contest Winners
Please join us in congratulating the following students' achievements in the regional Japanese speech contest at UT Austin.
Sci O Success at Golden Gate Invitational
A couple of weeks ago, LASA Science Olympiad traveled to UC Berkeley to compete in the Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational. There were 54 teams from across the nation and one international team from Peru in attendance. LASA placed 9th OVERALL and was the highest ranked Texas team in attendance. GGSO is considered a "mini-nationals" and we couldn't be prouder of our students who represented LASA in their events.