LASA Raptor's News
State German Success!
44 German students from LASA competed against 41 other schools at the 41st Annual Texas State German Contest at Texas State University in San Marcos on February 25th.
Vision and Voice
Josie Bednar's poem Car Crash in Cold Country was chosen as a winner in the 2023 Vision+Voice Poetry Contest. Josie will be filmed reading her winning poem at Austin PBS, as part of a film to be shown at celebration event on April 28th. Congratulations, Josie!
Japanese Speech and Language Contests
Congratulations to the following students' achievements in the regional Japanese speech contest at UT Austin.
Talented Pianist is also a writer!
Congratulations to ninth grader Sidera "Coco" Bekanich. She submitted an article about "What Music Means to Me" to the Texas Music Teachers Magazine.
Trumpeter Extraordinaire: Junior, Jax Latham
Jax Latham banded together with five other elite trumpeters across AISD to compete at the National Trumpet Competition in Boulder, CO last week. The ensemble selected their own music, practiced for nearly nine months, and scraped together means for a professional stage recording that earned them an invitation to perform live at the National competition.
LASA FLBA Going to Nationals!
LASA's Future Business Leaders of America had a very successful showing at the state competition this year! We had 42 students qualify for state and are sending 15 on to nationals! We had top 5 placements in the following events with the top 4 going to Nationals:
LASA Japanese Students Welcome Students from Oita, Japan
Last Thursday, LASA Japanese students welcomed student guests from Oita, Japan, the sister city of Austin. They learned about Oita City, enjoyed the speaking both Japanese and English, and gave them a campus tour. It was TANOSHII (fun)!
LASA Robotics is going to State!
The LASA robotics team, named Purple Haze (team number 418) participated with 34 other teams at a district level event this past weekend. The team had to compete in a minimum of two to qualify for state level competition. This was their second competition they participated in. It was held at Clear Falls High School in League City, TX, just South of Johnson Space Center. Qualifying rounds took place on Friday March 31st and the morning of April 1st.
LASA Sophomore, Juyeop Lee, wins in 110kg class at USA Powerlifting High School Nationals
LASA Sophomore, Juyeop Lee, competed at the USAPL Federation High School Nationals on Friday, March 31, 2023 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
National Signing Day at LASA
LASA held its national signing day on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. National Signing Day is where student-athletes commit to playing their sport at the collegiate level. We are extremely proud of all of our Class of 2023 student athletes and wish them the best of luck. Congratulations!
AISD-CTE LASA ACC Dual Credit Biotechnology Students Complete the Sakura Science Exchange Program from the Japan Science and Technology Agency
Dual Credit AISD-CTE LASA ACC Biotechnology students and their teacher Joseph Oleniczak traveled to Tokyo, Japan February 24 – March 3, 2023 for the Sakura Science Exchange Program from the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
LASA Student Named Texas Youth Ambassador
Congratulations to Annika Fisher-Eddy who was chosen to be a 2023 Texan Youth Ambassador for the Tourette Association of America! She was recently in DC for a training for it, and on the Tourette Association of America National Advocacy Day, she met and talked to staff members of our Texas senators and representatives to ask them to give funding to the CDC for Tourette Syndrome and co-occurring conditions, and to help Tourette be more widely known so there are less stigma around it. The Tourette Association of America is the only non-profit organization to advocate for Tourette and other tic disorders. Way to advocate, Annika!