LASA Raptor's News
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.
Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA) Piano Winners Advancing to State
Congratulations to Ned Yu and Trevor Yu for their success at the TMTA regional piano competition. Our region is only sending two pianists to State, and they are both from LASA! Way to represent! Best of luck Ned and Trevor!
Regional Science Fair
Congratulations to the students who participated in the Austin Energy Regional Science Fair on their hard work and dedication. Their projects were creative, innovative, and well-researched. It was inspiring to see the tremendous enthusiasm and commitment the students put into their projects, and it was great to see the results of their efforts.
LASA Sophomore, Vivian Prather, wins 2nd at Nengajo Contest!
Congratulations to LASA Sophomore, Vivian Prather, who won second place in the most artistic category of the Nengajo (New Year's card) contest sponsored by the Japan America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth. Her work was chosen from 113 entries!
LASA Film Students Advance to UIL State with "Earth to You"
LASA Film students have advanced to UIL State with "Earth to You." It will screen on Feb 22 at 6pm at the LBJ Library with all of the State finalists. Full schedule
FBLA Students Are Going to State!
Congratulating the following FBLA members and wish these students good luck as they go to compete in the State competition for FBLA: