LASA Raptor's News
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.
Virtual Choice Sheet Meeting Wednesday
If you missed the in-person choice sheet event last Saturday, plan to attend this final (mandatory) opportunity to select your classes for next year. It is mandatory for all new students to have their choice sheets completed by Wednesday night at 10pm. Choice sheets can only be submitted once . If you completed it at Saturday's event, you are done and can ignore the rest of this message. What: Virtual Choice Sheet Meeting (mandatory for those that missed Saturday's event) When: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023, 6-7pm Where: YouTube Live Stream - link to the live stream will be available...
We know we ran out of books this morning!
Thank you to those of you that came out to LASA's elective fair and choice sheet presentation this morning. We know that Saturdays can be busy, especially when the weather is so nice. If you missed the mandatory choice sheet presentation this morning, there will be a virtual option from 6-7pm on Wednesday, March 8th. It will be live streamed on YouTube with the link going live about 10 minutes prior to 6pm. Please make plans to attend as it is very important if you...
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.
Stay Connected!
At LASA, we have many communication modes that serve many different purposes and have different audiences. New parents always ask how they can get carpools, ask questions of other parents, and how to volunteer at the high school level.
Where can I buy LASA swag?
We get this question a lot! LASA has 2 choices for getting LASA spirit gear and the link to all of our options are here: www.lasahighschool.org/school/spirit-gear 1) LASA SWAG (proceeds benefit LASA HS directly) - general LASA gear (If you want our LASA logos on t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, caps, bags, dri-fit, etc, or mom/dad, Raptor Nation, etc.) 2) YARD SIGNS, GIFTS & SPECIALITY ITEMS (proceeds benefit LASA HS directly) - grade level yard signs, punny shirts, ...