LASA Raptor's News
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards – Regional Winners
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards – Regional Winners
Picture This Winner
LASA ninth grader, Makai Nguyen, was selected as a winner in the 2024 Picture This contest held by the League of Women Voters Austin Area.
The Vertikills Are Headed to Nationals!
The Vertikills Ultimate Frisbee A team recently traveled to Nashville to participate in their first out-of-state tournament, the River Campus Classic (RCC).
LASA Archery State Bound
Congratulations to the LASA Archery Team for qualifying for state at the Birds Barbershop Texas State Qualification Tournament. LASA took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in female high school archers and took 2nd in male high school. Also took Grand Champion Female.
First Chinese GrandMaster Language Contest Winners
LASA Chinese students recently took part in the inaugural 1st Chinese Grandmaster Language Competition (CGLC), sponsored by Dahua Chinese, World Journal, and the Chinese Language Teacher Association, USA.
LASA Raptor Choir wins UIL Sweepstakes and more
On Monday, March 4, students from the LASA choir participated in the Region 18 UIL Concert and Sight-reading Festival at Hays CISD Performing Arts Center. This year, LASA entered three Varsity choirs. The Varsity Treble earned an “excellent” rating in both concert and sight-reading.
LASA Japanese Students Success in Nengajo Contest
Nengajo are greeting cards sent during the New Year in Japan. They are commonly exchanged between friends, family, neighbors, and businesses that had good a relationship during the previous year and to express their gratitude in the hopes of preserving good relations in the year ahead.
Austin Regional Japanese Speech Contest
AISD Japanese programs participated in the Austin Regional Japanese Speech Contest. Students' hard work in studying Japanese was evident in their presentations and impressed the judges. The first and second winners are invited to the Japanese State Speech Contest at Rice University.
Full Orchestra UIL Success
Congratulations the members of the 2024 Raptor Full Orchestra in earning sweepstakes at our UIL Concert and Sight-Reading evaluation this week! The ensemble earned straight Division 1 Superior ratings from all six judges, both on the concert and the sight-reading portions of the evaluation.
Dance Competition Season Results
Congratulations to our hardworking and talented group of dancers on both Dynasty and Velocity. After months of preparation, they have completed their competition season with much to be proud of! There were many high points throughout our competitions over the last two weekends.
Swim and Dive
On Friday and Saturday this week, 6 members of the LASA Swim and Dive team competed at the 5A State Championship. 6 of their 8 entries advanced to Finals. Of those 6 events, Justin Shi won a silver medal for the 100 backstroke, and the relay line-up won both a bronze and a silver in the Medley