Parents, are you part of the LASA Parent Class of 2024 Google Group?
If not, email webmaster@lasahighschool.org to be added; Important info there about all senior year activities.
*Cap & Gowns will be distributed by LASA at the mandatory Graduation Practice
**Senior Salute is a special LASA tradition for graduating LASA seniors. Every year, PFLASA hosts Senior Salute the night before the official LASA graduation. Seniors receive their magnet endorsements from the administration, senior students perform a skit about life at LASA, the faculty give book awards and typically make a video for the students, and the seniors are given a memory book that contains each senior’s picture, quote and future plans. It's a very LASA-esque event and the seniors run the whole event. This event is for immediate family only. Dress is Dressy Casual (e.g. Pants, Ties, Dresses, etc). Typically, the event is 2 1/2 to 3 hours, not including the time that students need to be there early to line up. No tickets required.
***Graduation 2023: The district schedules all AISD graduations. Graduation is typically 2 hours after it starts. https://www.austinisd.org/graduation; There are no tickets required, no RSVP, guest number is not limited. Burger Activity Center is an AISD indoor facility.
****Project Graduation - all night lock-in for graduates only; Agreement that must be signed and Tickets will be available on the PFLASA website mid-May. Graduates will be bused to LASA at 5:30AM and parents should plan on picking up their kids between 5:45am and 6:00am; Graduates are not to drive themselves to this event. Parent drop-off and pick-up only.
The next opportunity to take your senior yearbook portrait is right around the corner.
Saturday, September 9, is your next chance. Choose your time slot here. Scroll down to where you see "book your session", then choose LASA, then Sept 9. Please reach out to CADY directly with questions. It's is a little hard to navigate, but just know there is an option for no sitting fee for just the yearbook photo.
If you took your portrait on August 11 and want a retake, you can do that but you'll need to sign up again. Retakes are free.
Remember you will need to have CADY take your portrait in order to appear in the yearbook. We will have one more date, later on Saturday, October 21st, but that will be your last chance for your portrait.
You must take your portrait with CADY during one of these sessions to appear in the yearbook.
Also, CADY offers a variety of levels of photo shoots at their studio (where they can also take the yearbook photo) if that interests your family.
For more information, see the 2024 Senior Roadshow Booking Guide or email Ms. Baldwin if you have questions, or call CADY directly and they can walk you through the process.
Save the Date for Senior & Parent College Night: Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 6:00pm
Join us for information on college admissions, Naviance to-do's, financial aid and scholarships. Zoom link will be sent closer to the event. Can't make it? No worries. We will record and post the event to our Class of 2024 college documents Google folder.
DEADLINE: End of September 2023
Seniors in NHS must pay their senior year dues now before the end of September 2023. The dues are $20 and may be paid in schoolcashonline here. * The $20 dues cover the cost of the graduation cord, supplies, and national dues.
*convenience fee applies in schoolcashonline
DEADLINE: November 30th, 2023
Buy your yearbook and/or senior Ad/elementary school Ad here.
This is optional. There are two types of Ads that senior parents can buy for the yearbook. Their pricing and ordering are the same. Anything can be done for either of these or both.
- Senior Ads - Many families buy the senior ad and put in baby/kid pics as well as a senior photo that is taken sometime between now and November 30th.
- Elementary School Ads - Elementary school ads are where you split the cost of an Ad with other families and get the LASA seniors together that graduated from your elementary school and meet up at the elementary school and take a group photo there sometime between now and November 30th.
You can buy 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, or Full Page ad in the back of the Stetson yearbook honoring your child and/or with his/her elementary school friends.
- Full page (max 24 photos): $400
- 1/2 page (max 12 photos): $235
- 1/4 page (max 6 photos): $150
- 1/8 page (max 3 photos): $75
Cords are addressed by the supervisor of that program and will be handed out before graduation practice or at graduation practice.
| Organization | Color |
|---|---|
| Top 10% (High Honors) | silver |
| Top 5% (Higher Honors) | maroon |
| Top 2% (Highest Honors) | silver & maroon |
| National Honor Society | blue & gold |
| National Hispanic Honor Society | red & gold |
| LASA Cares | lavender & white |
| Fire Academy/EMT |
red=fire academy blue=emt |
| Sports Medicine | silver & white |
| National Merit Finalists/Semifinalists | red, white & gold |
| National Merit Commended | white |
| National Merit Recognition: African American, Hispanic, Indigenous and Rural/Small Town Recognition Programs | red & white |
| National Art Society | rainbow |
| Student Council |
red, royal blue & silver |
| International Thespian Society | orange |
| Presidential Scholar |
red, navy & maroon |
| National Merit Special Scholarship | green |
| PALS | lavender & navy |
| National German Honor Society |
red, black & yellow |
| National Chinese Honor Society | lavender |
| Gifted & Talented |
red, white & silver |
| ACC | |
| CTE | forest green |
| French Honor Society |
red, white & royal blue |
| HOSA | silver & purple |
| Ambassadors | black & gold |