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Your transfer request or waitlist form is due BY March 8th. We are looking forward to meeting all of you at one of the Course Selection Sessions. Sessions will be held on March 23rd and 27th.

NEWS

The next PFLASA meeting is on Friday, March 26 at 8:00 in the library. Please note it's on the 4th Friday because of Spring Break.

LASA Model UN students are hosting the MUNJA conference (Model United Nations for Juniors of Austin) for middle schoolers on Tuesday, May 18th. This is our second year and we hope to have a great turnout! We already have almost 40 middle school students registered and more to come. Parents can find out all there is to know about the actual conference by checking out the website: http://munjaustin.weebly.com/

ACCOLADES

Congratulations to LASA students' great MUN accomplishments at the National Model UN conference!

Ran Woodfin, Isaac Griswold-Steiner, and Sasha Heinen all won honorable mentions in their committees.

Twenty-two LASA students attended NAIMUN (North American Invitational Model UN), hosted by Georgetown University students in Wash. DC, February 11-14. This was their 47th annual conference and LASA's first appearance. There were a little over 2000 students who attended the conference from all over the nation and all over the world. Students delegations came from China, Japan, Ireland, UK, Costa Rica, Kenya, etc. It was truly an international MUN conference and a wonderful experience for our students.

The LASA Latin Club competed in the annual Westwood high school Certamen. The LASA teams performed very well against area teams from both public and private schools. In total, 17 schools were represented.
The LASA teams and their placement in the competition are below:
Novice Level (Latin 1) 5th Place: Lydia Liou, Hamsini Srirman, Albert Nam, Miranda Donnellan
Lower Level (Latin 2) 3rd Place: Roger Cain, Austin Le, Rueben Atkins
Upper Level (Latin 3-5) 2nd Place: Indy Prentice, Aaron Pellowski, Adam Khan, Xavier Denise

Congratulations to Maricruz Aguayo-Tabor, history department chair, named as a 2009 Milken National Educator Award recipient.

LASA High School is ranked the #36 high school in the country by Newsweek based on the number of AP exams divided by the number of graduates.

LASA earned an exemplary rating from the Texas Education Agency for its performance on the TAKS test, attendance rates, and completion rates.

The LASA Quiz Bowl team finished in 11th place at Nationals! Congratulations to Mr. Flowers and his fantastic team of Quiz bowl players.

The LASA Science Olympiad Team competed at the 2009 National Science Olympiad Competition in Augusta, Georgia and placed 8th overall in the Nation! This is the first time in the 25 year history of Science Olympiad that a team from a South-Central State has placed in the top 10 in the Nation. Congratulations to the LASA SciO team members and to LASA teachers/SciO Coaches Alicia Ruch-Flynn and Tara Spence, Read all about the student accomplishments at the following link: http://www.lasaonline.org/ScienceOlympiadNationalCompetition.html

Kudos to LASA Science teacher Alicia Ruch-Flynn for being selected as AISD’s “High School Teacher of the Year”. Ms. Ruch-Flynn will be honored at the AISD/Partners in Education Salute Ceremony on May 5th, where she is in the running for AISD’s “Teacher of the Year”!

Congratulations to The Liberator, LBJ/LASA’s student newspaper, for receiving three top national honors for high school publications: the Silver Crown by Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the Pacemaker, the top national award given by National Scholastic Press Association, and the Gold Star given by the Interscholastic League Press Conference. The Liberator is the only school in Texas this year to receive both the Silver Crown and the Pacemaker! Kudos to Journalism teacher, Janet Elbom.

The LASA Science Olympiad team is ranked 1st in Texas, winning with a spectacular performance at the Texas State Science Olympiad competition. The students placed 1st or 2nd in 22 out of 23 events!!! Check out this link to the awardees: http://www.lasaonline.org/ScienceOlympiadStateCompetition.html

The team will represent the state of Texas at the National Science Olympiad tournament, May 13th in Augusta Georgia. Kudos to Alicia Ruch-Flynn and Tara Spence, SciO faculty sponsors!

Thirteen LASA German students placed 90th % or above in the National German exam this past Sunday and German teacher Keri Jaworski was honored with the "Duden" award (named after the famous German dictionary) for achievement and excellence in the teaching of German. Congratulations Ms. Jaworski and students!

Congratulations to the LASA Robotics Team! LASA's Robotics team traveled to Atlanta April 17-18 to compete in the World Championship of the F.I.R.S.T. Robotic Competition. Out of 1,800 teams from around the world, LASA Robotics finished 106th!!! This on the heels of an incredible year in which LASA Robotics placed 1st at the Capital Best Competition, 1st at the FRC Dallas Regional and took home the Chairman's Award at the Lone Star Regional. Kudos to Robotics teachers and sponsors, Tony Bertucci and Alison Earnhart, and all of the Robotics students and their families!

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The mission of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy is to offer a rigorous, innovative, and nationally recognized interdisciplinary curriculum to educate socially responsible leaders, problem-solvers and thinkers. The School stands at the forefront of the nationwide effort to produce graduates with exceptional knowledge and skills in English, other languages, mathematics, science, social studies and technology. An outstanding high school education at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin (LASA) prepares students for higher education and at the same time encourages them to make a significant contribution to community, state and nation.

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