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Hello LASA families! I hope the summer is going well so far. We’ve been very busy closing up the school year by inventorying supplies and books. (If you have one of our books sitting at home, please, please return it - the district charges the school for every book that turns up missing.) We have no more faculty or staff openings and have been that way for a while now. We’re heading into July with an eye to hopefully get some rest and relaxation before the school year starts up again.

All student schedules will be mailed out on July 30th. Students’ locker numbers will be pre-assigned and will be included on their schedule mailout. Students who are in Band will receive their lockers through Band. If a student is not in Band and does not receive a locker number, they will need to contact Ms. Payne at either LASA “Take Care of Business Early” days, the Freshman Orientation, or after the school year begins.

Freshman orientation will be held on August 12th and 13th. Freshmen whose name begins with the letter A-M will attend on the 12th and N-Z will attend on the 13th. Orientation begins at 8:00 a.m. so students need to be in the cafeteria by no later than 7:45 a.m. so we can assign groups.

10th - 12th graders will have two LASA “Take Care of Business Early” days. These days are August 11th and August 14th. Students may clean up their schedule if they have a hole in it, have received credit for a class over the summer, have already taken the class and received credit or not have met a prerequisite for the course. No other schedule changes will be allowed. They can also register for a LASA/LBJ parking permit. We may or may not be taking ID pictures that day.

Freshman parent orientation will take place on Wednesday, August 20th at 6:30 pm in the Don T. Haynes, Jr. Theater.

Students will receive a daily planner with the LASA student handbook on the second day of classes. The first week of school, beginning on August 25, will be a CCCAB week. Students will report to their advisory as their first class for the first three days of school.

LASA Counselors 2008 Summer out-of-the-office dates:
Dr. Qualls (A-Ha) and Ms. Adams (He-Pa): Return August 11
Ms. Malone (Pe-Z) and Ms. Kocian (College Counselor): Return August 7

From Ms. Kocian:
The Colleges That Change Lives College Tour is coming to Austin! The Colleges That Change Lives are a group of 40 schools that are noted for their emphasis on community and strong living and learning environments that focus on the liberal arts and sciences. Among them are Texas’ own Austin College and Southwestern University.

The CTCL event will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Austin at 208 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704. The program begins promptly at 7:00 p.m. with a 30-minute information session, and a college fair begins immediately afterwards, lasting approximately 1.5 hours.

The CTCL events are free to the public, and pre-registration is not required. For more information about the event and to view a list of participating colleges, go to http://www.ctcl.com/events/programs.htm. We hope that you will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to learn more about these remarkable colleges and universities!

Monday, June 30th, 7pm Class of 2009 Parent Meeting - One Highland Center, 314 E. Highland Mall Blvd. Contact Gina Allen atgina[at]somearchitect.com or Penny Sutton at pennysutton[at]austin.rr.comfor more information.

Incoming Freshmen: Join us for the 2008 Freshman Picnic, Saturday, August 23 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at Deep Eddy Pool and Eilers Park. PFLASA will provide pizza for freshmen, but students will need to pay their own entrance fees for the pool ($2 for 12- to 17-year-olds). We encourage parents to stick around to meet other LASA families.
Deep Eddy is located just south of Lake Austin Boulevard on Deep Eddy Lane between MoPac (Loop 1) and Exposition Boulevard. If you have additional question, contact Susan McLeland at mcleland[at]austin.rr.com .

LASA NEWS:
Congratulations!
Last week, LASA rising junior Andrew Levihn-Coon was named to the 17-4A all-district first team in baseball. He is a pitcher and outfielder for the LBJ Jaguars, batting .391 on the season with four home runs and 23 RBIs.

Resurgam! for $10@ Brad Sharp, LASA English II Topics teacher and sponsor of the literary
magazine Resurgam!, has received the final copies of this impressive literary collection, written and illustrated by LASA students Mr. Sharp will be selling these copies as follows:
Saturday, July 12 at the North Lamar Half-Price Books from 10am-1pm. If you have any questions about purchasing a copy, please email Mr. Sharp at bsharp[at]austinisd.org

LBJ SWIMMING & DIVING TEAM
Any LBJ student wishing to join the LBJ Swimming & Diving team for the 2008-2009 season, please contact Coach Lee Willing by July 31, 2008. lwilling[at]austinisd.org

SENIOR INFORMATION:
Diplomas IF you have not yet picked up your real diploma, please do so from the LASA Registrar's office (Room 281) between 8:30am and 3:30pm. Parents who would like to do this for their student must present a photo ID. Students with obligations to LASA AND/OR LBJ MUST have them cleared before their diploma will be released.

Senior Celebration 2008
Thank you to all the parents and faculty who helped with Senior Celebration. It was a great night and all the graduates who attended had a wonderful, memorable time. Many LASA seniors enjoyed bowling, photo/video booths, makeovers, massages, jousting, darts, karaoke, games and a live hypnotist show. We hope all the families of the incoming senior class will get involved and support Senior Celebration 2009! Gretchen Flatau

Senior Salute 2008
LASA Senior Salute 08, held June 5th at the JCC was a spirited, student-run salute to the class of 2008. Senior Salute memory books with photos and quotes from the seniors were distributed that night. If you did not attend and would like a memory book please contact Gretchen at gflatau[at]austin.rr.com or drop by her house in the next week—a box of books will be on the front porch for seniors or their families to pick up a copy. 1706 Bartoncliff Drive, Austin 78704.
If you would like to purchase a 2008 Graduation Keepsake DVD through AISD, go to:
http://www.austin.isd.tenet.edu/docs/Grad_Order_Form_2008.pdf

PFLASA NEWS:
Thanks, again, to those members of the LASA community who stepped forward to serve on the PFLASA Executive Committee and as Committee Chairs for the 2008-2009 school year. They are, as follows:

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