Auction - Benefit News

The online auction is LIVE and runs through May 17th. There are 200 items to bid on. Please share the website link below with family, friends, coworkers, etc. The more eyes that see it, the more money we make. 

Tickets are still on sale for the benefit on Thursday, May 16th 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. at W83 (83rd & Amsterdam). Tickets are $125/per ticket.

Celebrities Samatha Bee and Jason Jones (Senior Tech parents) will be our hosts for the evening. Don't miss it!

Don't forget to purchase a raffle ticket for your chance to win a MacBook Air. $25/ticket or $100/5 tickets. Raffle ends on May 17th. 

To get information, bid in the auction, purchase tickets - go to https://one.bidpal.net/laggala24.

Parents/Guardians of a child currently attending LaGuardia HS are invited to complete the Nomination forms below. Please use the "Self-Nomination" form to nominate yourself OR the "Nomination" form if you wish to nominate someone else to run for an Executive Board position for the 2024-2025 school year.

YOU CAN BE PART OF A GREAT TEAM and MAKE  LAG AN EVEN BETTER PLACE for our kids the thrive!  

CLICK HERE to review the positions up for election and decided where your talents could make a difference! 

SELF NOMINATION FORM

NOMINATION FORM

Please email the 2024 Elections Committee Members with any questions about elections: elections@laguardiahspa.org. We welcome your participation and look forward to seeing you on May 15th.

Spring Drama Festival, 2024!!!! Four years of training. Two extraordinary plays. Eight magical performances. 

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

These Shining Lives:
A play by Melanie Marnich
Directed by Rachel Evans, May 7-10 at 7 p.m.

Romeo and Juliet by Willliam Shakespeare
Directed by Jonathan Davidson, May 21-24 at 7 p.m.

Perspective is a collection of mixed media artworks made by LaGuardia High School's 2024 fine arts seniors. The series of works offers insight into being a teenage artist covering personal themes of mental health, family and culture. This is the first time LaG art students have had a dedicated off-site exhibit and it was made possible by the ELM Foundation. Please honor our senior artists with a visit to the show at The Boiler in Brooklyn. Press contact: Jolin Zheng, student curator, 2024jolinz@gmail.com. 

Teacher-Staff Appreciation Week

May 6th - May 10th

This week is Teacher-Staff Appreciation week. The PA is making sure that our school feels the love. We have a favor to ask families: on Gratitude Day (May 8th), the SGO will have a table in the lobby asking students to write a kind note to their teachers and/or staff on post-it notes. Please encourage your students to take a minute to do that. 

A kind note of thanks goes a long way! 

How can you show teachers you appreciate them during Teacher Appreciation Week? Wednesday 5/8 is "Gratitude Day," and we ask that parents email messages of appreciation to teachers and any staff member you interact with. Please use the Faculty and Staff Directory to find your student's teachers and acknowledge their hard work! Please note that the in-person activities listed below are only for faculty, staff and administrators.

Thank you for fully funding the request from Mr. Mesiouris for supplies for the drafting and dice units for The Science of Board Game Design course. 

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to support teachers' projects, ensuring that teachers and students have the tools and experiences they need for a great education. The LaGuardia community has done a great job of helping to fund teachers' projects.

Let's keep the momentum going!

• Let's help Mrs. McGoey get an iPad, tissues and paper for student hygiene and projects.
• Let's help Mr. Rahman get a new external hard drive to save students' lab assignments.

Please visit our DonorsChoose page and share the links with your networks, family and friends. Anyone can donate, and all donations are tax deductible. Your generosity and support is greatly appreciated. 

Attention, families of LaGuardia athletes! The date for this year’s athletics banquet is Thursday, May 23rd at 4:30 p.m. Deadline to RSVP is Monday, May 13th. Please click HERE to complete the Google RSVP form.

Jane Berk
Jeanette Cochrane
Tai Hernandez McShane
Limor Nesher

academicforum@laguardiahspa.org

Join us for a webinar on 5/21 at 7 p.m. featuring Neeta Vallab, a LaG parent who has explored the many facets of applying and qualifying for merit and financial aid. She will also cover many clever tips and share some valuable resources. We will record this session for those of you unable to attend. Zoom link to come. 

Please email Erica Blum at eblum2@schools.nyc.gov for more information about college rep visits. College visits are over for the winter. We will resume in the spring. 

Juniors: Upcoming events and information (please continue to check Ms. Blum's Google Classroom regularly/daily).

1. Exploring College Options event at LaGuardia: If you are interested in learning more about Duke University, Georgetown University, Harvard College, Stanford University, and the University of Pennsylvania, please register for this zoom event HERE.
Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.

2. NYC College Visit event hosted by Grinnell and 8 of the Best Colleges: If you are interested in learning more about Claremont McKenna College, Colorado College, Grinnell College, Haverford College, Kenyon College, Macalester College, and Sarah Lawrence College, they are hosting this in-person information session in NYC on May 22nd at 7 p.m. New York Marriott Downtown. Register for the event HERE. 

3. REMINDERS: Please join the Counseling Department on Wednesday, May 8th for another Let’s Talk College 11th grade families @ 6:30 p.m.
Topic: Teacher Letters of Recommendation 
Join Zoom Meeting HERE
Meeting ID: 933 5023 5998
Passcode: 521621

4. Next College Essay Guy Workshop is 5/16 (session 4) @ 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting HERE. 

5. uAspire is hosting Financial Aid Workshops specifically for LaGuardia families called Money MONDAY$$$. Monday, May 6th at 6 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting HERE.

You can find previous recordings/resources for both uAspire and the CEG in our College & Counseling Newsletter. 

SAVE THE DATE! The Class of 2024 prom will be held on June 18th at the Ascent Lounge from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. All seniors are invited and may bring one guest. 

In case you missed it, here's a recent article from the Gothamist about a free prom wear giveaway in Brooklyn with a link to additional upcoming prom wear giveaways in and around NYC:

In Brooklyn, A Place Where the Prom Dresses Are Free

Our next Tech Studio zoom meeting will be Monday, May 6th, 2024 @7:00 p.m. Click ZOOM LINK HERE.  

At our meeting we will have our Tech Board elections and then hear from a panel of Tech seniors who will explain their plans for next year, answer questions and give insider tips on choosing courses at LaG.  

• We encourage you to join our Tech Board!  
  • Open to incoming 9th - rising 12th grade parents & guardians.
  • If you or someone you know is interested, please let us know at tech@laguardiahspa.org.
  • We'll also take nominations on the floor. 
  • Click here for a breakdown of Tech roles & duties.
    
    
• Our first SDF opens this Tuesday, 5/7, and we really need volunteers for concessions and merchandise sales. Please help where you can even if you can only stay for a little while. 
  • Click here to be taken to the Sign Up Genius volunteer sheet. 

Join us for two spectacular concerts this week!

Spring Band Concert featuring: Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony
Tuesday, May 7th at 6 p.m.

Show Choir Concert: Brave New World
Friday, May 10th at 6:30 p.m.
Get your tickets for both shows here!

Save These Dates!

Tuesday, May 21st, 7 p.m.
Riverside Choral Concert is Coming!
Advance Tickets available here.
Advance tickets: $25 per adult, $20 per student/child.
Night of: Tickets $30 at the door.

Monday, May 29th
In-person General Meeting, location and time TBD

Monday, June 3rd
Election Meeting, time and Zoom link TBD

VOLUNTEER!

Calling all Drama Families

Click here to sign up and help us sell concessions, merch and more.
Donate to the SDF.

Next PODS meeting 

When: Tuesday, May 28th at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Zoom. Click here to register.

Why: Drama PA Elections & seniors share their college audition experience. See the Drama Newsletter for more info.

Thank you to everyone who sponsored a dance or made a donation toward the Spring Dance Concert. The concert will be held May 31st-June 2nd. Please attend a performance to show our seniors our support! Tickets will be on sale soon.

If anyone is interested in running for dance representative next year, please reach out to the current dance representatives. There are lots of ways to get involved!

Dance Co-Reps

Joslin Paradise and Erica Schohn

Off-site Senior ART exhibition - The Boiler in Williamsburg

Please see the LaGuardia Fine Art Studio's FIRST EVER off-site Art Show, Perspective: 17 Artists Discover the Bond that Ties US Together. The show will be open for two weeks, May 4-18. The gallery is free of charge and open to visitors daily from 1-6 p.m. The Boiler, 191 N 14th Street, Brooklyn. 

The Annual ART Studio PA Logo Design Contest will kick off this week

LaGuardia High School Art Studio parents are seeking a logo design to be used on our website and select art studio merchandise for the 2024-2025 school year. Look for email so your student can enter the Art Studio PA 2024-2025 Logo Design Contest. 

FINAL ART PA Meetings - 2023/2024

Please mark your calendars. Below are the dates for the last ART PA meetings of the year. Meetings will all be on Zoom, and they will be 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Mondays, May 13th and June 10th. 

If you are a parent/guardian of a student with an IEP or 504 at LaGuardia, please join our WhatsApp chat group. The purpose is to support each other regarding questions/concerns related to our student's IEP or 504 at LaGuardia.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/EmBGFw7VnNZJ98GJZIaQFS**

It is recommended to take the time to regularly review and bookmark the LaGuardia Special Education section of the website HERE. There is updated and pertinent information there from the Special Education Department. 

For general Special Education questions, please carefully review the NYC DOE regulations for Special Education services for 504s and IEPs:

NYC DOE IEP Information
NYC DOE 504 Information

Do you have great ideas to make the Sunday Night News better? Do you wish you could get more involved at LaG but can only participate remotely? Please consider being SNN's editor for the 24/25 school year.  No special skills required. The one requirement is the ability to devote 2 to 4 hours on Sundays to prepare the newsletter. Email communications@laguardiahspa.org to learn about this great volunteer opportunity.

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Facebook: LaGuardia Arts

Instagram: laguardia.arts 

The PA is also on Instagram at laguardia_pa. 

SOUND THINKING NYC is offering a FREE 4-week summer intensive for NYC public school students interested in exploring how to turn their passion for music into a possible career. July 8 - August 2. Free lunch and weekly Metrocards provided. Deadline to submit applications: May 6, 2024. 

Summer ideas shared by LaG parents and students**

UC Berkeley Environmental Design, Architecture and Urban Planning Program

SheNYCArts

GrowNYC paid internship 

National High School Institute at Northwestern Stage Management/Design

Queens Public Library Volunteer

Impact Pool

NYU ARISE Program for Engineering and Science

FIT Pre-College

CIEE France, Language Program

AIP Science Programs

West Coast Connections Student Travel

NYC Summer Youth Employment Program

UCLA Costume Design Program

Florence University of the Arts

Travel for Teens

(EXTRA)ORDINARY TEEN PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS A summer 2024 program that guides teen photographers to build a personal photographic portfolio of images, learn new technical lighting and photography techniques, develop visual literacy and critical thinking, and engage in community building exercises and public speaking skills. Discount code for LaGuardia students is PHOTOOP10. Sign up HERE. 

Ocean Awareness Contest invites students to share your personal climate story through art, writing, performance, film, or multimedia. Creatively express your personal experiences, insights, or perceptions about our changing climate reality. Apply by 6/10/24.

Believe and Inspire After School Programs offer interactive virtual after-school programs that aim to empower underserved youth to become successful leaders. Participants learn practical life skills to help accomplish their life goals. Ongoing. 

NYC Youth Leadership Councils are a network of youth focused on policy, practice, and advocacy to make real change happen in their school, neighborhood, or community. Students join peers and adult allies to act on issues that matter the most to you. YLCs are in all five boroughs and need students to make NYC a better place.

2025 WhatsApp Chat**

2026 WhatsApp Chat**

2027 WhatsApp Chat**

Alex Falk is LaGuardia's Substance Abuse Prevention & Intervention Specialist: AFalk@schools.nyc.gov

The NYC DOE Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention Specialists (SAPIS) program provides a range of prevention and intervention services in grades K-12. The goals of the program are to:

• Reduce the prevalence of substance abuse among youth
• Delay the initiation of substance abuse behavior among youth
• Decrease the negative health, social, and educational consequences associated with substance abuse
• Prevent the escalation of substance abuse behaviors to levels requiring treatment

Yellow Sheet

2023-2024 Bell Schedule

LaG Faculty & Staff Directory

School Year 2023-24 Calendar

NYC Schools Account (NYCSA): track your child's progress

DOE Student Accounts: access all student learning platforms

Parent University

Multilingual Learners

Office of Language Access

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