Parents and Guardians,

Please join us for the final Parents Association meeting of this school year. We appreciate your support and the opportunity to serve you and the students. Thank you so much!

Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Time: 6:30 pm

Location: Zoom

LaGuardia Girls JV Soccer are 2024 NYC Champions!! Congratulations to the team and coach Antao! Go Lions!!

Step right up folks, and support our sensational LaGuardia drama student stars by taking part in our Razzle-Dazzle Raffle! 

Tickets are 1 FOR $10, 3 FOR $25, 7 for $50

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

• In RAFFLE #1, we're rolling out the red carpet with a BROADWAY.COM gift card! Don't miss out on the glitz and glamour – sign up now!
• In RAFFLE #2, step into the academic spotlight with a one-hour private tutoring session from WALLACE TUTORING, valued at $185. But wait, there's more! 
• In RAFFLE #3, clean up your act with a gift card for a 4-hour apartment cleaning from NYC’s Premiere Cleaning Service, WHITE GLOVE ELITE! Two chances to win this prize! And for the finale... 
• In RAFFLE #4, treat your taste buds to a show-stopping dinner for two at the WEST BANK CAFE in the theater district, valued at $200.

Choose which of the raffles you’d like to join, enter the amount and purchase your tickets HERE!

RAFFLE CLOSES MONDAY, JUNE 10th. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED JUNE 14th.

This is our final fundraiser of the year and your chances to win are high! Don’t miss out!

Town Hall featuring Principal Deepak Marwah
When: Friday, June 14th, 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Where: LaGuardia, Mezzanine

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to JPhenix2@schools.nyc.gov by Friday, June 7th. Please email questions to Jerrianna before the event.

This event will be recorded.

Mrs. McGoey's project request for Professional Development is more than halfway there! 

Let's give it that final push and help her get the tuition needed to attend an Advanced Placement Summer Institute to learn the new AP Psychology curriculum and exam. This will ensure that Mrs. McGoey stays up-to-date with the new curriculum and does more course training to be the best possible AP Psychology teacher for LaGuardia students.

Please visit our DonorsChoose page often, 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!

Jane Berk
Jeanette Cochrane
Tai Hernandez McShane
Limor Nesher

academicforum@laguardiahspa.org

ATTENTION CURRENT JUNIOR & SOPHOMORE  STUDENTS!

Please join current SENIORS for a special session on advice they want to share when applying to college- namely things they wish they’d known beforehand and any other insightful important tips to help you in this process. 

When: Tuesday, June 11th at 6 PM

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 869 8884 2509
Passcode: 571902

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. 

SENIORS:  Save this phone # in your phone: NYC DOE Bridge Coach 917-994-9477

Depending on the phone number they have, it could go to a guardian's phone so be on the lookout. You can complete the "Connect to your Bridge Coach" form to update the contact information.

On 6/14/2024, you will receive a text message from a NYC DOE Bridge Coach that will share information & resources with you to help with your transition to college.  To participate in this FREE program, all you need to do is reply to the message you receive, and a Bridge Coach will connect with you on all of your college and/or career prep questions from 6/14/24 - 9/6/24.  You will also receive an email to your nycstudents.net account. More info HERE.

ALL:
College & Counseling Newsletter 6/3/24.

New Webinar at HESC: Attending College with Academic Accommodations Please join HESC for an informative event designed to empower students with knowledge about academic accommodations in college. Discover the resources available to support your academic journey and learn how to navigate the process of accessing accommodations to tailor your needs in school on Tuesday, June 11 @ 5pm.  Register HERE. 

The 2025 trips to Costa Rica (February 2025) and Greece (April 2025) are officially underway! we have 200+ families interested and there are only 30 initial spots that will be accepted for each tour.

Additionally, anyone that joins the interest list on either tour before midnight on June 19th will automatically receive a $200 discount!  Anyone that traveled on Austria, Germany, and Switzerland this past Spring will receive another $100 discount.

Please note that students will be vetted based on attendance, grades, classwork completion, homework completion, and behavior. Each student will be vetted by their teachers who will give recommendations, the deans, guidance counselors, school staff, and the principal. From there students will be selected by lottery.

Sign up now to guarantee a spot on the waitlist for your child:

COSTA RICA February 2025

GREECE April 2025

Please view the Parent Guide to Travel from EF Educational Tours, our travel partner. This guide covers all the details about EF, including options for academic credit, payments plans and what to expect on tour. Additionally, once you are accepted on tour, you will have access to your individual fundraising page and will be able to apply for EF’s Global Citizen Scholarship.

 Still have questions? EF's Traveler Support Team can help through their online chat at https://www.eftours.com/contact-us or by phone at 800-665-5364.

Last POTS meeting of the year this Wednesday, June 12:

We’re doing something a bit different for our final POTS meeting: join us just outside of school for a in-person gathering this Wednesday, June 12, 5:30-6:00pm (before the General PA meeting @6pm).  Bring a snack or drink to share (or just show up).

Tech Senior Parents - mark your calendars for the in-school celebration of the Tech ‘24 grads. June 20, 10:00am-12:00pm

Join us for our final Music Studio General Meeting of the 2023-2024 School Year!

We will be joined by AP of Music and Special Education, Benjamin Schott

When: Tuesday, June 11, 7:30 pm 

Where:ZOOM

Meeting ID: 892 3116 2846

Passcode: 043805

Please send your questions to music@laguardiahspa.org or instrumental@laguardiahspa.org.

Drama Studio freshman parents and guardians!

We Survived Freshman Year - A Gathering for Freshman Drama Parents
Wednesday, June 12th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Brazen Tavern
356 West 44th Street (just east of 8th Ave)

Food Provided. Questions can be directed to either Russell Granet at rgranet@gmail.com or Mindy Greenberg at mindygreenberg24@gmail.com.

Thank you to our seniors, Gabriella Lantin, Logan Rivera, Lauren Grace Undergo, and Naomi Southwell for sharing your experience applying to college at our dance PA meeting. We wish you all the best next year. 

Additionally, we'd like to congratulate Katie Miller and Joslin Paradise as the dance representatives for the 2024-2025 school year! 

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

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Facebook: LaGuardia Arts

Instagram: laguardia.arts 

The PA is also on Instagram at laguardia_pa. 

Seeking a 13-14 year old girl to play the title role of TIGER in an independent feature film. Please email the casting director, Ann Goulder, at anngoulder@gmail.com for instructions on how to submit a taped audition. We are looking for someone who is real and natural and would love to hear from you even if you have no acting experience! The filming schedule is not set in stone yet but we are aiming for the fall, in the New York City area. Note: TIGER will be filmed under the SAG-AFTRA moderate low budget agreement but you do NOT have to be in the union in order to audition or be in the film. (We can get a first time waiver for you.)

Free Summer Program for Teens - Deadline to apply is June 7th: The Stella Adler Arts Justice Division is now interviewing NYC teens for its FREE Summer Shakespeare program! This is a free, five-week summer intensive for NYC teens impacted by income inequality. Students will rehearse and perform a shortened version of a Shakespeare play. 

GENuine Connections is a virtual volunteer program for teens and adults 65+! Participate in weekly, small-group workshops over Zoom to talk and participate in activities like creative writing, chess, art, current events and so much more. Summer semester starts week of June 24th. Apply here. Email jbanfill@dorotusa.org with questions. 

FABSCRAP is looking for part-time interns in Brooklyn, NY for the summer. Accepting applications now. Click HERE to apply. FABSCRAP was created to meet New York City’s commercial textile recycling needs. Materials that traditionally would have gone to landfill are now being properly recycled and made available for reuse.

The American Theater Wing launches applications for its 8th year of university scholarships. Apply HERE. Established for high school seniors from populations historically underrepresented in the theater industry. Students can apply to ANY aspect of theater from stage management to arts administration, design to performance, etc.  

YoungArts identifies exceptional young artists, amplifies their potential and invests in their lifelong creative freedom. Financial awards, mentorship, space grants, community and a continued investment in creative and professional development opportunities for award winners are the pillars of the program. Since 1982 YoungArts has been the sole nominating agency for the US Presidential Scholars in the Arts, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students in the arts. Learn about applying HERE. 

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.

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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

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