Carmen Lamar Gonzalez (Senior Tech)
Jen Hill (Freshman Tech)
Taji Martin (Senior Vocals)
Stacey McArdle (Freshman Drama)
Rebecca Sherman (Freshman Tech, Senior Instrumental)
musical@laguardiahspa.org

Someone is on your side. No one is alone. ~Stephen Sondheim

The deadline to advertise in the All School Musical’s program of Into the Woods is fast approaching: October 31st. To ensure the quality of productions remains high we need donations and sponsors. There are a variety of sizes and prices to make sure we give well-deserved shoutouts to our actors, singers, artists, musicians, dancers, tech students, production team and faculty in this wonderful Sondheim musical. 

This is the 140th anniversary of Playbill, so let’s give our students a playbill to remember! Please click HERE for prices and a link to upload any artwork or text. 

If you know anyone, either individual or business, who would like to advertise in our program, please have them contact  musical@laguardiahspa.org. The musical is seen by current families, alumni, industry professionals, fans and friends of LaGuardia - a wide variety of potential customers. 

We also need donations in any amount to support the students in every way: costumes, set design, props, lunches & dinners, sound equipment and so much more. Please click HERE to donate. Every donor and sponsor will be listed in the program.

Thank you! 

Dear LaGuardia Community:

Thank you for your continued support in our fundraising campaign. Presently, we have raised $88,000. Please keep the donations coming. We are asking families to give what they are comfortable donating. 100% participation is very important and all donations are greatly appreciated. Donors that give $2,000 or more will receive an exclusive 40th anniversary LaGuardia tote bag. 

Some areas that your donations fund are:

 - Academic supplies and equipment

- Studio performances 

- Industry consultants for studio classes

- Per session costs for teachers who work after school

- Club advisors 

- Athletics

- Graduation

- Food for student volunteers at school events

- Production costs for our three fundraisers - Rising Stars, Gala, and All School Musical 

- Teacher appreciation week 

- and much more… 

Thank you to those helping us to find additional corporate funding and matching gifts. 

In addition, school leadership, PA officers and student leaders have several meetings scheduled with elected officials over the next three weeks to discuss:

- the school’s debt repayment to the DOE

- the Fair Funding formula that currently doesn’t provide our school with the appropriate amount of arts funding  

- funds needed for this current school year

Credit Card - click HERE

Zelle - laghspa@laguardiahspa.org (Please write in the note section who the donation is from and your child’s name)

Mail - Make checks payable to “LaGuardia High School Parents Association.” Mail to LaGuardia High School Parents Association, Attn: Treasurer, 100 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023

Matching Gift Program - Many companies offer a matching gift program. Contact your human resources department for more information.

Thank you to all of the wonderful parent volunteers who helped out at LaGuardia’s Open House on October 23rd. The school hosted over 3000 students. 

Jane Berk

Alyssa Bresnahan

Valentina Carbone

Patty Carey-Perazzo

Kristel Chou

Jake Daehler

Rim Elkassaby

Lynn Gaffney

Carmen Lamar Gonzalez

Kathleen Jayes

Barbette Leonard

Jean Liu

Sharon Marcus

Christian O'Connor

Kathy Pence

Shaun Qualheim

Victoria Rodriguez

Alba Santana

Yun Joo Shin

Pamela Stark

Kevin Steinmuller

Minori Suhara

Curtis Tucker

Nawanna Tucker

Kathy Uggen-Merget

Archana Viswanath

Lara Voss

Robyne Walker Murphy

Cindy Wolf

Tauheedah Yasin

Jane Berk, Senior Parent
Jake Daehler, Senior Parent
Limor Nesher, Junior Parent
Erica Schohn, Senior Parent

academicforum@laguardiahspa.org

REMINDER! Academic Approach is offering SAT PREP at a discounted rate - $450 for 12 sessions and two practice tests, from 11/10/24 - 3/2/25. 

The SAT is 3/2/25. ACT TEST PREP is also being offered during a similar time period. The DEADLINE to sign up is 11/3/24. Click HERE for further information.

Thank you,
Jane Berk, Limor Neshor, Erica Schohn, and Jake Daehler.

Thank you for helping to fully fund Ms. VanScoy, Mr. Antao, and Ms. Marrero's projects! 

Mr. Gibson is raising funds to get CPR equipment so students can practice life saving skills.

Dr. Campbell is raising funds to get art supplies for students to make cards that will uplift older adults at a nursing home.

Click HERE to see all the projects that need your support! 

Post Secondary Counselor, Suzette Persaud
spersaud@schools.nyc.gov

Contact Ms. Persaud with college application questions. All college representative visits are listed in Maia Learning under Events. 

CUNY's free application weeks for New York City Public School Students are October 21st through November 15th. Get more information HERE. 

SUNY'S  Free App Weeks are October 21st through November 3rd. 

Save money by applying to up to five SUNY schools with no application fee. Get more details HERE. 

Don’t forget the senior group picture is Tuesday October 29th!

Parents - if you volunteered to chaperone this activity please meet outside the school at 8:15 am.

A BIG THANK YOU to Jaclyn Okin Barney for taking the time to pick up our much needed costume supplies and dropping off sewing machines for repair!!! and to Carmen Lamar Gonzales, Jake Daehler, Lara Voss, Kathy Uggen-Merget, Kevin Steinmuller and Patty Carey-Perazzo for representing the studio during the open house!!!

PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO THE TECH STUDIO

This year the whole school is particularly in need of MONETARY FUNDING. Click HERE to donate.

Work calls for the musical are in full swing and we can always use SNACKS! Please click HERE to send snacks to the studio:

Check out the newest designs in TECH MERCH! 

Click on image below for Bonfire and have items shipped directly to you.

Save These November Dates!

What: Music Studio General Meeting

When: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 7PM

Where: Zoom

Meeting ID: 848 3452 4850
Passcode: 995034

What: Fall Jazz Concert - Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Orchestra

When: Friday, November 15, 2024, 6PM

Where: Little Flower Theatre

Purchase tickets HERE.

Reminder:

Next PODS meeting is Monday, November 4th @ 7:30 pm. 

Join Zoom Meeting HERE

Help bring back the Guest Artist Series! The much-loved Guest Artist Series brings in professional teachers from the field and exposes all dance majors, grades 9-12, to a variety of dance forms. However, due to budget constraints, the Guest Artist Series is currently on hold and will likely be eliminated for the school year without your help. 

We heard from parents - you and your students don't want this to happen! Therefore, 100% of donations to the Dance PA between Nov 1 and Nov 15 will go directly to bringing back guest artists. A donation of $250 covers one guest artist for one grade. If we raise $10,000 between Nov 1 and Nov 15, we can restore the program in full.

Click HERE to see the amazing artists brought in for the 2023-24 Guest Artist Series. We don't want our students to miss out on similar opportunities this year so donate now!

STUDENT CURATED ART SHOW

Deadline Extended- November 4 

There were issues with the google form, so it has been shut down. Please just drop a photo of your artwork in the folder linked below. Be sure to label your photo file as follows “Last Name, First Name, Double Period Art Teacher name”. They have extended the deadline for in-person artwork drop off to November 4.

Please be sure to bring your Art Show ready artwork to your double period Art Teacher by November 4. For Student Curated Art Show submission information, click HERE.

HELP US SELL ART STUDIO MERCH AT THE STUDENT CURATED ART SHOW

We will be sending out a Signup Genius soon. Please consider volunteering and helping us sell the Art Studio Merchandise. It is a great way to support the PA, to meet fellow art studio parents and to see the art of our talented artists. Please be on the lookout for the SignUp Genius. Will post it in the app also.

ALUMNI & FRIENDS HOLIDAY CARD OPPORTUNITY

Deadline - November 4

Great Opportunity to Earn Community Service Hours and Share Your Art!

Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia invites our talented artists to create Holiday Card designs that will be used to thank our donors who support all LaGuardia students and arts programs through their financial contributions. Designs can be created in any media and style, saved as an image or pdf and uploaded below. You may submit as many designs as you want. 

For Holiday Card Design Submissions, click HERE.

NEXT ART STUDIO PA MEETING - NOVEMBER 12^TH

Mark Your Calendars. More information about the meeting to follow.

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

For questions, please contact Michele Brandt, Parent Association VP for Special Education, specialeducation@laguardiahspa.org. 

A pilot program initiated by the LaGuardia Parents Association and the Community Engagement Office of LaGuardia High School to connect families who want to make independent travel plans with each other to and from school. If you are interested, please click this link to complete the form found HERE. You will be contacted by Jerrianna Phenix (jphenix2@schools.nyc.gov) our Community Engagement Manager/Parent Coordinator, who will provide you with information of other participating families that live in your borough.

If you need a comprehensive list of who to contact at the school for various questions, click HERE. 

Parent Association Instagram: Laguardia_pa
Parent Association Facebook: LaG Families and Friends

Raja Khuri and Maissa Lihedheb, NYU film grad students are casting for three roles in the short film "Centripetate": In the back seat of their mom’s car, three siblings invent a game out of boredom. After their play gets out of hand and their mom gets into an accident, the siblings are left alone, wondering whether they caused it.

Aida, 13 year old Arab-American
Munir, 10 year old Arab-American
Yara, 7 year old Arab-American

Shooting dates between 12/5 and 12/10. 

Send headshots, resume and availability for callbacks to ml8154@nyu.edu. 

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

Coffee and Donuts is a monthly event designed for parents and administrators to come together, collaborate, and work together as a team. Community concerns are aired and addressed in a professional warm environment. 

Yellow Sheet 10/18/24

Bell Schedule

School Year 2024-25 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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