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.

As we come together to tackle our school's budget crisis, many are asking "How can I help?" If you have an area of expertise or are interested in helping explore different revenue sources, please complete THIS google form. The PA is looking to create resource teams we can reach out to when there is a specific need in your area of interest/expertise. This doesn't necessarily mean more meetings so don't worry. 

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

Into the woods, the path is straight, no reason then, to hesitate.

~Stephen Sondheim 

Support the All School Musical Into the Woods by purchasing a raffle ticket for a night out. Please consider buying a ticket, or a set of tickets, for a chance to win two tickets to Broadway's Water for Elephants and a $200 gift card to West Bank Cafe. Click HERE to enter the raffle. Deadline is this Friday, November 15th. 

We do have some space for a couple of more ads and shoutouts. Please email us if you’d like to congratulate your favorite member of the Cast, Orchestra or Crew. (45 character limit, including spaces for shoutouts) 

We’re also continuing to take donations, $25 and up, click HERE. For your donation, you’ll get your name on the sponsor page of our Playbill, in hard copy and digitally. Consider donating or buying a raffle to this fabulous show to support our talented kids! 

The following position on the PA Executive board has come open: 

Academic Forum Officer

Volunteer Position Description:

The Academic Forum Officers will represent the academic interests of all parents and students and support the school's academic faculty.

a)The Academic Forum Officers will convene regular meetings of the Academic Forum

to plan and provide informational sessions open to all PA members regarding academic matters of interest and post-secondary placement. 

b) The Academic Forum Officers will meet with counterparts among La Guardia High School faculty, administrators, and with others involved in academic matters. 

c) The Academic Forum Officers will keep the EB informed of their work at the monthly meetings and will issue reports and recommendations as appropriate, to the Executive Board, to the general membership and to the LaGuardia faculty and administration. 

We will take nominations from the floor at the December PA zoom meeting. If you have any questions, please email president@laguardiahspa.org. 

Jane Berk, Senior Parent
Jake Daehler, Senior Parent
Erica Schohn, Senior Parent

academicforum@laguardiahspa.org

As we only had 8 people register for SAT/ACT prep classes taught by Academic Approach (instead of the required minimum of 18), the special class for LaGuardia was cancelled (students who enrolled have been directly contacted by AA). However, they are allowing LaG students to take a course on Sundays that is open to students from other high schools. The price we were originally offered will be the same. That registration deadline is December 1.

Information about the virtual class options can be found HERE.

Please check the College Board site for SAT/ACT test dates. The first SAT test date in 2025 is March 8; students can take the test numerous times. Unless your child is efficient at self-prepping, test prep courses really do help and can increase scores significantly!

~The Academic Forum Team

academicforum@laguardiahspa.org

In a tough financial environment for our school, we thank you for helping our amazing team of teachers provide world-class education to our students. 

Ms. Kingham is raising funds to get a current events magazine which covers topics from politics to science and everything in between. The articles help support vocabulary building as well as content knowledge needed for the history Regents exams.

Ms. VanScoy is raising funds to get art and paper supplies for students to do creative, project- and inquiry-based assignments.

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. 

The next POTS Meeting is TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 12th @ 6:30pm.

Eli, our AP of Career and Technical Education will give an overview of the All School Musical work schedule now and through the show and give an update on Smart Pass.

Join Zoom Meeting HERE.

Meeting ID: 507 786 8251

Music Studio General Meeting

When: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 7:30pm

Topic: Summer Camps/Programs - hear from program representatives and current LaG students who will share their experiences.

Where: Zoom

Meeting ID: 848 3452 4850
Passcode: 995034

Fall Jazz Concert - Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Orchestra

When: Friday, November 15, 2024, 6:00pm

Where: Little Flower Theatre

Purchase tickets HERE.

Come out to meet and mingle with your fellow PODS! Tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/12, from 6-8pm. 356 W44th St. Light bites served over a cash bar. Hope to see you there!

Guest Artist Series Donation Drive - Nov 1-15 - Halfway there!

Thank you so much for your generous donations to help bring back the Guest Artist Series! We are halfway there - amazing! - and need $5,000 more before November 15 to restore the master classes for this year's 9th through 12th graders. Please help us meet our goal!

As a reminder, 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 15th 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!

Art PA Meeting Moved to next week - Tuesday, November 19th

Our next Art Studio PA meeting will be next Tuesday, Nov 19th at 7:30pm on zoom. We are pushing the meeting back one week as there are too many meetings this Tuesday.

Student Curated Art Show - Friday, November 15th, 4:00-7:00pm

The show will be displayed in the school lobby and in the 2^nd Floor ART Gallery, Room 253. Our student volunteers will be there to direct you. Please come and support our artists.

Volunteers Needed to Sell Merch at Art Show

Please sign up HERE to help volunteer at the Student Curated ART Show on November 15th from 4:00-7:00pm. It's a great way to see the show, the school and to meet students, parents, and faculty! Thank you!

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 11/8/24

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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