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.

We have a PA meeting coming up but we are listing all remaining ones so you can be sure to add them to your calendar now. Too much going on to miss these and get all caught up!

The next General PA meeting which will take place on Tuesday, January 28th @ 6:30pm on Zoom. All parents and guardians are invited to attend!

Schedule for remaining General PA meetings: 

Wednesday 2/5 @ 6:30pm (on Zoom)

Tuesday 3/11 @ 6:30pm (on Zoom)

Tuesday 4/22 @ 6pm (in person at LaG)

Wednesday 5/28 @ 6:30pm (on Zoom)

Monday 6/16 @ 6:30pm (on Zoom)

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

Cathleen McLaughlin, Sophomore Parent

academicforum@laguardiahspa.org

Please join the Academic Forum on January 14th at 8:00pm for a conversation with Florence Lehr, founder of Artriculate, a college consulting service for creative students. Florence will discuss the role that academics play in the college application process for students interested in pursuing creative majors. Topics will include high school course selection (including a discussion of how many and which math courses are needed), the importance of standardized tests, and how these considerations differ if a student is primarily interested in art schools/conservatories or art-related majors at larger universities.

Click HERE to join the discussion.

Meeting ID: 863 1900 0602

Passcode: 677684

Thank you for your continuous support of our amazing teachers. In this new year, focusing on projects at risk of "expiration."

Ms. Berger is raising funds to give her students copies of the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness! Just under $300 left to raise by February 1 or the project does not proceed!

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

From the Yellow Sheet!

New Attendance Office Email -- Effective Now

The Attendance Office welcomes Mr. Santiago who is working with Drama, Fine Arts, and Tech Theater. (Ms. T. is now working in the Principal's Office.

To make things easier for families, the Attendance Office will use one email: lagattendance@nycdoe.onmicrosoft.com. Please save this to your contacts, or you can find the information on the Whom to Contact page on our website.

Families are asked to include their child's STUDIO and OSIS/9-DIGIT on all emails.

This Attendance Office email will allow us to help families more quickly, especially if one of the Attendance secretaries is not at their desk and the request is timely (such as early dismissal or work permits.)

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. 

Click HERE to read the latest Counseling Support Team newsletter. 

Annual Studio Appeal

Happy New Year! Help us start 2025 strong with a donation to TECH, any amount is welcome! We also accept monthly payments, or you can text LAGTECH to 44321.

Click HERE to donate. 

Next POTS meeting - TOMORROW!

Monday, January 13th @ 6pm.

We will discuss the budget and roles needed for next year.

Join HERE. 

Meeting ID: 507 786 8251 

USITT Conference x Tech!

GET YOUR KRISPY KREME DONUTS HERE to help us reach our fundraising goal for the USITT national conference in March.

And please consider donating to the trip GoFundMe HERE and share on social media too!

MS General Meeting

Join Us!

What: Music Studio General Meeting

When: Monday, January 13 at 7:30pm

Where: Zoom

Meeting ID: 873 4117 2299

Passcode: 637700

We will have a panel of 2024 LaG Alum, who will discuss their transition to college and taking a gap year.

Winter Concert Series

Semi-Annuals

Our winter concert continues this week with the Winter Semi-Annual Concert on Wednesday, January 15 and Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 pm, featuring Senior Chorus and the LaGuardia Philharmonic Orchestra. The repertoire is the same both nights, so pick the date that works best for you, or see it twice, because twice is nice!

New Music

NEW UPDATE! 

The New Music concert date has changed, and is now Wednesday, January 22 at 6pm in the Little Flower Theater. Tickets should be available for purchase by Monday, so spread the word and bring a friend or two!

Winter Band Concert

Join us for the Winter Band Concert on Thursday, January 30 at 6pm in the Concert Hall, featuring the LaGuardia Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony bands.

Happy New Year, PODS!

It’s Our First PODS Meeting Ever! (of 2025, that is)

Don’t be the last one on your block to be the first person on your block to put the next PODS meeting in your calendar…in ink, virtually speaking of course. We promise the meeting won’t be as long as that last sentence.

Monday, January 13th at 7:30pm

Zoom link HERE. 

GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLSSSSS!!!!

We have one really big goal – raise enough money to meet our budgetary needs. And it’s only possible thanks to folks like you. Especially the generous ones. Click HERE to give.

Hello dance families!

Lots going on over the next month:

Our 2025 Senior Winter Dance Showcase performances are this week on Thursday, January 16 at 4pm and 7pm and Friday, January 17 at 4pm and 7pm.

Tickets can be purchased online by clicking HERE. Students may purchase tickets with cash in the dance office. Seating is general admission, no assigned seats. It is going to be an AMAZING show so please come support our dancers and spread the word!

While you are at the Dance Showcase please stop by our merchandise table to buy some gear! Even better, sign up to help us set up, sell and break down. We are all set for Thursday but need some help on Friday. Sign upHERE.

A bit later in the month we will be having our second Dance PA meeting -- January 29th @7:30pm via zoom HERE. Students will be discussing their experiences at numerous summer intensives, and giving tips and tricks for a strong audition. You do not want to miss this event! We will also be going over our budget and planning for the remainder of the school year.

And speaking of our budget, please continue to donate to help support our dancers. Your generosity is so appreciated, but we need to keep the donations coming to support our winter and spring programming. 

Finally, what's February without a night out?! Please save the date for a dance parent / guardian evening on February 13th @ 6:30pm. We have such a vibrant and fun community of families -- wouldn't it be nice to put some faces to names? 

Enjoy the week!

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

This is Maya (they/them), the RAPP coordinator and LaGuardia High School. Towards the end of this month, I will be offering an hour-long workshop on Teens and Break-Ups. This was based off of submitted responses to what you all have an interest in learning more about, in support of your student.

The workshop will be January 21st at 6PM EST. If you're interested in attending, please fill out the following form. Once the form is completed, I will send out the zoom link. 

Complete form to join HERE. 

With love,

Maya

Maya Tatikola

(they/them)

Relationship Abuse Prevention Program

Rising Ground

Laguardia High School 

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 1/3/25

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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