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Originally delivered on 8/31/2025 8:22 pm

SUBJECT: SNN 8/31, Welcome back!

Issue 1, August 31, 2025
Yes! Let's do This!

We are so excited to welcome everyone back to our amazing school and form this year's memories. And part of those memories is how LAG knows to welcome our artists this Thursday, the first day of school! 

Thank you to those who have signed up already. It will be so great and memorable for you too. We are now looking for a few physically strong parents who can help set up and break down the red carpet, step & repeat and speaker from 7:00 - 9:00am, and 3:30 - 4:30pm, on Thursday, September 4th.

We also need a few volunteers to help set up our staff welcome breakfast from 7:00 - 9:00am on Tuesday, September 2nd.

Please sign here HERE to help out!


Questions?

Email our superb co-presidents Cynthia and Rebecca at president@laguardiahspa.org.

GETTING INVOLVED

It’s never too soon to start planning for our signature events. If you are interested in joining any of the following committees, please reach out to:


All School Musical musical@laguardiahspa.org

Auction/Gala auction.gala@laguardiahspa.org

Rising Stars risingstars@laguardiahspa.org


These committees are a lot of fun and your help will be truly appreciated. 

Auditions for Rising Stars will be in October. It seems far away, but it isn’t! Remind your students that if they are interested in auditioning, it’s not too early to start getting their acts together, rehearsing, etc. We do not have specific audition dates yet, but if you have other questions, please feel free to reach out to risingstars@laguardiahspa.org.

ACADEMIC FORUM

Karen Gillen

Nathifa Lewis

Kathy Pence

Jonathan Wynne

academicforum@laguardiahspa.org

The Academic Forum's mission is to represent the academic interests of all PA members and students and support the school's academic faculty. 


The Academic Forum's approach includes: 

1) providing informational sessions to PA members regarding academic matters of interest and post-secondary placement, 

2) meeting with counterparts among LaGuardia High School faculty, administrators, and others involved in academic matters, and 

3) issuing reports and recommendations, as appropriate, to the PA Executive Board, to the general membership, and to the LaGuardia faculty and administration. 


If you are interested in helping the Academic Forum fulfill its mission, please email: academicforum@laguardiahspa.org.

CLASS NEWS
Class of 2026

Senior Class Representative, Limor Nesher
seniorrep@laguardiahspa.org 

Class of 2027

Junior Class Representative, Yvette Frith-Raymond
juniorrep@laguardiahspa.org 

Class of 2028

Sophomore Class Representative, Rasheedah Brown-Harris
sophomorerep@laguardiahspa.org 

Class of 2029

Freshman Class Representative, To be elected
freshmanrep@laguardiahspa.org

STUDIO CONTACTS & NEWS

Shira Eisenberg

tech@laguardiahspa.org



TECH: The small studio with a huge impact.

Jennifer Dumlao
Vanessa Enri
quez

Marlene Smoot
Diane Vasquez

music@laguardiahspa.org

Mindy Greenberg
Jamie Ganey

drama@laguardiahspa.org


“In my work as an actor, I have been given even greater insights and have been guided towards empathy and a consciousness of those who are less fortunate."

– Adrien Brody

Katie Miller
Barbette Leonard

dance@laguardiahspa.org

Dear Dance Families,


Welcome (back) to LaGuardia! We are so excited to see what this year will bring. We will soon be sending along information about a meet and greet with the teachers, a fall parent get-together, a dance PA Meeting, and so much more. 


In the interim, please email dance@laguardiahspa.org if you would like to be added to our informal dance chat. Please include your name, your child’s name, and a contact number and we will get you looped in. Please also email if you would like to volunteer in some capacity to support the dance department. You would be most welcome! 


Feeling excited about the start of school and want to give us an initial financial boost? Please donate HERE.

Kristin Leigh

Cindy Wolf

art@laguardiahspa.org


Welcome new and returning Art Studio families! We are excited to kick off the school year, and look forward to a great year ahead! 


As parents or guardians of a LaGuardia Fine Arts student, you are all automatically members of the Art Studio PA! There are many ways to help support our amazing community, please click HERE if you’re interested in getting involved. We currently have an open position for Art PA Treasurer, so please write that under “Other” if you’re interested. We are excited to work with you!  

 

To keep up with Art PA news throughout the year, sign up HERE for the Art PA Newsletter.


If you have questions, ideas, or just want to say hello, please feel free to email us at anytime at: art@laguardiahspa.org.


Have a wonderful start to the year!

Kristin Leigh & Cindy Wolf

Art Studio Co-Reps

OUTSIDE OPPORTUNITIES
Stay tuned!

We often receive information from outside partners, about opportunities to our students and we will post them here. Sometimes it is about auditions, or internships, etc. All good stuff!

IEP/504 NEWS

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

SCHOOL CONTACT LIST

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

LAG ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION & INTERVENTION

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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