| On February 5-8, 2026, LaGuardia High School Parents Association is excited to present Rising Stars: GET ON YOUR FEET - an amazing variety show with Broadway-worthy performances featuring our amazing students from ALL studios. Rising Stars, performed this year in the Little Flower Theater, is a major fundraiser for the LaGuardia Parents Association. Every penny raised from this event directly supports our students. Help Rising Stars Shine and Drop a Dime! All donations of any amount are welcome and gratefully appreciated.
Text to Give - Text LAGRS to 44321
Donate today! |
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| WSS Key Art designed by Karolina Dyachenko; Ms. Kim, Instructor. |
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Volunteer with the PA for West Side Story! Our show opened last week, and the energy is palpable throughout our school and beyond. Tickets have been hard to come by, but volunteering offers a good way to come and be in the midst of it all. There are slots available as hall monitors, basket collectors, selling concessions or merchandise and being part of the behind-the-scenes energy.
Sign up to volunteer at one (or more!) of the performances. Thank you in advance for your support—it’s a wonderful way to get involved!
Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet HERE. Thanks to all who have already shown up! Here some pictures of the fun. |
ACT and SAT Prep - deadline TODAY! Today is the deadline for SAT and ACT Test Prep Courses offered by Academic Forum through its partnership with Academic Approach.
Both courses still need 2-3 more students to enroll in order to meet the required enrollment size and secure these heavily discounted test prep opportunities for our LaG students. Please consider signing up your student so they and their fellow students get the preparation they need to do their best on the Spring standardized tests.
Courses will be held Sundays from 9:30-11:30am, from January 4 to March 15 (SAT) and January 4-March 29 (ACT). The courses cost $389 and some financial aid is available.
Course information and registration can be found HERE.
The Academic Forum has been very active on Instagram this term providing LaG community members with resources and tips on a variety of academic and post-secondary topics such as: tutoring, college fairs, faculty support, student engagement with teachers/guidance counselors, dual enrollment classes, college applications, passion project roadmaps, growth mindset strategies, study supports and more.
To get the latest updates, please follow us on Instagram @lagPA_academicforum, link HERE.
Lastly, for students as well as the PA community, we want to pass along this useful guide HERE about creating resumes and cover letters by Mignone Center for Career Success. |
Shelliann Roach
Assistant Principal, Counseling Support
sroach2@schools.nyc.gov Monday - Friday 8:15am - 4:15pm
Room 243
212-496-0700, ext. 2206
Click HERE to access LaG's Guidance Department page.
Note that there is an upcoming parent info session hosted by our school's guidance department. - December 10 - 11th Grade Parents: Preparing for the Kickoff
7:00 - 8:00pm on Zoom. Join HERE. Meeting ID: 933 5023 5998 Passcode: 521621 |
| Virtual YA College/Career Counseling Tuesday, Dec. 2, 9 & 16, 4:00-5:00pm This event is online only. Teens, do you need help with your college applications or starting a career? Sign up HERE for a half-hour virtual counseling session. |
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Virtual Understanding Financial Aid 101 Info Talk with Understanding FAFSA Wednesday, December 10, 5:00-6:00pm This event is online only. Join the New York Public Library and Understanding FAFSA to learn the basics about financial aid applications for college, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). RSVP HERE. |
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| In-Person NYPL Financial Aid Application Workshops The New York Public Library is offering FREE DROP-IN SESSIONS to help teens and families with their financial aid applications. Availability is first-come, first-served.
- Tremont Library | Tues., Dec. 9, 3–5PM| 1866 Washington Avenue, Bronx, NY 10457
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library | Thurs., Dec. 11, 5–7PM
455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 - Port Richmond Library | Tues., Dec. 16, 4–6PM | 75 Bennett Street, Staten Island, NY 10302
- Westchester Square Library | Sat., Dec. 13, 10AM–12PM
2521 Glebe Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461 - Macomb’s Bridge Library | Thurs., Dec. 18, 4:30–6:30PM
2633 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd., New York, NY 10039
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THANKS FOR GIVING A major shout out to everyone who donated to Tech on Giving Tuesday! Your generosity makes a real, immediate difference for our students and the program they love. Thank you for standing with them, we're so grateful to have you as part of our Tech family! And if you missed Giving Tuesday it's ok, we welcome donations any day of the week! Just text LAGTECH to 44321 or click HERE to give via PayPal, Venmo, or credit and debit cards. Thank you! |
| PATCH IT UP Tech patches are live! Great for personalizing your shirts, hats or bags, we can apply the patches to those items at the West Side Story merch table thanks to Shira Eisenberg's loan of a fantastic portable heat press. Patches $5 each, heat press service $5 per patch. |
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VOLUNTEERS? YES PLEASE! Experience the excitement of West Side Story, meet new friends, and support the studio by volunteering to help sell Tech merch or do basket collection during the run by signing up HERE. Currently the greatest need is on Sunday 12/14. |
MAKE YOUR NEW YEAR BRIGHT Ring in the New Year with us at our first Tech Parent Happy Hour of 2026! Date: Monday, January 12, 2026 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Morty's Wine and Beer Bar, 15 West End Avenue (btwn W 59th and 60th Streets) Manhattan Cheers! |
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Congratulations to the cast, crew, and orchestra of the All School Musical for a beautiful and moving first week of performances. The Music Studio PA is incredibly proud of all the hard work our students have put in. You have all done and are continuing to do an unbelievable job, and audiences have been blown away. Thank you for your dedication.
We would also like to thank the parent volunteers who have come to sell goodies and merch and monitor halls, with the Music Studio PA especially thanking Patricia Martinez-Alvarez, Julie Freisen, Roma Tamir, and Tomoko Naroka for joining us at our merch table, as well as Makiko Hagio, Pauline Sauvage, and Yae Sembo for your sign-ups!
NEW MUSIC CONCERT: Monday, December 22 @ 6:00pm Join us for our last concert of 2025, the Fall New Music Ensemble Concert. This is one of the most unique concerts of the season, featuring original compositions by juniors and seniors in the New Music class. Tickets are available HERE now.
JANUARY CONCERT SCHEDULE January is an exciting month of Music Studio performances. We hit the ground running right after vacation with two shows during the first week. Save these dates!
Winter Musicale #1 (Wednesday, January 7 @ 6:00pm) - String Orchestra
- Concert Band
- Symphony Orchestra
- Cantare
- Operetta Workshop
Winter Musicale #2 (Friday, January 9 @ 6:00pm) - Percussion Ensemble
- Concert Orchestra
- Elementary Chorus
- Cambiata
- Treble Chorus
These are great opportunities to hear a variety of talents and styles that the Music Studio has to offer, and to volunteer! (Sign-up sheet available in the weeks to come.) |
STANDING OVATION, PODS! Thanks to every last Drama parent who’s signed up, shown up, or stood up recently. Whether you worked a shift or just clapped emphatically, you made a difference. One Acts? Ya, crushed it. West Side Story? What jet-propelled greatness, you absolute sharks of service! Your next cue? MERCH TABLE! MERCH ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT! Speaking of the Drama Merch Table, it’s open during WSS and makes the perfect stop for holiday gifts. Also, we still need volunteers to help sell the stuff. So, give the gift of your time, or another FAME sweatshirt to your uncle. Sign up HERE. HO, HO, HOLD THE DATE! PODS Meeting, Zoom Style Monday, Dec. 15 | 7:30pm
Join us HERE for updates, ideas, and maybe a little backstage gossip (not really, but maybe). LIFE IS A CABARET! Sunday, Dec. 21 | 1 PM
Chelsea Table + Stage
A holiday concert with drama, dining, and delight. Livestream available for grandma in Boca.
Tickets on sale now HERE - come even if your kid’s not performing!
Last-minute merch? Check.
Mini holiday auction? Also check. TO THE MAIN STAGE Senior Drama Showcase – Class of 2026
The Players Theatre, Greenwich Village
Now with more seats added since our kids have been promoted to the MAIN STAGE! Celebrate our seniors with a night of big roles, bigger emotions, and maybe a standing ovation or three. Get tickets HERE. |
Dear Dance families,
We have a very exciting week coming up with Observation AND the launch of NEW merch! You do not want to miss a minute! The schedule is below for ease of reference. We also still need volunteers on certain days / times or we will not be able to sell then. And then no new merch for your kiddos! Let's please work together to make sure that doesn't happen. Sign up HERE.
GRADE | DATES | TIMES | 9 | Thursday, December 11 and/or Friday, December 12 | 9:00-10:20 and/or 10:25-11:44 | 10 | Tuesday, December 9 and/or Friday, December 12 | 9:00-10:20 and/or 10:25-11:44 | 11 | Thursday, December 11 and/or Friday, December 12 | 12:45-2:05 and/or 2:10-3:30 | 12 | Tuesday, December 9 and/or Thursday, December 11 | 12:45-2:05 and/or 2:10-3:30 |
We also have the second weekend of West Side Story. The show is AMAZING, and to make it even sweeter we will be selling dance gear before the show and at intermission. Come find us and say hi and buy an item or two. Or better yet, volunteer to help sell!
Last week was chock full of fun as well. Our 9th grade students took a short walk over to Lincoln Center to see NYCB's The Nutcracker -- don't you just love NYC?! Thank you to the chaperones, teachers and administrators who made this trip possible! And on Monday a group of dance parents celebrated the season at Bryant Park.
Excited about what last week held, and what this next week promises? Curious about how to keep the magic happening? Please donate. Every dollar counts. Please donate HERE now!
Warmly, Katie and Barbette |
UNMARK YOUR CALENDARS! NO DECEMBER MEETING We know everyone is especially busy this time of year, and we want to be respectful of your time. We don’t have any key updates, so our next scheduled meeting will be on January 12. We have some fun meeting topics planned for January, so stay tuned!
ART EXHIBIT AT THE WEST SIDE STORY PERFORMANCES! Please arrive early to view the "Somewhere Between Us" Exhibit! It opens one hour prior to each WEST SIDE STORY performance. Guests are encouraged to be seated 10 minutes prior to curtain. |
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VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED! We are still looking for volunteers to help with the West Side Story merch sales. Please sign up HERE for various nights under the section for FINE ARTS MERCH. If you can’t stay for the whole sign-up window, but want to help, just email us at art@laguardiahspa.org and let us know. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS! A big thank you to everyone who has already donated to the Art Studio this year, and to those who helped to mark #GivingTuesday with your contributions! Our participation percentage is inching up, and we’d love to move the needle on participation. Donations of any size are greatly appreciated! The Art PA helps fund art supplies and materials needed for the school year, equipment for art classes, field trips, support for the Visiting Artists program, and more. Please click HERE to donate. We couldn’t do all we do without you! |
Please feel free to email us anytime at art@laguardiahspa.org. We'd love to hear from you! Have a great week ahead! Kristin Leigh & Cindy Wolf |
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 Missed Coffee and Donuts last Friday? Not to worry. Our Parent Coordinator will continue to host these. Be on the lookout for more news on the next one. They are a great way to hear from our school leaders and meet other parents. |
|  And here she is! Tracy used to be our PA President and we are so excited to welcome her to this new role where we know she will excel, having experienced being a LaG parent herself. |
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REMEMBER TO MAKE $$$ FOR LAG WHILE YOU SHOP! For every new user that installs Give Freely for the rest of the year, they'll match it with a $10 donation to LaG! Sign up HERE. |
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Get Some New LaG Swag! Visit our online shop for general LaGuardia merch. Make your purchases HERE. (You can also still purchase more items and Studio-specific swag in person at school events and shows!) |
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Wharton High School Data Science Competition Registration Now Open!
Ice Hockey Performance Predictions |
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The Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI), in conjunction with Wharton Global Youth, invites you to participate in the 2025–2026 Wharton High School Data Science Competition. This year’s competition uses simulated hockey data, challenging teams of high school students to create rankings, predict game outcomes, and explore ice hockey performance statistics. This free competition offers students the opportunity to develop data science, teamwork, and problem-solving skills through the lens of sports analytics.
Register Your Team HERE! |
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 Parent Association VP for Special Education, specialeducation@laguardiahspa.org. |
If you need a comprehensive list of who to contact at the school for various questions, click HERE. |
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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