| Skate day is now open to ALL LaGuardia students. Please spread the word to sign up or volunteer.
Ice Rink at Central Park Conservatory 106-51 East Drive, NY, NY 10026
$15 (includes admission and skate rental). Download permission slip HERE. Submit permission slip and payment HERE. |
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February PA Meeting - new date Please update your calendars. The Parents Association meeting for the month of February will now take place on February 11 @ 7:45pm. |
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Please reach out to your neighbors, friends, shops your support, and ask them to sponsor the benefit and/or donate to the auction. - Go HERE to donate an item
- Go HERE to submit for sponsorship
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TICKETS Rising Stars is one of LaGuardia's most beloved traditions for over 35 years! Celebrate the extraordinary talent of our students. Purchase tickets HERE and on our website and from the main school page under 'BOX OFFICE'!
ART SHOW Please participate in the Rising Stars Art Show. Sign up HERE as soon as possible. The deadline to have participants' names in the program is January 19, but completed artwork can be turned in the week of January 26.
ADS & SPONSORSHIPS - DEADLINE IS TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20! Celebrate students or promote a business in our playbill! Sponsorships $5,000 — STAND UP
6 reserved tickets, LaGuardia Fame Hoodie, Tote Bag & Mug $2,500 — TAKE ACTION
LaGuardia Fame Hoodie and our new journal $1,000 — DON'T STOP
LaGuardia Tote Bag & Mug All sponsorships include a full-page ad, acknowledgment on our PA website, Instagram, and Sunday Night News.
Playbill Ad Levels $500 – FEELING GOOD Full Page $250 – FLY ME TO THE MOON Half Page $125 – ANGEL DREAM Quarter Page $75 – BACK TO THE BASICS Business Card
To learn about how to submit artwork, go HERE.
RAFFLES Enter the Rising Stars Raffles below for a chance to win incredible prize packages and support our students! - The FRIENDS™ Experience, SUMMIT One Vanderbilt & Momofuku Noodle Bar
- NYC Iconic Eats : Cafe Luxembourg, Shake Shack, & Billy’s Bakery
Japanese Izakaya Toribar Dinner, Alamo Drafthouse Movie Tickets, and Peppino Candy - Acting Lessons and Atlantic Grill
Frieze NYC Art Fair and P.J. Clarke’s MCC Theater One Year Designer-Level Patron Membership Voice Lessons Beauty and the Beast in Philadelphia on 2/11/26 - draws TOMORROW!
To learn more about all of the raffles, go HERE.
VOLUNTEER Sign up HERE to volunteer during the show run and be a part of the behind-the-scenes magic. |
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Vote for the Design to Represent LaG! The LaGuardia HS CANstruction Team is asking you to help choose the design that will best represent our school at CANstruction NY, an annual public event. Vote for your choice HERE.
Our humanitarian, community service team’s mission is to fight hunger! We will create a giant sculpture out of unopened canned foods and will compete against engineering firms, architectural firms, and contractors from all over NYC.
The Common Goal: All competitors bring awareness to the hunger crisis. It is a truly awesome and large-scale community service project, collectively contributing to one of New York City’s largest food donations.
We hope you vote!
To find us on Instagram, click HERE. |
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Second term starts January 27. Marking periods end March 26, April 24 and June 12.
Join us on Tuesday, January 27 at 7:00pm for a panel discussion with LaG parents whose students applied to college early action / decision. We’ll hear about why some students are choosing to apply early, the process, timing and what parents wished they knew sooner. This information session will take place on Zoom HERE.
LaGuardia is now officially part of the National Honor Society as an approved NHS chapter, marking an exciting new step forward after months of hard work by the board. Students who previously received an NHS letter should disregard it, as an official and updated letter has recently been sent through NYC DOE email. All accepted members are required to join the NHS Google Classroom using their personal email, with separate class codes provided for seniors and juniors. Important upcoming dates include a virtual welcome meeting on Friday, January 23 at 5:00pm via Google Meet, and the induction ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, February 10 at the Little Flower Theater, with the time to be announced.
The Academic Forum is compiling a crowd-sourced outside tutor list, so if you have tutors you'd like to recommend, please email academicforum@laguardiahspa.org and we will include info HERE--notice what info we are including, so please provide us with info for each section. |
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. |
Guidance Counseling Parent Session Join the Senior Parent Information session TOMORROW, Tuesday, January 20 @ 7:00pm. Zoom link HERE. |
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COMING SOON!
POPSTARS Only two weeks until the amazing variety show that is Rising Stars and we're looking for a few good Moms and Pops to get on their feet and help with the Tech Merch table on February 5, 7, and 8. More info and volunteer sign up for Tech Merch sales HERE.
POPCORN What can be salty, sweet, or spicy and chase the winter blues away or woo your Valentine? Popcorn of course! We're setting up shop with Double Good Gourmet Popcorn to sell the tasty treat and raise money for the studio. The online shop will be open from Monday January 26 to Thursday January 29. From the comfort of your home you can choose your favorites and they'll be shipped directly to you just in time for a yummy Valentine's surprise or winter pick-me-up. 50% of all sales will go to Tech! Link to come.
POTS Save the date - the January POTS Zoom meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 28 at 8:00pm. We'll be discussing the Spring show season and more.
and TOTES Ms. Dombrowski is in need of grocery tote bags for SDF 1's Urinetown costuming. Clean, plastic or cloth grocery totes of all kinds are welcome. Please have your student drop them off at the Costume Shop. To those who have contributed already, thank you! |
THANK YOU! The Music Studio would like to thank everyone who attended the Musicales and the Semi-Annual Performances of the last two weeks, and especially those parents who volunteered to sell merch and refreshments and collect donations. Our students impressed audiences at every level, and we couldn't be more proud! Performances continue later in the month with the Winter Band Concert (Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony) on Thursday, January 29 @ 6:00pm, and into next month with the Winter Gospel Concert on Friday, February 6 @ 6:00pm. Tickets for those shows are available HERE now and we hope to see you there!
HEALTH & WELLNESS MEETING Join us the evening of Wednesday, January 28 on Zoom for a special meeting where guest speaker Leryn Turlington will talk about how students can care for their mental and emotional well-being in 2026 and beyond, offering practical tools and thoughtful insight to support their overall health. The Zoom link will be shared next week!
ALUMNI & FRIENDS OF LAG SUMMER STUDY GRANTS Scholarships are available to juniors, sophomores, and freshmen who may be eligible to receive financial assistance for supplemental study in their arts discipline during the summer of 2026. Applications are due February 6. Please visit the website HERE for more information about this generous financial aid award program, including application requirements and what types of summer programs are eligible. |
| Mindy Greenberg
Jamie Ganey drama@laguardiahspa.org
“As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself.” – Cara Buono |
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NEW YEAR, NEW SQUAD GOALS Was your resolution to be more involved in the Drama Studio? Good news! All you need to know about everything our studio is up to, and how you can join in on the fun, will be revealed at our January PODS meeting on Tuesday, January 27 at 7:30pm. All YOU have to do is click HERE and show up.
MERCH MADNESS: RISING STARS EDITION Our performers are rising. Our merch is ready. Now we just need you.
We're looking for volunteers to help run the Merch Table during each of the Rising Stars shows (Feb. 5–8). It's fun, it's easy, and it supports the Studio. Sign up HERE. PUT A SPRING (DRAMA FESTIVAL) IN YOUR STEP Welcome to our new weekly “substack” – all devoted to our Spring Drama Festival. Because it’s that big of a deal to our seniors (and parents!). THE POWER OF THREE Mark your calendars now, because this year’s SDF is a titanic triple-header of theatrical talent. A holy trinity of hot takes. A Cerberus of productions, if you will (#iykyk). Anyway, jot these dates down. - SDF #1 – Urinetown: March 26–28
- SDF #2 – Noises Off: April 30–May 2
- SDF #3 – Macbeth: May 29–31
Volunteer sign-ups for merch & concessions are coming soon, so get your snack smiles and Square app thumbs ready too.
CALLING ALL SPACE WIZARDS AND GENEROUS HUMANS Here's the deal: We need rehearsal space during our February and April breaks, AND we need a donor to help make it happen (because unfortunately, this stuff costs money). Here's what we're looking for: - Feb 17-20, 9:00am - 3:00pm: Two studios (one with a piano) for Urinetown and Noises Off
- April 6-8, 9:00am - 3:00pm: Two studios (no piano needed) for Noises Off and Macbeth
Know someone who can help? Have a lead on space? We're all ears! And vocal chords, etc. Bonus: your heroism will be tax deductible. |
Thank you to everyone who attended last week’s Senior Winter Dance Showcase! First, a special thank you to our parents for organizing the senior dinner—we truly appreciate all your effort. To our volunteers, thank you for helping with inventory, sales, and cleanup across all three shows. And to our underclassmen who assisted with ushering and collecting the donation baskets, many thanks to you as well! If you weren’t able to attend, no worries—you can still support us by donating to our dance studio. Every dollar truly counts! Warmly, Katie and Barbette |
GOOD LUCK SENIORS! Good luck to our Fine Arts seniors, who will be taking the written assessment for the Visual Arts Commencement Exam on Friday, the 23rd! You’ve got this!
RISING STARS – MERCH SALE All studios have been invited to sell merch at the upcoming Rising Stars shows, and we’d love to see if there is enough interest/availability of volunteers for the Art Studio to sell merch at the performances. 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, please email us at art@laguardiahspa.org and let us know. Thanks so much!
SAVE THE DATE! Our next Art PA monthly meeting will be held on Monday, February 9 at 7:00pm. Zoom link to be sent out closer to the meeting. Hope to see you there!
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ART STUDIO Thank you to the Fine Arts families who have already contributed to the Art Studio this school year! Our teachers and our students could not do what they do without your support! Your donations help fund many of the art supplies and materials needed for the school year, repairs and purchases of equipment for art classes, support for the Visiting Artists program, field trips, and more! To contribute, donations of any size are greatly appreciated and will count towards our participation percent! Please click HERE to donate.
Please email us anytime at: art@laguardiahspa.org. We'd love to hear from you! |
FROM TRACY'S DESK (PARENT COORDINATOR) |
OUTSIDE & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES |
| The WindowsWear Mentorship Program connects brands with students from around the world! Brands like Coach present ideas to identify new talent, and students submit projects to win exclusive opportunities and paid internships! See more details HERE and to apply. |
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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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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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