We've got an action packed agenda including: - updates from Principal Marwah
- voting on a proposed bylaws amendment to add a VP - Productions
- electing a new IEP/504 Representative for our SLT (School Leadership Team) - PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED!
- details about our upcoming gala fundraiser and admitted students open house
- proposed expense budget for 2026-2027
- studio and academic forum happenings
See the full agenda plus last month's meeting minutes and proposed bylaws amendment details HERE.
See you there! It's a great way to stay in the loop on all things LaG and meet fellow parents and guardians from all studios and class years. Your presence and your voice make a difference!
We only have one in person meeting each semester -- please join us! |
Know someone who can serve as our auctioneer for the event? Please email auction.gala@laguardiahspa.org with the information or any questions.
And reach out to your network, 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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Why Your Survey Matters: Direct Impact: Your responses directly influence how we allocate resources, design academic programs, and create support services for your child. Critical Decision-Making: School leaders use this data to reflect on your feedback and make important decisions about programming that affects your child's daily experience. Every Voice Counts: Without your input, we lack the full picture of what our school community needs.
How to Complete the Survey (Deadline is April 1) - Visit NYCSchoolSurvey.org.
- Choose a preferred language.
- Enter the correct access code: lowercase "f" followed by your child's 9-digit Student ID (OSIS) number (example: f123456789). You can access your child's 9-digit OSIS number online through Jupiter or your New York City Schools Account (NYCSA). It is vital to put the "f" before the OSIS number to fill out the survey, without the correct access code, you will be incorrectly filling out the form.
- Complete and submit the survey.
Need Assistance? Please contact our Parent Coordinator, Tracy, at tballas@schools.nyc.gov or 646-450-4513 for any help you need.
Go to Survey HERE Now!
IT TAKES JUST 5 MINUTES! |
AP FINALS TEST PREP! The Academic Forum has arranged to offer LaGuardia students 10% off any Compass AP group course review using the code ACADEMICFORUM. The usual price is $195 per subject for four weekly 90-minute online workshops, starting April 11 or 12. The registration deadline is April 6. For an additional fee, Compass offers AP practice exams. Strong results on AP tests result in greater acceptance rates to college and often eliminate the need to take certain course requirements at certain colleges. Please refer to AP Classes | AP Prep Courses | AP Test Review | AP Review for further information or reach out to Whitney Longworth (whitney@compassprep).com for assistance. |
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. |
| Senior Trip! We are excited to announce the Class of 2026 Senior Trip to Six Flags Great Adventure! Date: Friday, June 19
Departure: 9:00am from LaGuardia High School
Return: Approximately 10:00pm
Transportation: Chartered Coach Bus
Student Cost: $60 - The trip package includes park admission, round-trip transportation, one meal, one snack, and one drink.
- Seats are limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The payment deadline is May 15, or when tickets sell out.
- A completed parent consent form is required for participation, and students must follow the school’s discipline code.
Permission Slip HERE.
Purchase Tickets HERE. We look forward to celebrating our seniors with a fun and memorable day!
Please Note: This is a public event hosted by the Parents Association, not LaGuardia High School. |
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OPERETTA Bravo to our Tech Kids for another amazing job getting it done for Operetta!! The work continues for the Senior Drama Festival. Consider making a snack donation for the crews. Purchase snacks HERE.
THANK YOU Deep gratitude and thanks to our Merch Sales Volunteers- you saved the day! Shelly Xiong, Deanna Raso, Rebecca + Sophie Sherman, Cynthia Solis-Yi, Kathy Uggen-Merget, and Marcia Castillo. We will need more hands on deck for SDFs! |
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We have a lot of new volunteer opportunities coming up- it’s a busy season from now until the end of the year. If you haven’t signed up to volunteer yet, now is your chance! It’s a great way to support our studio and build community with other families. Accepted Students Day - Tuesday, March 24, 4:30 - 7:00pm This is an exciting time to welcome new kids and families to our Tech world. Sign up HERE. Senior Drama Festival - March 26 - May 31 URINETOWN | March 26-28 The first of 3 SDFs starts on March 26. You guessed it, we're selling merch! We need volunteers. Sign up HERE. Upcoming Volunteer Options - Stay Tuned Noises Off | April 30 - May 2 Macbeth | May 29-31 |
The Music Studio would like to express its immense awe, pride, and appreciation for all of the students and teachers who performed in or supported the Operetta Of Thee I Sing this weekend. Each of the four shows was spectacular, and both casts left every audience member smiling. We would like to extend our gratitude to everyone who attended the show and supported the performances with their applause as well as their dollars, and an extra special thanks to the many parent volunteers. Thanks to those volunteers and thanks to your donations, the Music Studio PA was able to provide lunch to the cast, pit, and crew between Saturday's performances. Through our refreshment and merchandise sale and post-show collections, we guarantee that future performances will have the funding they need. Additionally, purchases of pastries and sweatshirts at the Jazz table brought the Jazz Orchestra's trip to Denmark a little closer to fruition. (You can continue to help them HERE.) None of this would be possible without our volunteers!
Congratulations to our students on their accomplishments. We know how very hard you worked and your dedication absolutely showed on stage. Of this operetta we will be singing for years to come!
SPRING MUSIC STUDIO SHOWCASE - Auditions Open The Music Studio PA’s Spring Music Showcase will take place on Sunday, April 26 @ 5:00pm at Hill Country BBQ Market. Music Studio students who wish to perform can sign up and submit their auditions HERE. Auditions must be received by Tuesday, March 31 @ 11:59pm. Do you need an accompanist? Do you want to be an accompanist or co-emcee? Let us know by signing up. |
| Mindy Greenberg
Jamie Ganey drama@laguardiahspa.org
“If you're being attacked by something on the outside, which I feel a lot being in show business, you just have to dial it back and breathe and know that you are protected.” - Jackee Harry |
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URINETOWN IS COMING! Our first of three fabulous SDFs is coming. March 26–28. URINETOWN! Yes, that's really the name. And these kids? They're absolute whizzes in it. You might even say they're real number ones. (We'll stop.) Get tickets HERE while they last!
PARENTS' NIGHT OUT (you've earned it) PODS pulled some strings - okay fine, it fell on our laps, but still - and scored a block of discounted $23 tickets to Dry Land at University Settlement House, featuring LaG alum Isa Barrett March 20 & 21. These are first come, first served, and they will go fast, so maybe stop reading this email and grab yours now. (Okay fine, finish the email first. We worked hard on it. But then go. Seriously. We'll wait.)
Reserve and pay HERE. One small but important PayPal note (sorry, we know — PayPal, everyone's favorite): use the dropdown to select Drama Studio and add a note that payment is for "Dry Land Tickets." It's annoying. We don't make the rules. Actually, we kind of do. But based on things out of our control.
Heads up: this is not a LaGuardia or DOE-sponsored event, and chaperones will not be present. (It's a grown-up night. Act accordingly. Or don't. We're not your chaperones either.) More about the show HERE!
THEY WANT TO LIVE FOREVER! Remember when that acceptance email arrived? The tears? The screaming? The group text that nearly crashed your phone? That one parent who definitely did not ugly-cry on the way back from Trader Joe’s? (No judgment. That parent may or may not be writing this email.) Accepted Students Day is coming up, and we need volunteers to work the Drama merch table — a chance to welcome the next wave of LaG families and maybe relive that magic a little. Tissues optional but recommended. Sign up HERE. |
Dear Dance Families,
First, we need a few volunteers to help us sell gear and answer questions at the Admitted Student Open House on the evening of March 24 -- please email us at dance@laguardiahspa.org or hop on WhatsApp to let us know if you can help. This is a fun one!
Second, we ask that you please consider supporting our senior dancers and their choreographers by sponsoring a dance for the Graduation Dance Concert. This is the dance department's most important fundraiser and many of the pieces are still missing sponsors - let's not let that happen! You can learn more about how to support HERE. Please participate if you are able, and share out this information with friends, families and businesses who might be interested in supporting our young artists.
Warmly, Katie & Barbette |
MARCH 24 – ART MERCH SALE AT ACCEPTED STUDENT OPEN HOUSE LaGuardia’s Accepted Student Open House is scheduled for March 24th, and the Art Studio still has a few spots open for volunteers for the Art merch sale at the event. This event is always an exciting and happy one! Please sign up HERE!
LOOKING AHEAD The school year is flying by, and we (both Cindy and Kristin!) are parents of seniors! We love our jobs as Art Co-Reps, but it’s only ours for a few more months. All that to say, if you’re thinking about running for Art Co-Rep next year, this is a GREAT time to let us know! We’d love to share our knowledge with the next Co-Reps to help create a smooth transition. If you’re thinking about it and want to learn more, please complete interest form HERE to let us know. We look forward to hearing from you! Our wonderful Art PA Webmaster Yun Joo Shin also has a student graduating, so the Art PA will need a volunteer for that key role next year. If that’s of interest, please use the same interest form HERE and just let us know in the questions/comments field. THE ART STUDIO STILL NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT The LaGuardia Art Studio relies heavily on the support of our parents and guardians to help fund essential art supplies and materials for our students. If you have not already donated for the 2025-2026 school year, now is a perfect time! Donations of any size are greatly appreciated, and every contribution helps! Please click HERE to donate. 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 |
FROM TRACY'S DESK (PARENT COORDINATOR) |
Reach out to Tracy with any questions. She was a LAG parent herself and is eager to help you. Contact her via email at tballas@schools.nyc.gov or call 646-450-4513. |
OUTSIDE & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES |
2026 Congressional Art Competition Calling All High School Artists in New York’s 13th Congressional District
Submit entries HERE by April 1.
How to Participate:
- Check to see if you live or attend school in New York’s 13th Congressional District.
- Read HERE the 2026 Rules for Students and Teachers.
- Complete the Student Release Form HERE.
- Participants must submit a digital copy of their artwork and student release form to Laurie Tobias-Cohen by email at laurie.tobias-cohen@mail.house.gov by Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
The artwork may be: - Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
- Drawings: colored pencil, pencil, ink, marker, pastels, charcoal (it is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed)
- Collages: must be two dimensional
- Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
- Mixed Media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
- Computer-generated art
- Photographs
All entries must be original in concept, design and execution and may not violate U.S. copyright laws.
The winner will be eligible to receive: - Year-long exhibition of their artwork in the U.S. Capitol.
- Complimentary airline tickets to Washington, D.C. to attend the reception and installation of the winning entries from congressional districts throughout the country.
The first and second runners-up will have their artwork displayed in Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s Washington, D.C. office and Honorable Mentions will be displayed in the district offices for one year. For more information, contact Laurie Tobias-Cohen by email at laurie.tobias-cohen@mail.house.gov. |
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Summer Programs at Parsons School of Design Read below and linked for details about two youth and pre-college summer programs at Parsons School of Design: - For New York Summer Intensive Studies (Ages 16-18), go HERE.
- For Parsons Summer Academy (Grades 3-12), go HERE.
Both art and design programs include student scholarship opportunities. |
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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. We also need a new SLT rep for our IEP/504 community. Please let president@laguardiahspa.org know and let's vote you in at our PA meeting this Tuesday! |
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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