ONE WEEK LEFT! HERE'S YOUR TO-DO LIST: - get your ticket HERE
- start bidding on amazing prizes HERE
- join the raffle for a MacBook HERE
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DONATION RECEIPTS To all parents who donated to LaGuardia High School in calendar year 2025, we appreciate you!
If you need and have not received a donation acknowledgement letter, please email us asap at laghspa@laguardiahspa.orgwith your name, amount donated and method (square, paypal, etc.) if possible.
All donors will receive an acknowledgement letter but we are prioritizing those who email us.
Thank you so much for your generosity! Your support is crucial for our students.
The LaGuardia High School Parents Association |
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Follow Academic Forum on Instagram at lagpa_academicforum and on our webpage HERE to stay updated!
As we approach the final stretch of the school year, we’re exploring interest in virtual Summer SAT/ACT Prep offerings with Academic Approach. If you would like your child to participate, please email your interest, preferred test (SAT / ACT), and session weekday/evenings/weekends to academicforum@laguardiahspa.org. Your feedback will help us plan effective and accessible sessions.
A reminder: Marking Period 2 ends this Friday, April 24. Encourage your student to use this week to finish strong—submit any outstanding work, prepare for assessments, and stay focused.
Test season is upon us. Whether your child is preparing for a Regents exam, AP exam, SAT, or other assessment, now is the time to plan ahead. Have a quick check-in with your student about their study habits, test-taking strategies, and ways they manage stress. Simple practices like organized review schedules, rest, and calm breathing techniques can make a big difference. Most importantly, remind them: they are rock stars—regardless of any single test outcome. Confidence, preparation, and resilience matter just as much as the score.
Let’s support our students together as they finish the semester strong! Send any and all questions and feedback for Academic Forum to academicforum@laguardiahspa.org. |
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 Dues, Graduation, and Senior Trip!
SENIOR DUES & GRADUATION Fees: - Graduation Expenses & Yearbook: $200
- Cap & Gown: $62.20
Deadline: May 1st
Payment Options: Need a payment plan? Speak with Dr. Stricklin in Room 261. Need financial assistance? Complete THIS form and be sure to be logged into the parent account registered in NYCSA. Any questions email Dr. Stricklin @mstricklin@schools.nyc.gov.
Prom payments will be $225 per person and will be collected starting May.
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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- Junior College Meetings and Academic Advisement Sessions are ongoing. Students are encouraged to email their guidance counselor to set up an appointment (if they have not done so yet). Meetings will be ongoing through the end of the school year. We encourage patience.
- MaiaLearning tutorial sessions continue by appointment with Ms. Persaud, our post-secondary counselor. Students are free to stop by on their lunch period. This started on March 9, 2026.
- Open Postsecondary Counseling Hours:
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday periods 4 thru 7 in room 323D
- To reserve a specific time/date, students may email Ms. Persaud their preference to schedule a session.
College Essay Guy workshops will begin on April 21, 2026 from 6:30pm-8:00pm. There will be a total of six sessions to be held on 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, and 5/26. Please make time to participate in these extremely helpful information sessions on how to write a strong personal statement and supplemental essays.
Junior Parents, please continue working through your access and navigation to MAIA.
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CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to our tech students for receiving their assignments for next year!
NEW WORK SCHEDULE Please see the new work call schedule HERE for upcoming shows.
SPRING DRAMA FESTIVAL #2 NOISES OFF is coming up April 30 to May 2. Please join us to sell merch and concessions and feed the kids between shows. NOISES OFF sign up HERE!
BENEFIT & AUCTION Fiorello Fiesta! The LaGuardia High School Parents Association 2026 Annual Benefit is coming April 25, 6:00-10:00pm. Purchase tickets HERE.
SNACKS NEEDED Our kids are at it again making magic happen behind the scenes, but they get hungry!!! Please purchase some snacks from our Amazon wishlist HERE! If you would like to send in some fresh fruit or veggies for them to snack on please reach out to tech@laguardiahspa.org and we will let you know when would be most beneficial and how to get it to them!
Our kids thank you! |
MUSICALES The Music Studio's big month continues this week with our Spring Musicales. Join us this Tuesday, April 21 @ 6:00pm for Musicale I featuring Cambiata, Concert Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Treble Chorus. Then on Thursday, April 23 @ 6:00pm you can hear Cantare, Elementary Chorus, Percussion Ensemble, and Symphony Orchestra. Tickets for these shows and more are available HERE.
The Musicales are some of the most well-attended shows of the year (for good reason), and the Music Studio is rocking some brand new merch, including the new highly sought-after insulated travel tumbler! That means we could really use your help with sales and refreshments. If you would like to volunteer, you can sign up for Tuesday's show HERE and Thursday's HERE. |
SPRING MUSIC SHOWCASE Join us one week from today on Sunday, April 26 @ 5:00pm for the Music Studio PA's Spring Showcase, taking place at Hill Country Barbecue Market at 30 W 26th St. Tickets are available HERE and are limited! The Showcase includes solo and group performances by over 25 students in a wide variety of genres and is an absolutely incredible event for the community, not to mention the great food and beverages! (This event is sponsored by the Music Studio PA and is not an official LaGuardia event.) |
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| Mindy Greenberg
Jamie Ganey drama@laguardiahspa.org
“I’ve always believed that if I did my most honest work and my best work, they cannot ignore me.” - Li Jun Li |
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LET'S START WITH THE BAD NEWS Monday's PODS meeting (April 20) is canceled. We know. We're disappointed too. We had virtual snacks mentally planned (it's a zoom meeting). Stay tuned for a new date, at which point we will suggest appropriate snacks to bring (anything crunchy is fine as long as you remember to stay on mute).
NOW THE GOOD NEWS, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE BAD NEWS Noises Off is nearly here! April 30 – May 2. If you've never seen Noises Off, it's a play about a theatrical production that goes spectacularly, catastrophically wrong. Our kids have been rehearsing for months to make it seem like everything is falling apart. Which, in fact, requires precise comedic timing. And a receptive audience of belly-laughers! Tickets are available now, and unlike sardines in a tin, the auditorium has a finite number of seats. In fact, only a few rows of seats remain across all four performances. Buy your tickets now, or hear about what you missed for the rest of your lives. Okay, maybe for a week or two, but still…hearing your own laughter from inside Little Flower is way better. Get your tickets HERE. LET THE SENIOR PODS BE SENIOR PODS We also need volunteers to help with front of house, back of house, and just to be in-da-house in general for Noises Off. And since this is a Senior showcase, we’d prefer if Freshman through Junior PODS staff the tables, walk the back halls, and sell some merch so our matriculating moms, dutiful dads and other graduating guardians can enjoy the show. Of course, we’ll take Senior parents too… after all, those tee-shirts aren’t gonna sell themselves. Although the designs are so fun, they just might! Sign up HERE. FINALLY: WE NEED YOU! SPECIFICALLY, FUTURE YOU We're re-building the Drama Board for 2026–27, and we have oodles of exciting and satisfying open positions. Lots. Scads. Enough that we're not going to list them all here because reading Sunday Night News is about momentum, and we don't want to lose it. The point is: if you care about our Studio (let’s face it, you do - you're reading a newsletter, aren’t you?!) please reach out. |
Dear Dance Families,
It has been a jam-packed week! Our juniors participated in an exciting class with Endalyn Taylor from UNSCA and then heard from the fabulous and inspiring Marcella Guarino from Knicks City Dancers. Our dancers also continue to benefit from your generosity in supporting the Guest Artists Series! The seniors had an amazing class with Jason Rodriguez (New Way Vogue), and this week the remaining grades will work with him.
Exposure to new forms of dance and career exploration has always been an important goal of the LaGuardia dance department and we are thrilled at the myriad of experiences offered to our dancers! Please join us to raise a glass to another wonderful year at LaGuardia, and to plan for next year.
UPCOMING EVENTS May 6: Parent and Guardian get-together in the evening -- location and exact time TBD May 12: Dance PA Meeting and Elections in the evening over zoom - exact time TBD
DANCE GRADUATION CONCERT The Dance Graduation Concert is right around the corner, and we could not be more excited! Here's what we need from you: - Buy tickets and share ticket information with people in your network. Let's fill that theater! Tickets will go on sale for senior families on April 25 and will be available broadly from the LaG Box Office beginning May 1.
- Please consider sponsoring a piece. Presenting a concert of this caliber comes with real costs, and many pieces are still missing sponsorships with time running out. If the full investment is not possible, we are absolutely open to families co-sponsoring a piece together. We also encourage you to share this with friends, family, and businesses who might want to support our young artists.
Click HERE for More Information
9th grade families: This will be your children in three short years! Every penny donated helps us ensure this concert is funded adequately this year, and in the years to follow.
10th and 11th grade families: Your dancers are inching closer to this exciting moment. Ask them what piece they are most excited to watch! And consider supporting that piece as a sponsor.
12th grade families: This is it! Your last chance to support and watch your children dance at LaGuardia. Pretty please, if you are able to sponsor, or co-sponsor a piece, email us and let us know.
With gratitude,
Katie & Barbette |
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SENIOR ART SHOW #2! A big thank you to the parent volunteers who helped us sell merch and to all the families who came out to see the wonderful artwork by our incredibly talented Art Seniors! We appreciate you so much! THIS WEEK! April 20 – Monthly Art Studio PA Meeting at 7:00pm. Zoom link HERE. Meeting ID: 817 6240 8005, Passcode: 581095. We’ll be short and sweet and try to wrap up by 7:30pm for those who also want to join the General PA meeting! April 20 and 21 – Portfolio Review Day for Sophomores and Juniors. Enjoy your sessions! UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES! May 8 and 9 – Senior Art Show #3 June 5 – Semi-Annual Art Show THE ART STUDIO STILL NEEDS YOUR HELP THIS YEAR 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) |
DONORS CHOOSE: SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS |
Mr. Marquette, one of our ENL teachers, has recently launched a Donors Choose project to provide iPads to our English language learners. These devices would allow them to translate new words, have text read aloud, practice speaking with less pressure, and display what they have learned through videos, visuals, and interactive work.
$1,200 to go!
Please consider supporting this project HERE. |
OUTSIDE & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES |
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. |
If you need a comprehensive list of who to contact at the school for various questions, click HERE. |
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION & INTERVENTION |
Worried About Your Kids Substance Use??? FREE Support Group Starts 4/14 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. Have you been worried about your child’s substance use? Unsure if your child’s substance use is an escalating problem? Concerned about sudden behavioral changes/issues? Or just frustrated by breakdowns in communication with the young person in your life??? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you are not alone.
Alex invites you to join the upcoming "Support for Families" Virtual Group hosted by Addiction specialists and Therapists from CMC:Center for motivation and change.
Registration Link HERE.
Participants will learn skills that strengthen communication, reduce conflict, and support their own well-being while connecting with their children.
No insurance or ID is required. |
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