The Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) is a community built on ideas, innovation, and an independent spirit. Consistently ranked among the best high schools in Texas and the United States, LASA offers a world- class education, rigorous instruction, and robust hands-on learning opportunities. LASA creates a challenging yet nurturing environment for students to expand and deepen their understanding as they explore the range of their artistic and intellectual talents—from fine arts and philosophy to robotics and stem cell research. By recruiting the most academically advanced students from public and private middle schools throughout the city, LASA is a diverse magnet school with scholars from every ZIP code in Austin. Diversity - in students and ideas - is critical to LASA's strength and success. Students excel on every level: in the classroom, on advanced placement exams, and at state and national competitions such as the Science Olympiad, Siemens-Westinghouse and the Intel Science Fair. LASA remains among the country's top-ranked schools for educating the brightest minds, while fostering the next generation of citizens and leaders—thinkers and doers who are prepared to help strengthen their communities and build a better world.