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Supporting Community Engagement & Student Success

LPTSA Updates for March 8, 2022

 

LPTSA March General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, March 9th at 6p

Join the Lowell HS PTSA for budget and other voting privileges

 

Date:  Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Time:  6:00p - 8:00p
Location:  Zoom


https://us06web.zoom.us/j/97229435910?pwd=RXRrRXZXOCtNMjR1VDZNL2VSVlE1dz09

 

Meeting ID: 972 2943 5910

Passcode: 654337

Agenda (subject to change)

  1. Introduction -  LPTSA Board
  2. Treasurer's Report
  3. Discuss 2022-2023 Program Impacts  
  4. In response to the estimated $3,600,000 cuts to the Lowell budget for the 2022-2023 school year, vote to allocate up to $200,000 to offset expenses in the Lowell SSC budget.  Specifically, $100,000 guaranteed, and an additional $100,000 committed contingent upon LPTSA Fundraising   
  5. Principal's Update  - Ask the Lowell Administration or LPTSA Board 
  6. Student and Staff Updates
  7. Review LPTSA Grants Report
  8. Beautification day - 3/12/22 save the date & volunteer recruitment
  9. Nominations Committee - identifying the future leadership of the LPTSA
  10. Committee Updates
  11. Open Positions
  12. Web & social media, other links
    https://www.lowellptsa.org/
    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lowellptsa/
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LowellHSPTSA
    Membership https://jointotem.com/ca/san-francisco/lowell-high-school-ptsa
    Amazon Smile & Sports Basement
  13. Ask the Lowell Administration or LPTSA Board 

Join the Lowell HS PTSA for budget and other voting privileges

 

Join 🤝 the PTSA Board... Elections coming up at the end of the school year.

 

The Nominations Committee is working hard to prepare for the upcoming elections and to make sure the PTSA has a great board for the 2022-2023 school year.

Check out how you can help (Learn more) or contact the PTSA if you want to volunteer. The PTSA welcomes every member of the great Lowell family as there are plenty of fabulous projects to tackle.

 

Beautification Day 🧹 - March 12th, 9am-2pm

 

As a long standing community tradition, Lowell students, parents/guardians and faculty take pride in cleaning up the school and the surrounding areas on Lowell Beautification Day.

Please sign-up here to improve our school and bring our community together.

Who: Whole Lowell Community (faculty, parents, students)
When and Where: March 12th, from 9:00 am-2:00 pm (picnic from 12:00-2:00 pm) at Lowell.

 

Last Night School Site Council Video Recording / Follow up

 

There was a productive and rich conversation in the School Site Council meeting last night. Mr Dominguez presented the plans for 2022-2023 which included schoolwide priorities, next years' proposed bell schedule and budget cuts.
 
If you are interested in providing feedback, please review the slides or recording and then complete the site plan survey.

 

Recording
 
Slide Deck
 
Site Plan Survey

 
 

Lowell LPTSA Volunteer Opportunities & Skills & Interest Survey

 

Current Volunteer Opportunities:

  • Main entrance greeter/sign-in station
  • Special Education Services classroom assistance
  • Textbook Room support
  • Help creating fillable PDFs for the Lowell Administration
  • LPTSA Board Executive Vice President
  • LPTSA Board Audit Committee
  • LPTSA Board Hospitality Committee Chair
  • LPTSA Board Family Resource Committee Chair
  • LPTSA Board B2B (Bookstore) Committee Chair

Please let us know if you are interested in these, future volunteer opportunities, and about your interests. Fill out this quick 2-minute survey  

 

The Parents Coalition of Bay Area High Schools is looking for a couple of Lowell Reps.

 

They are looking for volunteers who can help promoting, hosting, and planning events and resources offered by the Coalition to parents of high school students in the Bay Area.

Your role will serve as a link and liaison between the member school your student attends and the Coalition.Two or three parents represent each school, and each parent serves on the committee for that school year. 

 

Description of Reps’ Activities:

Attend Coalition Meetings and Events during the school year. (1 meeting per month and a couple events per year)
Act as a Liaison between your school administration and the Coalition; communication regarding membership dues, responsibilities, volunteer representative recruitment.
Distribute Coalition PR materials for events and information with your school mailings, newsletters, and other communication channels to ensure school parents have access to Coalition events and information. Encourage parent engagement with Coalition events.
Respond to calls from parents and school staff who wish to learn about the Coalition and its events and resources.
Participate in Coalition activity team/s- lead or support an activity area according to interest and availability (outreach, PR, speaker research planning, tech support, leadership, etc).
Train your successor by maintaining and sharing relevant documentation such as the yearly Coalition meeting calendar, planning meetings, Rep and Committee names and numbers, Coalition materials and resource lists, etc. 
Contact joya.pramanik@yahoo.com if you are interested or have questions.

 

Reporting Incidents to Administration (any incident)

Step 1: Please complete a written statement using Lowell's student incident form (link). You may complete this statement while speaking to a counselor or trusted adult or on your own.

 

Step 2: Please make sure your statement is given to Ms. Fong (fongc3@sfusd.edu) , Ms. Liverpool (liverpoolk@sfusd.edu), any Lowell administrator.

 

Step 3: See theincident reporting process (link) we have established for greater transparency

 

 

Student and Family Handbook for SFUSD

Students and families should review their rights and responsibilities listed in the Student and Family Handbook (link). This is a valuable resource for our students to understand their rights to a safe and supportive school campus. As a reminder, if you experience any form of bullying or hate motivated discrimination, please report it immediately to your teacher, counselor or Assistant Principal Liverpool (liverpoolk@sfusd.edu)

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Beautification Day - Saturday, March 12, 2022 from 9:00a-2:00p Help us repair and rejuvenate the Lowell campus. More information

 

Staff Appreciation Lunch - Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 1:30p. Volunteers needed

 

 

RESOURCES


Join the Lowell PTSA

 

LPTSA Website


Wellness


College Center


Counseling


Lowell Parent Listserv sign-up


Receive Lowell and SFUSD Communications


Lowell Peer Mentoring 


SFUSD Office of Equity

 

Board of Education
Meeting Agendas and Minutes

 

2021 - 2022 LPTSA Board 
Tiffany M. Abuan - President - Parent

 

Executive Vice President - vacant

 

Alex Sima - 1st VP of Grants - Student

 

Amiya Stroumza - 2nd VP of Special Projects - Student

 

Robert Freedman - Treasurer - Parent

 

Alyson Chen - Recording Secretary - Student

 

Fengyun (Frances) Xu - Financial Secretary - Parent

 

Brennan Chan - Parliamentarian - Student

 

Patrice Taffin - Communication Chair - Parent

Sub-Committee Chair - Linda Holman (Website)

 

Katie Luk - Lowell Fund Chair - Parent

 

Sasa Ramos - Diversity & Inclusion Chair - Student

 

Historian -Student

 

Auditor -(Vacant)

 

Jen Wana - College Readiness Programs Chair - Parent

 

Adrianna Zhang - Membership Chair - Student

 

Cal Kinoshita  - Student Body Council (SBC) Liaison

 

Bryan Ritter - Co-Faculty Representatives

 

Joe Ryan Dominguez - Principal