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Supporting Community Engagement & Student Success

LPTSA Updates for September 9, 2022

 

LPTSA Updates

 

LPTSA General Meeting 1: Please mark your calendars for our first General Meeting, via Zoom, September 21, 2022, 6-8 PM. Zoom link.

 

Grants: first set of grants due 9/30 for review/grant in October. We need student volunteers for the Grant committee. If you need a grant, apply here.

 

SAT Seminar: part of the LPTSA College Readiness Program webinar series, coming up soon!

 

Join/renew LPTSA: Please join or renew your yearly membership here.

 

Parents Coalition Volunteers: Parents looking to get involved, the Parents’ Coalition of Bay Area High Schools (http://parentscoalition.net) needs representation from Lowell. Ping the LPTSA President lowellptsa.president@gmail.com if interested.

 

Call for Leaders & Volunteers

 

We still need volunteers to serve on the PTSA board

Information on how to join the LPTSA Board

  • Parliamentarian - Ensures that the LPTSA runs in accordance with Bylaws and conducts election
  • Lowell Fund - lead effort to fund the LPTSA Grants program, events, and all LPTSA activity
  • Financial Secretary - assists the Treasurer

  • Grant Committee - students to join the committee
  • School Volunteer - occasional help at school 

LPTSA Board Members include Parents, Teachers, Students, and other community members. We invite interested, solutions-oriented leaders to apply.

 

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 the incident 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

 

General Meeting 1, September 21, 2022

 

Back to School Night September 22, 2022

 

LPTSA College Readiness SAT Webinar - Coming Soon

 

 

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

 

2022 - 2023 LPTSA Board 

Robert Freedman - President - Parent

 

Karen Catalona - Executive Vice President - Parent

 

Jonathan Bayer - 1st VP of Grants - Parent

 

Amiya Stroumza - 2nd VP of Special Projects - Student

 

Mihir Mehta - Treasurer - Parent

 

Emily Yee - Recording Secretary - Student

 

Amy Iwata  - Hospitality - Parent

 

Patrice Taffin - Communication Chair - Parent

 

Linda Holman - Membership - Parent

 

Raymond Diffley, Camille Seiberling - Diversity & Inclusion Chairs - Parents

 

Camille Seiberling - Historian -Parent

 

Austina - Auditor - Parent

 

CeCe Kaufman - College Readiness Programs Chair - Parent

 

Diane Porter, Isaac Porter - Safety - Parent, Student

 

Vacant - Financial Secretary

 

Vacant - Lowell Fund Chair

 

Vacant - Parliamentarian

 

TBD  - Student Body Council (SBC) Liaison

 

TBD - Faculty Representatives

 

Dr. Michael Jones - Principal