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)

Introduction - LPTSA Board
Treasurer's Report
Discuss 2022-2023 Program Impacts
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
Principal's Update - Ask the Lowell Administration or LPTSA Board
Student and Staff Updates
Review LPTSA Grants Report
Beautification day - 3/12/22 save the date & volunteer recruitment
Nominations Committee - identifying the future leadership of the LPTSA
Committee Updates
Open Positions
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
Ask the Lowell Administration or LPTSA Board

Join the Lowell HS PTSA for budget and other voting privileges

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS - Spring 2022 Grants Cycle

The LPTSA Grants Committee is excited to offer another opportunity to apply for LPTSA Grants funding for Lowell PTSA Members. Join the Lowell HS PTSA for budget, voting, and other privileges

To apply: Please be sure to review thePTSA Grant Funding Guidelines and Grants FAQs carefully before completing the application. All required fields marked with an * must be completed in full. Once you have completed all sections, please click on the “Submit” button at the end of the application.

Grant award announcement will take place at the February 2022 General Membership Meeting. If you have questions, please contact: grantsvpptsa@gmail.com

Grant applications are due March 7th at 11:59pm. NO EXCEPTIONS!

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.

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.

Learn more

Request to Add Agenda Items to SFUSD Board of Education meetings

All members of the community (Students, Parents and Guardians, Teachers, Staff) can request that add items to SFUSD Board of Education meetings by sending an email to the an item to the Regular Board of Education meeting by sending an email to Superintendent Dr. Vincent Matthews at matthewsv@sfusd.edu

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

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)