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Lowell Earns California Distinguished School Award
Every six years, schools are eligible to apply for the California Distinguished School Award. Lowell High School is one of 127 California schools, and one of only two schools in San Francisco (and the only high school) to receive this award in 2009.
Representatives from the school received the award from State Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell in a ceremony at Disneyland on May 29th. Pictured below are (left to right) PTSA President Debbie Wong, SFUSD Assistant Superintendent Margaret Chiu, Principal Andrew Ishibashi, Science Department Chair Dacotah Swett, SBC member Shant Siyahian, and SBC President Celi Tamayo-Lee.
The PTSA would like to congratulate the teachers, students and administration for their hard work in achieving this very special and well deserved recognition.
WASC Award
Lowell had its WASC survey, which occurs every three years in April. The school received its recertification without any recommendations, i.e., we passed with flying colors!
Congratulations to all on the continuing academic excellence at Lowell High School. Go Cardinals!
Lowell's API Scores Highest in the City
Lowell High School students achieved the highest API (Academic Performance Index) scores this year in comparison to all other high schools in the City. Lowell’s API score for 2008 was 950, which is 12 points higher than the 2007 base score. Lowell's are some of the highest API scores in the State, and have been so consistently since the API tests were instituted.
For more information on the API and what it measures, please visit the California Department of Education website.
Lowell: One of the Nation's Top Ranking High Schools
In its December 8, 2008 issue U.S. World News Report named Lowell High School to its Gold Medal List, the top 100 rated public high schools out of more than 21,000 ranked - Lowell was #39, and one of the few large urban schools named to its top 100. For more information, please visit the list on their website.
Methodology for this rating system, which looks at schools' performances on state standardized tests, how well those schools' disadvantaged students perform compared to those at other schools, and AP achievements at the schools, is discussed in more detail here.
In the June 10, 2009 issue of Newsweek magazine, Lowell was recognized for the fourth year in a row as one of the top ranking public high schools in the nation. This year, Lowell is #68 out of the top 1500! Lowell was the only Bay Area school in the top 100.
The ranking is devised according to a ratio of the number of AP/Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors. According to this list, we are the 9th highest ranking school in California. We were only one of two northern California schools recognized in the top 100 and the ONLY San Francisco school to receive this recognition. This can be attributed to the 82 AP classes that we provide, the most offered by any school in the City, and the commitment of our students who challenge themselves with advanced classes. For more information, go to Newsweek: America's Top Public High Schools.
Congratulations to the students and faculty at Lowell for these wonderful achievements.
Become Involved in the School
What better way to share in the experience of your high school student, who will soon be off to college, than to volunteer and be a part of the school community that your child spends 8+ hours a day at!
What can you offer? Your interest. Your willingness to participate and help. What do you get out of it? The satisfaction of being a part of your child's school community - it's also a great way to meet other parents and network.
Under Contact Us is a listing of all committees and PTSA positions. There are current vacant positions that need your leadership and help: Book to Book (our school bookstore and general store), VICCI Center (college resource center), coordinator for mass mailings, and Reflections (coordinating an annual student art contest). If you are interested in a committee or PTSA position that already has a lead, let me know anyway. We are always looking for succession planning for Board positions and our committees can always use additional help!
Please contact PTSA President Debbie Wong at dgeewong@sbcglobal.net. I'd love to hear from you! Come to our PTSA meetings and share your thoughts, ideas and concerns.
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Please join us at our next PTSA General Meeting -
Wednesday, September 2nd!
Have a great summer!
Lowell Beautification Day was Saturday April 18th:
Thanks to all who came to plant, scrub and paint our way to a brighter school environment! Come join us for the next Beautification Day in the Fall
Graduation Day was Monday, June 8th, 3pm at AT&T Park. Congratulations to our Graduates: Onward and Upward!
Counseling Matters
See Memo from Ms. Choi
The Winter-Spring (March 2009) Issue of the LowelLight is here
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