PTSA Weekly Update 12/17
Book to Book Holiday Sale!
25% discount on ALL STORE ITEMS
(logo, school supplies, hoodies & tees)
FOR EVERYONE
(students, parents, teachers, staff)
cash and cards accepted
December 10 - December
Week 1:
8:00am - 3:45pm
Week 2 (finals week):
8:30am - 1:00pm (subject to change)
The Lowell Fund
This is the time of year that the Lowell PTSA sends our annual fundraising letter.
Check your mailbox! You will be receiving it shortly.
Please consider a gift to the Lowell Fund this year.https://www.lowellptsa.org/lowell-fund.html
As the year comes to a close, I think about the ways that we can impact our community in a positive way. The Lowell PTSA is able to bring so much value to the Lowell experience because we have generous donors and volunteers year after year. With so many urgent needs in the world around us, it can be hard to decide where we can be most useful. I often remember something that one of my early mentors shared with me: focus on community. You can often have the most immediate and rewarding experience by boosting and supporting your local community. You can see the impact. Small kindnesses can make a huge difference. I urge you to support the Lowell Fund this year and help us to continue the important work of supporting the young adults who represent our hope and our future.
Thank you,
Hilary Craddock
2018-19 President, Lowell PTSA
Student for a Day
coming Monday, March 4, 2019
More info and sign-ups after Winter Break
For parents:
Find out what it's like to be a student at Lowell on Monday, March 4, when interested parents and guardians get to follow student hosts from classroom to classroom and live the Lowell life! Half- and full-day options available. We do not guarantee specific classes or take requests for specific teachers: Student for a Day is not a time to vet teachers or follow your own child. Instead, it's a chance to get to know what it's like to be a student at the school. Signups coming after winter break.
For students:
Dear Lowell Students:Please consider volunteering for this year's Student for a Day (SfaD) Program and be a parent or guardian's guide to our school.
Volunteer hosts will enjoy free snacks and refreshments and the opportunity to show off Lowell! The program is open only to parents and guardians of current Lowell students, and you will not be assigned your own family.
This year SfaD will be held Monday, March 4, 2019, during Blocks 1 to 8 (M schedule). Please sign up via this link:
bit.ly/LowellStudentForADay
If you have any questions, please contact us at: LowellStudentforaDay@gmail.com
Your SfaD Coordinators,
Heather and Jackie
Message from Carol Chao,
Wellness Coordinator,
Lowell HS Wellness Center:
BAY AREA SUPPORT GROUP
FOR PARENTS OF
CHALLENGING TEENS
& YOUNG ADULTS
Sunday, January 6, 1-3 pm
Tanya Takacs, LMFT, Facilitator
thank you for your rsvp each month
SUPPORT GROUP USUALLY MEETS
FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH
PRIVATE HOME IN NOE VALLEY, SF
Contact 415-341-3018 or lisaeltinge@aol.com
We typically divide into two groups if there are 10 people or more at any session so that everyone has time to share! One group is parents of teens 16 & under and one 17 & up.
Is your teen or young adult struggling
and you are dealing with an array of feelings?
(anger, fatigue, overwhelmed, shame, failure, hopelessness,
disappointment, shock, confusion, jealousy, guilt, fear,
marital tension and concern for siblings)
Your teen/young adult might have issues with:
Together, we can exchange stories, offer advice, support, hope & understanding.
We leave feeling more prepared to take care of ourselves & our family.
Tanya Takacs LMFT brings a non-judgmental, compassionate presence and a sincere desire to understand in her practice as a therapist. She has facilitated groups in a variety of settings: grief groups at a hospice; mindfulness-based groups for depression, anxiety, & recovery from substance abuse; expressive arts groups in schools; and psychoeducational & recreational therapy groups at an adolescent psychiatric facility. "Tanya is very quick to grasp the situation you find yourself in and its psychological implications. With an extensive background in Buddhism, she is a natural witness to our essential grieving and moving forward."
Voluntary Donation for Facilitator/Speaker - $20 Suggested
Community Equity Committee (CEC) forming at Lowell.
From:
Leticia Hernández
Equity Facilitator and Coach
San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools (SF-CESS)
www.sfcess.org
I am writing to inform you that applications are open, and we hope you will share with interested members of the Lowell community.
Applications are available in two forms:
1) vía google form CEC Application
2) in hard copy in basket located in the main office (you may pick it up and drop it off there)
If you are interested in applying please submit your application and attend our first informational meeting on December 18 @ 5:30 PM.
Applications are due through google form or in hard copy (in the main office) by January 15 @ 4 PM. Selected CEC members will be notified by email or phone, and expected to attend our first meeting in January. iGroup facilitators and LHS administrators will select the CEC members.
Do you shop at Amazon? When you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the Lowell High School PTSA. https://smile.amazon.com/
25% discount on ALL STORE ITEMS
(logo, school supplies, hoodies & tees)
FOR EVERYONE
(students, parents, teachers, staff)
cash and cards accepted
December 10 - December
Week 1:
8:00am - 3:45pm
Week 2 (finals week):
8:30am - 1:00pm (subject to change)
The Lowell Fund
This is the time of year that the Lowell PTSA sends our annual fundraising letter.
Check your mailbox! You will be receiving it shortly.
Please consider a gift to the Lowell Fund this year.https://www.lowellptsa.org/lowell-fund.html
As the year comes to a close, I think about the ways that we can impact our community in a positive way. The Lowell PTSA is able to bring so much value to the Lowell experience because we have generous donors and volunteers year after year. With so many urgent needs in the world around us, it can be hard to decide where we can be most useful. I often remember something that one of my early mentors shared with me: focus on community. You can often have the most immediate and rewarding experience by boosting and supporting your local community. You can see the impact. Small kindnesses can make a huge difference. I urge you to support the Lowell Fund this year and help us to continue the important work of supporting the young adults who represent our hope and our future.
Thank you,
Hilary Craddock
2018-19 President, Lowell PTSA
Student for a Day
coming Monday, March 4, 2019
More info and sign-ups after Winter Break
For parents:
Find out what it's like to be a student at Lowell on Monday, March 4, when interested parents and guardians get to follow student hosts from classroom to classroom and live the Lowell life! Half- and full-day options available. We do not guarantee specific classes or take requests for specific teachers: Student for a Day is not a time to vet teachers or follow your own child. Instead, it's a chance to get to know what it's like to be a student at the school. Signups coming after winter break.
For students:
Dear Lowell Students:Please consider volunteering for this year's Student for a Day (SfaD) Program and be a parent or guardian's guide to our school.
Volunteer hosts will enjoy free snacks and refreshments and the opportunity to show off Lowell! The program is open only to parents and guardians of current Lowell students, and you will not be assigned your own family.
This year SfaD will be held Monday, March 4, 2019, during Blocks 1 to 8 (M schedule). Please sign up via this link:
bit.ly/LowellStudentForADay
If you have any questions, please contact us at: LowellStudentforaDay@gmail.com
Your SfaD Coordinators,
Heather and Jackie
Message from Carol Chao,
Wellness Coordinator,
Lowell HS Wellness Center:
BAY AREA SUPPORT GROUP
FOR PARENTS OF
CHALLENGING TEENS
& YOUNG ADULTS
Sunday, January 6, 1-3 pm
Tanya Takacs, LMFT, Facilitator
thank you for your rsvp each month
SUPPORT GROUP USUALLY MEETS
FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH
PRIVATE HOME IN NOE VALLEY, SF
Contact 415-341-3018 or lisaeltinge@aol.com
We typically divide into two groups if there are 10 people or more at any session so that everyone has time to share! One group is parents of teens 16 & under and one 17 & up.
Is your teen or young adult struggling
and you are dealing with an array of feelings?
(anger, fatigue, overwhelmed, shame, failure, hopelessness,
disappointment, shock, confusion, jealousy, guilt, fear,
marital tension and concern for siblings)
Your teen/young adult might have issues with:
- Drugs and alcohol
- Cutting
- Negative peer group or no friends
- Refusing/Cutting school and/or homework; poor school performance
- Serious anger and aggression
- Not going to school or working, sleeping a lot, off schedule
- Left college early and has no plan
- Electronics addiction/not leaving room
- Struggling with a diagnosis/symptoms such as depression, anxiety, suicidality, mood disorder,
- ADHD, bipolar, explosive anger, eating disorder, autism spectrum, etc.
Together, we can exchange stories, offer advice, support, hope & understanding.
We leave feeling more prepared to take care of ourselves & our family.
Tanya Takacs LMFT brings a non-judgmental, compassionate presence and a sincere desire to understand in her practice as a therapist. She has facilitated groups in a variety of settings: grief groups at a hospice; mindfulness-based groups for depression, anxiety, & recovery from substance abuse; expressive arts groups in schools; and psychoeducational & recreational therapy groups at an adolescent psychiatric facility. "Tanya is very quick to grasp the situation you find yourself in and its psychological implications. With an extensive background in Buddhism, she is a natural witness to our essential grieving and moving forward."
Voluntary Donation for Facilitator/Speaker - $20 Suggested
Community Equity Committee (CEC) forming at Lowell.
From:
Leticia Hernández
Equity Facilitator and Coach
San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools (SF-CESS)
www.sfcess.org
I am writing to inform you that applications are open, and we hope you will share with interested members of the Lowell community.
Applications are available in two forms:
1) vía google form CEC Application
2) in hard copy in basket located in the main office (you may pick it up and drop it off there)
If you are interested in applying please submit your application and attend our first informational meeting on December 18 @ 5:30 PM.
Applications are due through google form or in hard copy (in the main office) by January 15 @ 4 PM. Selected CEC members will be notified by email or phone, and expected to attend our first meeting in January. iGroup facilitators and LHS administrators will select the CEC members.
Do you shop at Amazon? When you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the Lowell High School PTSA. https://smile.amazon.com/
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