What is LHSA?
Download a 2006/2007 LHSA Welcome Brochure in pdf format.
- LHSA is your Parent-Staff Organization. We bring together family members and staff to strengthen our school community, and to enhance the learning environment at Lowell. We plan and organize such family events as the Ice Cream Social, Family Fun Night, and the Spring Carnival. Oh yes, and we raise money, too.
- You are a member of LHSA! All members of the Lowell community, parents, guardians, and staff, are automatically
members of LHSA. You can be as involved as you choose to be.
- LHSA meets the second Tuesday of each month (except June, July and August!) at 7:00 p.m., usually in the
Lowell Auditorium, or at the Salvation Army Building, 3030 Darbo Dr. Meetings last about an hour and a half, and free childcare is provided.
The principal reports on what is happening at Lowell and in the school district. We discuss and plan
events, decide on fundraising campaigns and how to spend the money we raise, and talk about other issues of interest to the Lowell community.
Download a pdf copy of the LHSA bylaws
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Opportunities to volunteer
>br>For the 2007/2008 school year, LHSA is seeking volunteers to serve as secretary, fundraising coordinator, event coordinator, MiniForest ranger, and school directory lead worker. To learn more about these opportunities, please contact LHSA co-chairs Becky Oglum, 244-1794, sisters@chorus.net or Stuart Seaborne, 249-5254, sseaborne@wisc.edu
For an idea of other LHSA volunteer oportunities, download a copy of the LHSA volunteer signup sheet, in pdf format.
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Information on LHSA issues
MMSD Budget and Long Range Planning Issues
Link to the MMSD Budget Information page for a wealth of documents relating to the MMSD 2007/2008 school year budget.
Link to the MMSD Long Range Planning page, and check out the numerous documents available there.
MMSD Board of Education Equity Task Force
The Task Force is charged with proposing a new district equity policy. Read up on the work of the Task Force.
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Upcoming Events at Lowell
Except for graduations (Kindergarten at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12, and 5th grade at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13), it's all about next year. Look for information coming home in backpacks in the first weeks of the 2007/2008 school year!
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How to contact LHSA
Drop a note in the LHSA basket in the Lowell Office, or send a note to school with your child.
Send an email to LHSA,
or call or email one of the LHSA Board members, listed below.
LHSA Board: Officers and Coordinator for the 2006/2007 School Year:
Co-Chairs:
Becky Oglum, 244-1794, sisters@chorus.net
Stuart Seaborne, 249-5254, sseaborne@wisc.edu
Secretary: Tammy Kempfert, 249-7843, tammicus@yahoo.com
Treasurer: Ann Lacy, 249-0231, elmside@ameritech.net
Event Coordinator: Position available!
Fundraising Coordinator: Position available!
SPARC Backpack Coordinator: Position available!
LHSA Position Descriptions
All officers on the board should be ready to make a commitment to helping organize and assist at all major social events (Back-to-School event at Worthington Park, Fall Open House, Family Fun Night, Spring Carnival).
Also, a two-year commitment to a board position is desirable.
Chair: Attend and organize monthly meetings, prepare agendas,
communicate with parents and other officers and coordinators.
Event coordinator: Attend monthly meetings. Chair subcommittees for three annual events (Open House, Family Fun Night, Carnival) to organize and oversee work done by parent volunteers. Communicate with other officers and coordinators.
Fundraising coordinator: Attend monthly meetings. Communicate with other officers and coordinators. Receive fundraising phone calls, prepare summary of fundraising options (approx. 3 per year) and present at LHSA meetings. Coordinate and oversee fundraising events.
Secretary: Attend monthly meetings, take minutes, write and distribute minutes to all students' parents/guardians monthly via teachers (kids' backpacks) and send to website coordinator. Communicate with other officers and coordinators.
Treasurer: Attend monthly meetings. Keep accurate accounts of LHSA expenditures and income, including counting and depositing money received from events and fundraising. Prepare and present monthly budget report. Communicate with other officers and coordinators.
Adjunct position:
SPARC coordinator: Find, and provide administrative support to, K-3 grade classroom volunteers, who assist with distribution of 70 backpacks. Work averages about 1 hr/week, with more time needed at beginning and end of school year. Responsibilities include finding volunteers, preparing classroom folders, sending out memos, and maintaining backpacks (issue bags, maintain contents, do end-of-year collection and inventory.)
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Minutes for the 2006/2007 School Year
To read the minutes, you will need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
May 8, 2007
April 10, 2007
March 13, 2007
February 13, 2007
January 9, 2007
December 12, 2006
November 14, 2006
October 10, 2006
September 12, 2006
Minutes from the 2005/2006, 2004/2005, 2003/2004, and 2002/2003 school years.
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Current LHSA Budget Information
Information on fundraising for the 2006/2007 school year.
Where does all that money we raise go? What is it used for?
Download these documents, all in pdf format unless otherwise indicated, for more information:
The budget report will be updated each month, after it has been approved or amended at that month's meeting.
The Treasurer's report, which explain each month's budget report in a little more detail, will be posted each month.
May treasurer's report
Carnival financial summary
April treasurer's report
March treasurer's report
February treasurer's report
January treasurer's report
December treasurer's report
November treasurer's report
October treasurer's report, includes 2006/2007 Fundraising plan.
September treasurer's report
An explanation of LHSA budget lines.
LHSA Financial information from the 2005/2006, 2004/2005, 2003/2004, and 2002/2003 school years.
Last updated: June 5, 2007
Editor: Ann Lacy, 249-0231, elmside@ameritech.net
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