J.R. Lowell Elementary PTO Mission
Enrich ~ Encourage ~ Empower
Enrich the educational experience with in school enrichment opportunities and after school clubs.
Encourage a spirit of community by sponsoring and hosting social and educational events throughout the school year.
Empower teachers, staff and parents by supporting teacher lead initiatives both financially and through volunteerism.
Enrich the educational experience with in school enrichment opportunities and after school clubs.
Encourage a spirit of community by sponsoring and hosting social and educational events throughout the school year.
Empower teachers, staff and parents by supporting teacher lead initiatives both financially and through volunteerism.
JUNE 2020
A Note of Thanks….
We would like to close out the year by saying thank you…
Thank you to our PTO Board and Event Chairs:
Laura Antipov, Helen Oliver, Liz Geraci, Liz O’Toole, Ann Sjostedt, Erin Coole, Meredith Dourian, Donna Tuccinardi, Sonia Smith, Kathleen Hennemuth, Colleen Mahoney, Jennine Tambio, Kerry Biddy, Allison Egan, Kelee Fajardo, Beth McAndrew, Heather Chaisson, Leslie Brokaw, Julie Candiello and Leanne Hammond.
Thank you to our school leadership, Principal Stacy Phelan and Vice Principal Candice Whitmore, who set the tone for the wonderful school that the Lowell is and who have been steadfast in their commitment to our children during unprecedented times.
Thank you to our teachers and staff who have throughout the year shown their love and dedication for their students and who have overcome hurdles we never could imagine, ensuring our children’s continued learning whether it be in math and science or music and PE.
Thank you to Nurse Taverna and Ms. Jacovides who always have our children’s holistic health first and foremost on their minds.
Thank you to our custodial staff who have worked hours on end to clean and protect our students from every virus from the flu and the stomach bug to corona. You have even done it with a smile, and we are forever grateful as we find ourselves in a time when we will depend on you even more.
Thank you to our amazing Lowell community. You have made our school a wonderful place for our children to learn and make friends. You’ve supported the PTO and others in our community both financially and through your volunteer work. It takes a village….
In thanks,
Lauren Unsworth & Jaime Schloemer
Lowell School PTO Co-President 2019-2020 School Year
End of year round-up
While this school year may have ended in a way we never could have expected, the J.R. Lowell PTO has, with your incredible support, been able to round out the year with our coffers full for next year and a year of successes under our belt.
Enriching the educational experience…
The Lowell School PTO initiated a new Enrichment Program this year. As a part of the Enrichment Program, we booked two enrichment programs per grade, directly aligned with the curriculum for each grade, to be brought into school and/or bring students to local sites for educational enrichment experiences. As part of the program we were able to bring in two school-wide assemblies including an interactive magic show aimed at increasing students’ excitement about reading and a presentation by internationally acclaimed storyteller Len Cabral. While we were saddened that the spring programming needed be cancelled, we’re excited for next year with the program already in place and ready to go in September.
The PTO sponsored two different sets of clubs, open gym and after school clubs, this year which were all very popular. Open gym and the clubs were supported and financed 100% by the PTO. Open gym was a great opportunity for students to get to school a few minutes early and get some energy out. There were a lot of smiling faces running into school on open gym days! Given the popularity of open gym this year, we hope to continue it for the full duration of the school year next year. Thank you to Ms. Donahue and Ms. Loguidice for making open gym such a success!
We had four sessions of PTO clubs planned for this year – we made it partway into our third session before school was closed. We offered a garden club, knitting club, cooking club and board game/sportsmanship club. All clubs were teacher run and students got the opportunity to spend time with a former teacher or get to know a new one. The teachers were able to see the students outside of school hours, build relationships with students and teach them something about which they are passionate. Thank you to our amazing teachers for being part of this program!
Encouraging a Spirit of Community….
By sponsoring and hosting the Back to School Ice Cream Social and Movie Night, Parent’s Night Out, the Fall Festival, Community Food Drive, International Night and a virtual Teacher Appreciation Week.
Empowering teachers and staff…
Teachers and staff received over $3000 in supplies and reimbursements for both traditional classroom supplies and virtual learning supplies this year.
The Book Fair sold over $11,000 in books with all proceeds going back to the Lowell Library to purchase books. In addition, the PTO purchased nearly $900 worth of books on our teachers’ wish lists for classroom libraries!
The PTO also funded nearly $3000 in special teacher requests for the following programs:
The ISP Incentives Program
Books for the ESL Program
1st Grade Sweet Potato Breakfast
Kindergarten Readers Workshop
The Flu & You Program
What’s to come…
These are certainly unprecedented times and we plan to enter into the 2020-2021 school year with our calendar in place in hopes that we can celebrate the return to school with our annual Movie Night and Ice Cream Social, Parent’s Night Out and Fall Festival. These activities may look different then they have in past years given the times but as we proved with Teacher Appreciation Week, the PTO is here, willing and able to adapt to whatever lays ahead.
In the 2020-2021 school year we look forward to a robust enrichment program, clubs and open gym which we will be able to fund thanks to your very generous donations and a highly successful walkathon!
Thank you for all the support this year! Wishing you a healthy summer and we look forward to seeing you in the fall!
Announcing 2020-2021 PTO Board
In preparation for the 2020-21 school year, the Lowell School Community has voted in its new PTO Board.
Thank you and congrats to our new board!
Co-Presidents: Jennine Tambio & Liz O’Toole
Vice President: Laura Antipov
Secretary: Judy Mitchell
Treasurer: Liz Geraci
Marketing & Communications: Lauren Unsworth
Events Chair: Julie Candiello
Enrichment Chair: Laura Antipov
Lowell Community Volunteer Program: Jaime Schloemer
Grade Coordinators
K Coordinator
Lauren Unsworth
Beth McAndrew
1st Grade Coordinator
Ann Sjostedt
2nd Grade Coordinator
Laura Antipov
Erin Coole
Jaime Schloemer
3rd Grade Coordinator
Donna Tuccinardi
Liz Geraci
Meredith Dorian
4th Grade Coordinator
Kathleen Hennemuth
Sonia Smith
Colleen Mahoney
5th Grade Coordinator
Kerry Biddy
Emily Woodward
We would like to close out the year by saying thank you…
Thank you to our PTO Board and Event Chairs:
Laura Antipov, Helen Oliver, Liz Geraci, Liz O’Toole, Ann Sjostedt, Erin Coole, Meredith Dourian, Donna Tuccinardi, Sonia Smith, Kathleen Hennemuth, Colleen Mahoney, Jennine Tambio, Kerry Biddy, Allison Egan, Kelee Fajardo, Beth McAndrew, Heather Chaisson, Leslie Brokaw, Julie Candiello and Leanne Hammond.
Thank you to our school leadership, Principal Stacy Phelan and Vice Principal Candice Whitmore, who set the tone for the wonderful school that the Lowell is and who have been steadfast in their commitment to our children during unprecedented times.
Thank you to our teachers and staff who have throughout the year shown their love and dedication for their students and who have overcome hurdles we never could imagine, ensuring our children’s continued learning whether it be in math and science or music and PE.
Thank you to Nurse Taverna and Ms. Jacovides who always have our children’s holistic health first and foremost on their minds.
Thank you to our custodial staff who have worked hours on end to clean and protect our students from every virus from the flu and the stomach bug to corona. You have even done it with a smile, and we are forever grateful as we find ourselves in a time when we will depend on you even more.
Thank you to our amazing Lowell community. You have made our school a wonderful place for our children to learn and make friends. You’ve supported the PTO and others in our community both financially and through your volunteer work. It takes a village….
In thanks,
Lauren Unsworth & Jaime Schloemer
Lowell School PTO Co-President 2019-2020 School Year
End of year round-up
While this school year may have ended in a way we never could have expected, the J.R. Lowell PTO has, with your incredible support, been able to round out the year with our coffers full for next year and a year of successes under our belt.
Enriching the educational experience…
The Lowell School PTO initiated a new Enrichment Program this year. As a part of the Enrichment Program, we booked two enrichment programs per grade, directly aligned with the curriculum for each grade, to be brought into school and/or bring students to local sites for educational enrichment experiences. As part of the program we were able to bring in two school-wide assemblies including an interactive magic show aimed at increasing students’ excitement about reading and a presentation by internationally acclaimed storyteller Len Cabral. While we were saddened that the spring programming needed be cancelled, we’re excited for next year with the program already in place and ready to go in September.
The PTO sponsored two different sets of clubs, open gym and after school clubs, this year which were all very popular. Open gym and the clubs were supported and financed 100% by the PTO. Open gym was a great opportunity for students to get to school a few minutes early and get some energy out. There were a lot of smiling faces running into school on open gym days! Given the popularity of open gym this year, we hope to continue it for the full duration of the school year next year. Thank you to Ms. Donahue and Ms. Loguidice for making open gym such a success!
We had four sessions of PTO clubs planned for this year – we made it partway into our third session before school was closed. We offered a garden club, knitting club, cooking club and board game/sportsmanship club. All clubs were teacher run and students got the opportunity to spend time with a former teacher or get to know a new one. The teachers were able to see the students outside of school hours, build relationships with students and teach them something about which they are passionate. Thank you to our amazing teachers for being part of this program!
Encouraging a Spirit of Community….
By sponsoring and hosting the Back to School Ice Cream Social and Movie Night, Parent’s Night Out, the Fall Festival, Community Food Drive, International Night and a virtual Teacher Appreciation Week.
Empowering teachers and staff…
Teachers and staff received over $3000 in supplies and reimbursements for both traditional classroom supplies and virtual learning supplies this year.
The Book Fair sold over $11,000 in books with all proceeds going back to the Lowell Library to purchase books. In addition, the PTO purchased nearly $900 worth of books on our teachers’ wish lists for classroom libraries!
The PTO also funded nearly $3000 in special teacher requests for the following programs:
The ISP Incentives Program
Books for the ESL Program
1st Grade Sweet Potato Breakfast
Kindergarten Readers Workshop
The Flu & You Program
What’s to come…
These are certainly unprecedented times and we plan to enter into the 2020-2021 school year with our calendar in place in hopes that we can celebrate the return to school with our annual Movie Night and Ice Cream Social, Parent’s Night Out and Fall Festival. These activities may look different then they have in past years given the times but as we proved with Teacher Appreciation Week, the PTO is here, willing and able to adapt to whatever lays ahead.
In the 2020-2021 school year we look forward to a robust enrichment program, clubs and open gym which we will be able to fund thanks to your very generous donations and a highly successful walkathon!
Thank you for all the support this year! Wishing you a healthy summer and we look forward to seeing you in the fall!
Announcing 2020-2021 PTO Board
In preparation for the 2020-21 school year, the Lowell School Community has voted in its new PTO Board.
Thank you and congrats to our new board!
Co-Presidents: Jennine Tambio & Liz O’Toole
Vice President: Laura Antipov
Secretary: Judy Mitchell
Treasurer: Liz Geraci
Marketing & Communications: Lauren Unsworth
Events Chair: Julie Candiello
Enrichment Chair: Laura Antipov
Lowell Community Volunteer Program: Jaime Schloemer
Grade Coordinators
K Coordinator
Lauren Unsworth
Beth McAndrew
1st Grade Coordinator
Ann Sjostedt
2nd Grade Coordinator
Laura Antipov
Erin Coole
Jaime Schloemer
3rd Grade Coordinator
Donna Tuccinardi
Liz Geraci
Meredith Dorian
4th Grade Coordinator
Kathleen Hennemuth
Sonia Smith
Colleen Mahoney
5th Grade Coordinator
Kerry Biddy
Emily Woodward
Lowell links2019-20 PTO Calendar
Open Gym Registration Form 2019 Lowell School website LEDP (extended day) Courses for Kids Lowell Library WCF Teacher Tribute Program Reimbursement formsPTO annual dues
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