Winter Alumni News & Opportunities

JANUARY 2017

Happy New Year!

I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season. We had two fun events (a Thanksgiving Day welcome tent at the LHS Football game and a Young Alumni Mixer) leading up to the holidays that helped us to attract 100 new members to our group raising our total number to 8500+.

Don't let others get left out! Share this email with friends, former classmates and colleagues so they can become official members of the LHS Alumni Association. To join, they simpy need to complete our online form. We will certainly keep you informed of all of our upcoming events.

Take care,

Caroline (Petruzziello) Rider - Class of 1983

Alumni Relations Manager

[email protected]

Alumni Spotlight: Isata Tucker

Staff Sgt. Isata Tucker, a 2012 graduate, understands adversity and, most importantly, how to bounce-back from it.

At the age of seven she had to flee her war-torn home country of Sierra Leone. At LHS she excelled, earning a 4.0 GPA and a college scholarship. However, her lack of immigration paperwork made it impossible for her to attend.

Upon the advice of her former ROTC instructors, Isata enlisted in the United States Air Force and hasn't looked back since.

"Never put all your eggs in one basket. If there is something you're really passionate about, do all you can for that vision, but also make sure you have a backup plan in case you stumble on a roadblock. But whatever you do never give up."

Read more of Isata's story...

Take a Walk Down Memory Lane

The Alumni Association recently completed a video highlighting LHS and some of our current students. While watching this video, I think you'll see both many similarities as well as many differences from your days at LHS.

Drop us a line at [email protected] to let us know what you think!

Share Your Passion:

Consider Being a Guest Speaker

Lowell High School currently offers many career-based curriculum pathways for the more than 3,000 enrolled students to choose from. These pathways include:

Business, Marketing and Finance
Health and BioScience
Air Force Junior ROTC
Culinary Arts
Engineering
Public Service and Civic Engagement
Communications

If you are currently working in one of these fields, please consider becoming a guest speaker. Discussions may include what type of post-high school education/training is needed, and what types of job opportunities are available. Lowell High School students would benefit from learning why you chose your career and what it took to get there.

If you are passionate about your work and would like to discuss your chosen field with students who may be pursing a similar career choice, contact Angela Lawler-Brennan at [email protected] to set up a time to discuss how you can help.

CONNECT

GET SOCIAL

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WEBSITE

Visit our new page for program information, news, reunion resources and more.

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HOW TO HELP

Make a Donation to a Scholarship Fund

- Lowell High School

Scholarship Fund

- Class Reunion

Scholarships

- Other Funds

Volunteer Opportunities

- Mentoring

- Guest Lecturing

- College/Career

Advising

- Tutoring

In-Kind Donations

- Teacher/Classroom

Supplies

- Student Supplies

PROJECT LEARN SPOTLIGHT

Did you know... the number of books in a child's home directly predicts reading achievement and long-term academic success?

Yet, the average number of books in a low-income family's home is 0.

Project LEARN is working to change that through our BookNook program, which will provide 2,500 FREE books directly to children in our community who need them.

Learn how you or your business can get involved...

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Lowell High School Alumni Association is to help its members to connect with each other; to engage with the school and the community and to inspire future generations of Lowell High School students by way of mentoring, advising and tutoring.

ABOUT US

The Alumni Relations Program is a collaboration between Project LEARN, The Greater Lowell Community Foundation and the Lowell Public School System. It is funded in part by the "$100k for 100" grant from the Cummings Foundation. Our goal is to invite the alumni to work with new and existing programs within the schools to help make the academic experience better for all students as well as to provide tangible benefits to alums and current students.