Lowell Joint
Education Foundation
PO Box 1401
Whittier, CA 90609
(562) 697-1751
foundation@ljsd.org
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Our Mission Statement
The
Lowell Joint Education Foundation has been established to
provide financial support for extraordinary help to make
excellent schools even better and provide an ever improving
education for students in the Lowell Joint School
District.
Why
support the Lowell Joint Education Foundation?
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Raises
extraordinary funds
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Builds on history
of excellence
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Recognizes 2006
centennial
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Provides donor tax
advantages
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Opens doors to
pupil opportunities
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Strong schools
build communities
The Lowell Joint School District operates El Portal,
Jordan, Macy, Meadow Green and Olita Elementary Schools and
Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate School serving families in the
communities of Whittier, La Habra Heights and La Habra,
California, covering the southeastern portion of Los
Angeles County and the northwestern portion of Orange
County.
Starting
With a Vision
A
century ago, local residents organized the beginnings of
the Lowell Joint School District, encompassing parts of
today's La Habra, La Habra Heights and Whittier. Most
families lived in houses around sprawling citrus groves,
packing houses, and railroad tracks.
Like parents everywhere, district founders wanted strong
local schools that would develop children's minds to enable
them to make their way in the world, at the same time
learning to be good and responsible citizens.
Today, the Lowell Joint School District is recognized as
among California's best. Its schools, five elementary and
one intermediate, produce laudatory results in state
achievement tests. Active PTAs and other programs provide
opportunities for parental involvement. Pupils benefit from
a unique values-driven curriculum emphasizing character
development while teaching respect, honesty, responsibility
and kindness.
Leveraging Strengths
The
advantages enjoyed by smaller, predominantly middle class
school districts like Lowell Joint are numerous, including
strong local community influence and values such as the
Character Education program. In addition, frequent and
positive collaborations between families and faculties are
commonplace. However, challenges come because Lowell Joint
receives lower rates of State and Federal government
funding than are available in many lower-income and
under-achieving districts.
While the Lowell Joint School District is funded for basic
operations through traditional channels, it lacks needed
resources for facility updates and to provide needed
programs designed to broaden pupils' interests and develop
their talents.
For that reason, the Lowell Joint Education Foundation is
being established: to provide extraordinary assistance to
the district for necessary updates and to fund programs in
such key areas as science, art, music and technology.
Extraordinary Needs
The
Lowell Joint Educational Foundation will address the
district's extraordinary needs only, while wholeheartedly
endorsing the proven fundraising efforts of the individual
school PTAs. The Foundation will build additional support
for the district through some new-to-Lowell Joint means
including:
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District-wide
special events, including a golf or other sports
tournaments, tribute events, and an annual dinner, to name
just a few.
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Grants and
Foundation applications to further our character-building
programs.
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Corporate
sponsorships and funding.
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Tax-favored
individual wills, trusts and bequests.
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A campaign built
around the 2006 Centennial of the District.