Welcome to the Balboa High School PTSA!
Upcoming March Family Meeting: Tuesday, March 26th @ 6pm in the Buccaneer Room
As always, we will serve a light dinner and cover a medley of topics:
- Workshop: What would you like to see from the PTSA? What’s working at the school, what’s not working?
- Updates and timeline for Seniors
- Next Year has a New School Schedule from a 6-period to a 7-period day
- School Site Council – Community Surveys
- Community School Grant update
- Recruiting for executive board positions at Bal PTSA— Come join us to support Bal!
Past Events
February Family Meeting Topic: Summer Opportunities
It's already time to start thinking about, and applying, to summer job opportunities. We hosted a couple of presenters at our February Meeting:
Tyree Johnson of MYEEP (Mayor's Youth Employment and Education Program). MYEEP provides San Francisco youth with paid work opportunities, academic support, and tools they’ll need to succeed in the workplace. MYEEP also gives youth a chance to build relationships with other members of their neighborhood communities. Get in touch if interested in paying student jobs in many different disciplines. Tyree Johnson @ Balboa HS: tyree@myeep.org or train your camera-phone on this QR code:
- SF YouthWorks provides paid job readiness workshops, training, and internships at different SF City Departments such as the Public Utilities Commission, the Public Library, and the SF International Airport. Contact: Gina Ziyad, Gziyad@jcyc.org
Here are just a few options, but there are many more in our great city!
- YAX Studios Internships: Architecture, Printmaking, Mural Arts
- OFA (Opportunities For All) Lots of paid internships over the summer in a variety of subject areas Green Teens
- Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) - Paid urban forestry vocational skills training programs
- Etc, etc
January General Family Meeting Topic: Pathways
Attendees of this General Family meeting heard about Bal's unique Pathways program. As sophomores, students choose a Pathway for their Junior and Senior year. There are five Pathways: PULSE—Peers United for Leadership, Service, and Equity; GD—Game Design; WALC—Wilderness, Arts and Literacy Collaborative; Law; and CAST–Creative Arts for Social Transformation.
December Family Meeting Topic: Stress Management & Wellness
The Dean and FRESH Specialist shared helpful resources and suggestions to manage stress.
October Family Meeting Topic: Supporting Teens with Healthy Relationships
Presentation from our Health classroom & AVID.
September Family Meeting Topic: College Room
College Room Presentation can be found here
General information about the PTSA
Who We Are
Bal's PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Administrator) is a volunteer-run non-profit that raises and distributes funds to in-house groups supporting students, teachers, and administrators of Balboa High School.
Paige Schultz, President
Jill Krueger, Vice President
Molly Cooper, Secretary
PTSA Calendar for the second semester of the '23-24 school year
There are two kinds of PTSA meetings: Family Meetings and Board Meetings. General Family meetings (in bold) are held for the benefit of the Bal community. Board meetings are for the PTSA board and are held online.
All General Meetings are at 6:00 PM in the Buccaneer Room.
2024
- Tues, Jan 9, 2024: Board
- Tues, Jan 30: General Family Meeting
- Tues, Feb 13: Board
- Tues, Feb 27: General Family Meeting
- Tues, Mar 12: Board
- Tues, Mar 26: General Family Meeting
- Tues, Apr 16: Board
- Tues, Apr 30: General Family Meeting
- Tues, May 14: Board
- Late May: PTSA-sponsored Staff Appreciation Luncheon
General Family Meetings for the Balboa Community
All General Family Meetings are open to the Balboa community—students, parents, and staff— and are held at 6:00pm in the Buccaneer Room at Balboa High School. They cover a wide variety of topics and are for the benefit of our Bal community. A light dinner is served, and attendees get community hours*!
Board Meetings
We also have PTSA Board Meetings somewhat monthly at which we approve funding requests and take care of other business of the PTSA.
If you'd like to join our board meetings to see what is going on with Bal, we'd love to have you. Email us for a link to the zoom meeting (or about anything else).
*Each year, Bal students are required to do 25 hours of community service.
This page was last updated on March 23, 2024