PTSA

Greetings to Balboa High Parents, Teachers, Students, and Administrators! (P.T.S.A.)

Next Family Meeting: Tuesday, January 28, 2025: Pathways and Raffle

6pm in the Buccaneer Room at Balboa HS

Topics: 

1. Hear 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.
2. Bal PTSA Membership Raffle Drawing: Become a member of PTSA from now until Jan 28th and automatically enter for a chance to win an iPad Mini! Drawing will be on January 28th at our January Family Meeting.

A light dinner, as always, will be served by our own Bal PTSA crew.

Upcoming Family Meetings:

February 25, 2025 — Summer Opportunities and MYEEP with Tyree Johnson

March 25, 2025 — End of the year events, Senior Activities, SSC Survey

April 29, 2025 — Topic TBD – email us with suggestions! balboaptsa1000@gmail.com

Past Events

This 2024-25 school year

November Family Meeting Topic: All about Afterschool with Adrienne

October Family Meeting Topics: Mental Health and Stress

September Family Meeting Topics: College Room presentation, 7-period schedule, Flex Time

Last 2023-24 school year

April 2024 Family Meeting Topics: PTSA leadership, end of year calendar of events, and schedules

February 2024 Family Meeting Topic: Summer Opportunities – We heard presentations from Tyree Johnson of MYEEP (Mayor's Youth Employment and Education Program) and SF YouthWorks. Also mentioned:  YAX Studios Internships for Architecture, Printmaking, Mural Arts; OFA (Opportunities For All) offering lots of paid internships over the summer in a variety of subject areas; and Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) - Paid urban forestry vocational skills training programs.

January 2024 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 2023 Family Meeting Topic: Stress Management & Wellness – The Dean and FRESH Specialist shared helpful resources and suggestions to manage stress.

October 2023 Family Meeting Topic: Supporting Teens with Healthy Relationships – Presentation from our Health classroom & AVID.

September 2023 Family Meeting Topic: College Room – College Room Presentation can be found here

Who We Are Link to this section

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

Molly Cooper, Secretary

Mattias Karlsson, Treasurer

Shurrin Zeng, VP of Membership

Michelle Li, Board Member at Large

Jill Krueger, Board Member at Large

Basak Dogan, Family Communications

Jorge Leiva, Alumni representative

Contact: Email
Join: Join here

PTSA Calendar for the 2024-25 school year

There are two kinds of PTSA meetings: Family Meetings and Board Meetings. Family meetings, below, are held for the benefit of the Bal community. Board meetings are for the PTSA board and are held online usually a week before Family Meetings.

All Family Meetings are at 6:00 PM in the Buccaneer Room.

General Family Meetings for the Balboa Community Link to this section

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 Link to this section

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). 

Why is it the "PTSA" instead of the "PTA"? 

There are two options to name a local chapter of this national organization. PTA stands for Parent-Teacher Association, while according to Bal PTSA lore, PTSA stands for Parent-Teacher-Student-Administrators (association). It matches with our commitment to be inclusive of everyone, including our students and administrators. One love! 

*Each year, Bal students are required to do 25 hours of community service.