Music Parents Organization (MPO)

"Music Parents Organization" consists of anyone with a student involved in the music program at Lakeside. Whether it's Freshman Chorus, Cantate Choir, Warrior Band, Swing Choir, A Cappella Choir, Jazz or Pep Band, there are opportunities for you to serve and get involved.

The Music Parents have two formal meetings per year to report on upcoming schedules, look at the financial situation, and plan upcoming events. Special meetings are held as needed. All music parents are encouraged to attend.

2025-2026 meetings

August 27, 2025

February 8, 2026

MPO Fundraisers

MPO hosts individual student fundraising opportunities each semester. The fall semester involves personal selling of food items, and spring semester 2025 will feature an e-mail-based activity where musicians can share travel plans and request donations from family and friends. These are Warrior musicians' opportunities to save for band trips, where profits from sales go into personal trip savings accounts. We appreciate all the faithful support from friends and family. Info for the next school year appears on this page as soon as it's available.

Occasionally, group events take place that raise money that is applied to keep trip costs lower or go to pay for special events that the students enjoy while participating in musical events or trips without needing to charge additional costs to families. MPO FUNdraisers— bowling, casino night ... have a new idea?

Fall 2025 Fundraising

Starts August 27, 2025

Ends September 17 (forms need to be at school by 3 PM)

Pick-up items on October 11 at LL from 9-10 a.m. in the bus barn on the west end of the campus.

Items on sale described below. Use links to see products and/or print additional sell sheets as needed.
General Instructions | Gourmet Goodies instructions/incentives

Emil's Pizza (& garlic bread)

Stone Creek Coffee (teas and hot cocoa)

Racine Kringles

Gourmet Goodies Meat Lovers

Gourmet Goodies Cookie Dough

Warrior Band Trip Chaperone Requirements/Policy

Considering serving as a trip chaperone? Here are a few things that the Lakeside Lutheran High School Music Parents Organization (MPO) requires of all trip chaperones.

A trip chaperone needs to:

have a child in the band (If a parent is not able to chaperone, an adult close relative, i.e. grandparent, may fill in. This would need to be approved by the MPO Executive Board.)
be a positive, Christian role model for our teens
conduct him/herself in a Christian manner
complete and clear a criminal background check
serve as a parade chaperone for at least one of the local parades
volunteer for at least one shift during Band Camp (overnight is recommended but not required if work dictates this as not possible)
be able to get off of work for the entirety of the band trip (Calgary 2020 is June 28-July 11)
to be present the night before trip departure to help pack truck
be present at pre-trip chaperone meetings as scheduled
be chosen by Mr. Pufahl and other members of the MPO Executive Board
be willing to serve in multiple capacities on the trip (uniforms, kitchen help, packing truck, etc.)
have a physical completed and WI DOT form filled out and both on file at Lakeside (if driving the van with students)

MPO Handbook

The following link will open the Music Parents Handbook. There you will find more information on the the organization, how you can assist, and more details about opportunities to make a difference in the lives of Lakeside Lutheran students by helping them have rewarding, fun, meaningful Christian experiences with God's gift of music!

mpo_handbook

Constitution

The MPO Constitution and ByLaws below were accepted by the LLHS Educational Planning Committee/Board of Regents/General Board on August 27, 2024.

LL MPO Constitution ByLaws, August 2024

Donation fundraiser Spring 2025

Donation fundraiser Spring 2025

LLHS summer band participants are encouraged to take advantage of a different type of opportunity to ask for support in travel costs as they represent the Lord and LLHS on band trips!

Students who wish to participate provide emails of family and friends who like the goal of the Warrior Band and who may be willing to support with an online monetary donation. Parents and teens work together to determine the best email addresses! The gathering form to enter those names and addresses is closed.

(Many of our families liked this idea since they don't have many local fam or friends who buy pizza or kringle. Rest assured that these emails are never used in other or additional ways after this.)

Each teen's profit is separated behind the scenes so everyone gets to keep what they make (students get 100% of all donations designated to their name, minus an online transaction fee of 4% plus 35 cents per transaction).
Families have until Feb. 22 to enter names and emails, then the fundraiser runs from Feb. 24-March 10. Lakeside sends 3 emails throughout these weeks to the emails teens provide. The emails provide details of why donations are being requested and a link to the donation form. The direct link to donate to a participating family is: llhs.org/apps/form/musician-gifts.

Want Summer Band info?
Visit our Summer Band page.

FB group:

LLHSbandchoir

Music Parents are currently organized by these volunteers:

MPO Board 2025-26

President:
Nathan Gulczynski [email protected]

Vice-president:
Rachel Tolkinen

[email protected]

Treasurer:
Jaime Arndt [email protected]

Secretary:
Emily Gulczynski

At-Large members: Larry Morris-Robinson, Natasha Steenbergen

Uniforms Coordinator: Carla Morris-Robinson

For official MPO use:
Enter Submissions