WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 3.11.19

CALL TO ACTION

● SECOND MARKING PERIOD IN FULL SWING

We are in full swing of the second marking period.  Speak to your students about the importance of the starting the marking period strong.  Make sure your students know where they stand in their classes and what needs to be done to continue their success or turn things around.  Students must know that the grades they receive in June will be seen by colleges and determine whether or not they go to summer school.  Students receive their first marking period report cards on Thursday during their third period classes.

● WEAR ORANGE ON MONDAY FOR SELF-HARM AWARENESS DAY

Please join the Fashion Feels SEL team in support of Self- Harm Awareness on MondayMarch 11th. To show your support, we ask that you wear the color orange. By wearing the color orange we can bring awareness to a common issue that is deeply impacting society today.  The purpose of Self-Harm Awareness Day is to remove the stigma attached to self-injury and to encourage parents, family members, educators, and healthcare professionals to recognize the signs of self-harm.

● ENCOURAGE YOUR STUDENTS TO THOUGHTFULLY FILL OUT THEIR NYC DOE STUDENT SURVEY ON WEDNESDAY

We will be on an OP schedule on Wednesday.  Students WILL NOT be going to OP and will be staying in their 3^rd period classes – the extra time will be used for them to fill out the NYC DOE Student Survey.  Encourage your students to fill it out thoughtfully – just like the Staff Surveys, the responses will be looked at by prospective families in the admissions process and we want to attract the best students and families that we can.

NYC DOE STAFF SURVEY UPDATE: 23% COMPLETION

I wanted to give you an update of responses to the NYC DOE Staff Survey – as of today 23 staff members have done their survey.

Please do the survey as it is important that every voice is heard.  Please take a few minutes to complete the anonymous survey online.

I look carefully at the overall results to shape the direction of things like professional development and staff communication. 

Prospective HSFI parents and families and students look to the results to decide whether they should apply to our school or not. 

We have worked tremendously hard together to create a wonderful learning environment for our students and this is your chance to let them know. Thank you!

The link to the survey is below, but you must have the unique access code from the postcard to proceed:

https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/reports/school-quality/nyc-school-survey

  

THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
MARCH 11 *First Monday Bell Schedule with 35 Class Periods Grades Due at 4pm Professional Learning Communities / Department Activities 2:30pm – 3:15pm PM Supervisor: D Silva (Rm. 125)	12 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: S Rau (Rm. 829)	13 *OP Bell Schedule Students Fill Out NYC DOE Student Surveys during OP Time STUDENTS STAY IN THEIR THIRD PERIOD CLASSES PM Supervisor: J Tallone (Rm. 201)	14 *Regular Bell Schedule Distribution of Report Cards during 3rd Period Classes FAMILY VISITATION DAY PM Supervisor: S Kohm (Rm. 531)	15 *Regular Bell Schedule FAMILY VISITATION DAY PM Supervisor: B McGuinness (Rm. 329)

NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
MARCH 18 *Regular Bell Schedule Disrupting Inequity Professional Learning Room 821 Periods 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 PM Supervisor: G Raschilla (Rm. 143)	19 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: A Rodrigues (Rm. 515)	20 *Regular Bell Schedule SAT / PSAT Video Prep All teaching staff must go to Room 201 (Computer Lab) during one of the Lunch Periods to watch this required video School Leadership Team Meeting Room 821 4:00 pm Parents Association Meeting Room 821 6:00 pm PM Supervisor: D Silva (Rm. 125)	21 *Regular Bell Schedule Student Town Halls Room 821 Periods 4-7 PM Supervisor: N Moore (Rm. 228)	22 *Regular Bell Schedule Staff Town Halls Room 821 Periods 4-7 PM Supervisor: K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)

PARENT VISITATION DAYS THIS THURSDAY & FRIDAY - March 14 & 15

Thank you once again for being supportive of our Family Visitation Days on Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15, 2019. During these Family Visitation Days, HSFI parents will be able to observe their children in action. We will make sure the parents that attend understand that this is not a day to conference with you and have them go through an orientation on the behavioral expectations for the day.  We will let you know the parents that sign up for these visits.  We understand that you are voluntarily agreeing to participate in these visits, so THANK YOU!  If you do not wish to participate, please reach out to me directly.

NOTABLE SPRING TERM DATES

Thursday, March 14 & Friday, March 15	Family Visitation Days
Wednesday, March 27	PSAT / SAT Day
Friday, March 29	Variety Show
Friday, March 28	Last Day of Cycle A Classes
Thursday, April 18	Marking Period 2 Ends
Friday, April 19 – Friday, April 26	Spring Break – No School
Monday, May 6 – Tuesday, May 14	Advanced Placement Exams
Monday, June 3	Administration of New Global History Regents Exam
Thursday, June 6	Staff Professional Development Day
Monday, June 17	Last Day of Classes – Marking Period 3 Ends
Tuesday, June 18 – Tuesday, June 25	Regents Exams
Monday, June 24	HSFI Graduation – 3:00 pm at the United Palace
Wednesday, June 26	Last Day of School for Students and Teachers

CAREER & TECHNICAL SPRING SHOWCASE EVENTS CALENDAR

Monday, April 15	Virtual Enterprises National Championship Competition
Wednesday, April 17	Virtual Enterprises Trade Show
Wednesday, April 17	International Center of Photography Exhibit Opening
Friday, May 3	Senior Graphics & Illustration Art Show
Wednesday, May 15	Annual Fashion Show Feeder Show to Middle School Students
Tuesday, Mat 14 or Wednesday, May 15	Annual Fashion Show – INDUSTRY SHOW
Friday, May 17	Annual Fashion Show - PUBLIC
To Be Determined	Kleinfeld Bridal Culminating Event

UPDATED PARENT CONTACT LIST

Here is the most updated spreadsheet for students’ contact information.  The spreadsheet has three different tabs of contact information;

1) Primary phone

2) Email

3) Cell phone number

This list will be updated each week through our School Messenger system. If you have trouble contacting a parent or have additional contact information, please reach out to Assistant Principal Danielle Silva at DSilva@hsfi.us

Here is the link to the spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11D016nO8gRf55ENWnkTBQIqmNN3Plq9b7lZk3rDnssM/edit#gid=2133520731

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

□ KEEPING TRACK OF STUDENT ACTIVITY / COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTS ABOUT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

In our effort to understand how ALL our students are doing, we need to know how much students are participating in activities around the building – this includes:

TUTORING / CLUBS & ACTIVITIES / PSAL SPORTS – PRACTICES & GAMES / ESL ACADEMY / MAKE-UP LABS / NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY PEER TUTORING / USING THE COMPUTER LABS

Use this link to keep track of student attendance in these activities - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/attendance-for-student-activities

Doing this is mandatory if you oversee these activities and needs to be done every time you meet with students.  You must be signed in to your own hsfi.us account when you do this.  Contact Shannon Kohm with questions at skohm@school.nyc.gov, or ext. 5311

Communication

Please make sure that you communicate with our students about anything going on in the school – a club meeting, sports game or program opportunity – you can do this by including it in our Daily Announcements email / Jupiter message – here is the procedure for submitting this information:

(1) Go to the HSFI Staff Home page - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/home?pli=1 

(2) From there use the Announcement form link on the left hand side of the page - all announcements should be requested by 3:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS

● OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR 2018-19 & BEYOND

□ Every student feels cared for

□ Every student feels challenged

● HSFI STUDENT DASHBOARD UPDATES FROM MR. STAMPONE

Some more updates have been rolled out the HSFI Student Dashboard including a tweaked design change and some additional features

□ Find your particular students by visiting http://hsfiintranet/studentdash/teachers/ and finding your name. Note: Co-teacher pairs appear separately.

□ When you click into your page (for example, http://hsfiintranet/studentdash/teachers/stamponed.html), you'll find a table at the top that subdivides the list by course/section

□ Catch a preview of a tool being developed for students to check in with their progress to graduation. Here's an example for a current junior: http://hsfiintranet/studentdash/grad_tracker/221228661.html

□ Student daily attendance by period: On an individual student's page you can get a summary of their attendance numbers by course/section. There's a beta version column trying to measure how often that student is in school but did not attend your period. Note: It is not yet accurate for classes that meet every other day or for classes with a start date later than the first day of school. Will be updated with new data for the second semester soon

● 3^rd ROUND OF EVALUATIVE OBSERVATIONS BEGIN THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 12

□ 3^RD Round of Evaluative Observations – March 12 - 29

□ 4^TH Round of Evaluative Observations – April 15 – May 10 (this is a change from the original calendar)

● SPRING MARKING PERIODS

□ 2^nd Marking Period ends Thursday, April 18

□ 3^rd Marking Period ends Monday, June 17

● ANNUALIZATION GRADING POLICY CHANGES BY THE NYC DOE

The NYC Department of Education policy towards annualization has changed from last year.

□ Last year, if a student failed semester 1 of an annualized class, but passed semester 2, the student was given a grade of P for the 1st semester class on their transcript.

□ This year, that policy is no longer in place.  This came from NYCDOE academic policy last spring.  So we're annualized in terms of curriculum and students, but not on an annualized grading model.

This means that students will have to make up the failed class through SOARR Academy or through Summer School. 

● IMPORTANT SPECIAL EDUCATION REMINDERS FOR THE SPRING TERM

Teacher Form responses or information you shared during the meeting- this is a great example of how your insight helps us to create an authentic, student specific IEP. In addition to asking a special educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by reviewing your class roster. Students who are placed in ICT classes have the letter at the end of their official (ex-45P) and our Self-contained students will continue to have the letter at the beginning of their official class. Students within our D75 Inclusion Program will have an L as the first letter of their official class.

We in the Office of SWD wanted to provide some additional insight to our Teacher Form. This form helps us to address students’ academic needs, assess their progress in/with the general education curriculum and justify services through the IEP. Your voice and input is incredibly valuable in creating this legal document, which is unique to each child. Attending meetings is also important, as it is a requirement to have a general education teacher at an IEP present. Please understand we try to work around teacher schedules, when scheduling however, there are times when this does not align to a parent/family members schedule.

● PARENT ENGAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Keep in mind the main ways that we maintain high levels of Parent Engagement:

#1 - Keeping Jupiter up-to-date so that students and parents know where students stand in your class

#2 – You are contractually required to set aside 1 specific period set aside for Parent Engagement where you make calls and emails to families of at-risk students.  If a student is failing, you need to make verbal contact with that family

#3 - Check your DOE Email everyday - Not HSFI email – you should forward your HSFI emails to your DOE email.  If a parent emails you, they should expect a response in a timely manner

● IMPORTANT HOMEWORK REMINDERS

#1 – Please follow our policy of ‘No New HW Wednesdays’

#2 – Do not give a HW assignment unless you will be giving meaningful feedback back to students – a check or score at the top of a paper does not mean much to students.  This is especially true for honors and Advanced Placement courses where the amount and difficulty of readings and assignments is high

● GUIDELINES TO MAINTAIN SCHOOL CLIMATE

□ Pass needed to go anywhere outside of your classroom / specific Falcon Health Center pass

□ No passes first 10 minutes of class (unless emergency)

□ No passes last 10 minutes of class (unless emergency)

□ Electronic Equipment for educational purposes allowed / all other purposes should be a referral / Leave confiscating to supervisors and deans / NO CHARGING PHONES

WHERE CAN STUDENTS GO WHEN NOT IN CLASS?

□ Before 1^st Period – Cafeteria, Student Computer Lab (Room 201), Hallways 

□ Once Period 1 begins – students cannot be in the hallways – can go to the Cafeteria, Student Computer Lab, Classroom under teacher supervision

□ Lunch Periods (4-7) – Cafeteria, Student Lounge, Library (except 7^th period), Student Computer Lab, Classroom under teacher supervision

□ Students waiting for afterschool activities - Student Computer Lab, Library, Classroom under teacher supervision

YOU CANNOT ALLOW A STUDENT TO STAY IN YOUR CLASSROOM / OFFICE WHEN YOU ARE NOT THERE – ASK THEM TO LEAVE & COME BACK

OPERATIONAL NEED TO KNOW

● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY

● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/

● NOTES FROM THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE

□ Please return confirmation sheets.  There is still a lot of sheets missing.  If you need them reprinted please stop by the attendance office.  

□ Cut Report - You will find a cut report in your mailboxes on Wednesdays.  

□ Absent Notes - There are a lot of discrepancies with absent notes.  Teachers are signing notes for students that they were absent but when I go into the system you marked them present.  IF ONE TEACHER MARKS A STUDENT PRESENT THEY ARE PRESENT FOR THE DAY.  This student then does not come up in our weekly attendance meetings and does not receive the outreach they need.  Please be more careful when taking attendance.  

If you make a mistake on the blue sheet please correct it on the white sheet

● MESSAGES FROM MR. RAPPA – RETURN PRINTER CARTRIDGES FOR CHARITY / LAB STOOLS

□ Science Department requests that lab stools not be removed from lab rooms 526 and 944.  These stools were originally purchased for lab use, and many have been moved to other rooms.  These lab stools are marked with either 244, 526 or 944 on the bottom of the seats.

□ Fashion is now dealing with a charitable company who accepts used printer cartridges.  Mr. Rappa is once again accepting used printer cartridges in Room 244.  Please return used cartridges to Room 244, and leave outside the door before 3 PM if door is locked. Fashion will no longer be reimbursed for these cartridges, but at least recycled cartridges will be supporting a charitable cause.  Recycled cartridges will also not wind up in the ocean or in landfills

● TRANSIT DELAYS / MEDICAL ABSENCES

Please turn in your notes.  Without official back up, your absence or delay cannot be recorded as such.

● TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS

Technology Request:   https://goo.gl/forms/NNtcC01LZSyB8VJ03

The response spreadsheet with write-ups of the status of the technology tickets has been updated – I think you will find it more helpful.

● CUSTODIAN REQUESTS

Custodian Request:   https://goo.gl/forms/sQGqPAoqGeI86H132

Depending on the severity of the request.  Expect a one to two days before fixing or notification of the issue.

● EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Here are the links to the Emergency Preparedness videos.  This series of safety videos are useful tools that demonstrate how Building Response Teams operate, and how school buildings use the General Response Protocols during an emergency. Please take the time to watch the following videos to ensure that you are well equipped in the event of an emergency.

Full Safety Preparedness video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/safetypreparedness

Assembly Card video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/assemblycard

Lock Down video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/lockdown

Evacuate video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/evacuate

Shelter In video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/shelterin

● CANNOT LEAVE STUDENTS UNATTENDED

You cannot leave students unattended anywhere in the building – a classroom or office, the Auditorium or Cafeteria – if you have to leave a particular area, ask the students to leave with you.

● PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONDING TO CLASSROOM INCIDENTS

In the event of an incident in your classroom that creates disruption (student is defiant and / or uncooperative) but is NOT A THREAT to student and/or staff safety, the following protocol should be followed:

□ Classroom management, i.e., using your skills as an educator to move on from the situation, followed by

□ A phone call to your Supervisor informing them of the incident and the steps you have taken to address the matter, followed by

□ A referral to the Peace Center and/or the Guidance Department via Google Docs., followed by

□ Outreach to parents, informing them of their child’s misbehavior, and request for family support to correct the matter.  

In the event of an incident in your classroom that involves an immediate THREAT to student and/or staff safety, the following protocol should be followed:

□ A phone call to the Peace Center (x1491 or x1431) informing available staff of the incident and requesting assistance, followed by

□ A phone call to School Safety (x1341) informing them of the location and nature of the incident and requesting assistance, followed by

□ A call to your Supervisor informing them of the incident and the steps you have taken to address it.

YOGA CLASS OFFERING TO BENEFIT THE HSFI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

HSFI Staff – it is my pleasure on behalf of Ms. Serrano to pass along this message about a Yoga class offering:

Dear All,

I will  be offering a one hour yoga class at HSFI after school as a  fund raiser for the Alumni  Association Scholarship Fund.

Chairs will be available for anyone who prefers to practice using a chair for support. 

Please click on the link below to complete form to select a date that works for you. If you are not able to attend, please consider making a donation  

Kindly select only one date as your choice.  

Yoga and Wellness Fundraiser Class  

CLASS TRIP REMINDERS

As we start the school year, I wanted to share with staff the field trip guidelines that we put into place last year.  All of us should plan to adhere to these guidelines – for staff planning the trips and staff receiving the trip requests.  The only exception that we ask of everyone is to be flexible with last minute trips that are brought to us by our Advisory Board and industry partners – too often they share with us the details in a last minute fashion.  Thank you in advance for the cooperation!

⏮ Trips must be approved 3 weeks in advance - No trips in January & June

⏮ A Master Calendar of trips will be posted in the Weekly Bulletin with a description of the trip and grade level

⏮ Teachers cannot veto student participation on trips, but students must understand they are responsible for all makeup work / Do not penalize students for missing class due to a school trip

CLASS TRIPS THIS WEEK:

⏮ 3/13/2019 – 12:15PM- 4:00PM.  Mr. Kearns, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Khan are taking 94 students to The Shubert Theatre to see “To Kill a Mocking Bird” 12^TH Graders

⏮ 3/14/2019 – 10:30AM – 3:30PM.  – Mr. Russell is taking 30 students to the Whitney Museum for a visit and tour of Andy Warhol exhibit.

WEEKLY PARENT COMMUNICATION

● FASHIONABLE TIMES BLOG

Just like we maintain a blog for staff, we maintain a weekly blog for HSFI Parents that includes a weekly message from me.  The link is:

http://hsfifashionabletimes.blogspot.com/

STUDENT INFORMATION RESOURCE

● NYC DOE STUDENT PROFILES

The NYC Department of Education has created a central location to access key student information – www.nycenet.edu/studentprofile

You have been emailed a one-page summary of this resource.  Here are the key categories of the ‘Student Profile’:

● Grades – current and historical report card grades

● Assessments - previous Regents scores

● Attendance - current and historical daily attendance including lateness

● Schedule – students’ current schedule

● Details – student biographical and demographic information including Special Education and English Language Learner (ELL) status

● Enrollment – enrollment history including all NYC schools attended

● Guardians – all the adults on the students’ biographical record including contact information and preferred language

VTODs FOR THE WEEK

SAT/ACT Vocabulary

Monday, March 11

Urbane (adj.) Sophisticated, refined, cultured. Henry is an urbane traveler who has visited over eighty countries. These are by far America’s richest, most technologically advanced, most culturally urbane states.

Tuesday, March 12

Imperative (adj.) Urgent; essential; of vital importance. It is imperative that these medical supplies be delivered immediately. “The free movement of labor was an economic imperative.” 2 (n) form of a verb used for giving orders:   An example of the imperative is the word “leave” in the sentence: “Leave him alone!”

Wednesday, March 13

Garner (v) Gather; collect; merit.  It was the largest percentage of votes garnered by a Mexican presidential candidate since 1982. If it seems like the foundation wants the school to garner attention, it’s because it does.

Thursday, March 14

Ephemeral (adj.) Anything short-lived:  The ephemeral insect lives only for a day in its winged form. 2. Transitory:  The critic said, ‘Fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old.’

Friday, March 15

Magnanimous (adj.) Noble; generous in spirit. (Magnanimous comes from the Latin for magnus: "great" and animus: "soul.”)  The Yankees’ manager was magnanimous in defeat, praising Seattle for its fine play

STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR

Thank you to all the HSFI staff that have been shouting out their colleagues on a daily basis through Basecamp – it is inspiring to read them and keep them coming.

Here are some additional SOARRing staff that are going beyond the call of duty for HSFI!

Thank you to MS. CARTER for organizing an amazing Career Day!!!

Thank you to MS. NOBLE, MS. BATTS, MS. RICCI, MS. COLLINS, MR. RUSSELL, MS. PARISSE & MS. TROTTA  for covering classes during Career Day and presenting their area specialization.  Thank you to MS. VACCARO and her students for helping to support Career Day. Thank you to MR. ABDALLAH & MR. VILLALONA for supporting the many technology needs during Career Day. Thank you to MR. STAMPONE for all his support in organizing Career Day efforts.

Thank you to MR. STAMPONE for designing an instant response tool to help students find a club to join. He is always ready to help us use technology to help students fell more connected to the school.

Thank you to MS. HERRICK for facilitating and planning of the living environment regents tutoring schedule.

Thank you to MR. LIU for organizing the report card process.

Thank you to MS. BATTS, MR. CARRANZA, MS. CHAVEZ, MS. CISSE, MS. JOHAR, MS. NEWPORT, MS. PARISSE, MS. POWELL, MS. ROJAS, MS. SEIFERT, MS. STAMBOULY, MS. VACCARO & MS. YOUNGBLOOD for assisting with cap and gown measurements for the Seniors.

Thank you to MS. POWELL & MS. ZUBROVICH for collaborating on lessons for Foundations of Design class.

Thank you to MS. POWELL, MS. ZUBROVICH, MR. RUSSELL, MS. STAMBOULY, MR. CARRANZA & MS. COLLINS for taking the time to submit student work for the Borough Arts and PS Arts festivals.

Thank you to MS. JOHAR for showing amazing resilience and determination with teaching the Senior Fashion Design studio class as a first year teacher.

Thank you to MS. NEWPORT for working tirelessly with her students on making the deadline for the windows.

Thank you to MS. SERRANO for Ms. Serrano for coordinating a yoga & tea event for the teachers to raise money for the alumni association.

Thank you to MS. ARCAMAY for working with School Foods and a group of Junior Graphics & Illustration students on a summer food campaign

Thank you to MS. BATTS & MS. HOROWITZ for working with RAPP and a group of students to design a line of garments to showcase at an event to bring awareness around relationship abuse.

Thank you to MS. SAN JORGE for for accompanying a family to a meeting to ensure they are receiving services for life after graduation.

Thank you to MR. ROBINSON for attending our monthly liaison meeting an turn keying the information.

Thank you to MS. HENEY for preparing our students for the Alternate Assessment exam

ADDITIONS TO THE BLOG

If you are interested in adding something to the Weekly Bulletin Blog, please email Angela Ianniello – AIanniello@schools.nyc.gov – by Wednesday of that week.  Submissions emailed after this deadline will be placed in the following week’s Blog.