WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 1.4.15

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
JANUARY 4 *First Monday Bell Schedule	5 *Regular Bell Schedule	6 *Regular Bell    Schedule	7 *Regular Bell Schedule	8 *Regular Bell Schedule

PBIS CALL TO ACTION

● Hope you had a wonderful winter break & Happy New Year from the PBIS Data Team!

● The New Year always brings hope – please reflect on past practices and think of ways to improve our efforts here at HSFI as we work to help our students gain academic, social and emotional skills to navigate the complicated world around them.

● As always, promote students to attend tutoring including National Honor Society sessions & school activities including clubs and teams (See HSFI Student Activities Attendance to Date attachment)

OPERATIONAL NEED TO KNOW

□ This Monday is FIRST MONDAY

All Para-Professionals, report to Ms. How in RM 329

All Physical Education teachers, report to Ms. Sostre in the Third Floor Gymnasium

All CTE Teachers, report to Ms. Boulamaali in RM 844

All English, Math, Science, Social Studies and Spanish Teachers and all Guidance Counselors, please report to your PLC Assignment listed below.  Remember to bring a copy of your December CCSS Assessment and Target Student work.

ROOM CHANGE: Ms. Fecsko’s PLC has moved from RM 323 to RM 545

□ Teacher’s Choice DEADLINES

January 8th is the last day to purchase qualifying educational material using Teacher's Choice funds.  As an alternative to purchasing, any unspent balances can be donated to the HSFI Copy Center for the purchase of paper and ink.   This should be in the form of a personal check or money order payable to the High School of Fashion Industries.  Indicate this donation on your Accountability Form.

January 15th is the deadline for all participants to submit a Teacher's Choice Accountability Form and proof of eligible purchases (i.e. original receipts and/or invoices).  Completed forms should be submitted to Linda Herzog, payroll office, any time between January 4-15, 2016.

For more detailed information, forms and guidelines see the Teacher's Choice page:

www.schools.nyc.gov/teacherschoice

If you have questions, see Linda Herzog, email teacherschoice@schools.nyc.gov, or call 718-935-4000

 

□ Late Proctoring for Regents on Tuesday, January 26

We are currently looking for any teachers who are interested in working the "Late Proctoring Assignment" shift on Tuesday January 26th during Regents Week.  We need proctors to cover the extended time rooms for students who are entitled to extended time accommodations. The work hours of this assignment are from 12:30 pm - 7:10 pm.  The proctoring assignment runs from 4:00 pm - 7:10 pm.  Please let your supervisor know as soon as possible as the proctoring schedule is being finalized.

STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR

Thank you to MS. SELLECK for her efforts with our students to create the amazing window display that were highlighted by our opening event with Barney’s Simon Doonan.  The displays just keep getting better and better and thankfully Ms. Selleck and her students are receiving the recognition they deserve from the fashion industry.

Thank you to MS. VACCARO for leading our Virtual Enterprise students to a 4^th place finish in the entire city for a Business Plan competition.  Our Fashion Marketing students led by Ms. Vaccaro can compete with the best and the brightest that NYC has to offer.

Thank you to all our staff that supported the Variety Show providing an opportunity for our students to express themselves through the performing arts – a special thank you to MS. VASCONCELLOS for running the entire operation as our COSA and thanks to MS. CHAVEZ, MS. PAGLIARO, MS. CHRISTINA VEGA, MR. STAMPONE, MR. RODRIGUEZ, MS. VEGA, MS. DAWSON, MS. YOUNGBLOOD, MS. SHARON MEDINA, MS. BROADBELT, MS. PAZ, MS. LEVINE, MS. IANNIELLO, MS. CARTER, MS. SILVA, MS. BERNSTEIN, MR. TALLONE & MR. RASCHILLA for supporting the show’s success.

Thank you to all our Holiday singers who welcomed our students on December 23^rd - MS. CHIN, MS. PARISSE, MS. MELENCIANO, MR. JOCELYN, MS. WANG, MS. KLEPACKI, MR. JONES, MR. DAWSON (and his amazing guitar skills), MS. FECSKO, MS. HUAMAN, MS. DE LA ROSA, MS. JOHNSTON, MR. RAPPA, MS. BALMIR (for making the Santa costumes), MS. WEISS, MS. TROTTA, MR. SIA, MS. ZUBROVICH, MR. DUKE, DR. HABIBIAN, MS. SHARON MEDINA, MS. VARRICHIO, MS. RUSSELL, MS. SAN JORGE, MR. RUSSELL, MS. RUSSELL, MS. CARTER, MR. LIU, MS. McKEON & MS. PADRON, MS. MOORE, MR. RODRIGUES, MR. KOHM and MS. BERNSTEIN for organizing the entire event. 

This is one of those special events that make HSFI such a great learning environment!

Thank you to all the teachers who opened up their classrooms to make our Learning Partners visit by Westinghouse HS & Urban Assembly for Global Commerce so productive for our visitors – this list includes MS. FRAGA-ZWIBEL, MR. CARRANZA, MS. MICHELSON & MS. VARRICHIO, MR. KEARNS, MS. BALMIR, MS. LA TANZA, MS. JOHNSTON, MS. ARCAMAY, MS. MARTINEZ, MS. BOHNER & MS. FERLAZZO, MS. NELSON, MS. PAZ, MS. CHRISTINA VEGA, MS. BERROA, MR. LEE & MR. HURLEY, MS. SHARON MEDINA, MS. SELLECK, MS. BALLIN & MR. NG, MS. COLLINS, MS. DRABMAN & MR. RODRIGUEZ and MS. CUCCHIARA.

Thank you to MR. JOCELYN, MS. CARTER & MS. YOUNGBLOOD for their tremendous help with moving fabric and organizing the fabric donations that came from the Advisory Board’s fabric drive.

Thank you to MS. BOHNER, MS. DRABMAN, MS. THOMAS & MS. DE LA ROSA for

organizing a multicultural celebration for our ESL students and their parents.

Thank you to MS. JOSEPH & MS. CORCHADO for doing all the data entry for the first wave of middle school admissions exams and there is definitely more to come.

Thank you to MR. ALVAREZ for his efforts as track team coach – our girls have been shining in the Winter meets across all grades that insure a high quality program that will thrive from year to year.

Thank you to MS. WEISS & MS. SAN JORGE for their efforts as Bridge Coach Coordinators – they recently finalized the hiring of this year’s coaches – in addition to Rosio Santos, the selected HSFI alumni are Sabrina Cabrera (Freshman at Baruch College), Alondra Rivera (Sophomore at SUNY New Paltz) and Crystal Diaz (Freshman at City College).

Thank you to MS. BROADBELT (our Fashion Show Director) & MS. NAGHI (our RAPP Coordinator) for doing presentations for the HSFI Parents’ Association about these respective roles that they play at the school.

COOL THINGS TO KNOW

● 379 qualified for the Principal’s High Honor roll (92-100 grade point average) during the 2^nd marking period – 21% of the entire student population

● 585 students qualified for the Honor roll (85-91.99 grade point average) during the 2^nd marking period – 33% of the entire student population

● 964 students (out of 1789 students) had an 85+ average during the 2^nd marking period – 54% of the entire student population

IMPORTANT HSFI GRADING POLICY INFORMATION

#1 – GRADE / TRANSCRIPT UPDATE CHANGES

After meeting with representatives from the NYC Department of Education before break, moving forward there will be a number of changes to procedures for grade changes and transcript updates.  This includes the following:

● GRADE CHANGES: Teachers may change their marking period grades directly in STARS Classroom up to 3 weeks after the close of the marking period

● TRANSCRIPT UPDATES:

(1) Supporting documentation, namely a copy of your gradebook, will be required to change an existing grade.  The grade you want to submit for a student must be in alignment with the course’s grading policy.

(2) All Transcript Update forms must be picked up directly from the Program office (Room 121) – your department supervisor will share with you a copy of the new form

(3) All Transcript Updates must be approved and signed by the Principal and hand delivered back to Room 121

#2 – GRADE RANGES / CUMULATIVE GRADING

Below are the suggested ranges that you should be using for your grades effective immediately:

GRADE	NUMERIC RANGE	NUMERIC EQUIVALENT FOR REPORT CARDS / TRANSCRIPTS
A+	97-100	100
A	93-96	96
A-	90-92	92
B+	87-89	89
B	83-86	86
B-	80-82	82
C+	77-79	79
C	73-76	76
C-	70-72	72
D+	68-69	68
D	65-67	65
F	64 and Below	55

You must go into your Jupiter Grades’ account and set the grade scales equivalent to these ranges – you must do it individually as we cannot set the grade scales for the entire school.

One important point about your grades is that they are CUMULATIVE which means:

Each report card grade reflects ALL the work done up to that date. Therefore:

●        The first marking period grade includes all the work done from the first day of the semester.

●        The second marking period grade includes all the work done for BOTH the first and second marking periods.

●        The third and final marking period grade includes all the work of the FIRST, SECOND and THIRD marking periods – all the work done since the first day of the semester.

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION:

GRADE	MONTH 1	MONTH 2	MONTH 3	MONTH 4	MONTH 5
1ST MARKING PERIOD
2ND MARKING PERIOD
3RD MARKING PERIOD

Each grade includes ALL the work done from the very first day of the semester.

Moving forward, our Aca/CTE committee believes that we should move to numeric grades for the 2016-17 school year and beyond with a failing grade of 55 / a minimum passing grade of 65 / and the ability to give numeric grade in single increments from 65 – 100 (if your grade is a 77, a 77 goes on the report card and transcript).

VTODs FOR THE WEEK

Cre, Cru, Cret, Crease:  Grow

Monday January 4

incremental ( adj.) increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions. If you are making incremental progress in math, you are moving slowly but steadily forward.  "One thing about the Peace Corps, "she said, “You’re making incremental changes over time, person by person.” 

Tuesday January 5

accrue (v) is to accumulate or to keep growing in value or size. You can accrue, or earn interest on your savings, but, unfortunately, you can also accrue debt by using high interest credit cards that you can’t afford to pay off quickly.

Wednesday January 6 

crescent (n) 1 A crescent is a thin, curved shape that’s thicker in the middle and tapers to thin points at each end. Crescent was first used to describe the shape of the waxing, or seemingly growing moon. (adj.) The word crescent is applied to anything of similar shape such as crescent rolls or crescent wrenches.

Thursday January 7

accretion (n) accumulation. An increase by natural growth or addition. “History is made in two ways: by dramatic occurrences such as the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989; and by the accretion of small changes over long periods which are harder to notice but often more significant than the isolated, surprising events.” 

Friday January 8

crescendo (n) A musical instruction to gradually increase the volume: "The musicians were following the directions of the conductor to begin the crescendo of the musical performance.”

DISCIPLINE DATA FROM 12/11/15 – 12/23/15

Below are the registered concerns submitted by staff members through Jupiter Grades and through the hand-written referral process:

INFRACTION CATEGORY	INCIDENTS DEC. 11 – 23	INCIDENTS DEC. 4 - 10	CHANGE
	9 SCHOOL DAYS	5 SCHOOL DAYS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT	25	9	+16
DISRESPECT / DISRUPTION	25	8	+17
DRESS CODE	1	0	+1
THEFT	4	1	+3
BULLYING	2	2	No Change
LEAVE BUILDING	0	0	No Change
FIGHTING	0	0	No Change
VANDALISM	0	0	No Change
SELLING FOOD	0	1	-1
SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY	3	0	+3

YEAR-TO-DATE ATTENDANCE / SUSPENSION DATA CURRENT SCHOOL POPULATION: 1789 Students
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE RATE				91.3 % [Attendance Last Week: 92.4 %]
LATENESS UPDATE	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Last Week	xxxxx	560	347	xxxxx	xxxxx
Week of 12/14 – 12/18	xxxxx	xxxxx	587	597	581
PRINCIPAL’S SUSPENSION [Suspension is the School’s Choice after progressive discipline]				13  [1 New Suspensions]
SUPERINTENDENT SUSPENSION [Suspension is Mandatory for high level infraction from Discipline Code]				0 [0 New Suspensions]

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