MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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FEBRUARY 8
*SCHOOL
CLOSED
LUNAR NEW YEAR
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9
*OP Bell Schedule
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10
*Regular Bell
Schedule
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11
*Regular
Bell Schedule
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12
*Regular Bell Schedule
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PBIS CALL TO ACTION
● SUPPORT A GROWTH MINDSET EVERYDAY
As a school community
we need to help our students increase their grit, determination and persistence
in meeting academic challenges on the road to college. It is up to us to reinforce a Growth Mindset in
our daily interaction with students. We can do this by...
...praising effort
and persistence over easy success (Wow! I see you worked really hard at
this" is better than "Wow! You're so smart."
...recognizing
that the brains and talent one has are just starting points
...reinforcing that
practice contributes to success--mistakes are OK if they are used to learn and
improve
COOL THINGS GOING ON AT HSFI –
RESPECT FOR ALL WEEK
Please
join the Falcon Health Center, the Relationship Abuse Prevention Program, and
the Student Government in celebrating Respect for All week: one week dedicated
to awareness and advocacy for bullying and teen dating violence. There will be
different activities each day including:
DAY OF WEEK / DATE
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RESPECT FOR ALL THEME
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DESCRIPTION OF EVENT
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Tuesday, Feb. 9
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LOVE
IS RESPECT
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Everyone
should wear orange / #loveisrespect photo booth in the school cafeteria periods
4-7
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Wednesday, Feb. 10
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ANTI-BULLYING DAY
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We have a RESPECT FOR ALL tree that will be up in the lobby
where students will be putting words that promote RESPECT as
"leaves" on the tree.
EVERYONE SHOULD WEAR PURPLE!
Purple
ribbons out to staff and students outside 127 and 121
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Thursday, Feb. 11
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RESPECT
FOR ALL / HEALING CIRCLES FORUMS
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Open forums will be held during lunch periods on the auditorium
stage for students to share thoughts / feelings about respect, teen dating
violence and any other relevant topics
healing circles in auditorium
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Friday, Feb. 12
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LOVE
ME DAY
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Purple Valentine's hearts will be given out to students in
the lobby by other students
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A COOL THING FOR NYC
PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS & THEIR FAMILIES – FREE MICROSOFT SOFTWARE
The DIGITAL DIVIDE is
diminishing! All parents and guardians of HSFI students and all NYC public
school students will be able to download Microsoft software from https://studentoffice.net/,
at no cost, on up to five of their family’s computers and five of their
family’s tablets, smart phones, or other mobile devices. We gave out this
information to students during OP last week.
Much of this software has education-specific content that supports our
students’ academic improvement. In addition, familiarity with these tools will
help students be prepared for college and careers.
This opportunity is made possible
through the NYC Department of Education’s partnership with NYC Council Speaker
Melissa Mark-Viverito and Microsoft.
The free Microsoft products and
features that will be available include:
● Office 365 ProPlus on Windows:
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Skype for Business, Access, InfoPath
and Publisher installed on Windows
● Office for Mac Professional
2016: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote
● Office for iPad, iPhone,
Android: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote
● Cloud service
● Office Online
OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● GetSchooled.com – National Competition to Win College Readiness
Competition
Please encourage your students to
log onto GetSchooled.com and complete the College Readiness activities so HSFI
can win the national competition.
Consider using these GetSchooled.com activities for do now activities or
homework – if we win, as we did last year (twice) , we will earn a celebrity
visit special assembly that our students absolutely loved last year (twice). If you have senior students, please encourage
them to fill out their federal financial aid forms (FAFSA) – this is half of
our school score.
● Speakers Needed for HSFI Annual Career Day
Our Annual Career Day
will be held on March 11, 2016 (the morning before afternoon Parent-Teacher
Conferences). In order to make this a continued success, we are reaching out to
our industry contacts through our Advisory Board to share experiences and
educate students. This year we need your help! We are aware that many staff
members may have friends and family members with inspirational stories that
they might be interested in sharing with our students. Our goal is to help our
students broaden their horizons and give them an inside look at the array of
careers within the fashion industry. If you know someone who may be
interested, please have them contact Anika Carter in Room 819 / ext. 8194 / ACarter15@schools.nyc.gov.
● PBIS Survey Results
Thank you to the 79 HSFI staff
members who filled out the 5-question PBIS survey! The results say that you believe Fashion
Dollars are motivational, largely support classroom management and you are
familiar with the desired behaviors that mirror our HSFI values. As you can see with question four, please
help us share the PBIS behaviors with our students – be clear about what
behaviors can earn them Fashion Dollars.
PBIS SURVEY QUESTION
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YES
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NO
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#1 - Do you find Fashion Dollars to be motivational for
students?
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75 (94.9%)
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4 (5.1%)
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#2 - Do you feel Fashion Dollars is an
effective tool to support discipline and classroom management?
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61 (77.2%)
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18 (22.8%)
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#3 - Are you familiar with the desired
behavior listed on the PBIS matrix?
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74 (93.7%)
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5 (6.3%)
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#4 - Do you think your students are familiar
with the desired behaviors listed on the PBIS matrix?
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41 (51.9%)
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38 (48.1%)
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#5 - Do you understand how the school handles
discipline matters?
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59 (74.7%)
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20 (25.3%)
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● Emergency Preparedness
I strongly encourage everyone to
watch these important emergency preparedness videos and direct any questions
that you may have regarding this matter to Assistant Principal Giovanni
Raschilla in Room 149 / ext. 1491 / graschi@schools.nyc.gov.
As with most the links we share, it is
best to use the CHROME browser to view them.
STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR
Congratulations to MS. EVELYN
NELSON for winning the HSFI CTE
Teacher of the Year Award! Ms. Nelson
was nominated by her CTE colleagues here at HSFI and she was honored at an
awards ceremony at the UFT Offices this past Thursday. Ms. Nelson is tremendously deserving of this
honor with her daily work with her students and collaboration with her
colleagues. Thank you to MS. HERBERT,
MS. HUAMAN, MS. CISSE, MS. BALMIR & MS. BOULAMAALI for
attending the event in support of Ms. Nelson.
Thank you Ms. Nelson for all that you do!
Thank you to all the staff that contributed
to the amazing Homecoming Pep Rally that rallied the HSFI spirit this past
Thursday!
Thank you to all the staff that
represented the HSFI in our annual Staff vs. Students Basketball Game Victory –
MR. ALVAREZ,
MR. LEE, MR. MENDEZ, MR. ROBINSON, MR. STAMPONE & MS. GODDELL.
Thank you to MR. EGAN & MS. FEIL
for coaching the students in this game as they managed getting playing time for
the entire boys and girls varsity teams.
Thank you to MR. RAU & MS. SAN JORGE for working as our Coordinators of Student
Activities to organize the event.
Thank you to MS. BROADBELT (Step Team) & MS. PAZ
(Iconoclan Dance Team) for their leadership of their respective
teams who performed at the event.
Thank you to ALL THE HSFI STAFF MEMBERS
who attended the event – it was awesome to see all of you there to support your
colleagues and students!
Thank you to the HSFI staff that
chaperoned our Homecoming Dance this past Saturday - MS. BROADBELT, MS. HUAMAN, MS. WRIGHT,
MS. VEGA, MR. RASCHILLA & MR. RAU.
Thank you to MS. CORCHADO for helping
our attendance protocols by putting all the blue
sheets in the mailboxes every morning.
Thank you to MS. JOSEPH, MS. ABREU, MS. VELEZ &
MS. CORCHADO for helping with the OP
envelopes that were put together for the start of the Spring term.
Thank you to MS. McKEON for organizing
NY Cares financial aid event and MS. WEISS for overseeing it – at this
event HSFI students and their families were given 1-on-1 support in filling out
their federal student financial aid forms.
Thank you to all the HSFI staff that
supported program changes to make sure we got off to a smooth start - MS. WEISS,
MS. VONGERICHTEN, MR. JONES, MR. DUKE, MS. PADRON, MR. SIA, MS. SAN JORGE, MR.
LIU, MS. FRANK & MS. BERNSTEIN.
Thank you to MR. CARRANZA for
designing a Fashion SOARRS poster for the collection of our Fashion Dollar
tokens – Mr. Carranza has done countless designs to beautify our PBIS / Fashion
Dollars program – token collection is a critical piece to this process.
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
Tuesday, February 9
Epithet (n). 1. An abusive or insulting
word or phrase. "The victim told police that the suspect hurled racial
epithets at him before assaulting him. 2. A word or phrase describing a
person or thing. “The Boss” is Bruce Springsteen’s epithet or nickname.
Homer uses descriptive epithets such as wily Odysseus, bright-eyed Athena, and
swift-footed Achilles.
Wednesday, February 10
Epitaph (n) 1. An inscription carved on
a gravestone; a brief statement commemorating a deceased person or
something past. Martin Luther King Jr.'s epitaph contains the last words
in his famous, ‘I have a dream speech:’ "Free at last. Free at last. Thank
God almighty, I am free at last."
Thursday, February 11
Anecdote (n) A short amusing or
interesting story about a real incident or person. The book is full of amusing
anecdotes about the student’s life in Japan. “She opened her speech with
an autobiographical anecdote about being a tall, awkward ten-year-old who
longed to be a petite gymnast.”
Friday, February 12
Antidote (n) A substance that stops the
harmful effects of a poison. The park ranger immediately gave the camper an
antidote for the venomous snake bite. 2. A remedy for the bad
effects of something. After the break-up, she found exercising and
listening to upbeat music were antidotes for her sadness.
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