WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 5.9.16

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
MAY 9 *Regular  Bell Schedule *AP Biology Exam PM Supervisor: A Rodrigues  (Rm. 515)	10 *Regular Bell Schedule *AP US Government Exam *Aca/CTE Committee Meeting (Per 8) Room 821 PM Supervisor: N Moore (Rm. 228)	11 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: G How (Rm. 329)	12 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: J Tallone (Rm. 223)	13 *Regular Bell Schedule *Public Fashion Show – 6pm [Also on Saturday at 6pm] PM Supervisor: D Silva (Rm. 125)

THE STUDENT SHOWCASES CONTINUE…..THIS WEEK: TIMELESS FASHION SHOW THIS FRIDAY, MAY 13 & SATURDAY, MAY 14

Information On Purchasing Tickets Online

HSFI has recently purchased a new online system that will enable us to handle purchases online. The hope is that we will be able to expand this system next year to include all school store items as well as other student purchases such as tickets and senior graduation packages.   

This week we have opened the system to accept the purchase of tickets to this coming week's Fashion Show.   There are 3 types of tickets:

Friday’s Night Show is at 6 pm for $10

Saturday’s Night Show is at 6 pm for $10

We also have a special Gala package for Saturday’s Show which is $25

As with all our shows, all the money collected will be invested into next year’s show.

All students already have an account and can sign in by following the directions on the site's main page which is: https://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/high_school_of_fashi/

However, you do not need an account to purchase tickets to the show.  Finally, all tickets must be picked up in the school store and your child must bring the online order receipt with them to get the tickets.

PBIS CALL TO ACTION

● SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING / 5 WEEKS UNTIL REGENTS EXAMS

Guidance counselors will be programming summer school off of second marking period grades.  You can leverage that fact to keep students focused.  Look out for senioritis and let them know their college acceptances could be rescinded if they do not graduate.

● END OF YEAR CELEBRATION

Join your colleagues for an end of year celebration on Thursday, June 9 at 4pm.  Please contact Ms. Ianniello in Room 819 / extension 8191 to let her know you will be coming – we need to give them a head count.

● MAINTAINING SCHOOL TONE

As we enter the home stretch of the school year, it is critical that we need to be UNIFIED as a staff in enforcing our school rules to maintain our school tone.  Please be consistent and model the correct behaviors our students need in order to SOARR to college and career readiness.

NO FOOD IN CLASSROOMS – students can only eat in the student cafeteria & the student lounge - no food should in classrooms before, during or after school – no staff or students should be eating in any computer lab

DRESS CODE – every week there are zero dress code infractions which is certainly not reality– nobody is reporting these infractions via Jupiter Grades – please make these referrals, so we can follow up with these students and help set the proper tone and attire here at HSFI

PROPER USE OF HALL / HEALTH CENTER PASSES – students can only leave the classroom with a pass / students going to the Falcon Health Center must use that specific pass

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT POLICY - electronic equipment are only allowed to be used in classrooms for instructional purposes – students must not be allowed to take out their phones during class and do not let students charge this equipment in your classrooms

ELEVATORS – students are not allowed on staff elevators unless they have their own elevator card / ask students to show their elevator passes when they are in those elevators

HELP NEEDED

● Identifying the Next Group of Peer Mentors

We are currently accepting applications for PGC Peer Leadership program for the 2016-2017 school year.  Students who are currently sophomores or juniors are encouraged to apply to be Peer leaders!  If chosen these students will:

(1) Take a year-long leadership course and receive course credit

(2) Facilitate weekly discussions and activities with our incoming freshmen

(3) Serve as positive role models throughout the school

(4) Participate and be trained in team-building, group facilitation, problem solving, decision making, and communication skills

(5) Learn about specific content area including time management, academic pressures, relationships with family and friend, and other topics

(6) Participate in an overnight retreat, family nights, a mid-year retreat, and much more!

Applications are due to Ms. Feil by May 20th!  Applications can be found in the 3rd floor gym, the peer leadership bulletin board (across from the teacher elevators!) or from any PGC advisor (Ms. Feil, Ms. Dawson, or Ms. Conaghan).

● Summer School Staff Needed

We are holding summer school at HSFI and we would like to have as many HSFI staff working as possible.  Applications submitted after May 27, 2016 will be considered late and you will have difficulty in getting a position.  Here is the link:

https://www.nycenet.edu/summerjobs/

Please let your supervisor know if you are applying for a summer school position.

OPERATIONAL NEED TO KNOW

● New Main Office (Room 125) Protocols

#1 - This is just a reminder that all late arriving staff members should report to our new Main Office in Room 125 to sign in before reporting to their classrooms.  Thank you for your cooperation.

#2 - In the interest of safety, all visitors will be directed to the main office to insure that a staff member will be expecting them on that date and time.  Staff is responsible for alerting the main office when they expect a visitor.  The NYCDOE requires that all guests have valid ID when they enter the building and that they sign in.  Safety is a concern that we all share.  

● Morning Announcements on Video – Important of Communication to Students

As you know we are doing the morning announcements on video; placing the video on the school website; sending out an email to staff with the video link and then having teachers play the video during 3^rd period.  Every day, besides Wednesday, it is the responsibility of 3^rd period teachers to play the video as our students need to know what is going on around the school.

● Message from the Attendance Office

*There is a list 10 pages long of teachers who have not returned there attendance sheets for April.  Please hand them in as soon as possible. 

*Please return any confirmation sheets.

*There has not been one perfect day for blue sheets.  Every day I am looking for someone.  Please hand in your blue sheets immediately after third period.  The locations are outside the Principal's Office, the clock room, the library and the Attendance Office room 134.

● DOE Efforts to Make Sure Water is Safe

The Department of Education (DOE) has taken a number of steps to ensure that the water in New York City schools is safe for students and staff.  As part of the recent lead testing here at The High School of Fashion Industries on 4/8/2016, there were 2 elevated samples out of 82 samples tested.   The vast majority of elevated samples are only found on “first-draw,” involving stagnant water that has been sitting in pipes for prolonged periods of time. That stagnant water is removed through our regular flushing protocol.  In addition, all plumbing and fixtures that tested positive have been removed from service and are being replaced. Retests will be performed on the new plumbing and fixtures. We will share the retest results with you once they become available and keep you apprised of all the measures being implemented at the school to eradicate the elevated levels.  In the interim, please be reassured that the water at our school is safe to drink.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
MAY 9 AP Biology History	10 ▪AP US Government Exam ▪Fashion Show Middle School Feeder Show ▪Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam	11	12 Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam	13 ▪Annual Fashion Show (on Saturday, May 14 also)
16	17 ▪Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam ▪Student Government Spring Festival	18 Industry Fashion Show	19 Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam	20 [PROM on Saturday, May 21]
23	24 ▪Visual Merchandising Written Exam ▪Fashion Merchandising Exam ▪Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam	25 ▪Visual Merchandising Written Exam ▪Fashion Merchandising Exam	26 Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam	27 Senior Trip to Bear Mountain
30 NO SCHOOL	31 Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam	JUNE 1 Kleinfeld Final Event @ 2pm	2 Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam	3 Senior Trip to Dorney Park
6	7 Graphics and Illustration Adobe Exam	8 Student Awards Ceremony	9 ▪Staff Development Day (No Students) ▪End of Year Staff Get Together	10
13	14 REGENTS	15 REGENTS	16 REGENTS	17 REGENTS
20 REGENTS	21 REGENTS	22 ▪REGENTS ▪Graduation at Hunter College 9am	23 REGENTS Rating Day	24 Last Day of School for Students & Teachers
27	28 Last Day of School for Students & Teachers	29	30 Last Day of School for all other staff

STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR

Thank you to MR. CARRANZA, MS. COLLINS, MR. RUSSELL, & MS. ZUBROVICH for their efforts in making the senior Art Show so spectacular.  It is such a pleasure to walk in the building when the art show is on display.

Thank you to MS. McKEON for organizing and executing the college acceptance celebration that took place last Monday where our students proudly displayed the colleges they would be attending in the Fall.

Thank you to 95% OF THE ENTIRE HSFI STAFF for completing the NYC DOE Learning Environment Survey – the 95% represents an all-time high for the school.

Thank you to the teachers that were visited during last week’s Superintendent’s visit - MR. LEE, MR. HURLEY, MR. KILPATRICK, MS. McHUGH, MS. DRABMAN, MR. RODRIGUES, MS. SCHWENNER, MR. RONINSON & MS. CORIATY.

Thank you to the teachers that were visited during our Learning Partners Program visit before spring break where we hosted Westinghouse HS and Urban Assembly for Global Commerce HS - MS. FRAGA-ZWIBEL, MS. ANZALONE, MR. LEE, MR. HURLEY, MS. BAILEY, MS. RUSSELL, MR. STAMPONE, MR. KEARNS & MS. PAZ.

Thank you to our senior Fashion Design teachers who are getting ready for this week’s show – our Fashion Show Director MS. BROADBELT,  our Fashion Department Coordinator MS. BALMIR, and MS. HERBERT, MS. NELSON, MS. DAVID, MS. CISSE, MS. YOUNGBLOOD & MS. SCHWENNER.

Thank you to MS. DAMIAN for her efforts in making HSFI a digital citizenship certified school which includes a detailed curriculum that she delivered to her students.

Thank you to MS. STAMBOULY for coordinating the SCAD Rising Stars programs that will get two of our students an amazing summer experience at her alma mater, the Savannah College of Art & Design.

Thank you to MR. MONTENEGRO for all his efforts in getting the main office moved to our new space on the first floor.

Thank you to MS. RIVIERE for staying an extra two hours one day after school to help a student in need.

Thank you to MS. RODRIGUEZ for overseeing the SAT administration this past Saturday at HSFI – it is great for our students to be able to take this exam in the comforts of their own school.

Thank you to MS. EISENBERG for taking 11 of her honor students to present this past Saturday at the "Reading Across the Canon(s): An Afternoon with Young Writers."  Our students joined by other young poets and writers from The Door, Double Discovery Center, and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. This event was co-sponsored by Columbia University School of the Arts Office of Public Programs and Engagement and Columbia Artist/Teachers.

Thank you to MS. VACCARO & MS. VELEZ for going through the necessary training to get our online purchasing system in full operation.  Thank you to MR. TALLONE for organizing the system.

Thank you to MS. BOHNER, MS. DRABMAN & MS. THOMAS for administering the multi-day, multi-period NYSESLAT to our English Language Learners all week.

Thank you to MS. CUFFIE, MS. ABRAMYAN, MS. BERROA, MS. BOHNER, MS. CONAGHAN, MS. FECSKO, MS. CHRISTINA VEGA, MS. MARTINEZ, MS. MEDINA, MS. PAZ & MS. VARRICHIO  - our PLC Leaders for a year of facilitating meaningful interdepartmental discussions.

Thank you to our Science department tutors - MS. HERRICK, MR. LEE, MS. ALVAREZ, MS. DE LA ROSA, MS. BARNABEE, MR. DAWSON & MS. MARTINEZ – and MS. CONAGHAN for her action research efforts.

Thank you to MS. LOOSER for proctoring the AP Calculus test for a student who last minute was approved for College Board accommodations.

VTODs FOR THE WEEK

Monday, May 9

effect (n) A change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause: Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment. The astronaut said the effects of this space trip are much more pronounced than his previous missions. (v) produce as a result; cause; accomplish: The two parties effected a compromise on the challenging issue.

Tuesday, May 9

militate (v) work against; hinder; tend to prevent: ‘The employee’s resentment of others in the company militates against his own chances for advancement.’ “Environmental factors militate against building the power station in this area.”

Wednesday May 11

mitigate (v) to make less severe; alleviate: Some were seen rubbing their faces with pieces of lemon to mitigate the effect of the tear gas.  Measures need to be taken to mitigate the environmental effects of burning more coal.

Thursday, May 12

liable (adj.) 1. legally responsible.   If a gas company damages something, it needs to be liable for that loss.  2.   likely to do something or be harmed by something: "If you build your house on that cliff, it's liable to fall into the river."  He’s liable to forget the meeting. 

Friday, May 13

libel (n) The publishing of a false statement that hurts a person’s reputation. The actor sued the newspaper for libel and won. Mr. Justice Stephens said the tweet constituted a "serious libel", which was "grossly defamatory".

DISCIPLINE DATA FROM 4/22/16 – 5/5/16

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

INFRACTION CATEGORY	INCIDENTS APRIL 22 – MAY 5	INCIDENTS APRIL 16-21	CHANGE
	5 SCHOOL DAYS	5 SCHOOL DAYS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT	20	17	+3
DISRESPECT / DISRUPTION	10	15	-5
DRESS CODE	0	2	-2
THEFT	3	3	No Change
BULLYING	4	0	+4
LEAVE BUILDING	2	4	-2
FIGHTING	0	0	No Change
VANDALISM	0	2	-2
SELLING FOOD	0	0	No Change
SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY	0	0	No Change

YEAR-TO-DATE ATTENDANCE / SUSPENSION DATA CURRENT SCHOOL POPULATION: 1746 Students
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE RATE	88.4 % [Attendance Last Week: 89.6 %]
PRINCIPAL’S SUSPENSION [Suspension is the School’s Choice after progressive discipline]	20  [0 New Suspensions]
SUPERINTENDENT SUSPENSION [Suspension is Mandatory for high level infraction from Discipline Code]	4  [0 New Suspensions]

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