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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NOVEMBER
14
*OP Bell Schedule – Cycle B classes begin after OP
/ Distribution of New Program cards
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
School
Implementation Team Meeting
8:15am
– Room 329
PM Supervisor:
B McGuiness (Rm. 329)
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15
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
J Tallone (Rm. 201)
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16
*Regular Bell Schedule
School Leadership Team Meeting
4:00pm–Room
819
Parents Association Meeting
6:00pm
- Library
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)
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17
*Regular
Bell Schedule
Parent/Teacher Conferences –
5:30pm – 8:00pm
EVACUATION DRILL
PM Supervisor:
N Moore (Rm. 531)
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18
*Special Schedule (all classes will meet – exact
times will be emailed)
Parent/Teacher Conferences –
1:00pm – 3:00pm
EVACUATION DRILL
PM Supervisor:
R Bernstein (Rm. 127)
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NEW TO THE WEEKLY
BULLETIN…THE ANSWER IS IN THE ROOM
Each week, Mr. Kearns and Ms. Paz will work with
colleagues from all over the building to share out instructional best practices
with one another. Each week will focus
on a different instructional topic connected to our Problem of Practice.
Here are some highlights of the best practices for Differentiated Instruction
shared after the last round of intervisitations - all are focused around
integrating "Writing Revolution" across content areas.
In the Math Department, Ms. Garcia created "scrambled sentences" for Algebra
In the Math Department, Ms. Garcia created "scrambled sentences" for Algebra
In the Math Department, Ms. Garcia also created a "but,
so, because" activity for sequence error analysis for Algebra
In the Science Department, Mr. Lee and Mr. Hurley created a station activity to
review the Life Process that integrates some elements of Writing Revolution.
In the English Department, Mr. Kearns created a sentence type and
conjunction activity for the short story "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised
by Wolves".
Bonus Video: Mr. Stampone created a video on how to upload a
Response to Intervention (PBIS Academics) spreadsheet to Jupiter Grades.
To see these activities and more join the HSFI Google+ Page found
here. https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100746779294292638446
*If any staff member would like to share a lesson, activity, or
best practice, send it to Ms. Paz at SPaz@schools.nyc.gov or Mr. Kearns at kkearns@schools.nyc.gov
PBIS
CALL TO ACTION
● STUDENTS WANT FASHION DOLLARS – FEEL THEY ARE NOT BEING GIVEN OUT
This past week I started my own
action research as I met with approximately 50 students about a number of
topics including rigorous lessons, homework and what they thought about Fashion
Dollars. I met with students who did not
feel challenged in the classroom and students who did feel challenged – I will
be sending you an email with the specifics of those conversations, but what
they did agree on was they liked Fashion Dollars and what they could get at the
FLY store – what they also agreed on was that they are being given out less and
less. Please change this – tokens are in Room 819 and you can give them out
through FashionSoarrs.com – here is how:
#1 – Log onto our Staff Homepage
- https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/?pli=1
#2 – Go to
FashionSoarrs.com – one of the tabs on the top of the page
You can give Fashion
Dollars in three different ways.
(1) Deposit Points By Period (default when you log in): Give fashion dollars by class period
(2) Bonus Deposits: Give
fashion dollars by 9 Digit #
(3) Upload Point Deposit File:
Give fashion dollars by uploading a CSV file
Mr. Egan created two
short self-help videos available for staff:
How to Add Drop Students (Useful for After Program Changes,
Creating New Lists of Students for ICT Classes/Clubs/Teams/Monitors,
etc.): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9c6KD-m5t77OVVobHpHQXdVa2s
● PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES ON THURSDAY NIGHT & FRIDAY AFTERNOON
This week, we have the
opportunity to meet our students’ parents and guardians. Here are some best practices we are asking
staff to follow for these conferences:
▪ Have Common Core student work
folders ready to show parent / Student work displayed in your room / Extra
copies of your course outlines and your grading criteria available.
▪ Have ‘Welcome’ signs
prominently displayed outside your classrooms along with chairs for parents to
sit while waiting to meet with you
▪ Have
a sign-in sheet to avoid ‘I was here first’ conflicts between families / some
teachers use student monitors, if they have them available, to oversee these
sign-in sheets
▪ Set up a time limit for each conference – if you need to go beyond
5-7 minutes you probably need an additional conference
▪ Start
out with Positives / Focus on what needs to be done to move forward
In my communication with parents
I gave them a list of suggested questions they might want to ask – here they
are:
1. What is my child
expected to learn, know and do at this grade level? How will it be assessed?
2. What are the big
projects my child will be doing in your class this year? Throughout the year,
how will I know if my child is meeting grade level expectations?
3. What does my child
do well and what does he or she struggle with? Can you give me examples?
4. If my child needs
extra support or wants to learn more about a subject, are there resources to
help his or her learning outside the classroom? Can you give me examples?
5. How will you be
introducing the Common Core standards to students this year?
6. Does my child turn in homework on time?
7. Is my child happy at school? How does my child get along with
classmates and adults?
8. Does my child participate in class discussions and activities?
What would make my child more effective in doing his/her work?
9. What can I do at home to reinforce what my child is learning at
school?
10. Are there ways that I can help you in the classroom or the
school?
● SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING
We know many of our students and
their families are struggling to come to grips with the results of the
Presidential election. I know many of
you have had thoughtful conversations with your classes and individual students
in trying to support them. If you see
any students in bad shape, please fill out a guidance referral to let us know
so we can help.
OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/
● CYCLE B CLASSES BEGIN AFTER OP ON MONDAY
We will switch from Cycle A to
Cycle B classes on Monday after OP when students will receive their new
programs. Students’ classes that meet
Monday, Wednesday and Friday will now meet Tuesday and Thursday & Vice
Versa. This applies to classes like
Physical Education, Health & APPS.
● EVACUATION DRILLS ON THURSDAY & FRIDAY
As a reminder...
this Thursday, November 17th and Friday, November 18, 2016, the High School of
Fashion Industries will conduct an evacuation drill. To properly prepare for
this type of emergency situation we are asking for your help and participation.
• Never ignore or assume the alarm is false or the result of a test.
• Everyone must evacuate the building by way of the safest and closest exit and/or stairway.
• Never use an elevator to exit during a fire alarm activation.
• Once outside the building, move away from the building. Assemble along the sidewalk of the adjacent building, down the block. If necessary, staff with assistance from School safety Agents only, staff and students may assemble across the street.
• In a true emergency, the front of the building is where first responders will be operating. Do not obstruct their access to the building.
• Staff should always remember to take attendance before/after the drill and lock their classroom door.
• Notify a supervisor in the case of missing, extra or injured students.
• With the exception of cell phones, staff should remind students leave their belongings behind.
• Staff should remind students that they must remain with the class and avoid attempting to access their locker.
• Never ignore or assume the alarm is false or the result of a test.
• Everyone must evacuate the building by way of the safest and closest exit and/or stairway.
• Never use an elevator to exit during a fire alarm activation.
• Once outside the building, move away from the building. Assemble along the sidewalk of the adjacent building, down the block. If necessary, staff with assistance from School safety Agents only, staff and students may assemble across the street.
• In a true emergency, the front of the building is where first responders will be operating. Do not obstruct their access to the building.
• Staff should always remember to take attendance before/after the drill and lock their classroom door.
• Notify a supervisor in the case of missing, extra or injured students.
• With the exception of cell phones, staff should remind students leave their belongings behind.
• Staff should remind students that they must remain with the class and avoid attempting to access their locker.
● ATTENDANCE OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MS. KLEPACKI
Attendance Sheets will be on Daily. This means you will not
receive your attendance sheets the night before. They will be put in your
mailbox every morning around 8am.
● HEAT SURVEY
With the cold weather approaches,
we want to know the status of the heat in your room – take 1 minute to complete
this survey:
HSFI
SCHOOL SPIRIT
HOLIDAY
PARTY
I hope you can join us for a
Holiday Party to celebrate the HSFI Community – our jobs are super stressful
and this would be a great opportunity to relax.
The party will take place at ‘Burger and Lobster’ at 39 West 19th
Street on Thursday, December 15 from 4:30 – 6:30. Connect with Ms. Ianniello in Room 819 by
November 18 if you are interested in going.
Her extension is 8191 / Email: AIanniello@schools.nyc.gov
HSFI
SHIRTS
If you are interested in
purchasing one of these HSFI shirts with your name embroidered on the front,
please fill out the form that will be placed in your mailbox this week. The cost depends on how many staff sign up - 24.00
from 36 - 72 shirts / 22.00 from 72-143 / 20.00 from 144+.
Here is what the shirt will look
like:
INSTRUCTIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● WRITING REVOLUTION UPDATES
The Writing Revolution
people were incredibly impressed with our implementation of the strategies when
they visited us and will be returning for a second visit on November 29th.
They were also impressed with the variety of work we submitted for review and their feedback generally focused on our formatting of the tasks. Three of their observations follow:
They were also impressed with the variety of work we submitted for review and their feedback generally focused on our formatting of the tasks. Three of their observations follow:
1. Sentence Expansion - be sure to ONLY ask questions that are not already answered in the kernel sentence you provide.
e.g. He punches Junior because he is mad. (Here you could ask the Who, Where, When, How but NOT the why (even if you want them to explain WHY he is mad) because the Why is already stated in the kernel sentence.
2. Formatting Lines - any prompts not asking for a complete sentence should be dotted ............ and any prompts expecting a complete sentence should be solid _____________________. This is a clue to the students as to what type of response is expected.
e.g. He punches Junior because he is mad.
Who ............................
When ..........................
Expanded sentence ______________________________________________________________
3. Consistent, accurate punctuation and formatting with Because But So. No comma is used with "because" and the comma in the sentence comes before "but" and "so". When using this strategy, TWR people stress that you place the line on the same level as the rest of the sentence so students see it as a complete sentence and do not begin capitalizing inappropriately.
e.g. He punches Junior because ______________________________.
He punches Junior, but _____________________________________.
He punches Junior, so ______________________________________.
Everyone is doing a great job integrating the TWR strategies with their content and consistency across the board will make it even more effective.
Please continue to upload student work and teacher created activities with anticipated responses as our next submission deadline is 4 PM November 15th.
● SPECIAL EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
IEP meetings are
in progress; Teacher reports are a mandatory component of the IEP process. In
order to effectively include teacher reports within the IEP they must be submit
within four days of being requested. Please submit teacher reports when asked
to do so and participate in IEP meetings when invited. You're participation and
insight is crucial in creating a quality IEP and best serving our students with
disabilities.
Our SIT meeting
will be held on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 8:15am in room 329- all are
welcome to attend
● USEFUL DATABASE OF RESOURCES
I attended a
city-wide Principal’s Conference this past Wednesday – I attended a workshop
that showcased an excellent database of resources - http://novelnewyork.org/
When you go to
the homepage, click on ‘Search the NovelNY Databases Now’
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
● WEBSITE LINK TO TAKE ATTENDANCE AT STUDENT ACTIVITIES
● WEBSITE LINK TO VIEW ATTENDANCE RECORDS
In
order to sort / filter the list, you must click on the temporary filter icon
which is located next to the printer icon (looks like a wine glass).
HSFI SING
GOFUNDME
Our SING Coordinator, Ms. Vega, has set up a
GoFundMe account for our SING production scheduled for December 16 – the
website link is: https://www.gofundme.com/22xhg4c
Please considering contributing and spread the work
and link to family and friends!
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:
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
STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR
The
SOARRing staff showcased below come from nominations from their supervisors and
their colleagues. You can nominate a
colleague by using the email: PBISDataTeam@hsfi.us
Please
include the reason why your colleague has SOARRed!
Thank
you once again to MS. STAMBOULY, MS. PARISSE, MS.
PADRON & MS. CONAGHAN for planning and executing the Social Emotional Learning
professional development sessions that took place on Election Day.
Thank
you to MS. CHUNG for running a Smart Board professional
development session for colleagues on Election Day.
Nominated by MS. KLEPACKI,
Thank you to MS. DAVID & MS. ADAMCZYK for providing advance notice to the Attendance Office that they were
going on a trip.
Nominated by MS. KLEPACKI,
thank you to MS. RICCI for giving the Attendance
Office the list of students taking the NOCTI exam, so they could switch the
blue sheets.
Thank
you to MS. RODRIGUEZ for helping
with blue sheets and attendance phone calls.
Thank
you to all the staff involved in the successful administration of NOCTI testing
in the Fashion Design department – the NOCTI exam is this department’s Regents
equivalent - MS. CARTER & MR. JOCELYN for helping to support and set up for the NOCTI testing; MS. RICCI
for doing all the coordinating
for the administration of the exam; MS. BROADBELT, MS. CHAVEZ, MS.
CISSE, MS. DAVID, MS. MUMMAW, MS. PARISSE, MS. MAYER, MS. BATTS, MS. KING &
MS. YOUNGBLOOD for
proctoring and assisting with the
administration of this exam.
Thank
you to MS. INCE for continually
working with families to review special education student services.
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
Our VTODs will now be lexical
arrays of terms that are connected in meaning but often reflect differences in
tone, mood, or levels of intensity. For example: peek, glance, scowl, stare, and glare.
Lexical
Array: from Attentive to Enthrall
Monday, November 14
Intrigue: (v) to arouse the interest,
desire, or curiosity of: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, the fifth head of
the Hayden Planetarium, became intrigued with astronomy at the age of nine when
he visited the Planetarium for the first time.
Tuesday, November 15
Immerse: (v) 1. To absorb yourself fully
in some activity or interest. He became a member of the student committee and
immersed himself in the college’s culture of political activism. 2. To
plunge. The product then is chopped,
immersed in an antibacterial solution, and rinsed again.
Wednesday, November 16
Rapt: (adj.) fascinated; fully
absorbed. The class sat rapt as the visitor recalled in detail the historic
event that had occurred before the students were born. The children watched the puppet show with
rapt attention.
Thursday, November 17
Enthrall: (v.) to captivate; to hold
spellbound. When you are enthralled with something, you are so filled with
delight and wonder that time seems to stand still. The audience was enthralled
by the film for the full three hours.
LEXICAL
ARRAY #2: from INATTENTIVE to APATHETIC
Friday, November 18
Inattentive:
(adj.) showing a
lack of interest, attention or care. An
auditory problem made it difficult for
the child to decode spoken words, so he appeared inattentive. Often in New York
City you have to brave a sea of inattentive pedestrians who text and walk at
the same time.
HSFI
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENTS
▪ Yoga @ Fashion High! Join us
$10 admissions purchase tickets here
▪ Paint Night @ Fashion High
$25 admissions includes all
materials and refreshments purchase tickets here
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.
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