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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DECEMBER
19
*Regular Bell Schedule
PEER INTERVISITATIONS
Social
Emotional Learning Committee
Period
2 – Room 821
PM Supervisor:
B McGuinness (Rm. 329)
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20
*OP Bell Schedule
STUDENT AMBASSADOR
VISITS
PBIS
Fashion Dollars Committee
Period
7 – Room 821
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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21
*OP Bell Schedule
STUDENT AMBASSADOR
VISITS
PM Supervisor:
A Rodrigues (Rm. 515)
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22
*Regular Bell Schedule
HSFI STUDENT SHOWCASE
3:45 pm in the
Auditorium
Academic/CTE
Committee
Period
4 – Room 821
PM Supervisor:
N Moore (Rm. 228)
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23
*Regular Bell Schedule
*LAST DAY OF CLASSES
WINTER RECESS – SCHOOL
CLOSED
12/26 – 1/2
*SCHOOL REOPENS
TUESDAY
1/3/17
PM Supervisor:
R Bernstein (Rm. 127)
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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 shared after the last round of
intervisitations; all are focused on different methods of students
scaffolding information.
In
Mr. Egan's Global one class, he created a detailed handout that gets more
challenging with each step. Students begin by identifying information and move
to higher DOK levels as they move forward.
In
her English 1 class, Ms. Bailey scaffolded a scene from "A Midsummer
Night's Dream" in order to help students who are new to Shakespeare get
more comfortable with the language
In the Algebra
classes, Ms. Paz, Ms. Chan, and Mr. Kilpatrick created a statistics project in
order to help students better understand statistical measures by acting as
statisticians themselves.
In Ms. David’s Fashion Design and
Construction class, the
students used Cornell note templates to create and conduct an oral
presentation that detailed the process of coming up with a design for a pair of
elastic waist shorts. The students created complex and detailed PPTs with an
oral presentation that showed their inspiration.
To see these
activities and more join the HSFI Google+ Page found here:
*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.go
PBIS
CALL TO ACTION
● 5 DAYS LEFT UNTIL BREAK / WHEN WE RETURN 3 FULL WEEKS
We are in the homestretch of the
Fall term. Consider
allowing students to make-up assignments during the winter break – this time
would be an excellent opportunity for students to get back on track.
● FOLLOW UP TO REPORT CARD CONFERENCING FOR 9TH GRADERS
Within days we will be getting 9th
grade teachers the ‘Recovery Contracts’ that our 9th graders filled
out at our ‘Report Card Conferencing’ from this past Thursday. On these contracts, students identified areas
they needed help in to succeed and areas they needed to improve upon
themselves. Take some time to review
these contracts with those individual students.
To honor the student’s
thoughtfulness about next steps in their classes, we will be asking teachers to
do the following:
#1
Review the goal the student has
written for accuracy – is the suggested behavior change a priority for the
student or is there something else that would be more effective?
#2a
If the goal is accurate, verbally
acknowledge receipt of the goal. “I see
you are prepared to succeed by (arriving on time every day, completing all
classwork).”
#2b
If the goal is not fully
accurate, meet with the student to add further suggestions on the back of
the goal.
#3
Reiterate to the student how you
will support their efforts
● THIS WEEK IS SCHOOL SPIRIT WEEK
School
Spirit Week will be this week – considering joining in the festivities.
Monday
-- Disney/Superhero
Tuesday
- Twin Day
Wednesday
-- Wear Pink
Thursday
- Jersey/ Sports
Friday
- Grade Day.
The
students love it when staff participates, so please support the week. Also, as
part of Spirit Week there will be a Showcase performance on Thursday, December 22
after school in the auditorium where the Stunts team, the 3 Dance teams, SING
and Fashion with a Purpose will be presenting their skills for the students.
● HOLIDAY SEASON CHALLENGING FOR STUDENTS
As
we all know, the holiday season is upon us, and often times our students may be
dealing with some sensitive issues during this time. If you should notice any
behavior changes with any of your students, please let the counselors know
either through a guidance referral (less serious matters) or speak directly to
them (more serious matters).
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS
● WRITING REVOLUTION UPDATES
● IEP MEETINGS 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.
OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
● TEACHER’S CHOICE DEADLINE
All purchases must be made by
January 15, 2017.
● COLLEGE RECOMMENDATION DEADLINE
INFORMATION
Mr. Jones and Ms. Padron have prepared a video to show HSFI staff
how to upload a recommendation onto Naviance – here it is:
● MESSAGE FROM THE GRAPHICS &
ILLUSTRATION DEPT. – ADOBE EXAMS BEING ADMINISTERED
The CTE department has begun
administering the Adobe Photoshop certification exam to all Senior Graphics
& Illustration students. The exam
runs longer than 45 minutes unfortunately. We will be giving this exam weekly
on Thursdays until most of the students in the Advanced Digital Photography
class have been given a chance to pass the certification. Students will be
given a late pass to 5th or 8th period if they have taken the exam the period
prior. Thanks for your understanding,
please allow the student to make up any missing work.
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).
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
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!
Once
again, thank you to MS. CHRISTINA VEGA for her extraordinary
efforts with HSFI SING! Friday’s show was AWESOME! Thank you to all the other HSFI staff members
who were crucial to the production’s success - MS. VACCARO, MR.
RUSSELL, MR. VILLALONA, MR. TALLONE, MS. PAZ & MS. BROADBELT.
Thank
you to all the staff involved in Report Card conferencing - MS. MELENCIANO, MS. CARTER, MS. WEISS, MS. SAN JORGE, MS. VONGERICHTEN,
MS. PADRON, MR. SIA, MR. JONES, MR. DUKE, MR. MATELUS, MR. CORBY, MS. RIVIERE,
MS. DE LA ROSA, MS. LOOSER, MS. MOORE, MR. KOHM, MS. FRANK, MR. RODRIGUES, MS.
BOULAMAALI, MS. McGUINNESS, MR. RASCHILLA, MR. RAU, MR. TALLONE & MS.
SILVA. Thank you to MS. VEGA, MS. GUASTO & MS. ROBINSON for bringing down their
classes for the conferencing.
Thank
you to MS. BERNSTEIN for organizing and executing the entire Report
Card Conferencing effort!
Once
again, thank you to THE BIG FOUR – MS. PARISSE, MS.
STAMBOULY, MS. CONAGHAN & MS. PADRON for all their efforts in running our
Social-Emotional Learning professional development this past Monday.
Thank
you to MS. VACCARO for leading her Virtual Enterprise students to a
first place victory in their business plan competition this past Thursday.
Once
again, thank you to MS. SELLECK for her amazing efforts in
working with our students to get ready for our holiday windows opening that
took place last Wednesday night as part of our partnership with Barney’s NY. Thank you to MS. CARTER, MS.
SILVESTRE, MS. VEGA, MS. SAN JORGE & MS. VELEZ for helping make the event
with our Advisory Board so successful.
Once
again, thank you to MS. IANNIELLO for all her efforts to make
sure this past Thursday’s staff holiday party is a huge success – 80+ people is
all-time high for a staff party.
Thank
you to MS. WEISS, MS. VACCARO & MS. CARTER for securing a big donation of
winter accessories and gear for the FLY store.
Thank
you to MS. RICCI for coordinating
and organizing another successful NOCTI exam. Thank you to MS. BROADBELT, MS. CISSE, MS. DAVID, MS. PARISSE, MS. BATTS, MS.
YOUNGBLOOD, MS. MUMMAW, MS. ALLEN & MS. KING for being excellent proctors for this difficult practical exam.
Thank you to MS. STAMBOULY, MS. ZUBROVICH & MR. RUSSELL for getting another big group of Graphics & Illustration
students to pass the Adobe Certification exam. Thank you to MR. ABDALLAH & MS. COLLINS for ensuring
the success of administering this exam.
Thank you to MS. DUCK
for creating and sharing the
December CC task and documents with all of the US History teachers.
Thank
you to MS. BATTS, MS. BROADBELT, MS. COLLINS, MS. DAMIAN, MS.
McGUINNESS, MS. MUMMAW, MS. PAGLIARO, MS. WEINREB, MR. RAU & MR. RASCHILLA for making this past Friday's Admissions testing such a success.
Thank
you to MS. CHAVEZ, MS. SILVESTRE & MS. SILVA for their tireless efforts in the Admissions Office. They had a
busy week with Admissions Testing, Shadow Day, and our Middle School Visitors
for the SING Dress Rehearsal.
Thank
you to MS. SOSTRE for nominating HSFI student Derek Ronda for the PSAL Sports Yankee Pinstripe
Bowl award – he was one of only 55 student-athletes in NYC who won the award.
Nominated
by MS. DE LA ROSA, thank you to MS. MEDINA
for intervening with a troubled student.
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: LOUD from SONOROUS to OBSTREPEROUS
Monday, December 5
Sonorous: (adj.) (so’·norous) describing
full, rich, deep sound. “The high pitch
of the trumpet contrasted well with the sonorous sound of the tuba.” “The singer’s sonorous baritone has been
among the most reliably impressive voices in the New York Theater.”
Tuesday, December 6
Cacophonous: (adj.) (ca·coph’·o·nous) harsh
and loud sounding; discordant. Even the
finest orchestra makes a cacophonous racket when they're tuning their
instruments in unison.
Wednesday, December 7
Fortissimo: (adj. Italian) very loud, a musical term. When the pianist wants to make a point,
often, he plays with a heavy hand — fortissimo, when “mezzo forte” or
moderately loud would have suited.
Thursday, December 8
Resounding: (adj.) filled with sound that echoes
or reverberates. The resounding laughter of children filled the schoolyard at
lunch time. 2, impressively thorough or
complete. The play was a resounding success on Broadway.
Friday, December 9
Boisterous: (adj.) very noisy and active in
a lively way. My little brother and his boisterous friends happily took over
the living room for their fun and games.
DATA
TEAM REPORT
The PBIS Data team (Mr.
Raschilla, Ms. Weiss, Mr. Rau, and Mr. Blank) meets weekly to analyze the
disciplinary trends impacting the High School of Fashion Industries
community. We will make you aware of
what has happened at the school each week and have a call for action to guide
our responses to eliminate this negative behavior and promote positive
behavior.
Below are the registered concerns
submitted by staff members through Staff Referral Form:
INFRACTION CATEGORY
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INCIDENTS
DEC.
2 – 15
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INCIDENTS
NOV.
23 – DEC. 1
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CHANGE
|
|
10
SCHOOL DAYS
|
10
SCHOOL DAYS
|
|
MINOR ISSUES
|
|
|
|
DEFIANCE
/ DISRUPTION
|
20
|
9
|
+11
|
ELECTRONIC DEVICE
VIOLATION
|
8
|
2
|
+6
|
PROVIDING FALSE
MISLEADING INFORMATION TO SCHOOL STAFF
|
1
|
0
|
+1
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LEAVING CLASS /
SCHOOL WITHOUT PERMISSION
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2
|
0
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+2
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INAPPROPRIATE
LANGUAGE
|
9
|
0
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+9
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DRESS CODE
|
0
|
0
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NO CHANGE
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MAJOR
ISSUES
|
|
|
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HARASSMENT /
BULLYING
(PHYSICAL /
VERBAL / CYBER)
|
5
|
1
|
+4
|
WEAPONS
|
0
|
0
|
NO CHANGE
|
VANDALISM
|
0
|
0
|
NO CHANGE
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THEFT
|
2
|
0
|
+2
|
CHEATING /
SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY
|
0
|
0
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NO CHANGE
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PHYSICALLY
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR / FIGHTING
|
3
|
2
|
+1
|
SEXUAL AGGRESSION
|
0
|
0
|
NO CHANGE
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INCIDENT OF GROUP
VIOLENCE
|
0
|
0
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NO CHANGE
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ARSON
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0
|
0
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NO CHANGE
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YEAR-TO-DATE
ATTENDANCE / SUSPENSION DATA
CURRENT
SCHOOL POPULATION: 1675 Students
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WEEKLY
ATTENDANCE RATE
|
91.6
%
[Attendance Last Week: 92.2 %]
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PRINCIPAL’S
SUSPENSION
[Suspension
is the School’s Choice after progressive discipline]
|
3
[0 New Suspensions]
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SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENSION
[Suspension
is Mandatory for high level infraction from Discipline Code]
|
3
[0 New Suspensions]
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KEY
REGULATIONS FROM THE NYC DOE
Conflicts
of Interest Laws
All NYCDOE employees are required
to comply with the City's Conflicts of Interest Laws and with Chancellor's Regulation C-110. You will receive the
annual email regarding holiday gifts and conflicts of interest from mynyc@nyc.gov in the next couple of weeks.
Please note the following highlights for rules on giving and receiving gifts
that are covered in the email:
Gifts:
(1) Employees may not accept
gifts or tips for doing their jobs.
(2) Supervisors may not accept
holiday gifts from their subordinates, except gifts of negligible monetary
value, i.e., under $10. Supervisors may give holiday gifts to their
subordinates, as long as the gift is not unusually extravagant.
(3) Employees may not accept
offers of free attendance at holiday parties or events sponsored by
outside entities, such as those doing business with the city, unless they are
given permission to do so in writing by their agency head that their attendance
would further a legitimate city purpose related to their
job. Employees do not need permission to attend if they pay for the ticket
Guidance
on Holiday Displays
Please be aware of and sensitive to the significance of seasonal
observances and religious holidays as you work to foster mutual understanding
and respect for your community’s diverse religious, racial, ethnic, and
cultural heritages. Public schools may not endorse or promote a particular
religion or belief system. Please share these guidelines regarding the display
of cultural and holiday symbols with your staff:
(1) The primary purpose
of any displays should be to promote understanding and respect for the rights
of all individuals regarding their beliefs, values, and customs.
(2) The display of
holiday symbol decorations with secular dimensions is permitted. Permitted
symbols include, but are not limited to, Christmas trees, kinaras, dreidels,
menorahs, and the Star and Crescent. Displays that depict images of deities,
other religious figures, or religious texts are prohibited.
(3) Holiday displays must
not appear to promote or celebrate any single religion or holiday. Therefore,
any permitted symbol or decoration must be displayed simultaneously with other
symbols or decorations reflecting different beliefs or customs.
(4) All holiday displays
should be temporary in nature.
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.
