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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MARCH
6
*First Monday Bell Schedule
PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING
COMMUNITIES
SOFT LOCKDOWN DRILL –
9:15am
PM Supervisor:
M Frank (Rm. 121)
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7
*OP Bell Schedule
STUDENT
AMBASSADOR
VISITS
PM Supervisor:
J Tallone (Rm. 201)
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8
*OP Bell Schedule
STUDENT
AMBASSADOR
VISITS
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)
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9
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
N Moore (Rm. 228)
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10
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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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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MARCH
13
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14
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15
END OF FIRST MARKING
PERIOD
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16
PARENT VISITATION DAY
#1
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17
GRADES DUE
PARENT VISITATION DAY
#2
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THE
ANSWER IS IN THE ROOM
Here are some highlights of the
best practices shared after the last round of intervisitations; all
are focused on scaffolding.
In the Science department, Mr.
Stampone created an activity where students in his physics class made
connections between wavelengths and guitar strings.
*Mr. Stampone also shared a link
to a visual countdown timer that can be used on the smart board to track time
for activities. http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-clock/full-screen/
In the Math department, Ms.
Magner and Ms. Paz created an activity where students reviewed different
methods of factoring with the support of a checklist and peer-created examples
of factoring.
In Ms. Drabman/ Ms. Berroa's E8
class, students gave each other feedback on their writing using a detailed
handout.
To see these
activities and more join the HSFI Google+ Page found here. https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108340703393557258737
*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
AIR
CONDITIONER CAMPAIGN MOMENTUM – LESS THAN 1 MONTH TO GO
Thank
you to all the HSFI Staff that have contributed to our Air Conditioning
campaign!
Where
ever we are at the end of the month, we will place our AC order for the number
of AC units and electrical updates that we afford.
Please continue to
encourage your students to take ownership of the Air Conditioner campaign –
please explain that if every students’ family donated $11 to the campaign we
would hit our target to get the matching funds to have air conditioners
throughout the building.
SPREAD
THE WORD! Every little bit helps! No amount is too small!
Link to the GoFundMe
Campaign:
Link to the DNA Info
article on the AC Campaign:
THIS
MONDAY IS FIRST MONDAY
1st
Monday Professional Learning Activities
□ All
Para-Professionals, report to Ms. McGuinness 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, and Social Studies Teachers, report to your PLC
Assignment
□ 9th/10th
Grade Teachers—bring a range of TWR tasks for your PLC target student.
□ 11th/12th
Grade Teachers--bring a copy of your CCSS Assessments and Target Student/s
work.
□ All
Spanish teachers report to Ms. Silva
SOFT
LOCKDOWN DRILL ON MONDAY AT 9:15 AM
We will have a soft
lockdown drill on Monday, March 6, 2016 at 9:15 AM. As discussed in our opening
day meeting, staff will be expected to follow the procedures as detailed in the
General Response Protocol posters located in the mail room, offices and
classrooms. Additionally, first responders and floor wardens will look to
see that:
□ Class/office windows are covered from view by using paper provided
on the back of your door.
□ Hallways are free of staff and students.
□ Classroom lights are off and doors locked
□ Students are out of sight and the room is silent.
□ The lockdown is maintained until an “all clear” code is called.
□ Staff never open the door for the duration of the drill (first
responders will have the key)
□ Students frightened by the lock down are to be referred to their
counselor
□ This drill is expected to
last approximately 20 minutes.
PBIS
CALL TO ACTION
● MARKING PERIOD 1 WINDING DOWN – GOOD TIME FOR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
HOMEWORK HELP REFERRALS
Unbelievably, the end of the
first marking period is a little over one week away on March 15. Parent-Teacher conferences are March 23 &
24. Start to contact the parents of
at-risk students to let them know that their children are not doing well. It is always disconcerting for parents to
find out that their kids failed for the first time when they see their report
cards. This would be an excellent time
for National Honor Society Homework Help referrals – we will be holding the HW
help in the Room 201 computer lab / not the Charles Nolan Room.
● PUT OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNINGF INTO ACTION
Just as we starting to use the Mood
Meter in our staff meetings, if you are comfortable you should using the Mood
Meter or some sort of social-emotional check-in with your students. Don’t just go right into the French
Revolution, geometric proof or draping activity – take a couple of minutes to
find out how your students are feeling and get them into the pleasantness /
energy quadrant that fits your lesson.
● REINFORCE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR WITH FASHION DOLLARS
Every staff member should be
positively rewarding deserving students in every class or every office
visit. We continue to have a “hoarding”
problem with our FD tokens that we are trying to combat – for now, rely on FashionSoarrs
– SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW!
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS
● HOMEWORK POLICY – NO NEW HW ON WEDNESDAYS
Clarification for you and our
students – NO NEW HW ON WEDNESDAYS means that no new homework can be assigned
on Wednesdays. Assignments can be given
on Tuesdays (or other days) and due on Wednesdays. Please spread the word to students so they
are clear on the policy.
● COMPUTER LAB IS OPEN ALL THE TIME – ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE IT
Our student computer lab continues
to be open from:
□ 7:30 am through the end of 2nd
Period
□ All lunch periods
□ From the end of 8th
Period to 5:00 pm
Encourage your students to take
advantage of this technology resource.
FASHION SOARRS
DIRECTIONS
FashionSOARRs.com has been updated with your new class lists for the Spring
2017 semester. It is the easiest and quickest way to give out
Fashion Dollars to your entire class. All you need is your HSFI.us
account to login and you can access the Employees Page to 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 OSIS #
#3 - Upload Point
Deposit File: Give fashion dollars by uploading a CSV file
There are also 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.):
**ICT
Teachers**: Please note that there are no class lists available for ICT
classes. Both co-teachers should add their class lists to their accounts
by using the Manage Classes By Period feature at the bottom of the Employees
page. Please see the above video on how to add/drop students for details.
You need to have a
working HSFI.us account to access FashionSOARRs. If you are
still having issues with FashionSOARRs.com with
a working HSFI.us account, please send an email to Justin Egan (jegan6@schools.nyc.gov).
Additional resources are online
in tech section of HSFI staff page under HSFI Network
You can also use the HSFI Help
Desk when you are logged into HSFI site and using chrome.
IMPORTANT SPECIAL EDUCATION INFORMATION
With the change of semesters and
classes, the Special Education department in room 329 wanted to provide
everyone with a reminder regarding students with IEPs and SESIS.
In addition to asking a special
educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by
reviewing your class roster. If the first or last character of the students’
official is a letter, the student has an IEP. Generally, but not in all cases,
a letter at the end means the student receives SETSS services, while an I, C,
or T at the beginning will signify an ICT placement. There are exceptions where
students have been moved from one placement to another based on their needs and
this is why it is incredibly important to reference the IEP.
We have also created, and have begun
to distribute a new standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are
required to complete on this form is now more subject specific and your insight
will better help us in determine the needs of our students with IEPs. The
Teacher Form in conjunction with your participation at the IEP meeting (if you
are invited) are two critical elements we need in order to best serve our
students. We try to plan our IEP and Triennial meetings with teacher schedules
in mind, however there are times when families are only available at
specific times and a coverage will be requested for your class.
Welcome to Spring Semester 2017!
If you have a student in your class this semester that has an IEP you may be
asked to complete a Google “IEP Feedback” Form which now includes a section
specific to your content area. The information you provide will assist the IEP
Team in determining the best possible
Setting (15:1, ICT, SETSS)
Accommodations (extended time,
separate location, etc.),
Services (speech, mandated counseling)
and
Goals and supports
You may also be asked to attend
an Annual IEP Review meeting. Your participation in this process is vital in
providing the student with the necessary supports that will enable the student
to become college and career ready.
The IEP is a strategic planning
document that should be far-reaching in its impact. It creates an opportunity
for teachers, parents, school administrators, related service personnel, and
students to work together to improve education results for children with
disabilities.
Once the IEP is finalized, it is
valid for one year, and is accessible via https://sesis.nycenet.edu/userlogin.aspx.
Logging
into SESIS
(1)
You will see user ID and the box will say Central/
(2)
Leave Central/ and type your doe email after
ex: central/jdoe4
(3)
In the password box, enter your doe email password
(4)
Click sign in
To
Access a Student’s IEP
(1) Once on the
homepage, you can search for a student by ID number or student name.
(2) To access the
student’s IEP, click on the documents icon next to the student’s name.
(3) Then click on
Individualized Education Program IEP to view the student’s IEP.
(4) At the top of the
screen underneath “MY HOME PAGE” click on the arrow next to “Cover Page”
to see a list of the different sections of the IEP.
Areas
of the IEP That Inform Instruction
Present Levels of Performance – provides evaluation results,
credit accumulation, regent scores, academic strength, learning styles,
interests, areas of needs, preferences, social strengths and areas of needs,
resources and tools that have proven successful to help student
Measurable Annual Goals – goals in math, reading,
writing & related services
Recommended Special Education
Program & Services
– program, related services, assistive technology, entitled to a
paraprofessional or not
Test Accommodations – accommodations during
assessments, conditions, and implementation recommendations
OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/
● W-2 FORMS AVAILABILITY
● FACILITY SURVEYS NEED TO BE FILLED OUT
PHONE SURVEY FOR
CLASSROOMS & OFFICES
LIGHT SURVEY FOR
CLASSROOMS & OFFICES
● ACCESSIBILITY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORITY PROJECT
School Construction
Authority will be beginning an Accessibility Project at HSFI.
The project will work on various areas around to the school to make them
more wheel chair accessible. These areas include fixtures (sinks,
toilets, drinking fountains or urinals) in various bathrooms and classrooms on
the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th floor. The project
will also correct entrances and doorways in areas where space is not
adequate. In addition, plans call for a few unisex bathrooms as well as
removal unused shower rooms on the 3rd floor. Finally, tripping
hazards due to electrical lines in some computer rooms will be
corrected. The project should take about a year to
complete.
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).
● UPCOMING STUDENT ACTIVITIES / HELP NEEDED
□ 11th
Grade Bowling Trip – March 17
We are trying to have
special student trips for every grade (not just seniors) – the 11th
graders will be going bowling on March 17, leaving the school at 10:00 am and
not returning to school.
□ Variety Show –
March 31
Staff are encouraged
to perform at the Variety Show – Ms. Broadbelt is recruiting for a lip sync
battle between students and staff
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 to THE ENTIRE HSFI STAFF for being so accommodating with
the staff elevators by allowing them to have access to them in the mornings.
Thank
you to MS. PARISSE, MS. STAMBOULY, MS. CONAGHAN & MS. PADRON for their efforts in showcasing
our Social-Emotional Learning efforts to a group of HS Principals from Virginia
this past week that visited HSFI – Yale University recommended that they visit
HSFI to a model school that is implementing this SEL work – this should make all
of us very proud. Thank you to MS. LISSAUER, MR. CARRANZA, MR. KILPATRICK, MS. MAGNER, MS. DYE, MS.
LaTANZA, MS. EISENBERG, MR. LEE & MR. HURLEY for opening up their
classrooms to these Virginia Principals.
Thank
you to MS. DRABMAN, MS. FERLAZZO & MR. RODRIGUEZ
for reviewing ELA Regents from January for possible appeals.
Thank
you to MS. CARTER, MS. SILVESTRE & MR. JOCELYN for organizing and conducting Vision Screenings this past week
for our Special education students – this is now mandatory that all students
with IEPs get vision screened every year.
Thank you to THE ENTIRE CTE DEPARTMENT – MS. ALLEN, MS. ARCAMAY, MS. BATTS, MR. CARRANZA, MS. CHAVEZ, MS. CISSE, MS. DAMIAN, MS. DAVID, MS. KING, MS. MUMMAW, MS. PARISSE, MS. ROJAS, MS. STAMBOULY, MS. YOUNGBLOOD, MS. ZUBROVICH, MR. RUSSELL, MS. RICCI, MS. COLLINS, MS. BROADBELT, MS. NOBLE, MS. SELLECK, MS. SERRANO, MR. ABDALLAH, MS. RIVIERE & MS. WEINREB for their patience and assistance in conducting the vision screening.
Thank you to MS. MAGNER for hosting her first IEP meeting! And a big Thank You to MS. INCE & MS. GARCIA for their assistance in the process.
Thank you to MS. HOLDER for her quick action in helping a sick student get to the Health Center.
Thank you to THE ENTIRE CTE DEPARTMENT – MS. ALLEN, MS. ARCAMAY, MS. BATTS, MR. CARRANZA, MS. CHAVEZ, MS. CISSE, MS. DAMIAN, MS. DAVID, MS. KING, MS. MUMMAW, MS. PARISSE, MS. ROJAS, MS. STAMBOULY, MS. YOUNGBLOOD, MS. ZUBROVICH, MR. RUSSELL, MS. RICCI, MS. COLLINS, MS. BROADBELT, MS. NOBLE, MS. SELLECK, MS. SERRANO, MR. ABDALLAH, MS. RIVIERE & MS. WEINREB for their patience and assistance in conducting the vision screening.
Thank you to MS. MAGNER for hosting her first IEP meeting! And a big Thank You to MS. INCE & MS. GARCIA for their assistance in the process.
Thank you to MS. HOLDER for her quick action in helping a sick student get to the Health Center.
Thank
you to MR. LIU for his efforts in programming SOARR Academy where some of our students recover
credits; and Thank you to MR. SIA for doing the family
outreach for these classes.
Thank
you to MS. HERRICK, MS. RINTO, MS. JOHNSTON & MR. STAMPONE for their efforts with our
Response To Intervention assessments in the Science department.
Thank
you to MS. BATTAS, MS. RUSSELL, MR. STAMPONE & MR. RAU for chaperoning the Senior Trip ski trip this past Friday.
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 - SLOW: from DAWDLE to STALL
Monday, March 6
Breakneck: (adj.) proceeding, or acting
with great speed, sometimes dangerously so. The construction crew worked at a
breakneck pace to finish the Second Avenue subway by the Governor’s new
deadline. The thief drove away at breakneck speed.
Tuesday, March 7
Instantaneous: (adj.) occurring with no delay:
The thunder following the flash of lightning was almost instantaneous. The
musicians enjoyed the instantaneous feedback of a live audience.
LEXICAL
ARRAY - GOOD: from Congenial to Irreproachable
Wednesday, March 8
Congenial: (adj.) 1. Suitable to your needs; compatible, sociable,
appropriate: The town is a congenial
place for raising children. She found
her new workplace to be congenial since her co-worker focused on being
collaborative.
Thursday, March 9
Authentic: (adj.) not false or copied;
genuine; real: The website emphasizes that its content is authentic, though in
some cases it has been abbreviated to suit the format. “The storyline was
fascinating and beautifully crafted; the acting was superb [and] the set was
authentic…”
Friday, March 10
Beneficial: (adj.) producing good or
helpful results or effects; He hopes the new drug will be beneficial to many
people. Spiders are beneficial because they eat other bugs.
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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