PBIS
CALL TO ACTION
We moving the CALL TO ACTION to the beginning of the
Weekly Bulletin to emphasize the needed follow-up to these items…
● DOWN THE HOMESTRETCH…
We are officially in the
homestretch – after this short week, we have 7 weeks of classes left before
Regents examinations. Make sure your
students know this and appreciate the importance of finishing the school year
strong. Tie this strong finish to
college and summer school. Counselors
will be programming students for summer school based on marking period 2 grades
– the marking period ends on May 2. Students
must understand the grades that they receive in June will be the ones that
colleges will see and ultimately determine whether or not they are scheduled
for summer school or not.
PROMOTE
THE TUTORING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN GETTING STUDENTS READY FOR THE REGENTS
UNDERSTAND
THAT WE WILL BE SOON STARTING OUR END OF YEAR CTE SHOWCASES
● 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 – 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
● REFERRALS…A GOOD THING
Do Not hesitate to fill out a
student referral – filling out a referral means we are working together to meet
the needs of a student. As I go through
the referrals, we only get a handful of National Honor Society referrals and I
know we have more than a handful of students struggling academically and could
benefit from these services. Here is the
Student Referral link – please use it:
● FOLLOW-UP TO REPORT CARD CONFERENCING / RECOVERY CONTRACTS
Before the break, HSFI staff
members met with every 10th grader to review their 1st
marking period grades and see how they are feeling about HSFI. It was a powerful exercise that our students
reacted very positively to. We had students
fill out ‘Recovery Contracts’ for classes in which they were struggling – they
identified areas that they needed helped in from their teachers and areas they
could put more effort in themselves. Teachers
– we will be getting these recovery contracts to you – please follow-up with
these struggling students using these recovery contracts.
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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APRIL
17
*NO SCHOOL
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18
*NO SCHOOL
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19
*OP Bell Schedule
Switch from Cycle A to
Cycle B
Distribution of New
Programs - Cycle B classes begin after OP / Period 4
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)
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20
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
N Moore (Rm. 228)
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21
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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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 the use of TWR,
other scaffolds, as well as the use of socio-emotional practices in class.
In the Science
department, Mr. Stampone created two TWR inspired activities to scaffold
writing argumentative essays. In the first, students identified writing
types (expository, descriptive, persuasive, etc.) from the provided Pro and Con
articles and rewrote them in a different writing type. In the second, students
wrote 13 different topic sentences varying coordinating conjunction, sentence type,
and writing type all on the topic of nuclear energy.
In the Math
department, Ms. Schlein created a Do Now activity where students were asked to
construct an altitude. Using this altitude, students then had to
determine the lengths of various parts of the triangle. This was
done as review of a unit on characteristics of a right triangle.
In
the English Department Mr. Rodriguez created TWR activities on conjunctions and
transitions for his 10th grade students.
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
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
LEARNING BEST PRACTICES SURVEY
Thank you to the
entire HSFI staff for your openness to our Social Emotional Learning Efforts -
we are making progress on building a community where emotions matter and when
we ask 'How are you?' - we are actually interested in knowing 'How are you.'
The members of our SEL team are putting together a best practices handout for
the entire staff - this survey will provide helpful input in the development of
this tool.
SEL Survey Link:
ANNUALIZATION SURVEY #2
Thanks to all who responded to
the first form we sent out about annualization.
We've used all your valuable questions and comments to create this
survey where you can identify the reasons you support or do not support
annualization. Once again, we are
considering annualizing classes. This would mean you would teach the same
students for the whole year. The students would receive six report cards
for the year, with the sixth being the only grade that goes on the transcript
for a total of two credits.
Here is the link to the Google
survey if you want to add your thoughts:
SUMMER SCHOOL JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
We will be having summer school at HSFI once again
this summer – here is the website link to apply for a summer school position:
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS
● WRITING REVOLUTION UPDATES
To
view feedback on our recent submissions click here:
The next deadline to submit work is May 15th. a folder called May 15 TWR Target Student/Teacher-Created Activities has been shared with you in Google Drive if you teach one of the Target students
You should submit TWR work as you go between now and May 15th.
If you have one of the TWR Target students, name the file with the Student's First Name and Last initial as well as the TWR skill and subject.
For example: Tarlee T Quick Outline ELA
If you are submitting a teacher-created activity (not student-specific), name it with the TWR focus and subject
Example: Topic Sentences Global
● 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.
● PER SESSION OPPORTUNITIES TO GRADE JUNE REGENTS
The Algebra I (CC),
Algebra II (CC), Chemistry, Earth Science, ELA (CC), Living Environment,
Physics, and Global History will be scored partially or fully through
per-session opportunities that will be funded and managed by the DOE.
Interested teachers and supervisors may now apply for
per-session positions at Regents-scoring sites and should do so by April
20. For questions, email regents@schools.nyc.gov.
● SPECIAL EDUCATION IMPORTANT REMINDERS
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
□ 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/
● UNSUPERVISED STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS &
OFFICES BECOMING A PROBLEM
Under
no circumstances are you to leave students unsupervised in your classroom or
office, or any other space in the building if you are a coach or club/activity
supervisor. Ask students to step out of
this location while you are gone and have them reenter when you return. If anything happens to those students in that
space, you will be held responsible and need to explain why you allowed these
students to be unsupervised.
● DO NOT USE THE STUDENT COMPUTER LAB DURING
THE LUNCH PERIODS
The
student computer lab in Room 201 has been a big hit – please do not use the 201
computer lab during the lunch periods to free up computers for students. If we need more computers in department spaces,
please let me know and we will get them installed.
● UPDATES FROM THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE
□ The attendance sheets will be on
daily when we return. Teachers will get a new attendance sheet everyday
from April 19 - April 21. Please do not expect the sheets in your box
early. They will be there around 8am
□ There are still 128 Confirmation
Sheets not turned in. Please return them by April 21.
□ Please do not give the Attendance Office
personal mail to mail. The mailman does not pick up the mail. Mrs.
Klepacki mails the mail when she leaves at the end of the day.
□ Please KEEP the attendance sheet
for the week of April 17.
● MORNING PARKING PERMITS
See
Ms. Velez in Room 123 (FLY School Store) for a parking permit in the AM – Ms.
Herzog gets the parking permits around 9:00 am.
● RETURN INK CARTIDGES
Please look around your offices and classrooms for any used, empty
ink cartridges. Please return them to
Mr. Rappa in Room 244 or leave them outside the door before 3 PM if he is not
in the room. The more cartridges we
return, the more money that goes into the Glen Sears Scholarship Fund.
SAVE THE DATES – CTE SHOWCASES
□ INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY
PARTNERSHIP – GALLERY OPENING
Wednesday, April 26,
2017
□ SENIOR ART SHOW
Friday, May 5, 2017
□ PUBLIC FASHION SHOW
Friday, May 12, 2017
□ INDUSTRY FASHION SHOW
The Industry Show is on Thursday, May 18, 2017 with a reception at 6:00 pm and the
show at 7:00 pm which typically runs a half hour. This event is the
culmination of four years of hard work by our dedicated staff and students who collaborate to design, construct and model every
garment. This year’s show will honor
Mr. Gary Wassner who is one of the most influential people within the fashion
industry and has graciously agreed to attach his name to the event to help fundraise
for the school. The Advisory Board’s fund raising benefits us in many
ways including their recent air conditioning contribution.
Thank you to the Fashion Design department
for their extraordinary efforts in preparing our students throughout these four
years to be ready for this show. Thank you to our Fashion Show Director,
Ms. Broadbelt, for her efforts in leading this production.
You can RSVP to Ms. Anika Carter at ACarter15@schools.nyc.gov / ACarter15@hsfi.us / extension 8194 / Room 819.
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
□ 10th
Grade Bowling trip 4/21
□ 11th
Grade College Trip 4/27 & 4/28
□ Space
Jam Dance 4/29
□
Blood Drive 5/10
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 all the staff members who have contributed to our best practices Google
+ Community over the last two weeks - MS. SCLEIN, MR. STAMPONE & MR. RODRIGUEZ – the sharing spirit at HSFI
is alive and well!
Thank
you to ALL STAFF for making PSAT / DAY so successful! Within the overall operation, Thank you to MS. MELENCIANO, MR. EGAN, MR. LIU & MR. RAU for overseeing the operation. Thank
you to MS. PARISSE & MR. LIU for staying late to pack up
the exams. Nominated by MS. KLEPACKI, thank you to MS. MEDINA for helping her bubble in
the attendance sheets for all the seniors who were absent on this day.
Thank
you to MS. BROADBELT for leading the efforts in
making the Carnival Bazaar Fundraiser so successful - $1200 raised towards the
Fashion Show. MS. BROADBELT gave some shout outs in her follow-up email
- here are the staff members who she acknowledged in this email – Thank You to MS. YOUNGBLOOD, MS. CISSE, MS. VACCARO, MS. KING, MS. DAVID, MS.
MELENCIANO, MS. PARISSE, MR. CARRANZA, MS. ZUBROVICH, MS. BALMIR, MS. ROJAS,
MS. MEDINA, MS. SILVESTRE, MS. ARCAMAY, MR. ABDALLAH, MS. CARTER, MS. IANNIELLO,
MS. CHAVEZ, MS. NAGHI, MS. ALLEN, MR. TALLONE, MR. RAU & MR. RASCHILLA.
Thank
you to MS. VACCARO for taking a group of students to Adidas for an
amazing work-based learning experience and for continuing to nurture this
partnership.
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
Arrays – WORSEN or MAKE WORSE: from Hinder to Debilitate
Wednesday, April 19
Mar: (v) to spoil; to detract from
the perfection or wholeness of: He
marred an otherwise perfect record by accepting a bribe near the end of his
career. The constant sound of helicopters marred the tranquil beauty of the
beach community.
Thursday, April 20
Exacerbate: (v) to make a bad situation worse; to make a situation more violent,
bitter, or severe. The proposed
shutdown would exacerbate unemployment
problems in the area. “Climate change appears to exacerbate serious weather
conditions: making heat waves hotter, droughts drier and tropical storms wetter.”
Friday, April 21
Debilitate: (v) to impair the strength of;
to weaken. While the illness debilitated him physically, he never lost his
humor or courage. The professional tennis player was so debilitated by her
injuries that she had to retire.
DATA
TEAM REPORT
Below are the registered concerns
submitted by staff members through Staff Referral Form:
INFRACTION CATEGORY
|
INCIDENTS
MARCH
31 – APRIL 4
|
5
SCHOOL DAYS
|
|
MINOR ISSUES
|
|
DEFIANCE
/ DISRUPTION
|
5
|
SELLING FOOD
|
0
|
ELECTRONIC DEVICE
VIOLATION
|
2
|
PROVIDING FALSE
MISLEADING INFORMATION TO SCHOOL STAFF
|
0
|
LEAVING CLASS /
SCHOOL WITHOUT PERMISSION
|
4
|
INAPPROPRIATE
LANGUAGE
|
0
|
DRESS CODE
|
0
|
MAJOR
ISSUES
|
|
HARASSMENT /
BULLYING
(PHYSICAL /
VERBAL / CYBER)
|
0
|
WEAPONS
|
0
|
VANDALISM
|
0
|
THEFT
|
0
|
CHEATING /
SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY
|
0
|
PHYSICALLY
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR / FIGHTING
|
0
|
SEXUAL AGGRESSION
|
0
|
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
|
0
|
INCIDENT OF GROUP
VIOLENCE
|
0
|
ARSON
|
0
|
YEAR-TO-DATE
ATTENDANCE
CURRENT
SCHOOL POPULATION: 1636 Students
|
|
WEEKLY
ATTENDANCE RATE
|
84.7
%
[Last Week: 92%]
|
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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