CALL
TO ACTION
● HSFI ON NY1 SHOWCASING OUR ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM
Make sure you have viewed the TV
segment from NY1 that features our Advanced Placement Computer Science class –
Congratulations to Mr. Kilpatrick for all his efforts in making this class such
a huge success!
Please spread the word – the more
people that know such amazing news, the better!
● MARKING PERIOD 2 BEGINS
With marking period one completed
and students receiving their report cards on Monday, explain the concept of
cumulative grading to your students.
Explain how students still have time to pull up their grades, if needed.
● FASHION DOLLARS DISTRIBUTION ALIGNED TO HSFI PROBLEM OF PRACTICE
Fashion Dollars have never been
more valuable, use Fashion Dollars the right way including:
(1) Aligning the distribution of
Fashion Dollars to the school’s problem of practice involving rigorous student
tasks. Reward students with Fashion
Dollars for trying challenging activities during a lesson. We need to positively reinforce rigor and
move away from just reinforcing compliance and basic class participation.
(2) Verbalize out loud for the
entire class why a student is receiving Fashion Dollars. You are not getting the full impact of this
reward system if the student does not hear why they are receiving Fashion
Dollars. You are not getting the full
impact of this reward system if the entire class does not hear why a specific
student received Fashion Dollars. This
will result in all students clearly understanding why they are being
distributed and will motivate students to produce similar behaviors.
● VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE SUPER HERO FASHION SHOW
Staff
volunteers are needed to
help monitor an event in the cafeteria on October 31st, Halloween, during periods 4,5,6, and 7 during your
free period. RAPP and Fashion with a Purpose are teaming up to bring
you the Social Justice Superhero
Fashion Show! October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and
these superheroes are taking a stand against violence. Will you join them? There
will also be a table with resources where students can learn more about teen
dating violence and get support. We will be selling candy for Fashion $$ as well. Encourage your students to
participate!
Please email Danielle Naghi, RAPP
Coordinator at dnaghi@hsfi.us or call ext 8031 to learn more or
sign up!
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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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OCTOBER
30
*OP Bell Schedule
DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT CARDS
PM Supervisor:
B McGuinness (Rm. 329)
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31
*Regular Bell Schedule
School Implementation Team Meeting
Period 8 – Room 329
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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NOVEMBER 1
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
G Raschilla (Rm. 149)
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2
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
S Kohm (Rm. 531)
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3
*Regular Bell Schedule
STAFF TOWN HALLS
Periods 4 -7 in Room 821
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
by HSFI Staff Members. This round focuses on TWR strategies in the classroom:
In the Math department, Ms. Kucker
created a TWR for use in the Algebra 2/Trigonometry classes. The TWR
focuses on rate a change over a given interval and was used as a review
activity for students who were struggling with the concept.
In the English Department, Ms.
McGoldrick created a TWR note taking activity for her 10th grade
students. The activity uses TWR skills to help her students with complex
history information in preparation for a novel they are about to read.
If you would like to
see all of the activities compiled from last year, as well as the weekly
additions, you can check out the shared Google Folder via the link below.
*If any staff member
would like to share a lesson, activity, or best practice,
send it to Ms. Paz at spaz@hsfi.us or Mr. Kearns
at kkearns@hsfi.us
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS
● OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR 2017-18 & BEYOND
□ Every student feels cared
for
□ Every student feels
challenged
● FIRST MONDAY NEXT MONDAY – WRITING REVOLUTION STUDENT WORK REMINDER
A
reminder that teachers who are part of the 9th, 10th, 11th grade PLCs will be
bringing copies of TWR work for their target student/s to the Mon. 11/6 PLC.
● SPECIAL EDUCATION INFORMATION
With
the beginning of the new marking period we in room 329 wanted to provide
everyone with a reminder regarding students with IEPs and SESIS as well as the
sections of the IEP which you may find most helpful when planning your
instruction. While reviewing the IEP you may notice your Teacher Form responses
or information you shared during the meeting- this is a great example of how
your insight helps us to create an authentic, student specific IEP. 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. Students within our D75 Inclusion Program will have an L as
the first letter of their official class and at this time will not appear when
you log-in to SESIS. We are working to gain access for those who need it. In
the interim you are invited to stop by 329 to speak with Ms. Smith-Brown and
review a hard copy of their IEP(s). This year we will continue to distribute an
electronic standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are required to
complete on this form is 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. Our monthly SIT meeting addresses
concerns surrounding Special Education (placement, initials, etc.) and is
announced in advance in the Weekly Notes. All are welcome and encouraged to
attend and if you are interested in becoming a regular member just let me know.
Please feel free to stop by room 329 if you have any questions and thank you
for your continued support of our students
Our SIT meeting will take place on October 31 during period 8 in room 329.
Our SIT meeting will take place on October 31 during period 8 in room 329.
● TEACHBOOST EMAILS MIGHT GO TO YOUR EMAIL JUNK FOLDER
Instructional supervisors are using
Teach Boost to record observation feedback – if you have not received your
feedback email from your supervisor, check your Outlook email junk folder to
see if it is there.
● PARENT INFORMATION LISTING
Familiarize yourself with our student list with
all their Parent Contact information
If you get an updated phone number and/or email
of a student that is different from the information in this document, email AP
Danielle Silva at DSilva3@schools.nyc.gov – include Student Name & 9 Digit ID - with
the correct, updated contact information.
This list will also be added to the Staff Homepage
OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/
● ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE
□ There are a lot of attendance
mistakes. We are doing a lot of reversals for students who are not
here. Please try to take more accurate attendance.
□ Confirmation Sheets have
been put in mailboxes. They are due back.
Please read the instruction
page.
□ Please look over your daily attendance sheets. Make sure the
names on the list match up with Jupiter Grades. You can add a student to
Jupiter if you need to
● SCHOOL PLANNERS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
You can purchase the
school planners in the FLY school store for $4.00
● CHROMEBOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM
Please keep the classroom
Chromebooks in school – they are for student use and should not leave the building.
● HEALTH CENTER PHONE NUMBER
The Falcon Health Center is having
some phone problems – the normal extension is extension 3431 – in case of an
emergency, use the number (212) 206-2910.
● PARKING PERMIT INFORMATION
DOE parking permits expire on November
1. You can sign up for a parking
permit OR you can renew parking permits through the DOE’s parking permit
application using this link: self-service portal by October 12 (note that
the portal works best in Google Chrome).
You will need the following
information to submit this application:
#1 – Reference ID # that can be
found on your paystub
#2 – License Plate #
Once you submit your application
through the portal, the DOE will deliver parking permits to our school by November
1. The DOE
parking permits may only be distributed after we have collected expired parking
permits from your staff. DOE parking
spaces will continue to be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
● PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONDING TO CLASSROOM
INCIDENTS
In the event of an incident in your classroom that creates
disruption (student is defiant and / or uncooperative) but is NOT A THREAT
to student and/or staff safety, the following protocol should be
followed:
□ Classroom management,
i.e., using your skills as an educator to move on from the situation, followed
by
□ A phone call to your
Supervisor informing them of the incident and the steps you have taken to
address the matter, followed by
□ A referral to the
Peace Center and/or the Guidance Department via Google Docs., followed by
□ Outreach to parents,
informing them of their child’s misbehavior, and request for family support to
correct the matter.
In the event of an incident in your classroom that involves an immediate
THREAT to student and/or staff safety, the following protocol should be
followed:
□ A phone call to the Peace Center (x1491 or x1431) informing
available staff of the incident and requesting assistance, followed by
□ A phone call to School Safety (x1341) informing them of the
location and nature of the incident and requesting assistance, followed by
□ A call to your Supervisor informing them of the incident and the
steps you have taken to address it.
KEEPING TRACK OF STUDENT ACTIVITY / COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTS
ABOUT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Tracking Activity
In our effort to understand how ALL our
students are doing, we need to know how much students are participating in
activities around the building – this includes:
TUTORING / CLUBS & ACTIVITIES / PSAL SPORTS
– PRACTICES & GAMES / ESL ACADEMY
MAKE-UP LABS / NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY PEER
TUTORING / USING THE COMPUTER LABS
Use this link to keep track of student
attendance in these activities - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/attendance-for-student-activities
Doing this is mandatory if you oversee these activities and
needs to be done every time you meet with students. You must be signed in
to your own hsfi.us account when you do this. Contact Shannon Kohm with
questions at skohm@school.nyc.gov, or ext. 5311
Communication
Please make sure that you communicate with our
students about anything going on in the school – a club meeting, sports game or
program opportunity – you can do this by including it in our Daily
Announcements email / Jupiter message – here is the procedure for submitting
this information:
(1) Go to the HSFI Staff Home page - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/home?pli=1
(2) From there use the Announcement
form link on the left hand side of the page - all announcements should be
requested by 3:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
HSFI ALUMNI MENTORSHIP PROGRAM KICKOFF
The HSFI Alumni Mentorship Kick off Program was a
blast! We are excited about the impact our Alumni Mentors will have on our
students and look forward to a fruitful experience this school year. Alumni who
have become official NYC DOE mentors include Roseanne Lind, Patricia Paulino
12’, Crystal Pita 15’, Mei Wu 15’, Toya Summers 93’, Sandra Stollar Kia
Robinson 12’ and Selena Padilla, Brenda Rojas.
HOW TO
SUBMIT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION ON NAVIANCE
Guidance counselor
Alex Jones sent you an email this past week on how to
upload letters of recommendation onto Naviance.
At this point if you don't have an active Naviance account, please send
a separate email to Mr. Jones – Ajones22@schools.nyc.gov or call him at ext. 1011 - and he will set you up with one.
1. Enter
your Naviance Log in Info
2. Click
on Manage and Complete your College
Recommendations
3. See
a list of your student’s names
4. Click
on UPLOAD FILE for a specific student (far
right) - this will take you to a student’s EDOCS page, complete with a list of
yellow tabs, documents checklist, and a section that says TEACHER DOCUMENTS
5. Scroll
down to TEACHER DOCUMENTS and click the +ADD icon
6. Click
UPLOAD A
FILE
7. Under
Applications, select ----ALL APPLICATIONS
8. Under
Type, select ----LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
9. Click
BROWSE and find your saved letter of recommendation that you have typed
(from Word, a thumb drive, etc.)
10. Open
the document and press UPLOAD FILE
11. Go
back out to the EDOCS screen (where you started with the yellow tabs underneath
the student’s name)
12. Scroll
down to TEACHER DOCUMENTS and click the +ADD icon again
13. Click
on PREPARE
A FORM
14. Under
Type, select ----COMMON APP TEACHER EVALUATION
15. Click
on PREPARE
FORM
16. Answer
all of the questions and select SAVE
You
must complete BOTH actions for each student, including uploading a
written letter of recommendation AND completing their Common App Teacher
Evaluation. After you have done both of those, your job is finished.
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!
Once
again, thank you to THE ENTIRE HSFI STAFF for
agreeing to make HSFI Parent
Visitation Days a reality – all the parents who came expressed how much they
enjoyed the experience and I am sure all our families were appreciative of the
invitation. These days were a big success, so thank you for your
welcoming spirit to our families.
Thank
you to all the staff members who have contributed to our best practices sharing
- MS. McGOLDRICK & MS. KUCKER - the
sharing spirit at HSFI is alive and well!
Thank
you to MS. NEWPORT for all her efforts with our
Visual Merchandising students – the windows look awesome in a creepy way!
Thank
you to MS. VACCARO for securing our partnership
with Adidas – the partnership includes support of our college access work including
college trips, Fashion Dollar rewards, sports uniforms and scholarships
directly to students.
Thank you to MS. HERRICK, MS.
BARNABEE, MS. SIDERIS, MS. ANZALONE, MS. VEGA, MR. KALISCH, MS. DONOVAN &
MR. LACHOK for representing all of us in such fine form during
the Superintendent’s visit.
Thank
you to MS. WEINREB, MS. PARISSE, MR. RUSSELL, MS. CASTRO, MS.
HERRICK, MS. FRAGA-ZWIBEL, MS. ABRAMYAN, MS. NURSE, MS. ALVAREZ, MS. VACCARO,
MS. LISSAUER, MS. YOUNGBLOOD, MR. LEE, MR. HURLEY, MS. DAWSON, MS. DUCK, MS.
MEDINA, MR. KEARNS & MS. PAZ for hosting staff from Art
& Design HS, Fort Hamilton HS and Brooklyn Bridge Academy HS in their
classrooms as part of the NYC DOE’s Learning Partners Program where schools are
matched up with one another to learn from one another.
Thank
you to our Fall Sports coaches - MS. MATINALE for
coaching the Girls Soccer team; MS. SOSTRE for
coaching the Girls Volleyball team; MS. DONLON for
coaching the Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball team; MR. MENDEZ for
coaching the Girls Bowling team; MR. MATELUS for
coaching the Boys Badminton team; MR. ALVAREZ for
coaching the Girls Cross Country team; and MR. RAU for coaching
the Boys Bowling team.
Thank
you to MS. IANNIELLO & MS. WEISS for going
beyond the call of duty for a student in crisis.
Thank
you to MS. BROADBELT, MS. BATTS, MS. ALLEN, MS. DAVID, MS.
CISSE, MR. RASCHILLA, MS. SAN JORGE & MR. RAU for setting up
and/or chaperoning the student Halloween Dance this past Saturday night.
Thank
you to MR. MATELUS, MR. HURLEY, MS. SAN JORGE & MS. SILVA for
participating in an important parent
meeting and provided thoughtful insight to crafting solutions and interventions
for a student.
Kudos to MS. DONOVAN & MR. LACHOK for hosting their first IEP meetings - Thank you to MS. INCE for guiding her colleagues during this meeting.
Kudos to MS. DONOVAN & MR. LACHOK for hosting their first IEP meetings - Thank you to MS. INCE for guiding her colleagues during this meeting.
Thank
you to MR. EGAN, MR. LAZARUS & MS. RUFF for coordinating
the Social Studies Response to Intervention program.
Thank you to MR. STAMPONE for offering additional Response to Intervention training to their colleagues.
Thank you to MR. STAMPONE for offering additional Response to Intervention training to their colleagues.
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
Vocabulary
based on the Mood Meter
Monday,
October 30
Secure: 1. (adj.) free from danger, safe:
Supportive friends and family make you feel secure. 2. confident, assured in
opinion or expectation: With work
experience and a doctorate in environmental science, she felt secure about
addressing the national panel on environmental resilience.
Tuesday,
October 31
Ease: 1. (n) freedom from difficulty,
hardship, or embarrassment. After much effort, the historian overcame his
shyness and felt at ease speaking to large groups. 2. (v) to lessen pain or
discomfort; alleviate. The instructor’s relaxed and intelligent approach eased
the student’s apprehension about her first coding class.
Wednesday,
November 1
Relieve: (v) 1: to free from a burden or obligation: Students
who have spent twenty years repaying loans to the failed and shuttered
for-profit school have had their debt relieved and will also receive
compensation. To give aid or help to.
The capital they attract would create jobs and relieve poverty.
Thursday,
November 2
Calm: (adj.) not agitated; without
losing self-possession; peaceful. For someone who bites his nails, I remained
inordinately calm when my stocks tanked and my net worth plunged. “Keep Calm
and Carry On” was a motivational poster produced by the British government in
1939 in preparation for World War II.
Friday,
November 3
Grateful: (adj.) grateful people tend to be
more optimistic, a characteristic that researchers say boosts the immune
system. Rejecting the myth that he became a success all on his own, the tech
entrepreneur said he always would be grateful for the help of family, mentors,
and friends.
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.
