WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 3.12.18

CALL TO ACTION

● IF YOU SEE OR SENSE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING

The school shooting in Florida reminds us of how important it is to report all matters and to communicate with families.  Most importantly, continue to speak with our students directly who will provide the most informed status of our building's climate. 

● NATIONAL SCHOOL WALKOUT ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 @ 10:00 am

This Wednesday, March 14, many students are planning to participate in what is being called “#ENOUGH National School Walkout” at 10:00am to commemorate the 17 victims from horrific school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14.  The walkout is scheduled to be 17 minutes long.  While we support students participating in civic engagement and exercising their First Amendment rights, we want regular classroom schedules to continue as usual.  We want to create an environment inside the school for students who choose not to participate. Our ultimate goal is to ensure a safe, supportive learning environment for all students at all times.  We will send you more details on our preparation for the walkout before Wednesday.

● 3 DAYS OF NON-ATTENDANCE RESULTS IN A GUIDANCE REFERRAL

If you do not see a student for 3 days in your class, please submit a guidance referral so we can follow-up as to their whereabouts.  Online Referral forms are on the Staff Website.

● ENCOURAGE HSFI STUDENTS TO CHECK HSFI EMAILS

Supporting our college readiness theme, remind your students that they should be checking their HSFI email every day.  Students should be getting in the habit of checking their HSFI every day because they will lose out on many opportunities if they don’t do so.

FILL OUT NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STAFF SURVEY

Dear HSFI Teaching & Guidance Staff:

The NYC DOE sends me weekly updates on our response rates to the anonymous DOE Learning Environment staff survey.

As of last Thursday, we are at 57 % (64 staff members) who have filled out the survey – it would send a strong message if we got 100% participation on the survey - if you have not already done so, please take a few minutes to complete the anonymous DOE Learning Environment staff survey online – your supervisor should have given you the postcard below:

I look carefully at the overall results to shape the direction of things like professional development and staff communication. 

Prospective HSFI parents and families and students look to the results to decide whether they should apply to our school or not. 

We have worked tremendously hard together to create a wonderful learning environment for our students and this is your chance to let them know. Thank you!

The link to the survey is below, but you must have the unique access code from the postcard to proceed:

http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/tools/survey/default.htm

THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
MARCH 12 *Regular Bell Schedule SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PD Periods 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Room 821 STOP EVERYTHING & REFLECT during Period 3 Lockdown Drill @ 2:15 pm PM Supervisor: D Silva (Rm. 125)	13 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: B McGuinness (Rm. 329)	14 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: A Rodrigues (Rm. 515)	15 *Regular Bell Schedule FAMILY VISITATION DAY PM Supervisor: N Moore (Rm. 228)	16 *Regular Bell Schedule FAMILY VISITATION DAY PM Supervisor: J Tallone (Rm. 201)

NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
MARCH 19 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: D Silva (Rm. 125)	20 *Regular Bell Schedule Learning Partners Program Visit to Fort Hamilton HS PM Supervisor: S Rau (Rm. 829)	21 *SPECIAL Schedule PSAT / SAT DAY PM Supervisor: K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)	22 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: S Kohm (Rm. 531)	23 *Regular Bell Schedule Staff Town Halls Periods 4-7 Room 821 PM Supervisor: J Tallone (Rm. 201)

CAREER & TECHNICAL SPRING SHOWCASE EVENTS CALENDAR

Tuesday, April 17 & Wednesday, April 18	Annual Fashion Show Preview Days
Wednesday, April 18	Whole Foods Project
Wednesday, April 25	International Center of Photography Exhibit Opening
Wednesday, May 2	Annual Fashion Show Feeder Show to Middle School Students
Friday, May 4	Senior Graphics & Illustration Art Show
Friday, May 11	Annual Fashion Show - PUBLIC
Thursday, May 17	STOKED (Skateboard Club) Presentation
To Be Determined	Annual Fashion Show – INDUSTRY SHOW
To Be Determined	Kleinfeld Bridal Culminating Event

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING – THE META-MOMENT

We will be continuing to build on our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies this coming Monday, March 12 with a professional development session for the entire HSFI staff.

The professional development session will focus on the next Yale University SEL strategy called the ‘Meta-Moment’ which is focused on you imagining your ‘best self’ and then thinking about this ‘best self’ before responding to stress.

Our SEL Coordinators – Ms. Padron, Ms. Parisse, Ms. Stambouly and Ms. Molloy (Conaghan) will be facilitating the PD on Monday, March 12 during Periods 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in the Principal’s Conference Room (Room 821) – you can attend any of these sessions that fits into your schedule.  The expectation is that all staff attend, regardless of job title – if there are any issues regarding your attendance at this PD, please let me or your supervisor know.

Following our staff PD, this ‘Meta-Moment’ lesson will then be done with students between March 20-28.  Our SEL Coordinators will be in touch with the teaching staff of the classes that we would like to do this lesson in.

All this with culminate on Thursday, March 29^th (the day before Spring Break) where we will have ‘Dress Like Your Best Self’ day – our hope is that all students and staff participate in ‘Dress Like Your Best Self’ day.

As you well know, I believe that this time spent on Social Emotional Learning is time well spent and will pay off handsomely in getting our students ready for college, career and the real world!

Thank you in advance for your cooperation with these efforts.

STOP EVERYTHING & REFLECT CONTINUES THIS MONDAY

As part of our ongoing efforts to check-in with our students to see how they are doing and feeling, we will continue our ‘ STOP EVERYTHING & REFLECT’ activity this Monday, March 12 where we will be asking students to write a brief reflection to the following questions:

□ Is something Positive going on in your life?  If so, describe

□ Is something bothering you at school? If so, describe

□ Is something bothering you at home? If so, describe

Based on student and staff feedback, we will be doing this activity every Monday moving forward with some slight adjustments.  Once a month we will be asking the entire school to do this reflection piece / on the Mondays in between, only students who wish to do the reflection based on changes in their lives will do the reflection piece.  Teachers are to given students this time for these reflections every Monday instead of school announcements.  This will be done during the 5 minute announcement time during Period 3 – besides the Pledge of Allegiance, there will be no announcements on that particular day.  Teachers can decide which 5 minutes of the class period that they want students to do this activity. 

The main purpose of this reflection is to provide information to the guidance staff about students.  Teachers spend a lot more time with students and educational research indicates that students share more information with teachers because they see them every day and develop a strong comfort level with them.  Counselors will see the responses from the students in their caseloads and be able to follow up appropriately to do additional check-ins and provide resources to students and their families.  These reflections will provide important information to our guidance counselors in order for them to contribute even more to looking out for our students.

If you have any suggestions for this reflection piece and/or logistics for implementation, please feel free to speak with me about it or email me suggestions.  Thank you!

EXCITING NEWS FOR 2018-19 – TEEN CHOICE GUIDANCE SERVICES

I am pleased to announce that the community based organization – Teen Choice – will be at HSFI starting in the 2018-19 school choice.  Teen Choice will have 4 social workers on duty daily to work with our guidance department to support our struggling students.  In addition, Teen Choice will have health educators coming into the building to deliver a sex education curriculum to our health students.  We certainly welcome this help!

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS

● OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR 2017-18 & BEYOND

□ Every student feels cared for

□ Every student feels challenged

● SPRING OBSERVATION CYCLES

□ Observation Cycle #3

Evaluative Observations – Weeks of March 12 & 19

□ Observation Cycle #4

Intervisitations - – Week of April 30

Evaluative Observations - – Weeks of May 7, 14 & 21

● SPRING MARKING PERIODS

□ 2^nd Marking Period ends Friday, April 27

□ 3^rd Marking Period ends Friday, June 15

● SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING & FASHION DOLLARS EXPECTATION

The time and effort spent on connecting with students on a social emotional level and reinforcing positive behavior with Fashion Dollars is well worth it – my expectation is that this is done every day in every class. 

● PREPARATION FOR PSAT / SAT DAY – ONLINE TRAINING REQUIRED

Teachers need to complete this online SAT training by Monday March 19th. 

1. Create and/or login to a College Board account

2. Select SAT School Day where they will be prompted to put in the HSFI's zip code (10011), type in the school's name, and the day of testing (3/21).

3. They should choose associate supervisor to access the training.

4. Fill out and hand in completion training form to their AP -- see attached. 

https://account.collegeboard.org/login/login?appId=346&DURL=https%3A%2F%2Fprofessionaltraining.collegeboard.org%2Fproftrain%2Flogin%3Fep_mid%3D11371027%26ep_rid%3D206886936&ep_mid=11430455&ep_rid=192431244

● SPECIAL EDUCATION IMPORTANT REMINDERS

There have been a few changes in the SWD Department! Students who are placed in ICT classes will now have the letter at the end of their official (ex-45P). Students with SETSS will also continue to have their official noted with a letter at the end and our Self-contained students will continue to have the letter at the beginning of their official class. Students within our D75 Inclusion Program will have an L as the first letter of their official class and by now all teachers who work with these students have access to their information in SESIS.

Please continue to complete and submit the electronic standards-based Teachers Form sent prior to IEP meetings. 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.

NEW ONLINE SUPPLY REQUEST FORM  

In our continued effort to make things easier for staff, we have a new Google form for supply requests.  The link is below as well as on the staff home page.  Also, see the image below.

https://goo.gl/forms/5PP79Fkx0KcmbX9Y2

The request will be sent to your supervisor for their approval.  Your supervisor will email it to Mr. Tallone’s office.  This form is to be used for regular supply requests (not special orders).    There is at least a 48 hour turnaround time for the requests. 

OPERATIONAL NEED TO KNOW

● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY

● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/

● SUBCENTRAL DIRECTIONS FOR TEACHERS & PARAPROFESSIONALS

□ The Sub Central System is used by Teachers and Paraprofessionals Only. All other staff must call Ms. Herzog at ext. 1191 to report an absence.
□ Sub Central System Contact Information

Telephone Access: 718-935-6740

Website: subcentral.eschoolssolutions.com
Live Help Desk: 718-935-4401 (Monday to Friday 6am to 5pm)

Email: subcentral@schools.nyc.gov
□ Key Reminders:
#1 - Only use Sub Central for reporting absence, after 3pm (for the next day). Prior to 3pm please contact Ms. Herzog.
#2 - Wait for the Job Number.
#3 - Change the time to fit your schedule.
#4 - Emergency and calls after 6:30 am, in addition please call Ms. Herzog ext. 1191 as well as your supervisor. No emails.

● SUSTAINABILITY / GREEN TEAM SURVEY

Please support our Sustainability / Green Team Director, Ms. Batts, by filling out a brief, Sustainability Survey – thank you in advance for doing it to help our Green Team.

Here is the link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfosctbT-JrB1ExTswCxabzk6cxv2LM8_gbfuj3dm-AyfmYw/viewform?usp=sf_link

● RETURNING EMPTY PRINT CARTRIDGES

Please drop off empty printer cartridges to Mr. Rappa in Room 244.  Leave outside door before 3:00 pm if the door is locked.  The money we get back will be donated to the Glen Sears Scholarship Fund.

● CLASS TRIP REMINDERS

⏮ Trips must be approved 3 weeks in advance - No trips in January & June

⏮ A Master Calendar of trips will be posted in the Weekly Bulletin with a description of the trip and grade level

⏮ Teachers cannot veto student participation on trips, but students must understand they are responsible for all makeup work / Do not penalize students for missing class due to a school trip

● FALCON HEALTH CENTER PHONE ISSUES / CONTACT #

There is a glitch with the Falcon Health Center phone system, so unfortunately the only way to get in touch with the Falcon Health Center is to call directly using the number (646) 559-9351.  Their phone system is being serviced and we hope to get you a direct extension soon.

● CANNOT LEAVE STUDENTS UNATTENDED

You cannot leave students unattended anywhere in the building – a classroom or office, the Auditorium or Cafeteria – if you have to leave a particular area, ask the students to leave with you.

● 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.

● PARENT INFORMATION LISTING

Familiarize yourself with our student list with all their Parent Contact information 

https://docs.google.com/a/hsfi.us/spreadsheets/d/1yEo3ZbWPZqU_4C7Tr6HaPRevPjr28h5N5q1_PAhW0Q4/edit?usp=sharing

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

● 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.

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:

http://hsfifashionabletimes.blogspot.com/

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 MS. BERROA, MS. BOHNER, MS. DAMIAN, MS. DRABMAN, MS. McGOLDRICK, MS. NURSE, MS. ROBINSON & MS. RUSSELL for taking on additional or changed teaching assignments to support continuity of excellent instruction for our English Language Learners!

Thank you to MS. CARTER for all her hard work for many weeks to ensure Career Day was our most successful so far!

Thank you to MR. STAMPONE for assisting Ms. Carter with the technology and planning involved with signing up students, staff and industry professionals for Career Day.

Thank you to MS. VACCARO for helping to organize and ensure that Career Day had no major hiccups the day of the event.

Thank you to MS. ARCAMAY for designing a much talked about Career Day poster and public relations material.

Thank you to MS. BALMIR & MR. JOCELYN for picking up donation fabrics from Materials for the Arts.

Thank you to MS. SEVERINO-NORTMAN & MS. VEGA for their implementation of the workshop model as a way to enhance student collaboration.

Thank you to MS. LOOSER, MS. SAN JORGE & MS. DYE for attending the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training.

Thank you to MS. BERROA for facilitating the NYSAA testing for our Alternative Assessment students.

VTODs FOR THE WEEK

March 12, Math: Monday

Adjacent: (adj.) Next to; neighboring or sharing a border or point. If you cannot place windows on opposite walls, try to place them on adjacent ones, which still will produce some air flow.  Adjacent angles have a common side, a common vertex (corner point), and they don't overlap.

March 13, Science: Tuesday  

Competition: (n) Active demand by two or more organisms for an environmental resource in short supply. Organisms with similar needs may be in competition for food, space, water, and air.

March 14, CTE: Wednesday

Rhythmic: (adj.) having a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements. Percussion instruments took the spotlight during this concert for the students. (fashion)Rhythmic movement occurs when the lines, shapes, colors, textures, or patterns in clothing and accessories are arranged to lead the viewer’s eye easily from one part of the garment to another. 

March 15, ELA: Thursday 

Cumulative: (adj.) developing or increasing gradually as a result of more additions. The researchers studied the cumulative effect of long periods of stress on the body. In the novel’s final chapter, Ernest Hemingway’s characteristically short sentences have a cumulative effect, pounding home the idea that the hero is nearing death.

March 16, Social Studies: Friday

Expel: (v) to officially force someone or a group to leave a place or organization. Though protestors accused him of racism, the then French President Sarkozy ordered the expulsion of the gypsies as illegal immigrants who posed a threat to public order.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENTS

Our Alumni Association continues to fund raise to raise money for scholarships for our HSFI students – here are the links to the next set of Alumni events – ‘Paint Night’ and ‘Salsa & Zumba’ class – we need your participation to help them succeed.

Paint Night - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paint-night-fundraiser-tickets-42156877355?aff=es2

Salsa & Zumba’ class - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latin-groove-salsa-zumba-fundraiser-tickets-42156587488?aff=eac2

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.