CALL
TO ACTION
● END OF THE SECOND MARKING PERIOD
The second marking period ends this
Friday, April 27 – make sure you let students know where they stand in your
classes. Keep in mind that students will
be programmed for summer school if they fail your class.
● DISTRIBUTE FASHION DOLLARS
Quite a few students mentioned that there are
still a number of staff members that do not give out Fashion Dollars. My
expectation is that Fashion Dollars should be distributed during all classes
and in offices around the building as much as possible. Fashion Dollars
should be distributed in alignment with our school goals of all HSFI community
members being challenged (Rigorous tasks) and cared for (Social Emotional
Learning). Distributing Fashion Dollars is easy – we have tokens
available in Room 819 and you can use FashionSoarrs.com – if you do not know
how to use FashionSoarrs.com, let your supervisor know immediately and they
will help you logon and navigate. I look
forward to seeing this in action myself and hearing directly from students that
this expectation is being met.
● TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY ON THURSDAY
HSFI welcomes all children for ‘Take Your Child
To Work Day’ – feel free to bring them in – our students would love to see
them!
● DOWN THE HOMESTRETCH…
We are officially in the
homestretch – after this 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 April 27.
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.
● 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
SUMMER SCHOOL JOB OPPORTUNITIES
We will be having summer school at HSFI once again
this summer – below are the website links regarding these summer school
positions. May 5, 2018 is the deadline to apply for these positions.
To apply for a position use this link:
For a description of the positions:
NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR:
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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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APRIL
23
*Regular Bell Schedule
SUPERINTENDENT DISTRICT
TEAM VISIT
THERAPEUTIC CRISIS
INTERVENTION Staff Training
Periods 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
Room: 821 (Principal Conference
Room)
PM Supervisor:
D Silva (Rm. 125)
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24
*Special Schedule
PSAT / SAT DAY
(rescheduled)
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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25
*Regular Bell Schedule
INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT OPENING
3:30 pm – Rm 821
PM Supervisor:
A Rodrigues (Rm. 515)
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26
*Regular Bell Schedule
TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK
DAY
PM Supervisor:
S Kohm (Rm. 531)
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27
*Regular Bell Schedule
END OF SECOND MARKING
PERIOD
STAFF TOWN HALLS
Periods 4, 5, 6, 7
Room 821
PM Supervisor:
D
Silva (Rm. 125)
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NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR:
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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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APRIL
30
*Regular Bell Schedule
INSTRUCTIONAL
INTERVISITATIONS WEEK
STOP EVERYTHING &
REFLECT during Period 3
PM Supervisor:
J Tallone (Rm. 201)
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MAY 1
*Regular Bell Schedule
ENTREPRENEUR-
SHIP SHOWCASE WITH CLARK
UNIVERSITY
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm in
School Lobby
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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2
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)
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3
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
N Moore (Rm. 228)
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4
*Regular Bell Schedule
SENIOR ART SHOW OPENING
4:00 pm in the School
Lobby
STUDENT TOWN HALLS
Periods 4-7 in Room 821
SUMMER SCHOOL JOB
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MAY 5 (Saturday)
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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SOCIAL
EMOTIONAL LEARNING PD FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF THIS MONDAY, APRIL 23
We will be continuing to build on our Social
Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies next coming Monday, April 23 with a
professional development session for the entire HSFI staff. The professional development session will
focus on ‘Therapeutic Crisis Intervention in Schools (TCIS).’ This intervention was developed by Cornell
University. The training focuses on participants being able to:
□ Proactively
prevent and/or de-escalate potential behavioral crises with students
□ Safely
and therapeutically manage crisis situations
□ Be
able to process with students to help improve coping strategies
Thank you to Ms. San Jorge, Ms. Looser, Ms.
Berroa and Ms. Dye for attending the 4 day TCIS PD and then organizing this PD
for HSFI staff. The PD will be during Periods
2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 / Location TBD. 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.
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!
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, April 23 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.
This
Monday, April 16, is a Monday where students are NOT required to participate in
this activity, but you must give them time to fill out the form if they wish to
participate – please encourage this participation.
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!
CAREER
& TECHNICAL SPRING SHOWCASE EVENTS CALENDAR
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Wednesday, April 25
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International Center of Photography Exhibit Opening
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Tuesday, May 1
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Entrepreneurship
Showcase with Clark University
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Wednesday, May 2
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Annual Fashion Show Feeder Show to Middle School Students
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Friday, May 4
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Senior Graphics & Illustration Art Show
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Friday, May 11
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Annual Fashion Show - PUBLIC
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Thursday, May 17
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STOKED (Skateboard Club) Presentation
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Tuesday, May 22
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Annual Fashion Show – INDUSTRY SHOW
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Monday, June 4
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Kleinfeld Bridal Culminating Event
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SAVE THE DATES – CTE SHOWCASES
□ INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY PARTNERSHIP – GALLERY OPENING
Wednesday, April 25,
2018
□ SENIOR ART SHOW
Friday, May 4, 2018
□ PUBLIC FASHION SHOW
Friday, May 11, 2018
□ INDUSTRY FASHION SHOW
The Industry Show is on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 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
famous fashion designer Nanette Lepore who has graciously agreed to attach her name to the event to help fundraise
for the school. The Advisory Board’s fund raising benefits us in many
ways.
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.
You can RSVP to Ms. Anika Carter at ACarter15@schools.nyc.gov / ACarter15@hsfi.us / extension 8194 / Room 819.
THE ANSWER IS IN THE ROOM
Here are some highlights of the best practices shared by HSFI
Staff Members. This round focuses on the
use of The Writing Revolution in the classroom:
In the Science Department, Mr. Lee and Mr. Hurley created a
summary paragraph activity for the Living Environment classes. After a reading
on HIV and AIDS, students were prompted to answer questions and summarize the
reading based on these answers.
In the English Department, Ms. Dawson has been using TWR
activities to guide students as they read The Color of Water at
home. With this chapter, she uses a TWR "Single Paragraph
Outline".
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
● SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION
Superintendent Rosales identified ‘increasing the rigor of the tasks that we
assign students’ as the main area for improvement and what our next step as
a school community should be focused on.
● SPRING OBSERVATION CYCLES
□ Observation Cycle #4
Intervisitations - Week of April 30
Evaluative Observations - – Weeks of May 7, 14 & 21
● SPRING MARKING PERIODS
□ 2nd
Marking Period ends Friday, April 27
□ 3rd
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.
OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/
● IMPORTANT REMINDERS FROM THE ATTENDANCE
OFFICE
□ The week of April 23 please keep the attendance sheets.
Mrs. Klepacki will be at a Conference Wednesday to Friday and will be out of
the building.
□ Please return any and all Attendance Sheets and Confirmation
Sheets
● PAYROLL BENEFITS PROCESSING DEADLINE IS
MAY 4, 2018
Online enrollment, update and cancellation
for:
□
EFT (direct deposit)
□
WageWorks/Transit Benefit Program
□
529 College Savings Program
Employees who wish to suspend
WageWorks/Transit deductions on summer checks must go to https://payrollportal.nycboe.net to enter dates.
Payroll Bank: Q742/Q744 Suspend
date 01/02/18 Resume date 08/24/18
E745 Suspend date 06/01/18 Resume date 08/22/18
If processing via paper application, the
deadline is May 1, 2018.
Contact payroll office or HR Connect
718-935-4000, if you have any questions.
● HEALTH CENTER REMINDERS
(1) Use
the proper Health center passes when sending students to the Falcon Health
Center – passes on post-its or any other type of paper will not accepted and
students will not be admitted (unless an emergency)
(2) STUDENTS LEAVING THE BUILDING DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS
The Health
Center wants to remind HSFI staff that they are not responsible for clearing
students to go home. The Health Center
will recommend to students that they need to go home and tell the school – the
school is ultimately responsible for clearing the student to go home. School staff need to speak to the student’s
family and get clearance – this clearance needs to be in writing (or verbally
in emergency situations) – then contact school safety to clear them to leave
the building.
● SUBCENTRAL INFORMATION
When calling in an
absence to Sub Central, please state your official reporting time. The
system is set from 8:00 am - 3:42 pm (periods 1 - 9).
● EARLY MORNING TIMES FOR STAFF &
STUDENTS
To enhance our safety and security
at HSFI, we are instituting early morning times for staff and students to enter
the building.
The earliest time staff will be
allowed in the building is 6:30 am – by this time, there will be a security
agent at the front desk.
The earliest time students will be
allowed in the building is 7:20 am – by this time, there will be a
supervisor(s) in the building.
There will be exceptions made to
the student time for special events and trips – these exception requests should
be made to AP G. Raschilla and Ms. Ianniello in Room 819.
● 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
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:
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 sharing
- MS. DAWSON, MR. LEE & MR. HURLEY - the
sharing spirit at HSFI is alive and well!
Thank
you to MS. ZUBROVICH & MS. DAVID for working with their students to build
artwork and fashion from recycled materials in time for Earth Day and now being
shown at our local Wholefoods Store.
Thank
you to MS. SAN JORGE & MR. RAU for organizing
the wildly successful first annual HSFI carnival – the students were having a
blast and using their Fashion Dollars – a special Thank you to MR. STAMPONE & MR. LACHOK for being such great sports
in taking cream pies to the face.
Thank
you to MS. ABRASKIN for coming into school this past Saturday to tutor her Advanced Placement
students as they gear up for their upcoming history exam.
Thank
you to MS. VACCARO for leading her Virtual Enterprise students to another successful
Tradeshow event. The HSFI FLY booth was one of the highlights of the VE
tradeshow.
Thank
you to our senior Fashion Show teachers - MS. ALLEN, MS. BATTS, MS. CHAVEZ,
MS. PARISSE, MS. ROJAS, MS. SEIFERT & MS. YOUNGBLOOD for working so hard with our students this
year. The result was the best preview in HSFI history!
Thank
you to MS. CUFFIE, MS. DONLON, MS. CARTER, MS. BALMIR, MS.
COLLINS, MS. VACCARO & MR. TALLONE for doing all the organization and set up to
make sure fashion show preview was a smooth and successful activity.
Thank
you to MS. NAGHI (RAPP), MS. DAHILL, MS. BATTS, MS. YOUNGBLOOD,
MS. ALLEN & MS. KING for their efforts in making the
Fashion4Justice Fashion Show so successful with its message of female
empowerment!
Thank
you to MS. DYE, MS. LOOSER, MS. BERROA, MS. SAN JORGE & MS.
PADRON for preparing
for our upcoming TCIS professional development seminars.
Thank
you to MS. ADAMCZYK & MS. BAILEY for building civic awareness by engaging
students to take a stand against gun violence.
Thank
you to MS. WEISS for securing her annual donation
of Prom dresses for our students who will be going to our Prom in style.
Thank
you to MS. McKEON & MS. MOORE for working
collaborating on a college access grant.
Thank
you to MS. VACCARO & MS. NOBLE for organizing and interviewing students for
the Barney’s summer internships.
Thank
you to MS. WEINREB for working so hard with her students as shown by student Leilah
Fortuna being selected to show in the Manhattan Borough Arts Festival at the
MoMA.
Thank
you to MS. CARTER for organizing and securing many donations this week for the CTE
classes.
Thank
you to MS. COLLINS & MR. RUSSELL for working with the International Center of
Photography to get the new show framed and hung in room 821 in time for the opening
this coming Wednesday, April 25th.
Thank
you to MR. STAMPONE for his continual work developing the HSFI Data Dashboard.
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
Math:
Monday, April 23
Analyze: (v) to examine something in detail
for its meaning or its essential features.
Air traffic controllers use geometry to analyze situations such as
determining the angles involved in each plane's flight path, so they can make
the necessary changes to avoid collisions.
Science:
Tuesday, April 24
Crystallize: (v) 1. to come together clearly;
to be easily understood: Her trips to
South and Central America crystallized her desire to work on environmental
issues. 2. To change into a solid form
that is made up of crystals: Certain conditions can cause carbon to crystallize
into diamonds.
CTE:
Wednesday, April 25
Tonal: (adj.) 1 relating to the tone of
something, especially a sound or color. The tonal range the singer uses is wide
and varied. 2. In marketing, tonal refers to an ad campaign and the feeling and
perceptions it evokes from customers. The tonal value of the product’s teen
marketing campaign was youthful and challenging.
ELA:
Thursday, April 26
Evoke: (v) to call forth; to cause a
particular reaction or response. Lucille Clifton’s poems evoke the strength and
beauty of the African American experience. His speech evoked a hostile response
from the audience.
Social
Studies: Friday, April 27
Alter: (v) to change; to become different:
Using a high tech aerial mapping technique, researchers discovered that Mayans
altered the landscape much more than once thought; in fact, in some areas, 95
percent of available land had been cultivated, and tens of thousands of
previously undetected Mayan buildings and roads were revealed.
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.
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.
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