Sunday, May 27, 2018

WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 5.29.18



CALL TO ACTION
2 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL REGENTS…
We are officially in the homestretch – we have 2 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.  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

392 STUDENTS HAVE SIGNED UP AS 9TH GRADE MENTORS – WE NEED MORE
As part of Fashion’s commitment to social emotional learning, wanting to know how students are feeling and then trying to find ways to help students, next school year we are looking to create a ‘Buddy System’ where incoming freshman students would have a ‘buddy’ to mentor them and look out for them during their first year of high school.  Encourage your returning students to apply for these mentor positions.

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.  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.

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
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


HSFI END OF YEAR STAFF BBQ – THURSDAY, JUNE 7
I would like to invite you all to an end-of-year BBQ to celebrate the 2017-18 school year.  We are planning on doing it on the 5th floor veranda (fingers crossed for a nice day) on June 7 (Staff PD Day) beginning at 2:00 pm. If interested in joining for the BBQ, please connect with Ms. Ianniello prior to June 1.  Hope we get a big turnout!


























THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
MAY 28

*NO SCHOOL
MEMORIAL DAY

29

*Regular Bell Schedule

PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)

30

*Regular Bell Schedule

PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)

31

*Regular Bell Schedule

PM Supervisor:
S Kohm (Rm. 531)

JUNE 1

*Regular Bell Schedule

PM Supervisor:
G Raschilla (Rm. 143)

NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
JUNE 4

*Regular Bell Schedule

KLEINFELD BRIDAL CULMINATING EVENT
4:00 pm

PM Supervisor:
D Silva (Rm. 125)


5

*Special Schedule

NEW GLOBAL REGENTS EXAM & NOCTI MERCHANDISING EXAM
All Teachers on a 8:30am – 3:30pm Schedule

PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)

6

*Regular Bell Schedule

GLAM4GOOD EVENT

HSFI AWARDS CEREMONY

PM Supervisor:
A Rodrigues (Rm. 515)
7

*Special Schedule

STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY

END OF YEAR BBQ – 2:00 pm

8

*Regular Bell Schedule

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AWARDS CEREMONY

PM Supervisor:
G Raschilla (Rm. 143)

TUESDAY, JUNE 5 – ADMINISTRATION ON NEW GLOBAL REGENTS EXAM & NOCTI MERCHANDISING EXAM
June 5th will be a non-attendance day for most students – the only students in school are the ones taking the Global Regents and CTE NOCTI Merchandising Exam.
The Global Regents is from 9:00 am to Noon and the CTE NOCTI Merchandising exam is from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
The proctoring schedule for June 5th is being finalized and should be available this week.
All teaching staff will be on a 1st Monday schedule from 8:30 am – 3:20 pm.
Anyone who wishes to work a late proctoring assignment please email AP Joe Tallone at JTallon@schools.nyc.gov


STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY – JUNE 7, 2018
We are excited to offer a menu of teacher-lead workshops on PD Day, June 7th. Each workshop focuses on some of the work we are doing to deliver rigorous instruction through a range of classroom practices. These workshops are hands on and are facilitated by teachers for teachers to collaboratively discuss, share and explore ideas and resources.

Each teacher will be scheduled for two of these 50-minute workshops listed below:

                                                                                                                                                           

Accessing Complex Content with TWR Facilitators: Ms. Dawson, Ms. McGoldrick, Ms. Severino Nortman, Ms. Sideris. Learn how to more seamlessly include TWR in your handouts and articles to give more structure to your lessons and help you assess students’ comprehension.
Cultivating a Growth Mindset Learning Environment Facilitators: Mr. Hurley, Ms. Parisse, Ms. Ruff, Ms. Stambouly. How to cultivate a growth mindset learning environment?

Investigating Differentiation. Facilitators: Ms. Dye, Ms. La Tanza, Ms. Lissauer. What is differentiation and how do we do it? We will brainstorm as a group and share our strategies for differentiating a lesson plan / activity / assessment.
Process Learning. Facilitators: Ms. Bailey, Mr. Lachok, Ms. Ricci, Mr. Stampone. How can I modify my lesson to a student centered, process learning experience?

Student-led discussion. Facilitators: Ms. Abramyan, Ms. Fraga-Zwibel. How to establish protocols/guidelines, choose material for an engaging student led discussion?



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 TWR in the classroom:

In the English Department, Ms. Heney created a detailed version of the Multi-Paragraph outline to prepare students to write argument essays for the English Regents.

In the Math Department, Mrs. Medina created a quick outline TWR activity for the Geometry classes.  The activity involved a proof of a rhombus in which students were to arrive at a conclusion based on given information.  The activity was scaffolded to clarify steps of the proof.

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.

GRADES DUE TUESDAY, JUNE 12



OPERATIONAL NEED TO KNOW
CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY


FILL OUT YOUR CHROME BOOK INVENTORY
Please complete your monthly Chromebook inventory – we are required by the NYC DOE to track this inventory of computers.

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.

  
PROPOSED HSFI DRESS CODE FOR THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR
A couple of weeks ago, I sent out and announced the current version of the school’s Dress Code.
A group of our students requested that we revisit our Dress Code and create a policy that is updated and more gender neutral.  Members of HSFI’s Feminist Club led by Ms. Bailey and Ms. Bohner led these efforts and presented a new version this past Wednesday to the School Leadership Team and Parents Association.
We would now like to present this updated version to all members of the HSFI community and get everyone’s feedback.  The goal is to get this feedback over the next couple of weeks and have the new policy approved by the end of this school year, so it takes effect come September 2018.
Your questions and comments can be shared through this Google survey:

PROPOSED HSFI DRESS CODE FOR THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR
VALUES:
□ All students should be able to dress comfortably for school without fear of or actual unnecessary discipline or body shaming.
□ All students and staff should understand that they are responsible for managing their own personal “distractions” without regulating individual students’ clothing/self expression.
□ The school community should be a place where students are encouraged to manage their responses to one another; while, home is where students develop values around personal appearance (this includes discussions about safety concerns and traveling to and from school).
GOALS:
□ Maintain a safe learning environment in classes where protective or supportive clothing is needed. (i.e. science lab requirements, physical education clothing, etc.)
□ Allow students to wear religious attire without fear of discipline or discrimination.
□ Ensure that all students are treated equitably regardless of gender/gender identification, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, body type/size, religion, or personal style.
DRESS CODE:
□ Clothing with offensive images or language that depicts violence or illegal activity should be avoided.
□ Courses that include attire as part of the curriculum may include assignment specific dress, but should not focus on covering body parts or promoting culturally specific attire (i.e. trips to the theatre or professional environments such as offices and fashion houses would enforce a dress code that is specific to the establishment as we are guests in their community and should respect that).
ENFORCEMENT:
□ No student should be disproportionately affected by dress code enforcement because of gender, race, body size, or maturity.
□ Students shouldn’t be shamed or required to show their body in front of others, such as in physical education uniforms if it goes against the student’s religious beliefs. (students, staff, or parents).
□ Dress code enforcement should not infringe upon instructional time.
□ The enforcement of this policy should happen through community discussions about valuing different perspectives rather than punitive measures.

*This policy was inspired by the Oregon NOW National Organization for Women’s model*

  
SBO VOTE RESULTS
The Bell schedule and First Monday Redesign schedule were approved.  There were 99 total votes - 86 voted yes & 13 voted no. 
All compensatory time positions were ratified with at least 55 percent of the vote.  The specific vote totals are below:
COMPENSATORY TIME POSITIONS 2018-19 – SBO VOTE RESULTS
.2 = Teach 4 Periods /.4 = Teach 3 periods /.6 = Teach 2 Periods /.8 = Teach 1 Period /1.0 = Teach No Periods
Comp Time Positions Requested for
2018-19 School Year
MaxAllocation
2017-18 Status
YES VOTE
NO VOTE
Abstain
Admissions Associate #1
.4
OPEN POSITION

89

6

4
Special Education Compliance Coordinator (Year 5 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed – J Ince

96

3

Attendance Coordinator
(Year 5 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed–JKlepacki

95

2

2
Data / Testing Coordinator
(Year 5 of 6 Year Term)
.4
Staffed – J Egan

94

3

2
Mentoring Coordinator
(Year 4 of 6 Year Term)
.2
Staffed– E Donlon

89

8

2
Restorative Justice Coordinator
(Year 4 of 6 Year Term)
.2
Staffed– K Kearns

94

3

2
Special Education Dean
(Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed– A Looser

92

4

3
Graphics & Illustration Dept. Coordinator (Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.4
Staffed– K Collins

95

2

2
Fashion Marketing & Visual Merchandising Dept. Coordinator
(Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.4
Staffed–VVaccaro

97

2

Fashion Design Department Coordinator (Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed – S Balmir

97

2

Special Education Transition Coordinator (Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.4
Staffed– K Husted

96

2

1
Director of Wellness & Athletics
(Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed – E Sostre

92

5

2
Dean #3 (Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed – I De La Rosa

92

4

3
Dean #4 (Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed – J Matelus

91

6

2
Pattern Cutter (Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.2
Staffed– L Youngblood

93

4

2
Professional Learning Coordinator
(Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.2
Staffed– E McGoldrick

91

5

3
SING Coordinator (Year 3 of 6 Year Term)
.4
Staffed – C Vega

89

8

3
Computer Technology Coordinator
(Year 2 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed–R Abdallah

93

4

2
HSFI Alumni Association Director
(Year 2 of 6 Year Term)
.2
Staffed – B David

92

3

4
Fashion Design NOCTI Testing Coordinator (Year 2 of 6 Year Term)
.6
Staffed– T Ricci

89

7

3
Data Integration Coordinator
(Year 2 of 6 Year Term)
.4
Staffed–D Stampone

89

5

5
Social Emotional Learning Coordinator #1 (Year 2 of 6 Year Term)
.2

Staffed– LParisse

74

20

5
Social Emotional Learning Coordinator #2 (Year 2 of 6 Year Term)
.2
Staffed– APadron

73

22

4
Social Emotional Learning Coordinator #3 (Year 2 of 6 Year Term)
.2
Staffed – C Stambouly

74

20

5
Social Emotional Learning Coordinator #4 (Year 2 of 6 Year Term)
.2
Staffed– K Molloy

72

23

4
Fashion Show Coordinator
.6
Vacant

83

8

8
National Honor Society Coordinator
.2
Vacant

83

6

10
Dean #5
.6
Vacant

74

16

9
Dean #6
.6
Vacant

72

18

9
Dean #7
.6
Vacant

71

19

9
Special Education Testing Coordinator
.2
Vacant

83

7

9
Cutting Dean
.2
Vacant

81

9

10
Admissions Associate #2

.4
NEW PROPOSED

76

14


9
Sustainability Coordinator
.2
NEW PROPOSED

66

26

7
Special Education Academic Programming Coordinator
.2
NEW PROPOSED

80

13

6

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:
(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. MEDINA & MS. HENEY - the sharing spirit at HSFI is alive and well!

Thank you to all the teachers leaders who are working hard to create PD sessions for our staff development day on June 7 - MS. DAWSON, MS. McGOLDRICK, MS. SEVERINO-NORTMAN, MS. SIDERIS, MR. HURLEY, MS. PARISSE, MS. RUFF, MS. STAMBOULY, MS. DYE, MS. LA TANZA, MS. LISSAUER, MS. BAILEY, MR. LACHOK, MS. RICCI, MR. STAMPONE, MS. ABRAMYAN & MS. FRAGA-ZWIBEL.

Thank you to the amazing group of HSFI professionals that made sure our fashion shows were a great success this school year - MS. ALLEN, MS. BALMIR, MS. BATTS, MS. CHAVEZ, MS. CISSE, MS. DAVID, MS. KING, MS. PARISSE, MS. RICCI, MS. RIVIERE, MS. ROJAS, MS. SEIFERT, MS. YOUNGBLOOD, MR. ABDALLAH, MS. ARCAMAY, MR. CARRANZA, MS. COLLINS, MS. POWELL, MR. RUSSELL, MS. STAMBOULY, MS. ZUBROVICH, MS. DAMIAN, MS. NEWPORT, MS. SERRANO, MS. VACCARO, MS. WEINREB, MS. DONLON, MS. CUFFIE, MR. VILLALONA, MR. MONTENEGRO, MS. MEDINA, MS. HERZOG, & MS. CARTER.  
It truly takes a village to make sure an event like this goes off without a hitch. THANK YOU!!

Thank you to MS. SAN JORGE, MS. CARTER, MR. STAMPONE, MS. STAMBOULY, MS. BATTS, MR. LACHOK, MS. PARISSE, MS. NEWPORT & MR. RAU for chaperoning the senior trip to Bear Mountain.  Thank you to MS. KLEPACKI for organizing the attendance piece for the trip.

Thank you to MR. TRAPANI for setting up the US History field exam for the 11th grade teachers.

Thank you to MS. VEGA for creating and sharing TWR aligned thematic review packets for the Global History Regents exam.

Thank you to MS. BAILEY & MS. BOHNER for their efforts with the Feminist Club to develop a new dress code for the school.

Thank you to MS. PEREZ for executing the UFT SBO vote.

Thank you to MS. BAILEY for filling in on a moment's notice to cover a colleague's class.

Thank you to MS. DAHILL for playing an active role in securing a technology upgrade for all Community Board schools in this district as part of ‘Participatory Budgeting’ from Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s office.  She is bringing home the bacon to HSFI and all NYC public schools in our area.


VTODs FOR THE WEEK
Science: Tuesdays - May 29
Luminosity: (n) 1.  the relative quantity of light. The luminosity of the fireflies made for an enchanting nighttime show. 2. (astronomy) Luminosity is the relative quantity of radiation emitted by a celestial source (as a star). A star’s luminosity is a quantity that depends on the star itself, not on how far away it is.
CTE: Wednesdays – May 30 
Façade: (n) 1. a false appearance or behavior. Beneath her cheerful facade, she's a lonely person. 2. The front of a building. In 2012, the retailer, Marks & Spencer covered the facades of a few buildings with 10,000 pieces of unwanted apparel, thereby illustrating the approximately 10,000 pieces of clothing going to the UK’s landfills every five minutes.
ELA: Thursdays – May 31
Credible: (adj.) 1 good enough to be effective. The country’s military force was too weak to be a credible deterrent against attack.  2 offering reasonable grounds for being believed. After identifying credible online sources, we researched the origins and current status of Bitcoin, a virtual currency.
Social Studies: Fridays- June 1 
Generalization: (n) 1. A statement about a group, based on only a few people or things in that group. The controversial speaker made unsupported generalizations about women. 2. A statement that is true in most situations. We found some more good evidence to support the generalization we developed about life in traditional societies.


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.