Sunday, June 3, 2018

WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 6.4.18



CALL TO ACTION
3 FULL SCHOOL DAY TO GO UNTIL REGENTS…
We only have 3 regular school days left – Wednesday, June 6; Friday, June 8; and Monday, June 11. 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.

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
As of Friday morning, we only had 12 staff who signed up - if you are interested in joining for the BBQ, please connect with Ms. Ianniello on Monday morning so we can make the call to go forward with the BBQ or not.  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 Hope we get a big turnout!

























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

*First Monday Redesign Schedule

PLCS Do Not Meet

KLEINFELD BRIDAL CULMINATING EVENT
3:30 pm

PM Supervisor:
D Silva (Rm. 125)


5

*Special Schedule for Testing
All teachers on a First Monday Schedule
8:30 am – 3:20pm

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

STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
All teachers on a 8:40am – 3:30pm Schedule

END OF YEAR BBQ – 2:00 pm

8

*Regular Bell Schedule

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AWARDS CEREMONY

PM Supervisor:
G Raschilla (Rm. 143)


REMAINING CALENDAR:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
JUNE 11

*Regular Bell Schedule

LAST DAY OF CLASSES

PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
12

*Regular Bell Schedule

GRADES DUE BY 4:00 pm

REGENTS 


13

*Regular Bell Schedule

REGENTS

INCOMING 9TH GRADE ORIENTATION

14

*Regular Bell Schedule

REGENTS

INCOMING 9TH GRADE ORIENTATION
15

*Regular Bell Schedule

REGENTS




MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
JUNE 18

*Regular Bell Schedule

REGENTS 

19

*Regular Bell Schedule

REGENTS
20

*Regular Bell Schedule

REGENTS

21

*Regular Bell Schedule

REGENTS 

22

*Regular Bell Schedule

REGENTS


MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
JUNE 25

*Special Schedule

STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
HALF-DAY


26

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS & ALL STAFF (besides counselors, secretaries & supervisors) 

27

28

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR ALL REMAINING STAFF
29



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 has been distributed.
All teaching staff will be on a 1st Monday schedule from 8:30 am – 3:20 pm.
For the Global Regents on June 5 - the school will be using the following rooms for testing:
522, 523, 524, 525, 544, 545, 701, 702, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 740, 742, 744, 902, 906, 921, 923, 925, 940.   
By the end of the day on Monday, June 4th, please make your room test ready.   This includes desks in rows and any material pertaining to Global must either be taken down or covered.   You can get brown paper to cover material either from main office or your AP. 



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
As part of the Learning Partners Program, Mr. Blank, Ms. Moore, Mr. Kearns and Ms. Paz recently visited two of our partner schools – Brooklyn Bridge Academy and Art & Design HS.  Here is a brief summary of what we experienced and learned from these visits: 

LPP Visit to Brooklyn Bridge Academy
Brooklyn Bridge Academy is a small transfer high school (serving students who have previously dropped out of their original high schools).  During the visit, staff members shared the work they are doing around "courageous conversations".  The entire staff watched the Kalief Browder documentary, and had conversations focused around how Kalief's experience might speak to many of the students they serve.  Many teachers are now bringing this work into their classrooms.  During our classroom visits, we saw the continued work on "elaboration".  We saw this work though one-on-one writing conferences, peer discussions and feedback, and teachers pushing students to elaborate and build off one another in whole class discussions.  While they are still in the process of developing this work, they are definitely moving in the right direction with helping their students discuss/write about complex texts.

LPP Visit to Art and Design
During our classroom visits, we focused on evidence of literacy-based strategies in the classroom leading to more rigorous instruction, as well as scaffolding and various modifications for students in need.  In most classrooms, there was use of complex text within group activities.  Students appeared to be accustomed to reading, annotating, and writing with the help of their peers.  In some cases, students took on different roles within their group.  In addition, students were provided with multiple entry points, which was most evident in the ICT classes visited, where the teacher teams worked cooperatively to assist all students.  After our classroom visits, we were able to enjoy various displays of artwork in the school's annual Spring Arts Festival.  Several of the art students described the process by which their major classes progress throughout their high school career.  Their talent was evident in the beautiful artwork. 

If you would like to see all of the activities compiled from the school 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


PRINTED PAY STUBS - SHREDDING
Each pay period many printed pay stubs are delivered to HSFI.  The request is that staff to pick up their stubs from the payroll office.  Any unclaimed pay stubs will be shredded at the end of the school year.  If you no longer require a printed stub, please cancel this option in Payroll Portal.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE
□ There are 682 April Confirmation Sheets.  They need to be returned by Tuesday, June 5th. 
□ Hand in all attendance sheets from May by Tuesday, June 5th.  May Confirmation Sheets will be generated on Wednesday June 6th
Please keep the attendance sheets for Wednesday (June 6) and Friday (June 8). 

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.


REGENTS WEEK IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Regents Week will take place Tuesday, June 12th through Thursday June 22nd.
Here are some important reminders as we approach this high stakes testing period:
□ All Proctors, including reserves, must report to room 202 to check in & return to 201 until the end of their assignment
□ Classroom and Hallway proctors must actively proctor at all times.  
□ Proctors may not use electronic devices unless there is an emergency.
ACTIVE TESTING PROCTORING
It is critical that everyone be ACTIVE proctors during the testing period – follow the proctoring checklist step by step to insure that all New York City and State testing regulations are followed.  Be sure to:
#1 – Make sure you speak to students individually as they enter the testing room to put away any electronic equipment in their lockers if they still have possession of them
#2 – Make sure you are walking around the classroom during the exam and look out for students correcting filling out the answer sheets to make sure they do not omit questions or double bubble
#3 – Call up students one by one when they want to hand in their examinations and thoroughly examine their answer sheets and essay booklets to make sure the exams are properly completed
ROOM READINESS
Classrooms must be made "Exam Ready" no later than 3:45 on Monday June 11th. This involves:
(1) Removing or covering any information on the walls, or board which students should not see during their exam.  
(2) Desks and chairs should be arranged neatly in evenly spaced rows.
(3) Books should be removed from under chairs.  
(4) The teacher’s desk must be clear and free from clutter so that the proctor may spread our materials.


PER SESSION POSTINGS FOR 2018-19
Per session postings are available on the HSFI staff website.  They are the projected per session positions for 2018-19 school year.  All postings and projected range of hours are tentative based on the school budget.
Directions:
Here are the links to apply for the per session positions:
#1 - Go to the staff portal. (you must be logged into HSFI)
#2 - Go to Per Session Section.
#3 - Review the postings pdfs and fill out an application.   You will need to fill an application for each position.















PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS (CIRCULAR 6R) FOR 2018-19
Below are the directions for the selection of Professional Assignments (Circular 6R) for 2018-19 school year.  All teachers must sign up for a Professional Assignment.  We need staff to help cover the 201 computer lab, FLY school store and Student Lounge – please consider these assignments as they will go a long way to help meeting the needs of the students.

COMPUTER LAB COVERAGE
A teacher will be assigned to supervising a school computer lab (mainly Room 201).  Teachers’ duties will include, but not be limited to, ensuring students are on task and following the rules of the computer lab.
FLY SCHOOL STORE COVERAGE
A teacher will be assigned to supervising the FLY school (Room 125).  Teachers’ duties will include, but not be limited to, the collection of Fashion Dollars for store purchases
STUDENT LOUNGE COVERAGE
A teacher will be assigned to supervising the student lounge (Room 829).  Teachers’ duties will include, but not be limited to, ensuring students swipe their ID card as they enter the lounge and that the students are respecting the rules of the space.

Directions to Apply:
Here are the links to apply for the per session positions:
#1 - Go to the staff portal. (you must be logged into HSFI)
#2 - Go to Opening Day Materials Section
#3 - Review the Professional Assignments.  Select three choices in order of preference from the listing.  In the event you were not to receive one of your first three choices, please select three choices in order of preference.  If there is an alternate activity you wish to propose, please consult your department supervisor, and he/she will reach out to the Principal for approval. 















DATA TEAM REPORT
Below are the registered concerns submitted by staff members through Staff Referral Form:
INFRACTION CATEGORY
INCIDENTS
APR 9 – MAY 4
INCIDENTS
MAY 7 – JUNE 1

CHANGE

20 SCHOOL DAYS
19 SCHOOL DAYS

MINOR ISSUES


DEFIANCE / DISRUPTION

18

13

-5
SELLING FOOD
0
0
 0
ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIOLATION

6

14

 +8
PROVIDING FALSE MISLEADING INFORMATION TO SCHOOL STAFF




 1




1




 0
LEAVING CLASS / SCHOOL WITHOUT PERMISSION



 21



 20



 -1
DRESS CODE
 0
 0
 0
MAJOR ISSUES



HARASSMENT / BULLYING
(PHYSICAL / VERBAL / CYBER)




 1




 3




 +2
WEAPONS
0
0
0
SMOKING IN SCHOOL
0
0
0
VANDALISM
2
0
-2
THEFT
1
0
-1
CHEATING / SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY



1



0



-1
PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR / FIGHTING



8



2



-6
SEXUAL AGGRESSION
1
0
-1
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
1
3
+2
INCIDENT OF GROUP VIOLENCE


1


0


-1
ARSON
0
0
0




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*


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 throughout the 2017-18 school year – thank you to MS. PAZ & MR. KEARNS  for leading this best practices sharing - the sharing spirit at HSFI is alive and well!

Thank you to MS. PADRON & MS. WEINREB for their efforts in making LGBTQ Pride Day so successful at HSFI.

Thank you to MS. LEVINE for coordinating the LGBTQ Writers in Schools author's visit with her 9th-graders.

Thank you to MS. BOHNER, MS. CUFFIE, MR. KEARNS & MS. McGOLDRICK for stellar work as English Department Focus Group leaders!

Thank you to MS. VACCARO for taking part in the PBIS Fidelity Survey process.

Thank you to MS. HERZOG for making last minute coverage adjustments to the Senior Trip.

Thank you to MS. DAHILL, MS. McGOLDRICK, MS. LEVINE, MS. BERROA, MS. DAWSON, MR. KEARNS, MS. CUFFIE & MS. RUSSELL for getting our freshman English classes to the library for a Summer Reading presentation.


VTODs FOR THE WEEK
Math: Mondays – June 4
Derive: (v) to take or obtain especially from a specified source. Many English words are derived from Anglo Saxon and French.  Pythagorean identities are trigonometric identities, derived from the Pythagorean theorem about right angle triangles. 
Science: Tuesdays – June 5
Saturated: (verb past tense) Completely filled with something. The company’s decision to build in Manhattan’s saturated retail market presents a concerted risk. In physical chemistry, a solution is saturated with a substance when it can dissolve no more of that substance.
CTE: Wednesdays – June 6
Apex: (n) the uppermost point. When a new phone comes onto the market, it will replace the current apex of the industry and become the top model.  The living room extends right up into the apex of the roof.     
Thursday – June 7 Professional Development Day 
Social Studies: Fridays – June 8
Implicate: (v) 1. to show or suggest an involvement in something illegal or immoral. Three top officials have been implicated in the scandal.  2. to suggest as a likely cause of something bad or harmful. Outside studies have implicated poor hygiene at the hospital as a likely cause of the outbreak.


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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