WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 11.19.18

CALL TO ACTION

● HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WITH FAMILIES & FRIENDS

I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends – it is well deserved with all your efforts on behalf of our students and your colleagues.

● CYCLE B CLASSES BEGIN THIS MONDAY

Starting this Monday, November 19, students will be starting their 2^nd half of the Fall term programs which means a change of day for any class that meets less than five days a week.  Classes that met Monday, Wednesday and Friday now meet only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Classes that met Tuesdays and Thursdays, now meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  The classes that this change applies to include Physical Education / Gym, Peer Group Connection, Senior College Prep APPS classes and SAGA Math tutoring.

SAVE THE DATE - HSFI HOLIDAY PARTY – DECEMBER 21

We hope as many HSFI staff members as possible can make the Holiday Party on Monday, December 3.  Here are the details:

Location: Chelsea Bell – 316 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001 between 25^th & 26^th Streets

Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Cost: $65 per person (includes Food and Premium Open Bar for 3 hours)

See Ms. Ianniello in Room 819 for Details – ext. 8191 / AIanniello@schools.nyc.gov

Fill out the Google Form to let us know if you are coming or not

Fill out form

THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 19 *Regular Bell Schedule Cycle B Classes Begin Disrupting Inequity Professional Learning No Focus Groups / Time for ICT Teams to Meet PM Supervisor: M Frank (Rm. 121)	20 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: J Tallone (Rm. 201)	21 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: D Silva (Rm. 125)	22 *NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING	23 *NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING

NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 26 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: G Raschilla (Rm. 143)	27 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: S Rau (Rm. 829)	28 *Regular Bell Schedule Staff Town Halls Periods 4-7 PM Supervisor: B McGuinness (Rm. 329)	29 *Regular Bell Schedule Parent Teacher Conferences Night 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm PM Supervisor: A Rodrigues (Rm. 515)	30 *Regular Bell Schedule Parent Teacher Conferences Night 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PM Supervisor: S Kohm (Rm. 531)

RACE & EQUITY WORK – PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THIS MONDAY

Aligned to our school belief that emotions matter at HSFI, this school year we will be spending a considerable amount of effort examining the impact of race on our community and how we feel about one another and ourselves.  To this end, part of our professional learning cycle will be focused on the research around the impact of race on schools.  This professional learning will begin this Monday during Periods 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Room 821.  All staff, regardless of title, should come to one of these sessions.

DATA TEAM REPORT

Below are the registered concerns submitted by staff members through Staff Referral Form:

INFRACTION CATEGORY	INCIDENTS OCT 13- NOV. 15	INCIDENTS SEPT 5 – OCT 12	Difference between periods
	23 SCHOOL DAYS	23 SCHOOL DAYS
MINOR ISSUES
DEFIANCE / DISRUPTION	18	17	+1
SELLING FOOD	0	1	-1
ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIOLATION	10	3	+3
PROVIDING FALSE MISLEADING INFORMATION TO SCHOOL STAFF	2	1	+2
LEAVING CLASS / SCHOOL WITHOUT PERMISSION	21	19	+2
DRESS CODE	0	0	N/C
MAJOR ISSUES
HARASSMENT / BULLYING (PHYSICAL / VERBAL / CYBER)	2	5	-3
WEAPONS	2	1	+1
VANDALISM	3	0	+3
THEFT	0	0	0
CHEATING / SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY	0	1	-1
PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR / FIGHTING	3	4	-1
SEXUAL AGGRESSION	3	0	+3
SUBSTANCE ABUSE	0	0	0
INCIDENT OF GROUP VIOLENCE	0	0	0
ARSON	0	0	0

UPDATED PARENT CONTACT LIST

Here is the most updated spreadsheet for students’ contact information.  The spreadsheet has three different tabs of contact information;

1) Primary phone

2) Email

3) Cell phone number

This list will be updated each week through our School Messenger system. If you have trouble contacting a parent or have additional contact information, please reach out to Assistant Principal Danielle Silva at DSilva@hsfi.us

Here is the link to the spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11D016nO8gRf55ENWnkTBQIqmNN3Plq9b7lZk3rDnssM/edit#gid=2133520731

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

□ KEEPING TRACK OF STUDENT ACTIVITY / COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTS ABOUT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

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.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS

● OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR 2018-19 & BEYOND

□ Every student feels cared for

□ Every student feels challenged

● PLC INTERVISITATIONS FOLLOW-UP

PLC Intervisitations must be complete by Thursday, Nov. 29. There are only seven more school days to complete this. Please don't wait until the last minute.

Here's the form link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO6P1MOJmG7zwvcsg6Pbf5v3BtnIhIRIj0brEoKQPknZ5-jw/viewform?usp=sf_link

● SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES

Our SEL coordinators wanted to share with you an amazing new SEL resource:

https://inspired.fb.com/

On this website, you will find resources that include short SEL centered activities that you can incorporate into your everyday lessons.  Once on the homepage, go under Resources - Educators. On that page chose "Explore our social and emotional (SEL) activities".  Once you are there, you can choose which emotion words you want to focus on for that lesson. You can also find great resources to build your lessons around.

● TUTORING FROM OUR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS IS AVAILABLE

National Honor Society tutoring has begun after school in the room 201 Computer Lab.  The tutoring will take place daily during both 9th and 10 periods.  National Honor Society junior and senior tutors can assist students with English, Math, Science and History.

● PARENT ENGAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Keep in mind the main ways that we maintain high levels of Parent Engagement:

#1 - Keeping Jupiter up-to-date so that students and parents know where students stand in your class

#2 – You are contractually required to set aside 1 specific period set aside for Parent Engagement where you make calls and emails to families of at-risk students.  If a student is failing, you need to make verbal contact with that family

#3 - Check your DOE Email everyday - Not HSFI email – you should forward your HSFI emails to your DOE email.  If a parent emails you, they should expect a response in a timely manner

● IMPORTANT HOMEWORK REMINDERS

#1 – Please follow our policy of ‘No New HW Wednesdays’

#2 – Do not give a HW assignment unless you will be giving meaningful feedback back to students – a check or score at the top of a paper does not mean much to students.  This is especially true for honors and Advanced Placement courses where the amount and difficulty of readings and assignments is high

● IMPORTANT REMINDERS FROM THE SPECIAL EDUCATION OFFICE

We in room 329 wanted to provide everyone with a reminder regarding students with IEPs and SESIS as well as the sections of the IEP, which you may find most helpful when planning your instruction. While reviewing the IEP you may notice your Teacher Form responses or information you shared during the meeting- this is a great example of how your insight helps us to create an authentic, student specific IEP. In addition to asking a special educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by reviewing your class roster. Students who are placed in ICT classes have the letter at the end of their official (ex-45P) 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 at this time will not appear when you log-in to SESIS. Teachers who work with these students will now have access through SESIS.

This year we will continue to distribute an electronic standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are required to complete on this form is subject specific and your insight will better help us in determine the needs of our students with IEPs. The Teacher Form in conjunction with your participation at the IEP meeting (if you are invited) are two critical elements we need in order to best serve our students. We try to plan our IEP and Triennial meetings with teacher schedules in mind, however there are times when families are only available at specific times and a coverage will be requested for your class.

Our monthly SIT meeting addresses concerns surrounding Special Education (placement, initials, etc.) and is announced in advance in the Weekly Notes. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. If you are interested in becoming a regular member just let me know. Please feel free to stop by room 329 if you have any questions and thank you for your continued support of our students.

● GUIDELINES TO MAINTAIN SCHOOL CLIMATE

□ Pass needed to go anywhere outside of your classroom / specific Falcon Health Center pass

□ No passes first 10 minutes of class (unless emergency)

□ No passes last 10 minutes of class (unless emergency)

□ Electronic Equipment for educational purposes allowed / all other purposes should be a referral / Leave confiscating to supervisors and deans / NO CHARGING PHONES

WHERE CAN STUDENTS GO WHEN NOT IN CLASS?

□ Before 1^st Period – Cafeteria, Student Computer Lab (Room 201), Hallways 

□ Once Period 1 begins – students cannot be in the hallways – can go to the Cafeteria, Student Computer Lab, Classroom under teacher supervision

□ Lunch Periods (4-7) – Cafeteria, Student Lounge, Library (except 7^th period), Student Computer Lab, Classroom under teacher supervision

□ Students waiting for afterschool activities - Student Computer Lab, Library, Classroom under teacher supervision

YOU CANNOT ALLOW A STUDENT TO STAY IN YOUR CLASSROOM / OFFICE WHEN YOU ARE NOT THERE – ASK THEM TO LEAVE & COME BACK

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

□ Sheets will be on Daily next week.  They cannot be printed until the morning.  Please check your mailbox by 8:30.  

□ A reminder that blue sheets must be dropped off by 11am.  If there are no sheets by the library or Mr. Blank's office then we already picked up.  Please bring it to the Attendance Office.  

□ There are missing confirmation sheets for September and missing attendance sheets for October.  Please fill these sheets out and get them to the office ASAP.  

● TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS

Technology Request:   https://goo.gl/forms/NNtcC01LZSyB8VJ03

Depending on the severity of the request.  Expect a one to two days before fixing or notification of the issue.

● CUSTODIAN REQUESTS

Custodian Request:   https://goo.gl/forms/sQGqPAoqGeI86H132

Depending on the severity of the request.  Expect a one to two days before fixing or notification of the issue.

● EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Here are the links to the Emergency Preparedness videos.  This series of safety videos are useful tools that demonstrate how Building Response Teams operate, and how school buildings use the General Response Protocols during an emergency. Please take the time to watch the following videos to ensure that you are well equipped in the event of an emergency.

Full Safety Preparedness video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/safetypreparedness

Assembly Card video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/assemblycard

Lock Down video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/lockdown

Evacuate video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/evacuate

Shelter In video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/shelterin

● 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.

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

Thank you to all the HSFI staff that have been shouting out their colleagues on a daily basis through Basecamp – it is inspiring to read them and keep them coming.

Here are some additional SOARRing staff that are going beyond the call of duty for HSFI!

Thank you to MS. DAWSON, MS. RUSSELL, MS. ABRAMYAN, MS. NURSE, MS. WEINREB, MR. KEARNS, MS. LA TANZA, MS. MAGNER, MS. SEIFERT, MS. CHAN, MR. TRAPANI, MS. CUFFIE, MS. GARCIA, MS. VACCARO, MS. McGOLDRICK, MS. SCHLEIN, MS. CASTRO, MS. FRAGA-ZWIBEL, MR. KALISCH, MS. BARNABEE, MS. POWELL, MR. LAZARUS, MR. DAWSON, MS. DAVID, MS. MORGAN, MS. HERRICK, MS. ZUBROVICH, MS. LISSAUER & MS. ANZALONE for welcoming colleagues, HSFI students and NYC DOE officials into their classes as part of our instructional rounds facilitated by Harvard University.

Thank you to MS. VEGA, MS. SAN JORGE, MR. STAMPONE, MS. YOUNGBLOOD, MS. MEDINA, MR. EGAN, MS. HENEY, MS. RICCI & MR. LACHOK for being the staff representatives for the 3 days of instructional rounds.

Thank you to MR. KEARNS & MR. WIEDA for running English SOARR and helping students get back on track and heading towards graduation.

Thank you to MR. RUSSELL for escorting students on Sunday to the Sony Square event.

Thank you to MR. CARRANZA for spending his two non-teaching periods everyday assisting with the Kleinfeld illustrations for the Kleinfeld competition.

Thank you to MS. CARTER & MS. BALMIR for all they did to ensure another successful Kleinfeld project board judgement event where six top student designs were chosen to be constructed for the final competition (held in June).

Thank you to MS. ARCAMAY for all her creative contributions to the marketing and visuals within the school.

Thank you to MS. KONO for working with teachers to learn how to best use assistive technology when working with students.

VTODs FOR THE WEEK

ONLINE LEARNING Theme

November 19: Monday 

webinar: A webinar is a seminar or workshop in which the facilitator and participants view the same screen at the same time. Usually, the webinar has an audio component that the facilitator controls and functionality that allows participants to chat by entering text, answering polls, raising their hands and asking questions.

November 20: Tuesday

Learning Management System (LMS) a software application for the administration

and delivery of e-learning education courses. Examples of Learning Management Systems often used at colleges are Blackboard, Desire2Learn, and Moodle.

November 21 Wednesday:

MOOC: Massive Open Online Course.  Free courses of study made available over the Internet.  Please note that in their early days   MOOCs were free in all aspects, but now students can be “pestered” to pay for certificates or required to pay a fee for full access to course materials.

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.