CALL
TO ACTION
● HAVE AN AWESOME 2019!!!
Health & Happiness to the
entire HSFI Community!!!
● TWO & A HALF WEEKS LEFT IN THE FALL TERM
We are in the homestretch of the Fall term with two
and a half weeks of classes until Regents.
Make sure students understand that the grades they receive at the end of
January are the grades that colleges and universities will see. Encourage students to take advantage of staff
tutoring and tutoring from our National Honor Society students.
● HELP US COLLECT FASHION DOLLAR TOKENS
Please
encourage students to deposit their Fashion Dollar tokens. We need Fashion Dollar
tokens as we are running out of them. We have decided to allow Fashion
Dollar balances to carry over until next school year IF students deposit their
tokens. Students do not need to worry about their balances going to ZERO.
We want them back, so we can give them back to students so they spend them on
rewards and privileges!!
INFORMATION
TO GET INVOLVED IN DISRUPTING INEQUITY WORK
Thank you for your ongoing participation and
engagement in our Disrupting
Inequity Professional Development Series. As you know, we were engaged
in a 3-day instructional rounds process where we centered student voice and
refined our vision for equity. The rounds combined with the Panorama survey
results that were shared with you led to the development of 5 Action Plans that align to
the school-wide goals of ensuring that our students feel cared for and
challenged.
We are seeking staff members to get further
involved in this Race & Equity work as part of our partnership with Harvard
University. Many of you shared a fear that this work would not be sustainable.
Here is your opportunity to get involved and make the work sustainable!
Below is a brief description of the 5 Action Plans that we want
to pursue to improve students' feeling of belongingness and celebrate our
school's diversity.
Plan 1: Implement Culturally Relevant Traditions in Classrooms (raise cultural awareness and student ownership of the classroom).
Plan 1: Implement Culturally Relevant Traditions in Classrooms (raise cultural awareness and student ownership of the classroom).
Plan 2: Re-imagining Boy’s Group (support our young men socially and academically).
Plan 3: School wide Implementation of Norms in Classrooms and Shared Spaces (systemic norms support students belongingness in all classrooms and spaces and increase student leadership and participation).
Plan 4: Create a System for Sharing Promising Practices Around Equity (to build coherence across the school and share success stories).
Plan 5: Student Empowerment & Leadership Opportunities (In order to empower students and foster leadership opportunities in the classroom, learning environment and the development of school culture we need to build a stronger sense of community in and outside of the classroom)
For more details of the plans – click on the
following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12nzL7VnQTNKe6vnm1SiqoFHg6rBoKuOvMTKtcdRN38o/edit?usp=sharing
To sign-up to participate in one of these
Action Plan teams, use the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/cIsg9BCugRsdBMIP2
For more information, email Assistant Principal A. Rodrigues at rides@hsfi.us
SING
– WIZARD OF OZ
Please make plans to support Ms.
Vega and our students for this year’s SING production. This year’s production is inspired by The Wizard
of Oz. The shows is on Friday, January 18.
THIS SCHOOL WEEK’S CALENDAR:
MONDAY
|
TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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DECEMBER 31
NO SCHOOL
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JANUARY 1
NO SCHOOL
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2
*Regular Bell Schedule
SCHOOL REOPENS
PM Supervisor:
B McGuinness (Rm. 329)
|
3
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
S
Kohm (Rm. 531)
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4
*Regular Bell Schedule
Teacher Intervisitation
Feedback Form Due
PM Supervisor:
M Frank (Rm. 121)
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NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR:
MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
|
FRIDAY
|
JANUARY 7
*First Monday Schedule
Professional Learning Communities Meet
PM Supervisor:
G Raschilla (Rm. 143)
|
8
*Regular Bell Schedule
9th Grade
Assembly
Period 5
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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9
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
D Silva (Rm. 125)
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10
*Regular Bell Schedule
10th Grade
Assembly
Period 9
PM Supervisor:
N Moore (Rm. 228)
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11
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)
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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:
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
● FILL OUT INTERVISITATION FORM BY THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 4
A
reminder that teachers should complete your Intervisitation and submit the form
no later than Friday, January 4
● FEEDBACK NEEDED ON IMPROVING THE TEACHER FORM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
STUDENTS
We in
the Office of SWD wanted to provide some additional insight to our Teacher
Form. This form helps us to address students’ academic needs, assess their
progress in/with the general education curriculum and justify services through
the IEP. Your voice and input is incredibly valuable in creating this legal document,
which is unique to each child. Attending meetings is also important, as it is a
requirement to have a general education teacher at an IEP present. Please
understand we try to work around teacher schedules, when scheduling however,
there are times when this does not align to a parent/family members schedule.
In the new year we hope to make some small revisions to our Teacher Form and would appreciate your feedback regarding the current one. If there is any information, you would like to share, please email or stop by and see Ms. McGuinness in room 329.
In the new year we hope to make some small revisions to our Teacher Form and would appreciate your feedback regarding the current one. If there is any information, you would like to share, please email or stop by and see Ms. McGuinness in room 329.
● 2nd ROUND OF EVALUATIVE OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEGUN
The second round of Evaluative Observations will take place the
weeks of January 3 and January 7.
● SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES
Our SEL coordinators wanted to
share with you an amazing new SEL resource:
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
● 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 1st 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 7th
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 ATTENDANCE REMINDERS FROM MS.
KLEPACKI
□ Please keep your Attendance Sheets for the week.
□ Please hand in any and all Attendance Sheets and Confirmation
Sheets by this Friday January 4th.
□ Confirmation sheets will be printed for November. Please
check your attendance records before filling them in
● UNCLAIMED PRINTED PAY STUBS
Go to Payroll Portal and uncheck the
"print" request box if you do not want your printed stub. Every
pay period a large number of stubs which are delivered to the Payroll Office
are not picked up.
● TRANSIT DELAYS / MEDICAL ABSENCES
Please turn in your notes. Without
official back-up, your absence or delay cannot be recorded as such.
● CHROMEBOOK INVENTORY
We ask all classroom teachers to do
an inventory of the Chromebooks in their classrooms every month – here is the
link for the inventory - https://goo.gl/forms/BxmBqwnaN6DKxOBr1
● TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS
Technology Request: https://goo.gl/forms/NNtcC01LZSyB8VJ03
The response spreadsheet with
write-ups of the status of the technology tickets has been updated – I think
you will find it more helpful.
● 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:
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. NEWPORT for all her efforts in making the
Holiday Windows Unveiling so successful – the windows are awesome and reflect
the amazing creativity of our students!
Thank
you to MS. CARTER & MS. VACCARO for their
efforts in organizing the logistics of the Holiday Window event to make sure
all went smoothly for our Visual Merchandising students.
Thank
you to MS. VACCARO for her efforts with her
Virtual Enterprises students as they finished in second place in their Business
Plan competition.
Thank
you to MS. PARISSE, MR. NG, MR. KEARNS, MS. DAVID & MS.
BAILEY for supporting
the highly successful Winter Fair. Thank
you to MS. SAN JORGE & MR. RAU for organizing
the Winter Fair with our student government.
Thank
you to our SEL Coordinators - MS. PADRON, MS. PARISSE, MS. MOLLOY
& MS. STAMBOULY for organizing our holiday sing along event
and student signing of a thankfulness board that will be posted in the school
lobby.
Thank
you to all our holiday caroling participants including MR. JONES, MS.
TROTTA, MS. WEISS, MS. McKEON, MS. PARISSE, MS. KLEPACKI, MR. EGAN, MR. LIU,
MS. CHIN, MR. DUKE, MS. RUSSELL, MR. SIA, MR. STAMPONE, MR. DAWSON, MS. MOKIM,
MS. MOORE & MR. RODRIGUES for. I apologize for missing anyone from the shout
outs!
Thank
you to MS. McGOLDRICK for providing teachers with excellent, helpful Writing Revolution
sessions.
Thank
you to MS. SAN JORGE for preparing presentations
for our student assemblies that focused on students being aware of their
academic progress.
Thank
you to MR. LACHOK for covering for a colleague by
coaching a boys basketball game; connected to that shout out - nominated by MR. LACHOK, thank you to MR. STAMPONE for
helping him out with that coaching by taking it upon himself to look up where
the game was and then showing up to the game. Mr. Stampone sat with Mr. Lachok the entire
game helping him coach. Mr. Stampone
always shows how he genuinely cares about his colleagues as well as creating a
supportive and caring school environment.
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
BUILDING
EQUITY Theme
Wednesday,
January 2
inclusive
(adj.) 1 open to
everyone. Fortunately, the majority of
young people today seem more inclusive than any other generation in history. 2.
including the specific limits mentioned and everything in between. These rates are
available Monday to Thursday inclusive.
Thursday,
January 3
oppression (n) the state of being kept down
by unjust use of force or authority: A major outcome of those years of
oppression directed at black people is exemplified in the racial wealth gap.
The council offered an approach that does nothing to help the victims of
oppression in that country.
Friday,
January 4
indigenous (adj.) describes people, plants,
or animals that are native or original to an area. Paulette Jordan, an
indigenous woman, vied to be America’s first Native American governor. The koala is indigenous to Australia.
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.