WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 1.14.19

CALL TO ACTION

● ONE WEEK LEFT IN THE FALL TERM

We are in the homestretch of the Fall term with one week 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.

● KEEP THE REFERRALS COMING

Once a student starts heading in the wrong direction, how hard it is to reverse that trend.  If you notice a student heading the wrong way, connect with the student, reach out to the family and fill out a referral to let the school know what is going on.

● 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!!

THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
JANUARY 14 *Regular Bell Schedule Department Meetings PM Supervisor: M Frank (Rm. 121)	15 *Regular Bell Schedule 11th Grade Assembly Period 6 PM Supervisor: S Rau (Rm. 829)	16 *Regular Bell Schedule 12th Grade Assembly Period 2 School Leadership Team Meeting 4:00 pm Room 821 Parents Association Meeting 6:00 pm Room 821 PM Supervisor: B McGuinness (Rm. 329)	17 *Regular Bell Schedule SING Performance 4:00 pm PM Supervisor: N Moore (Rm. 228)	18 *Regular Bell Schedule SING Performance 6:00 pm Staff Town Halls Period 4-7 Room 821 Marking Period 3 Ends Last Day of Classes before Regents Deadline to submit Teachers Choice paperwork in PM Supervisor: S Rau (Rm. 829)

REGENTS WEEK’S CALENDAR:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
JANUARY 21 *NO SCHOOL ML KING JR. DAY	22 *REGENTS	23 *REGENTS	24 *REGENTS	25 *REGENTS

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

● 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

● 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/

● TEACHERS CHOICE DEADLINE

JANUARY 18, 2019  Deadline to submit original receipts and Accountability Forms to Payroll Office.

● 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.

CTE WEBSITE LINK IS NOW ON THE HSFI STAFF WEBSITE PAGE

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!

BRAVO to MS. VEGA for her extraordinary efforts in leading our students with the SING performances – everything about the show was impressive and could not be done with her leadership!

Thank you to MR. LEE for all of his efforts at HSFI with students and staff; he always cares about both the academic and social emotional success of all students.

Thank you to MS. McKEON for her efforts for College Awareness Day with our Youth Leaders and Bridge Coaches – love those Smarties with those college facts!

Thank you to MS. WEISS for her extraordinary work with our College Bridge Coaches – this year’s group of coaches is our best one yet under her supervision.

Thank you to our Winter season sports coaches - MR. EGAN (Boys Basketball); MR. MENDEZ (Girls Basketball) & MS. PARISSE (Girls Indoor Track) for leading our student athletes on and off the field of play.

Thank you to MS. HUSTED, MR. MATELUS, MS. MOKIM, MS. GARCIA, MS. SCHLEIN, MS. CUFFIE & MR. LACHOK for opening their classroom to visitors as part of an intervisitation with other Manhattan high schools.

Thank you to MS. KONO, MS. FECSKO & MS. ORTIZ for collaborating with families to better understand speech services.

Thank you to MS. RIVIERE, MS. CHAVEZ & MS. ROJAS for opening up their classroom to prospective families.

Thank you to MS. SEVERINO-NORTMAN, MR. EGAN, MS. LISSAUER & MS. DUCK for serving as the social studies focus group leaders and bringing their team together to plan and update end of the term assessments.

Thank you to our senior ski trip chaperones - MR. STAMPONE, MS. SEIFERT, MS. NEWPORT, MS. RUSSELL, MS. KUCKER, MS. CARTER & MS. BOULAMAALI.  Thank you to MS. CHIN & MS. IANNIELLO for helping processing payment for the trip.  Thank you to MR. RAU for organizing the entire trip effort.

Thank you to MS. RICCI, MS. DAMIAN, MS. WEINREB & MS. VACCARO for working so hard to ensure successful NOCTI coordination during Regents week.

Thank you to MS. ARCAMAY for assisting with the grade level assembly presentation on advanced opportunities at HSFI.

Nominated by MS. LOOSER, Thank you to MS. VEGA – here are Ms. Looser’s thoughts about her colleague “Christina Vega might be one of the most creative teachers I have ever worked with.  I taught with her 5 years ago, and I still use some of the strategies she developed for engaging struggling students.  This creativity is also evident in her Sing work as well as in her classroom design, but I wanted to make she was recognized for that in her instructional design.”

Nominated by MS. LOOSER, Thank you to MR. EGAN – here are Ms. Looser’s thoughts about her colleague, “Justin Egan was so inviting when I team taught with him last year.  The first thing he asked me when we started teaching together was where I wanted to have a desk.  At this point, I did not need a desk, but the offer meant a lot and symbolized the welcome I felt with him throughout the year.”

Nominated by MS. LOOSER, Thank you to MR. TRAPANI – here are Ms. Looser’s thoughts about her colleague, “James Trapani has an internal pacing calendar and the ability to weave major historical events together in such a way that special education students are able to access complex topics and yet it gives me the space to include reading comprehension skills and other SEL supports.  (And we still stay on pace to finish the curriculum! ) It's taken me working with him over the semester to fully appreciate and see the value of this skill set.”

VTODs FOR THE WEEK

Words from the New York Times Vocabulary List

Monday, January 14

Hone (v) 1.  Sharpen. "He was carefully honing the curved blade." 2. Refine or perfect over time. The artist James Rosenquist honed his skills working as a billboard painter around Times Square and took images from advertising and mass media to create art works of surprising narrative depth. (74 articles)

Tuesday, January 15 

Fiasco (n) A complete failure or disaster usually caused by human failing.  My previous employer banned costumes after a Halloween fiasco. “TSB is still recovering from an IT fiasco in April, when customers were left without access to online banking services for several weeks.” (115 articles)

Wednesday, January 16

Outlier (n) A person, thing, or value, differing from all other members of a particular group or set.  Corporate outliers would be people who just do not fit into the culture of the company. ’Nearly all of the state’s ZIP codes performed very close to average, but there were a few outliers.   (in 213 articles)

Thursday, January 17

Disposition (noun): The manner in which a case or matter is determined or settled: The task of overseeing the disposition of Paul Allen’s large estate falls to his sister, Jody.  2. Temperamental makeup: Mood rings rely more on temperature to alter their colors than the disposition of the wearer. (125 NY Times articles)

Friday, January 18

Exorbitant (adj.) Greatly exceeding the bounds of reason or moderation: Prosecutors say the building’s landlord charged the clinic exorbitant rent.   (105 New York Times articles.)  

Social emotional language: opposite

  

ADDITIONS TO THE BLOG

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