WEEKLY BULLETIN for Week Beginning 1.22.19

CALL TO ACTION

● BE AN ACTIVE PROCTOR

As you well know, Regents/RCT exams begin on Monday.  These are high stakes exams for our students so we need to be at the top of our game with our proctoring – in the classrooms, on reserve and the hallways

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

DATA TEAM REPORT

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

INFRACTION CATEGORY	INCIDENTS DEC 17 – JAN 18	INCIDENTS NOV. 16 – DEC 14	Difference between periods
	18 SCHOOL DAYS	19 SCHOOL DAYS	1 SCHOOL DAYS
MINOR ISSUES
DEFIANCE / DISRUPTION	13	15	-2
SELLING FOOD	0	1	-1
ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIOLATION	4	5	-4
PROVIDING FALSE MISLEADING INFORMATION TO SCHOOL STAFF	3	1	+2
LEAVING CLASS / SCHOOL WITHOUT PERMISSION	25	31	-6
DRESS CODE	0	0	N/C
MAJOR ISSUES
HARASSMENT / BULLYING (PHYSICAL / VERBAL / CYBER)	1	6	-5
WEAPONS	0	1	-1
VANDALISM	1	0	+1
THEFT	1	0	+1
CHEATING / SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY	2	0	+2
PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR / FIGHTING	11	9	+2
SEXUAL AGGRESSION	1	1	N/C
SUBSTANCE ABUSE	0	0	0
INCIDENT OF GROUP VIOLENCE	0	1	-1
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

● 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/

● 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:

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!

Once again, BRAVO to MS. VEGA for her extraordinary efforts in leading our students with the SING performances – everything about the two shows were impressive and could not be done with her leadership!

Thank you to MS. PAZ & MS. CISSE for their dedication to help the SING performances so wonderful – it takes a village for anything to be successful and SING is no different. Thank you to MS. WEISS f

Thank you to MS. ADAMCZYK, MS. DRBMAN, MS. HENEY, MR. KEARNS, MR. WIEDA & MS. McGUINNESS for working tirelessly to prepare our Juniors for Tuesday's English Regents!

Thank you to MS. MEDINA, MR. TRAPANI & MR. LACHOK for dedicating their time to plan and support our Equity Plan of Reinventing HSFI Boys Group.

Thank you to MR. EGAN & MR. MONTENEGRO for their invaluable assistance during an altercation between students last week.

Thank you to MS. KASS for constantly connecting with the guidance staff to support students in crisis.

Thank you to MS. HUSTED, MS. SCHLEIN, MS. CHAN, MS. DYE, MS. LaTANZA & MR. LIU for running tutoring sessions, and helping students prepare for their final exams.

Thank you to MS. DUCK, MR. ROBINSON, MS. LISSAUER & MS. ANZALONE for representing our school during the Special Education Instruction Rounds.

Thank you to MR. HARDING, MS. SAMSON & MS. ORTIZ for meeting with families to review school services.

Thank you to MR. LAZARUS & MR. TRAPANI for taking their lunch period to ensure that an absent colleague's room is Regent's ready.

Thank you to MS. ARCAMAY for guiding and supporting students to submit designs for the 2019-20 NYC HS Directory. One of our very own HSFI students is a finalist.

Thank you to MS. COLLINS for working so hard to ensure the multiple Graphics & Illustration partnerships are set up for Spring semester, supporting students as they prepare their post-secondary portfolios, organizing and ordering the instructional supplies and working with teachers to ensure instruction is well set and supported for next semester.

Thank you to MS. RICCI, MS. DAMIAN, MS. WEINREB & MS. VACCARO for preparing the NOCTI testing for the upcoming week for Fashion Design and Visual Merchandising students.

Thank you to MS. RICCI & MS. CHIN for their work to organize and order Fashion Design supplies.

Thank you to MR. JOCELYN for always supporting Fashion Design teachers with supply and repair needs.

  

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.