CALL
TO ACTION
● TWO 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.
● 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!!
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 are on Thursday,
January 17 at 4:00 pm and Friday, January 18th at 6:00 pm.
IMPORTANT
FIRST MONDAY REMINDERS
This Monday, January 7 is First Monday.
All teachers must report to their
classroom by 8:30 am. Please invite your students to take advantage
of your office hours from 8:30 - 9:25 am.
The activities begin at 9:30 am. All the
details for the day are linked below. Please review this information carefully.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CNXjTJHAXrzY72_QpkjWw0heBKuAJDQlEUe_dkLkDCs/edit?usp=sharing
If you are running a 1st Monday Activity, please send a reminder to your assigned students through Jupiter, including the room number. Some students may have been added since last time. These additions are reflected in Jupiter and on the attendance sheets.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CNXjTJHAXrzY72_QpkjWw0heBKuAJDQlEUe_dkLkDCs/edit?usp=sharing
If you are running a 1st Monday Activity, please send a reminder to your assigned students through Jupiter, including the room number. Some students may have been added since last time. These additions are reflected in Jupiter and on the attendance sheets.
Finally, a reminder that PLCs meet from
2:15 - 3:15 pm.
Thank you for making this an exciting day
for students!
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR:
MONDAY
|
TUESDAY
|
WEDNESDAY
|
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)
|
9
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
D Silva (Rm. 125)
|
10
*Regular Bell Schedule
10th Grade
Assembly
Period 9
PM Supervisor:
N Moore (Rm. 228)
|
11
*Regular Bell Schedule
Student Town Halls
Period 4-7
Room 821
Senior Ski Trip
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)
|
NEXT 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:
N Moore (Rm. 228)
|
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:
S Kohm (Rm. 531)
|
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
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:
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:
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/
● TEACHERS CHOICE DEADLINES
JANUARY 13, 2019 Deadline to make
purchases
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.
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. CHAVEZ for coordinating our
recruitment and admissions efforts to get the best possible students into the
school and Thank you to MS. CHAVEZ, MS. RICCI, MR. RUSSELL,
MS. ROJAS, MS. BATTS, MS. KLEPACKI, MR. HURLEY, MR. LACHOK, MS. KASS, MS.
STAMBOULY, MS. VACCARO, MS. BOULAMAALI, MS. McGUINNESS, MS. MOORE, MS. FRANK,
MR. RASCHILLA & MS. SILVA for working Admissions testing
this past Friday.
Thank
you to MS. CISSE, MS. SAN JORGE & MR. STAMPONE for
leading one of our Equity focus
teams.
Thank
you to MS. ARCAMAY who has worked to maintain the school website and social
media throughout the entire vacation. She even made the incredible new video
promo for the fashion show (now available on the website).
Thank
you to MS. ABRAMYAN, MS. ADAMCZYK, MS. BAILEY, MS. HOLMES &
MR. KEARNS for nurturing
students' exposure to and love of live theatre by facilitating a range of the
programs. About 200 of our students had the chance to see world-class
performances and work with teaching artists this fall.
Thank
you to MR. CORBY for his efforts doing hall
patrols to keep the school environment safe and sound.
Thank
you to MS. MAPP for her hard work in the cafeteria especially during the past
week.
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
Words
from the New York Times Vocabulary List
Monday,
January 7
Veracity (n) Truthfulness; Conformity with
truth or facts. As questions about the book’s veracity increased, Frey and his
publisher insisted the story was essentially true. Manley declined to confirm
the veracity of the report on Wednesday evening. (appeared in 83 articles
within a year)
Tuesday,
January 8
Entity (n) Being, creature, individual,
organism: something that exists by itself. The committee provided few details
about the incident but said the intrusion was conducted by an "unknown
entity." One division of the company was broken off as a separate entity.
(463 articles)
Wednesday,
January 9
Erratic (adj.) Unpredictable, unstable;
irregular. The film’s director was fired for erratic behavior, including not
showing up on the set. Rising global
temperatures mean more erratic weather patterns. 2. (n.) geology: A glacial erratic is a
usually large rock transported to an area by a glacier. (in 279 articles)
Thursday,
January 10
Complicity (n) Association or participation
in a wrongful act; guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense. He was accused
of complicity in a prison escape attempt that killed four people. Still living
in hiding and travelling in disguise, the lawyer tells the story of her
complicity in her elder brother’s criminal life. (164 articles.)
Friday,
January 11
Vernacular
(n) The normal
spoken form of a language; a nonstandard language or dialect. Hurston, a novelist best known for Their Eyes Were Watching God, was
also an oral historian with a gift for capturing the vernacular. (adj.) 2.
Describing the common style of a particular time, place, or group. The dazzling
hues of the island’s vernacular architecture have become world famous.
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