SCHOOL
HIGHLIGHTS
● 7th ANNUAL HSFI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP DISTRIBUTION
Our 7th Annual Alumni College
Scholarship judging procedure took place this past week led by our Alumni
Association Director, Ms. David. The
following students are the recipients of the 2019 Alumni College
Scholarships. They will receive the certificates and scholarship check during
our HSFI. Senior Award Night ceremony scheduled for Tuesday June 11.
□ Graphics and Illustration -
Lyndsay Torres ($500)
□ Fashion
Design - Anthony
Castelan ($500)
□ DREAMER - Silvia De Benedictis ($500)
□ Business Marketing -
Ashley Diaz ($500)
□ The
following candidates will also receive a ($125) Alumni Scholarship
Vanessa Karen Gelito; Rhesa Paul; Ashley
Montayes; Yaqueline Garcia Hernandez
● WISE FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM – HSFI IN THE TOP 100 NATIONALLY
Led by Ms. Duck and her Economics
students – HSFI made the list of the 100 Best WISE Schools. Ms. Duck has
been using the WISE program/financial literacy certification test for the past
three years.
CALL
TO ACTION
● MAKE SURE STUDENTS KNOW WHERE THEY STAND IN YOUR CLASSES
Make sure your students know that that
student grades are cumulative, meaning that all grades count during a given
term. Grades do not start over with the
third marking period and there are not separate grades for each marking period. Students must know that third marking period
grades and the grades that go on a student’s final transcript. Communicate with students about where they
stand in your classes and what they need to do to pass if they are in danger of
failing. If a student fails your class,
it should not be a surprise to them or their family members.
● KEEP GIVING OUT THOSE FASHION DOLLARS
The FLY brand has never been
stronger so keep those Fashion Dollars flowing!
The increased number of staff giving out Fashion Dollars is noted and
much appreciated. Please keep it up –
Positive Reinforcement works!
● DO YOUR PART IN KEEPING THE HALLWAYS CLEAR
HSFI Assistant Principals and Peace
Teachers (formerly known as Deans) are conducting Hallway Sweeps that will
cover every square foot of this building to maintain school climate. The
sweeps will take place Periods 2 through 9. These sweeps are in addition
to the patrols that our security agents execute daily. Here is what you
can do to do your part in maintaining school climate:
□ Please go out into the hallway to welcome students into your
classroom in between classes
□ Once the music ends, close your door – do not lock the door -
and begin class promptly. For classes early in the day, please have tasks
/ assignments in place immediately when the music ends to promote students
being on time as part of the Readiness portion of their grades
□ Have a protocol for monitoring student
lateness (ex- Late Book)
□ A Pass is 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)
YOU CANNOT ALLOW A
STUDENT TO STAY IN YOUR CLASSROOM / OFFICE WHEN YOU ARE NOT THERE – ASK THEM TO
LEAVE & COME BACK
Please make sure these actions are
followed to do your part in maintaining school climate while our Assistant
Principals and Peace Teachers sweep the halls and do their part.
THIS
WEEK’S CALENDAR:
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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MAY 27
NO SCHOOL
MEMORIAL DAY
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28
*Regular Bell Schedule
12th Grade Assembly
Period 3
PM Supervisor:
S Rau (Rm. 829)
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29
*Regular Bell Schedule
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING
Room 821
4:00 pm
PARENTS ASSOCIATION MEETING
Room 821
6:00 pm
PM Supervisor:
J Tallone (Rm. 201)
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30
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
S Kohm (Rm. 531)
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31
*Regular Bell Schedule
SENIOR TRIP
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (703)
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NEXT
WEEK’S CALENDAR:
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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JUNE 3
Administration of New Global
History Regents Exam
Only students in attendance are
students taking this exam
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4
NO SCHOOL
EID AL FITR
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5
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
D Silva (Rm. 125)
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6
Staff Development Day
No Students in Attendance
All Staff on a
8:40 am – 3:30 pm Schedule
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7
*Regular Bell Schedule
STUDENT TOWN HALLS
Periods 4-7
Room 821
SENIOR TRIP
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali (Rm. 703)
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NOTABLE
SPRING TERM DATES
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Friday, May 31
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Senior Trip – Dorney Park
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Monday, June 3
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Administration of New Global History Regents Exam
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Thursday, June 6
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Staff Professional Development Day
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Saturday, June 8
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PROM
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Tuesday, June 11
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Senior Awards Ceremony
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Monday, June 17
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Last Day of Classes – Marking Period 3 Ends
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Tuesday, June 18 – Tuesday, June 25
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Regents Exams
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Monday, June 24
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HSFI Graduation – 3:00 pm at the United Palace
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Wednesday, June 26
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Last Day of School for Students and Teachers
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CAREER
& TECHNICAL SPRING SHOWCASE EVENTS CALENDAR
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Monday, June 10
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Kleinfeld Bridal Culminating Event
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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
● NOMINATING A SENIOR FOR AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO A CLUB, TEAM
OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY
If you are a club, team or extracurricular
activity leader and you want nominate a senior for an outstanding contribution
please complete the google form for Senior Awards night. Remember, it is
great if you can attend to give out the awards.
□ 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
● HSFI STUDENT DASHBOARD UPDATES FROM MR. STAMPONE
Some
more updates have been rolled out the HSFI Student Dashboard
including a tweaked design change and some additional features
Remember
that the dashboard is only accessible on the school network. It is hosted
internally for data security reasons.
□ Find
your particular students by visiting http://hsfiintranet/studentdash/teachers/
and finding your name. Note: Co-teacher pairs appear separately.
□ When
you click into your page (for example, http://hsfiintranet/studentdash/teachers/stamponed.html),
you'll find a table at the top that subdivides the list by course/section
□ Catch
a preview of a tool being developed for students to check in with their
progress to graduation. Here's an example for a current junior: http://hsfiintranet/studentdash/grad_tracker/221228661.html
□ Student
daily attendance by period: On an individual student's page you can get a
summary of their attendance numbers by course/section. There's a beta version
column trying to measure how often that student is in school but did not attend
your period. Note: It is not yet accurate for classes that meet every other day
or for classes with a start date later than the first day of school.
● SPRING MARKING PERIODS
□ 3rd
Marking Period ends Monday, June 17
● SPECIAL EDUCATION REMINDER – CHAPTER 408 BINDER SIGNING
If you have not
already done so, please come to room 329 and sign the Chapter 408 binder.
● ANNUALIZATION GRADING POLICY CHANGES BY THE NYC DOE
The NYC Department of Education policy
towards annualization has changed from last year.
□ Last
year, if a student failed semester 1 of an annualized class, but passed
semester 2, the student was given a grade of P for the 1st semester class on
their transcript.
□ This
year, that policy is no longer in place. This came from NYCDOE academic
policy last spring. So we're annualized in terms of curriculum and
students, but not on an annualized grading model.
This means that students will have to make up the failed class
through SOARR Academy or through Summer School.
● 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 REMINDERS FROM THE ATTENDANCE
OFFICE
□ Attendance Sheets - There are too many sheets
missing. Please turn in your attendance sheets ASAP. If you need
something reprinted stop by the office or send an email.
□ Confirmation sheets - Please return any and all
Confirmation Sheets. These sheets help bring the attendance percentage
up.
□ Reports - The attendance office can run reports to see
who has not handed in their sheets. You do not want your name on
this list. So please return any and all Attendance and Confirmation
Sheets.
□ Teachers may keep their sheets for the week of May 27 and June
3.
● TRANSIT DELAYS / MEDICAL ABSENCES
Please turn in your notes. Without
official back up, your absence or delay cannot be recorded as such.
● 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
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
NY Times Vocabulary List
Tuesday, May 28
Stymie: (v) block; hinder;
prevent the accomplishment of. She found constantly texting with friends
stymied her efforts to complete her homework.
At work, he agitated for wage increases for public-sector workers, but
his efforts were stymied. (298 articles)
Wednesday, May 29
Dissident: (n) protester; a
person dissenting from an established policy. Last year, another dissident, Wu
Gan, was sentenced to eight years in prison. (adj.) The new reform-minded
Ethiopian prime minister asked a dissident leader to return from exile to run
the electoral commission. (208 articles.)
Thursday, May 30
Degradation:
(n) changing to a lower state. It aimed
to improve the lives of the world’s poor, lessen carbon dependency and reverse
environmental degradation. “This is a
major degradation of investor protections,”
said an industry expert in Washington.
(133 articles)
Friday, May 31
Pique: 1. (v) To arouse one’s interest. Historical narratives are best when they
pique curiosity as well as satisfy it. 2. (n) a sudden outburst of anger. My son stormed from the room in a fit of
pique, shouting that he had been misunderstood. (182 articles)
CLASS TRIP REMINDERS
As we start the school year, I
wanted to share with staff the field trip guidelines that we put into place
last year. All of us should plan to adhere to these guidelines – for
staff planning the trips and staff receiving the trip requests. The only
exception that we ask of everyone is to be flexible with last minute trips that
are brought to us by our Advisory Board and industry partners – too often they
share with us the details in a last minute fashion. Thank you in advance
for the cooperation!
⏮ Trips must be approved 3 weeks in advance - No trips in January
& June
⏮ A Master Calendar of trips will be posted in the Weekly Bulletin
with a description of the trip and grade level
⏮ Teachers cannot veto student participation on trips, but
students must understand they are responsible for all makeup work / Do not
penalize students for missing class due to a school trip
CLASS
TRIPS THIS WEEK:
⏮ 5/29/2019
– 12:30PM – 4:00PM – Dismissed from site. Ms. Cisse is taking 21
students to Ain’t Too Proud Theatre Production for costume analysis and
inspiration.
⏮ 5/29/2019
– 9:00AM – 4:00PM. Ms. David is taking 22 students to Materials for the Arts
to dress M.F.T.A Mannequins.
⏮ 5/29/2019
–10:00AM – 1:30PM. Ms. Seifert & Ms. Carter are taking 20 students to
Goodwill for thrifting and fabric swatching for upcycle project.
⏮ 5/29/2019
– 10:30AM – 2:00PM. Ms. Balmir is taking 27 students to the Mac Pro store.
⏮ 5/30/2019
– 9:44AM – dismissed from site. Ms. Dahill is taking 20 students to JP
Morgan Library for historical, cultural art education, & research.
⏮ 5/31/2019
- 7:00AM – 7:00PM – Mr. Rau is taking 150 students to
Dorney Park for Senior Class Trip
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. ADAMCZYK for her efforts in leading
the National Honor Society – the induction ceremony for our 11th
graders was well done as these hard working students received well deserved
recognition.
Thank
you to MS. POWELL for her support and work with senior Graphic & Illustration
students who wrote art history papers and submitted them to the The DOE Art
History Research Paper Program and Studio Institute hosted a ceremony at MoMa
to announce the three winners. Ms. Powell's student, Rhesa Paul won one of
three scholarships for her art history research paper titled "Jacob
Lawrence: The Black People’s Artist."
Thank
you to MS. DUCK for implementing the WISE Financial Literary program in her
Economics classes. In this program, students have the opportunity to earn a
financial literacy certificate and aim for college and career readiness
benchmarks. As noted earlier, Ms. Duck
led her economics classes to a Top 100 finish in the country.
Thank
you to MS. BATTS, MS. CARTER, MS. SAN JORGE, MS. STAMBOULY, MS.
NEWPORT, MS. SEIFERT, MS. PARISSE & MR. LACHOK for chaperoning the senior trip.
Thank
you to MS. BOHNER, MS. DRABMAN, MS. MOKIM & MR. KEARNS for
working after school to grade the
NYSESLAT.
Thank
you to MR. KEARNS & MR. WIEDA for completing a successful semester of ELA
SOARR.
Thank
you to MS. NOBLE & MS. DAMIAN for using SESIS to ensure our students with
disabilities have the correct testing accommodations for the CTE NOCTI exams.
Thank
you to MR. KALISCH for planning a Broadway trip and luncheon for our students with
disabilities.
Thank
you to MS. BOHNER, MS. DAHILL, MS. ROJAS, MS. ZUBROVICH, MS.
McKEON, MS. DAVID & MR. VILLALONA for being part of the
panel that judged our 2019 7th Annual Alumni College Scholarships. Thank you to MS. DAVID for
leading the efforts behind the HSFI Alumni Association.
Thank
you to MR. ABALLAH, MS. BALMIR, MS. BOHNER, MR. CARRANZA, MS.
CHAVEZ, MS. CISSE, MS. CUFFIE, MS. DAVID, MS. DUCK, MS. FRAGA-ZWIBEL, MS.
GARCIA, MS. HENEY, MS. HERRICK, MS. HOLMES, MR. HURLEY, MS. INCE, MS. JOHAR,
MR. KALISCH, MS. KASS, MR. KEARNS, MS. KUCKER, MR. LACHOK, MS. LA TANZA, MS.
LISSAUER, MS. NEWPORT, MS. NEZAJ, MR. NG, MS. NOBLE, MS. PARISSE, MS. PAZ, MS.
POWELL, MS. F. ROBINSON, MS. ROJAS, MS. SANTOS, MS. SERRANO, MR. RUSSELL, MS.
VARRICHIO, MS. WEINREB, & MS. ZUBROVICH for rewarding
students with Fashion Dollars by using the online FashionSoarrs.com website.
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