CALL
TO ACTION
Every week, I will share with you a
‘Call To Action’ around our school goals that will help drive our work for that
week.
HSFI ‘CARED FOR’
GOAL – RELATIONSHIPS & REALNESS
● PROMOTE THIS THURSDAY’S CLUB FAIR
This Thursday is our annual Club
Fair – please encourage our students – especially our 9th graders –
to attend the Club Fair and see what clubs and activities that HSFI has to
offer. For many of our students,
participation in these activities make school all worth it and develop strong friendships
with their classmates. The Club Fair
will be in the school lobby during all the lunch periods.
● HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
September 15 through October 15 is
Hispanic Heritage Month. Approximately
56% of our students identify as Hispanic.
Please celebrate in your classrooms and offices as we try to value
everyone’s culture at HSFI and make we do here relevant to our students’ lives.
Here are some Lessons, Activities
& Videos from the National Education Association
HSFI ‘CHALLENGED’
GOAL – RIGOR & RELEVANCE
● CONTINUE TO INVEST TIME IN GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS &
BUILDING COMMUNITY IN YOUR CLASSROOM
You are not going to be able to
challenge your students’ academically unless they know you cared about and have
their best interests at heart. Use the
beginning of the school year to get to know your students and build community
in your classroom – this investment of time and energy will go a long way when
you want to ramp up the rigor with your students. They will follow you anywhere academically
when they know there is that level of care.
NEED
A FLU SHOT? WALGREENS WILL BE HERE ON OCTOBER 18
One of our senior student’s father
is a manager at Walgreen’s – he will bring his staff to HSFI to give Flu Shots to
staff. All you will need is your
insurance card. They will be here on October
18 starting at 2pm.
CHANGE TO THE SCHOOL CALENDAR
Monday, December 23 is now part of the Winter Break – you can
update your vacation plans
IMPORTANT
FASHIONSOARRS.COM UPDATES – THANK YOU MR. EGAN
Mr. Egan has created a staff instructions guide
– here is the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pmez0aYrAfIxeFEQFawx8rtpV0jh8jFEGwwhgF2j8QI/edit?usp=sharing
Mr. Egan has created two videos
to support staff use of FashionSoarr – they are on Technology page of the staff portal as well: https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/technology
Mr. Egan is currently
working on figuring out a way so that ICT pairs get to the same lists instead
of having to manually add students –
he hopes to get it done by next week.
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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SEPTEMBER 30
NO SCHOOL
ROSH HASHANAH
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OCTOBER 1
NO SCHOOL
ROSH HASHANAH
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2
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
J Tallone
Rm. 201-Ext. 2012
PM Counselor:
J Weiss
Rm. 101–Ext. 1019
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3
*Regular Bell Schedule
CLUB FAIR
Periods 4-7 in School
Lobby
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali
Rm. 703-Ext. 7031
PM Counselor:
W Sia
Rm. 101–Ext. 1018
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4
*Regular Bell Schedule
Student Town Halls
Periods 4-7
PM Supervisor:
D Silva
Rm. 125-Ext. 1255
PM Counselor:
A Jones
Rm. 101–Ext. 1017
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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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OCTOBER 7
*First Monday Bell Schedule
Professional Learning Communities
Meet
PM Supervisor:
S Rau
Rm. 829-Ext. 8291
PM Counselor:
W Sia
Rm. 101–Ext. 1018
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8
*Regular Bell Schedule
9th Grade Assembly
Period 5
PM Supervisor:
M Frank
Rm. 121-Ext. 1216
PM Counselor:
A San Jorge
Rm. 329–Ext. 3291
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9
NO SCHOOL
YOM KIPPUR
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10
*Regular Bell Schedule
10th Grade Assembly
Period 9
PM Supervisor:
G Raschilla
Rm. 143-Ext. 1431
PM Counselor:
J Duke
Rm. 101–Ext. 1014
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11
*Regular Bell Schedule
Marking Period 1 Ends
PM Supervisor:
B McGuinness
Rm. 329-Ext. 3289
PM Counselor:
A Jones
Rm. 101–Ext. 1017
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES
● CLUB FAIR
Thursday,
October 3rd we will have our club fair. It will take place in the
lobby during lunch periods.
● 1ST STUDENT DANCE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
Saturday,
October 26th there will be a school dance -- Chaperones needed –
contact Mr. Rau if you can chaperone – Srau@schools.nyc.gov / SRau@hsfi.us
● SIGNING UP TO SUPERVISE
A CLUB / ACTIVITY
The
wide variety of clubs and activities are a great strength of HSFI and for many
students are the highlight of their day.
Many students are interested in
creating clubs that represent the various cultures and sub cultures of the
student body. For example, there is a Feminist Club to support women's
rights/culture and that do extra activities in March during women's history
month. Student Government (SGO) is looking for staff to start other clubs
based on cultures or nationalities to create equity in representation in
throughout school. If you are
interested in supporting this endeavor either come to SGO's next meeting
Tuesday after ninth period or complete the club application
list. You are not limited to creating a culturally based club -- if
you want to a club like cooking we welcome that too.
If you are interested in running a
club, please complete the below Google form at your earliest convenience:
We need this information to plan
for the club fair as well as get a list to all students of available clubs.
As always, club advisors will be
compensated per session for their time and effort! Thank you for doing this!
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS
● OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR 2019-20 & BEYOND
□ Every student feels
cared for
□ Every student feels
challenged
● PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES BEGIN NEXT WEEK
PLCs
begin on Monday 10/7 from 2:30 - 3:15 pm for ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies
and Spanish teachers.
You
can view your assignment here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14H-cGw0NdqFUq3P4S-CtnJaAm7Qgb664qfxbNWfG-hQ/edit?usp=sharing
● IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
We in
room 329 would like to provide you with some new and exciting updates regarding
accessing information for SWD. Within the HSFI Dashboard SWD have a blue
circular icon next to their name. When you select this icon, it will direct you
to SESIS where you can access your students IEP and important information about
the way they learn. We are working with Mr. Stampone to add addition features,
so be on the lookout for some exciting additions within the next few weeks!
In addition, while reviewing the IEP you may notice your Teacher Form responses or information you shared during the meeting- this is a great example of how your insight helps us to create an authentic, student specific IEP. In addition to asking a special educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by reviewing your class roster. Students who are placed in ICT classes have the letter at the end of their official (ex-45P) and our Self-contained students will continue to have the letter at the beginning of their official class. Students within our D75 Inclusion Program will have an L as the first letter of their official class and at this time will not appear when you log-in to SESIS. We are working to gain access for those who need it. In the interim you are invited to stop by 329 to speak with Ms. Smith-Brown and review a hard copy of their IEP(s).
This year we will continue to distribute an electronic standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are required to complete on this form is subject specific and your insight will better help us in determine the needs of our students with IEPs. The Teacher Form in conjunction with your participation at the IEP meeting (if you are invited) are two critical elements we need in order to best serve our students. We try to plan our IEP and Triennial meetings with teacher schedules in mind, however there are times when families are only available at specific times and a coverage will be requested for your class.
If you have not already done so, please come to room 329 and sign the Chapter 408 binder
As always, feel free to reach out to Ms. McGuinness (ex. 3289)with any questions you may have regarding Special Education and services.
In addition, while reviewing the IEP you may notice your Teacher Form responses or information you shared during the meeting- this is a great example of how your insight helps us to create an authentic, student specific IEP. In addition to asking a special educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by reviewing your class roster. Students who are placed in ICT classes have the letter at the end of their official (ex-45P) and our Self-contained students will continue to have the letter at the beginning of their official class. Students within our D75 Inclusion Program will have an L as the first letter of their official class and at this time will not appear when you log-in to SESIS. We are working to gain access for those who need it. In the interim you are invited to stop by 329 to speak with Ms. Smith-Brown and review a hard copy of their IEP(s).
This year we will continue to distribute an electronic standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are required to complete on this form is subject specific and your insight will better help us in determine the needs of our students with IEPs. The Teacher Form in conjunction with your participation at the IEP meeting (if you are invited) are two critical elements we need in order to best serve our students. We try to plan our IEP and Triennial meetings with teacher schedules in mind, however there are times when families are only available at specific times and a coverage will be requested for your class.
If you have not already done so, please come to room 329 and sign the Chapter 408 binder
As always, feel free to reach out to Ms. McGuinness (ex. 3289)with any questions you may have regarding Special Education and services.
● MARKING PERIOD DATES / GRADING POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR # OF
ASSIGNMENTS
□ Marking Period 1 Ends
October 11 – note that there needs to be ‘One
significant assignment / exam is required within each marking period of the
school year.’
□ Marking Period 2 Ends November 27
□ Marking Period 3 Ends January 17
From the HSFI Grading
Policy:
Examinations,
essays, and semester projects comprise 40% to 60% of the final grade.
A
minimum of four (4) classroom examinations / essays or semester projects are
required for all students in each class during each semester. All examinations will be aligned with the New
York State Next Generation Learning Standards.
The frequency and specific value of examinations are established by
department guidelines and rubrics for all students. One significant assignment / exam is required
within each marking period of the school year.
● JUPITER GRADES ARE UP
Jupiter Grades are
up. Students can log onto their HSFI
emails to get onto their Jupiter Grades.
They have been given these directions, but please remind them,
especially 9th graders who will be logging on for the first
time. Jupiter Grades will be updated
after program changes.
This
is an important reminder to drop students from your Jupiter rosters who have
been officially dropped from your classes.
Several
students have reported that they are seeing all kinds of classes on their
Jupiter grades that they are no longer enrolled in and are getting confused.
● HSFI STUDENT DASHBOARD UPDATES FROM MR. STAMPONE
We thank Mr. Stampone for all his efforts to get staff all the
student information they need!
The bookmark to the HSFI Student Data Dashboard is: https://hsfi-data-dashboard.herokuapp.com/
The information will be updated throughout the next two weeks to take into account program changes.
Mr. Stampone is very excited to share this with all of you and look forward to your feedback!
The information will be updated throughout the next two weeks to take into account program changes.
Mr. Stampone is very excited to share this with all of you and look forward to your feedback!
● 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
TEACHER'S CHOICE - August 1 - January 12
Guidelines/information
on the DOE Info/Hub.
Funds will be
distributed to staff in November payroll. $250 for teachers
Save your receipts for
eligible classroom purchases made between August 1 - January 12.
More info to come
later.
OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
The expectation is that ALL STAFF check your DOE emails daily –
not your HSFI email - responsible for follow-up items sent to your email
BEST PRACTICE: Forward your HSFI
emails to your DOE email
● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/
● SUPPLY REQUESTS
● TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS
● CUSTODIAN REQUESTS
Depending on the severity of the
request. Expect a one to two days before fixing or notification of the
issue.
● RESERVE A FACILITY IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING
REQUESTS
● ELEVATORS
▪ You will receive an email in the morning about the status of the
elevators
▪ After 9:15 am, staff should just use the teacher elevators –
after this staff should not be using the student elevators. Remember, we have 3 Elevators for 150 adults
and they have 3 Elevators for 1700+ students
▪ Do not give Elevator Passes (or Keys) to Students (CTE
Exceptions)
▪ Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES are staff to speak about students in
an elevator (Positive or Negative)
▪ Politely Ask students for Elevator Passes
If they do not have one, politely ask them to leave / Just hold
the door until they leave
▪ Enforce READINESS Grades – rewarded for being in their seats
ready to work when the music stops playing
● TRANSIT DELAYS / MEDICAL ABSENCES
Please turn in your notes. Without
official back up, your absence or delay cannot be recorded as such.
● 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.
SIGNUP FOR NEW PARKING
PERMITS
School-based DOE parking permits will expire on November
1. Staff apply for their parking permits through the DOE’s parking permit
application self-service portal beginning September 16 through
October 9. The following types of parking permits are available to staff
in the above-mentioned unions, provided there are DOT-designated street parking
spaces at their school:
On-Street (OS) Parking: CSA members
On-Street General (OSG) Parking: UFT and DC 37 members
Itinerant On-Street (OSI) Parking: CSA and UFT members
Once your staff submit their applications through the
portal, the DOE will deliver parking permits to your school on November 1.
The DOE parking permits may only be distributed after you have collected the
expired parking permits from your staff. You should note that On-Street (OS)
and On-Street General (OSG) parking permits are school-specific (i.e., both the
OS and OSG parking permits will specify the school name and the designated
streets for parking); school-based staff who work at more than one
school will be issued an Itinerant On-Street (OSI) permit to be used at their
assigned schools with available DOT-designated street-parking spaces. You
should also note that there will not be an increase in the number of parking
spaces available at school sites as a result of issuing DOE parking permits.
Therefore, all DOT-designated street-parking-spaces will be available on a
first-come, first-served basis.
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
OCTOBER
- Week 1-2 / Social Emotional Language
Wednesday,
October 2
Prosocial
behaviors:
Denoting behavior, which is positive, helpful, and intended to promote social acceptance
and friendship. Prosocial behaviors are also defined as voluntary acts intended
to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals.
Thursday,
October 3
Self-regulation
skills: These
skills involve understanding and learning to adapt and regulate our behavior,
emotions, and thinking in the pursuit of setting and achieving positive
goals. Prosocial behaviors in the
classroom such as collaborative learning can help improve a student’s self
-regulation skills.
Friday,
October 4
Reciprocity: (n.) mutualism; when two or more
people or nations have equal exchanges of goods or services, they are enjoying
reciprocity, a situation in which each party benefits from the relationship.
The word reciprocity is from the Latin word reciprocus, meaning "moving
back and forth."
STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR
Here
are some SOARRing staff that are going beyond the call of duty for HSFI!
Thank
you to MR. EGAN for all his efforts with our online Fashion
Dollars system – FashionSoarrs.com
Thank
you to MS. BOHNER for making the school aware about student
concerns about Jupiter Grades.
Thank
you to MS. MAPP for her vigilance this past week
in helping heading off a disturbance in the cafeteria. She directly
contacted school safety and then followed by contacting school administration so
that we could get personnel to the scene, stop the fight, and engage in
mediation.
Thank
you to MS. VELEZ & SECURITY AGENTS WILLIAMS, SCOTT &
ROBINSON for
assisting school administration with a student in crisis for almost three
hours. In the end, we were able to get the student to class successfully.
Nominated
by MS. WEISS, Thank you to MS. PADRON for helping one of her
students cope with a traumatic event while Ms. Weiss was out at jury duty – Ms.
Padron was updating Ms. Weiss all day long on what was going on.
Thank
you to MS. HERRICK & MS. BARNABEE for facilitating focus groups in the Science department.
Thank
you to MR. CARRANZA, MS. STAMBOULY & MR. RUSSELL for hosting material exploration workshops for their senior
portfolio classes.
Thank
you to MS. ZUBROVICH for her
work and attention to our partnership with Manhattan Graphics.
Thank
you to MS. POWELL for hosting
a printmaking workshop within the first weeks of school for her freshman so
they would have the experience before she goes on leave.
Thank
you to MS. SEIFERT & MR. JOCELYN for scheduling a trip to the Materials for the Arts to ensure we
have fabric, trims and other novelties for 12th grade fashion show.
Thank
you to MS. CARTER & MS. ROJAS for organizing an event around the launch of this year's
Kleinfeld Bridal Design Competition.
Thank
you to MS. MOLLOY, MS. WEISS & MS. SAN JORGE for immediately notifying the late night supervisor about a
serious concern regarding a HSFI student in distress. Thanks to their
professionalism, and timely responses, appropriate interventions occurred.
Thank
you to MS. NEWPORT for facilitating
the focus group and sharing insightful information on ways to engage all
students in reading comprehension.
Thank
you to MS. McGOLDRICK for planning
a helpful TWR Professional Learning experience for the Science and CTE
teachers.
Thank
you to MS. VELEZ for her
constant support in the Main Office and specifically with her colleagues. Ms.
Velez plays a vital role in making sure staff receives their weekly attendance
sheets on time and helps out in the Main Office when we are scarce with
personnel.
Thank
you to MS. NEWPORT for helping
to run both the freshman social and suicide awareness morning.
Thank
you to MS. McKEON & MR. JONES for volunteering to assist the social studies department by
chaperoning a trip to the Museum of the American Indian.
Thank
you to MS. DUCK, MS. MANEVICH, MS. RICCI, MS. SANTOS, MS.
FRAGA-ZWIBEL, MS. HERRICK, MS. BAILEY, MR. SIA, MS. FESCKO, MS. SIOSON, MS.
VEGA, MR. DUKE, MS. BARNABEE,MS. BONEY, MS. MUSARRA, MS. INCE & MS. PADRON for participating in IEP meetings this week.
Thank
you to MS. DYE, MR. LACHOK, MS. INCE, MS. ANZALONE, MR.
ROBINSON, MS. LOOSER & MS. HENEY for facilitating
IEP meetings this week.
Thank
you and Congratulations to MS. LAROSA who hosted her first IEP meeting this week!
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
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