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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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APRIL
4
*First Monday Bell Schedule
*PBIS Committee Meeting – Period 6
Room
821
PM Supervisor:
S Kohm (Rm. 531)
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5
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
A Rodrigues (Rm. 515)
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6
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
G How (Rm. 329)
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7
*Regular
Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
N Moore (Rm. 228)
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8
*Regular Bell Schedule
*Last Day of 1st Cycle
PM Supervisor:
D Silva (Rm. 201)
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HSFI SING
Thank you for all your support of
the SING musical production! We cannot
thank you enough for offering your students extra credit for attending both
SING productions in support of the over 100 students have been working
extremely hard since January on the SING production. It would be amazing to have a full house in
our inaugural year of SING.
Here is some important
information about SING that you can communicate to students when you are
publicizing the event:
● The shows are on Friday, April
15 at 7:00 pm & Saturday, April 16 at 5:00 pm
● Tickets are $4 for one show /
$5 for both shows – tickets will be on sale in the FLY store and student
cafeteria over the next 2 weeks. Every
cent of the ticket sales will be invested into next year’s SING production –
the goal is that SING becomes a fixture at HSFI.
● There are 2 shows each night –
the 9th and 11th graders are working together on one show
/ the 10th and 12th graders are working together on one
show
● The show is a competition where
we will have judges that evaluate the show in different categories based off a
production rubric – points will be combined over the 2 nights and a winning
show will be named at the end.
● Most importantly, everything
you see and hear is student produced under the guidance of our dedicated HSFI
staff – the script, the acting, the songs, the dancing, the scenery –
Performing Arts are alive and well at HSFI!
PBIS
CALL TO ACTION
● MAINTAINING SCHOOL TONE
As we enter the home stretch of
the school year, it is critical that we need to be UNIFIED as a staff in enforcing our school rules to maintain
our school tone. Please be consistent
and model the correct behaviors our students need in order to SOARR to college
and career readiness.
NO
FOOD IN CLASSROOMS
– students can only eat in the student cafeteria & the student lounge - no
food should in classrooms before, during or after school – no staff or students
should be eating in any computer lab
DRESS
CODE – every
week there are zero dress code infractions which is certainly not reality–
nobody is reporting these infractions via Jupiter Grades – please make these
referrals, so we can follow up with these students and help set the proper tone
and attire here at HSFI
PROPER
USE OF HALL / HEALTH CENTER PASSES
– students can only leave the classroom with a pass / students going to the
Falcon Health Center must use that specific pass
ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT POLICY
- electronic equipment are only allowed to be used in classrooms for instructional
purposes – students must not be allowed to take out their phones during class and
do not let students charge this equipment in your classrooms
ELEVATORS – students are not allowed on
staff elevators unless they have their own elevator card / ask students to show
their elevator passes when they are in those elevators
● LATENESS PLAN
There has been a small decrease
in lateness numbers since we began our lateness plan. Our plan is to
execute this lateness plan one time a week for Period 1 and one time a week for
Period 2. Make sure you back up
our plan by encouraging your students to get to school on time and
#1 - Bubble in lateness for
students late to class on the blue and white attendance sheets
#2 - Have activities and assessments
set up at the beginning of class to motivate students to get to class on time –
THIS IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL FOR 1ST & 2ND PERIOD
CLASSES
#3 - Use Fashion Dollars to
positively reward students who are on time – remember, the students who are
late will see the on time students getting rewarded and want to get those
rewards
● FASHION DOLLARS AVAILABILITY
#1 – We have plenty of Fashion
Dollar tokens in Room 819 to give out
#2 - Please bring up all your $1
Fashion Dollars tokens to Room 819 – we understand they have gone the way of
the penny and are not valued – we will be converting them to $10 FD tokens by
adding a 0 to the 1 – we will instantly have a ton of $10 FD tokens to
distribute.
#3 – We are now employing
students to help collect FASHION DOLLAR tokens! Approximately 30 students
have already signed up. Please make your
students aware of this opportunity. We
will be paying these students in Fashion Dollars, Fashion Dollar rewards and
service credit.
Here is the link to the Google
Survey: http://goo.gl/forms/XVV2OIXkWA
COOL THINGS GOING ON
@ HSFI
● HSFI Students Accepted in Ivy League Schools
Our seniors are beginning to get their college acceptances – we
should feel great about all their acceptances – I’m happy to report that 4 of
our seniors (including 2 of our Youth Leaders) have been accepted into Ivy
League schools including Columbia and Dartmouth. This record for HSFI is not only testament to
these students, but the entire HSFI community that values academic excellence.
OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● Monday is a First Monday Schedule
Just a reminder that this coming Monday, April 4 is First Monday. Our
remaining First Mondays is May 2.
▪ All Physical
Education teachers, report to Ms. Sostre in the Third Floor Gymnasium
▪ All CTE Teachers,
report to Ms. Boulamaali in RM 844
▪ All English, Math,
Science, Social Studies and Spanish Teachers and all Guidance Counselors,
please report to your PLC Assignment. Remember
to bring a copy of your CCSS Monthly Assessment and Target Student/s work.
● Attendance Office Reminder – Student Trips
Any teacher going on a trip must submit to
the attendance office a list of student names and 9-digit numbers. The
attendance Office needs 48 hours notice. If you are taking students out
of the building you must have an attendance sheet for the
trip. If you do not do this then students will show up as cutting
their classes.
● Most Recent Student Activities Attendance
Spreadsheet Has Been Emailed Out
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
SAVE THE DATES!
SING
Musical Program – April 15 & April 16
International
Center of Photography (ICP) Opening / Wednesday, April 20
Senior
Art Show Opening / Friday, May 6
Public
Fashion Show / Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14
Industry
Fashion Show / Wednesday, May 18
STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR
Thank
you to our amazing college advisor MS. McKEON, our tremendous guidance
staff - MS. WEISS, MS. SAN JORGE, MR. JONES, MR. DUKE, MR. SIA,
MS. VONGERICHTEN & MS. PADRON and all HSFI staff that have
taught APPS classes over the last couple of years – for their efforts in
supporting the college application and financial process with our seniors who
are beginning to receive their college acceptances and rejections. There has a ton of work put into this support
including individualized guidance support, Youth Leader & Bridge Coach support,
Naviance support and productive APPS classes.
Thank
you to MS. PADRON for putting together a Gay Straight Alliance
(GSA) event with our GSA members and students from four other schools. It
was a wonderful get together as these students bonded over feelings and
pizza. Thank you to MR. DUKE, MS.
WEISS, MR. JONES, MS. VONGERICHTEN, MR. SIA & MR. HARDING for going to the event in
support of our GSA!
Thank
you to MS. SELLECK for working with our visual merchandising
students in the creation of the newly updated windows – these amazing visuals
are now the norm!
Thank
you to the chaperones of Saturday night’s Luau - MS. CECILIA VEGA,
MS. HUAMAN, MS. STAMBOULY, MS. WRIGHT, MS. PAZ, MR. RASCHILLA & MR. RAU.
Thank
you to MS. CHIN for working long hours all week to meet the NYC
Department of Education purchasing deadlines.
Thank
you to our PSAL Spring coaches for leading our student-athletes - MR. ALVAREZ (Girls Outdoor Track), MR. MENDEZ (Girls Wrestling), MS.
FEIL (Boys Volleyball), MS. SOSTRE (Girls Softball), MS. PINTO (Co-Ed Stunts)
& MS. MATINALE (Girls Badminton).
Thank
you to MS. VONGERICHTEN & MR. DUKE for volunteering to go
counsel students from a neighboring high school that were in crisis after the
sudden death of one of their classmates. Thank you to MS. PADRON &
MR. SIA for
offering to take over for their colleagues mid-day.
Thank
you to MS. ABRASKIN for creating and organizing the March Economics
Common Core task in the Social Studies department.
Thank
you to MS. SERRANO for being our point person and securing the
school’s articulation agreement for the Fashion Marketing department that is
crucial to our recertification efforts.
Thank
you to MS. PAGLIARO & MS. DAMIAN for working diligently on
the Sustainability project for the Fashion Marketing department that is now a
requirement of a state approved CTE program.
Thank
you to MS. VACCARO, MS. DAMIAN & MS. PAGLIARO for their tireless effort on
the CTE Fashion Marketing recertification project.
Thank you to MS. FEIL, MS.
CONAGHAN & MS. PAGLIARO for taking Peer Group Connection (PGC) peer
leaders on a day long retreat to FIT this past Friday. The feedback from our targeted PGC 9th
graders who have received guidance from these 11th and 12th
grade peer leaders has been very positive.
Thank
you to MS. PARISSE for writing and submitting a US Department of
Education CTE makeover grant that designs spaces that strengthen career and
technical education skills through making.
Thank
you to MR. EGAN & MR. MONTENEGRO for helping out with this week’s
lateness plan execution.
Thank you to MS. THOMAS &
MR. KEARNS for
building student engagement by planning joint activities for Fashion Cares and
the Animal Welfare Club.
Thank you to MS. DAHILL for coordinating The Big
Read author visits to HSFI.
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
Monday, April 4
Canvass (v) 1.to examine thoroughly: The
company canvassed several sites for a new factory. 2. To ask people what they think about a
candidate, project, or idea; to seek information. Volunteers for all the presidential candidates
were out canvassing in New Hampshire today. Police canvassed the neighborhood
but didn't find any witnesses.
Tuesday, April 5
Abhorrent (adj.) offensive, detestable;
repugnant. The abhorrent conditions in which the dogs are kept and bred are
nothing short of animal cruelty. The reporter visited a sweatshop in Bangladesh
and found it abhorrent that ten year olds were working for free under two year
training contracts and sleeping on concrete floors.
Wednesday, April 6
Aberrant (adj.) abnormal, not typical or
usual. The suspect’s history of aberrant behavior prompted some to say that
mental illness was the culprit. The continued warming will lead to adverse
environmental consequences such as rising tides and aberrant weather
conditions.
Thursday, April 7
Adapt (v) 1. To adjust to new and
different conditions. As a way to adapt to living in the new city, the family
is visiting its famous neighborhoods. 2. To change something to make it
suitable for a different purpose. The company has adapted that software to
improve search results. The novel was adapted to make a three- part television
series.
Friday, April 8
Adopt (v) 1. To finalize a proposal.
Congress finally adopted the law after a two year debate. 2. To deal with something in a certain way;
the store recently adopted a drug testing policy for all new employees. 3. To complete the legal process whereby the
child of other parents becomes your child. First, they were the child’s legal
guardians, but then the couple initiated the process to adopt him
DISCIPLINE
DATA FROM 3/24/16 – 3/31/16
Below are the registered concerns
submitted by staff members through Jupiter Grades and through the hand-written
referral process:
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INFRACTION CATEGORY
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INCIDENTS MARCH 24 – 31
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5 SCHOOL DAYS
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ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
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13
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DISRESPECT / DISRUPTION
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14
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DRESS CODE
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0
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THEFT
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0
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BULLYING
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2
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LEAVE BUILDING
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0
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FIGHTING
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0
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VANDALISM
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0
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SELLING FOOD
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0
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SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY
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1
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YEAR-TO-DATE
ATTENDANCE
CURRENT
SCHOOL POPULATION: 1752 Students
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WEEKLY
ATTENDANCE RATE
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90.1
%
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LATENESS UPDATE
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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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This Past Week
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xxxxx
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500
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505
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513
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534
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HSFI
SPORTS CENTER UPDATE
● Girls Outdoor Track & Field Team
Shines
Congratulations to the Girls Outdoor Track Team as
they had a great showing at the Hornet Relays last weekend at Icahn Stadium on
Randalls Island. The day started with Sophomore Brittani Broderick placing 2nd
overall in the 400 hurdles, and qualifying for City Champs in the process.
Freshman Alazia Peters and Junior, Cyanne Graham placed 2nd overall in the
girls High Jump relay. In the process Cyanne qualifies for City Champs with her
clearance of 4 feet 10 inches. Great job Lady Falcons keep up the good work.
● Girls Wrestling Team Starts Strong
The
Girls Wrestling team had a great showing this weekend at the PSAL tournament at
Flushing High School. The girls completed against the city's top competition
and did a great job representing HSFI. Sonassa
Daniels won her first medal of the year by placing 2nd place overall
in her weight class. Mariah Amador and Samantha Jasczsak both placed 4th
in their respected weight class. The girls did a great job and the HSFI community
should be very proud of these student athletes for their hard work and
commitment.
NYC
STEM INSTITUTE / COMPUTER SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES
The following
opportunities are open to all educators who want
to incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, and Engineering & Math) and Computer
Science in their teaching! Some of these
courses work for teachers of all licenses – Math, Science, CTE, Social Studies
– it would be wonderful to get STEM embedded into our curriculum.
The NYC STEM
Institute is doubling in size this year with the addition of a Computer
Science (CS) Track. The CS track will
span the Spring from April 26-28 and Summer from July 12-14 Institutes at
Stuyvesant High School. The following
sessions will help high school teachers engage students in CS education through
hands-on problem based inquiry. Information on Registration,
which closes on April 8, can be found at http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/Science/SpringSTEMInstitute.htm.
CS01 - Bootstrap:
Programming & Algebra (Teach AY 16-17) (Grade: 8 to 10) Bootstrap is a curricular
module that teaches students to program their own video games using purely
algebraic concepts. The class is compact and flexible, requiring roughly 20-25
hours of instructional time. Each lesson is aligned to National and NY State
standards for mathematics, allowing teachers to use existing classroom time to
integrate Bootstrap SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: This program is intended for teachers
of Algebra 1.
CS05 - Creative Web
Development & Programming (Grade: 8 to 12) Code/Interactive is offering Creative Web
Development & Programming, which introduces educators to HTML, CSS, and
JavaScript using a robust curriculum that includes elements of design,
entrepreneurship, and critical thinking skill development. Educators learn how
to build web site projects using HTML, are introduced to programming concepts
with Scratch, a block-based programming language, and finally they learn
JavaScript with a series of projects and lessons. While they learn fundamental
professional skills, educators complete entrepreneurship activities, including
designing their own technology solutions to real-world problems using design
thinking challenges. Participating teachers are provided with a full
student-facing curriculum and all materials necessary to successfully deliver
the course to students.
CS06 - Education in
Computer Science & Entrepreneurship (Grade: 9 to 12) Iridescent’s
Technovation’s program builds a young woman’s sense of self-efficacy, so that
she can solve hard problems & start new things - using technology. Girls
from all around the world learn to program a mobile app to solve a problem in
their own community and to launch their startups through this 12 week program.
We will provide professional development to teachers in Android-App Inventor
mobile app- programming and entrepreneurship. While the global competition is
for girls only, the curriculum is appropriate for mixed-gender classrooms.
CS09 - Programming
Fundamentals for STEM Educators (Grade: 9 to 12) Leading technology training provider
General Assembly provides this workshop, which will enable teachers to
introduce students to programming fundamentals, expose them to careers in tech,
and empower them with the basics of the JavaScript, HTML, and CSS programming languages.
The course is specifically designed to empower high school teachers to
introduce students to these subjects. No previous experience with programming
is required.
CS10 - Project Code:
Computer Science x Biology (Grade: 9 to 12) Project Code, a division of Urban
Arts Partnership, implements an arts-based approach to computer science
education by using videogame and animation design to stimulate student
engagement in STEM learning. In this session, participants will acquire
classroom-tested methods for teaching high school biology by integrating games
and animations created with Scratch. Students first modify pre-developed games
that model difficult-to-visualize aspects of biological systems (e.g.
diffusion, osmosis, and cell organelles). After growing proficient with
Scratch, students work to create original games about the various systems of
the human body, thereby achieving increased competency in both biology and
computer science. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Must be Living Environment or
biology-related electives teacher
CS13 - Visualize
Ecosystems with Data & Hands-on Projects (Grade: 9 to 12) This session will
be led by the Beam Center and provides first-hand experience in running
computer simulations of climate change and ecosystem dynamics. Data visualizations
about the competition for shared resources, natural selection, climate change
or the spread of disease within ecosystems can be created and adapted on the
fly using simple computational models and NetLogo programming. In addition, you
will create a physical computing project-- a 3-D tactile ecosystem using
Lilypad and conductive thread-- to more fully demonstrate the concepts to
students. The workshop will feature design thinking, programming, fabrication
and science content with an engaging hands-on activity centered on
sustainability and environmental science. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: None
CS14 - Processing:
Coding & Visual Arts (Grade: 8 to 12) Hello world! In this workshop, participants
become comfortable with basic principles of Computer Science by learning
Processing, a language designed “for learning how to code within the context of
the visual arts.” After participating in this course, you will have tools and
experience to integrate Processing into your visual art curriculum as an
exciting new medium. This session is led by NYC educators and the NYCDOE
Software Engineering Program. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Intended for Arts Teachers
CS15 - Robots,
Microcontrollers & Computing for STEM Education (Grade: 9 to
12) Hands-on exercises in Robotics will help students visualize and practice
science and math concepts that they otherwise find difficult or abstract. Since
many STEM principles are inherently incorporated into performing simple tasks
with robots, these exercises can illustrate connections between STEM
disciplines and real-world applications. Through exploration, guided training
and hands-on projects followed by discussion, participants will be exposed to
robot design principles and core concepts of robotics and associated
programming languages led by staff from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Practical ways to implement robotics in science and math classrooms will be
demonstrated.
Additional sessions
for other grade levels and STEM content areas are also available. Seehttp://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/Science/SpringSTEMInstitute.htm for more
information or contact us at stem@schools.nyc.gov with any questions about the STEM Institute.
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