CALL TO ACTION
● LESSONS FROM SCHOOL TRAGEDY
Earlier this week we were rocked with the notification that a NYC high school student was killed – this should remind us of how important it is to report all matters, especially bullying concerns, and to communicate with families. Most importantly, continue to speak with our students directly who will provide the most informed status of our building's climate.
● FIRST WEEK OF OUR LATENESS PLAN
The first week of our lateness plan is in the books – we had to cancel Thursday and Friday due to transit delays. Continue to highlight the importance of getting to school on time. Make sure you are recording students’ readiness grades to insure accountability for being on time. Here is the spreadsheet with the list of students who were late this first week:
● FIRST ‘FIRST MONDAY’ OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
It is important that you are on time and prepared for the Professional Development activities that will take place on ‘First Monday.’
MEDIA COVERAGE OF OUR ‘SPIDERMAN: HOMECOMING’ SPECIAL ANTI-BULLYING EVENT
Take a look at the website links for the media coverage of our ‘Spiderman: Homecoming’ Anti-Bullying event from PEOPLE magazine:
| MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
| OCTOBER 2 *First Monday Bell Schedule SOFT LOCKDOWN DRILL PM Supervisor: D Silva (Rm. 125) | 3 *Regular Bell Schedule School Implementation Team Meeting Room 329 – 8th Period PM Supervisor: M Frank (Rm. 121) | 4 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: K Boulamaali (Rm. 703) | 5 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: S Kohm (Rm. 531) | 6 *Regular Bell Schedule PM Supervisor: G Raschilla (Rm. 143) |
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS
● OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR 2017-18 & BEYOND
□ Every student feels cared for
□ Every student feels challenged
● FIRST MONDAY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES
□ 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, and Social Studies Teachers and Paras report to your PLC Assignment listed below.
□ 9th - 11 Grade Teachers—bring a COPY of TWR tasks you want feedback on
□ 12th Grade Teachers--bring a copy of your September CCSS Assessment.
□ All Spanish teachers report to Ms. Silva
● SPECIAL EDUCATION INFORMATION
With the beginning of the year we in room 329 wanted to provide everyone with a reminder regarding students with IEPs and SESIS as well as the sections of the IEP which you may find most helpful when planning your instruction. 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. If the first or last character of the students official is a letter, the student has an IEP. Generally, but not in all cases, a letter at the end means the student receives SETSS services, while an I, C, or T at the beginning will signify an ICT placement.
There are exceptions where students have been moved from one placement to another based on their needs and this is why it is incredibly important to reference the IEP. 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.
Our monthly SIT meeting addresses concerns surrounding Special Education (placement, initials,
etc) and is announced in advance in the Weekly Notes. All are welcome and encouraged to attend and if you are interested in becoming a regular member just let me know. Please feel free to stop by room 329 if you have any questions and thank you for your continued support of our students.
Our SIT meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 3 during 8th period in room 329, all are welcome and encouraged to attend!
etc) and is announced in advance in the Weekly Notes. All are welcome and encouraged to attend and if you are interested in becoming a regular member just let me know. Please feel free to stop by room 329 if you have any questions and thank you for your continued support of our students.
Our SIT meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 3 during 8th period in room 329, all are welcome and encouraged to attend!
● PARENT INFORMATION LISTING
Familiarize yourself with our student list with all their Parent Contact information
If you get an updated phone number and/or email of a student that is different from the information in this document, email AP Danielle Silva at DSilva3@schools.nyc.gov – include Student Name & 9 Digit ID - with the correct, updated contact information. This list will also be added to the Staff Homepage
● STUDENT SURVEY RESULTS
Over 900+ students have filled out the Student Information survey that we gave out to students – here is the link to the survey results – please familiarize yourself with the spreadsheet and encourage your students who have not filled out the survey to do so.
Here is the information on the survey:
Student Name; OSIS; Counselor; Grade; Name In class I would like to be called; In class please use this pronoun (He, She, They/Them); Would you like us to use your preferred name when calling home? (Yes or No); What borough do you live in?; How long does it take for you to get to school?; Do you have any medical conditions we should know about? (Yes or No); Siblings names and ages:
Personal Interests
Are you involved in any clubs or activities at HSFI; If you are not in a club or activity, what are you interested in joining?; What would you like us to know about you?; What is something I can help you with this year? (Choices – Academic, College/Career, Personal, Homework/Organization, Job / Internship / Volunteer); What are your strongest subjects?; What subjects do you struggle in?; Any additional information you would like to add to get to know you better?
OPERATIONAL NEED TO KNOW
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/
● SOFT LOCKDOWN DRILL NOTIFICATION
We will have a soft Lockdown Drill on October 2, 2017 at 1:20 PM. As discussed in our opening day meeting, staff will be expected to follow the procedures as detailed in the General Response Protocol posters located in the mail room, offices and classrooms. Additionally, first responders and floor wardens will look to see that:
□ Class/office windows are covered from view by using paper provided on the back of your door.
□ Hallways are free of staff and students.
□ Classroom lights are off and doors locked
□ Students are out of sight and the room is silent.
□ The lockdown is maintained until an “all clear” code is called over the PA system.
□ Students frightened by the lock down are to be referred to their counselor
This drill is expected to last approximately 20 minutes.
● 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 THREATto 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.
● INFORMATION FROM THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE
Thank you to all the teachers who have handed in their daily attendance sheets on time.
□ There have been a lot of attendance mistakes. The mistakes have been with student's who have not reported to school. Teachers are marking these kids present. This will cause us to be AUDITED. Please make sure to check you attendance sheets for any student's who are new or who have had a program change and are no longer in your class. Do a quick program check.
□ Please check your mailbox may have moved. Check before you leave the mail room that you have your attendance sheets.
□ We have had only one day of all the blue sheets on time. Please put it in the locations by 11am.
□ If you teach a MWF / TTh class. You will receive a second copy. You can disregard the second sheet. The attendance office only needs one set.
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
The SOARRing staff showcased below come from nominations from their supervisors and their colleagues. You can nominate a colleague by using the email: PBISDataTeam@hsfi.us
Please include the reason why your colleague has SOARRed!
Thank you to MR. KEARNS for composing the email to students after the tragedy that resulted in a NYC high school student’s death – the focus on the support available at HSFI was spot on!
Thank you to ALL THE STAFF THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SUPERVISE CLUBS & ACTIVITIES – here they are:
| STAFF MEMBER / MAIN ROOM(S) | CLUB / ACTIVITY |
| Ms. Pinto | Stunts |
| Ms. Chung | Math club |
| Ms. David | Fashion With A Purpose |
| Mr. Russell & Ms. Batts | Photography Club 1 |
| Mr. Russell & Ms. Powell | Photography Club 2 |
| Mr. Kearns & Ms. Looser | Peer Mediation |
| Mr. Kearns | Animal Welfare club |
| Ms. Bailey | Feminist club |
| Ms. Batts | Green Team (Sustainability) |
| Ms. Moore | Rif Raf Book club |
| Ms. King | Tailoring club |
| Mr. Kalisch | Anime club |
| Ms. Weinreb & Ms. Padron | Gay Straight Alliance |
| Ms. Noble | DECA |
| Ms. Chavez | FUR NY |
| Ms. Cisse | Anti-Prom |
| Ms. Adamczyk & Ms. Abramyan | Publications |
| Ms. Adamczyk & Ms. Stambouly | National Honor Society |
| Ms. Thomas | Fashion Cares |
| Ms. Paz | Iconoclan Dance Team |
| Ms. Youngblood | Cosmetology & Styling club |
| Ms. Dahill | Gaming club |
| Ms. Dahill | Origami club |
| Ms. Dahill | Charles Nolan Craft club |
| Ms. Dahill | Chit Chat club |
| Ms. Naghi | RAPP Social Justice club |
| Ms. Medina & Ms. Garcia | Latin Groove Dance Team |
| Ms. Medina | DIY club |
| Ms. Serrano | Crochet club |
| Mr. Lee & Ms. Molloy | K-Pop club |
| Ms. Molloy | Medical club |
| Ms. Vega | SING |
| Mr. Stampone | Music Recording club |
| Ms. Molloy, Ms. Padron, Ms. Stambouly & Ms. Parisse | Social Emotional Learning club |
| Ms. Robinson | Yoga & Cooking club |
| Ms. Damian | Adopt-a-Student |
| Ms. Allen | Leather club |
| Mr. Stampone | SOARR on ICE |
Once again, Thank you to MS. WEISS, MS. McKEON, MS. DAVID, MS. VONGERICHTEN, MS. PADRON, MS. SAN JORGE, MR. SIA, MR. JONES & MR. DUKEfor working hard to verify the post-HSFI status of many of our graduates.
Thank you to MS. BERROA, MR. KALISCH, MS. HENEY, MS. NURSE, MS. GARCIA, MS. HUSTED, MR. LACHOK & MS. FECSKO for greeting and providing parents with individual attention during this past Wednesday’s 9thgrade parents meeting.
Nominated by MS. KLEPACKI, Thank you to MS. MATINALE for providing the Attendance office with a list with students’ OSIS numbers who are on her team so they could reverse the attendance for periods 8 and 9.
Thank you to MS. KLEPACKI, Thank you to MS. LEVINE, MS. COLLINS, MS. DAVID, MS. BALMIR, MS. CISSE, MS. SILVA, MR. RUSSELL, MS. CHAVEZ & MS. NAGHI for letting the Attendance office know about trips and getting the information to the office ahead of time.
Thank you to MR. TRAPANI & MR. LAZARUS for their efforts in organizing the Social Studies textbooks – those things are heavy.
Thank you to MR. LIU & MS. WEISS for working together to program our SOARR Academy program so at-risk students can make up credits towards graduation.
Thank you to MS. ADAMCZYK, MS. BAILEY, MS. LEVINE & MR. KEARNS for launching another season of working with teaching artists and taking our students to experience world class live theatre.
Thank you to MR. RAPPA for all his efforts in setting up our science labs.
Thank you to MR. JOCELYN & MS. JOSEPH for assisting with Metro Cards.
Thank you to MR. TALLONE & MR. RAU for all their efforts in making the ‘Spiderman: Homecoming’ Anti-Bullying event so successful.
Thank you to MS. STAMBOULY, MS. COLLINS & MR. CARRANZA for assisting with the senior assembly for our 12th graders.
Thank you to OUR CTE COORDINATORS - MS. VACCARO, MS. COLLINS, MS. BALMIR, MS. RICCI, MS. BROADBELT & MS. YOUNGBLOOD for working so hard to ensure a successful start to our CTE programs.
Thank you to MS. CHAVEZ for reaching out to our alumni to find out their college and career pathways.
Thank you to MS. BATTS for starting up this year’s sustainability program for HSFI.
Thank you to MS. DAVID, MS. DAHILL & MS. ARCAMAY for organizing and coordinating the Denim Days event.
VTODs FOR THE WEEK
Terms based on the Mood Meter
Monday, October 2
Apprehensive: (adj.) anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen: “The Great Recession left investors apprehensive about investing in the stock market.” The young boy felt apprehensive about going to the new school.
Tuesday, October 3
Restless: (adj.) feeling nervous or bored and tending to move around a lot; The audience became restless after waiting an hour for the concert to begin. Unhappy about a situation and wanting change: Since she wasn’t learning the skills she had been promised, the employee felt quite restless after only six months on the job.
Wednesday, October 4
Frustrated: (adj.) feeling annoyed and impatient because you cannot do or achieve what you want. The continuing sense of failure left the adolescent depressed and frustrated. Airport workers were left to deal with the thousands of frustrated passengers.
Thursday, October 5
Concerned: (adj.) 1. anxious, troubled. As the storm worsened, the search party became more concerned about the backpacker’s safety. 2. interested and involved. The lawyers called a meeting of all concerned parties.
Friday, October 6
Fuming: (adj.) A state of excited irritation or anger. Still fuming over being cut from the varsity team, Jason has talked about little else for three weeks
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.
