The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 9.13.16

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal Daryl Blank.  I hope everyone has enjoyed the long weekend.  We had a smooth opening last week and look forward to keeping the positive energy going at the High School of Fashion Industries.

This week we will be running program changes for students who need them on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Please keep in mind that these program changes will only be approved for changes that are needed for meeting graduation requirements.  Changes will not be approved based on teacher preferences.  Students will not be allowed to drop classes that help them meet college and career readiness requirements including their CTE major along with math and science classes.  The expectation is that all HSFI students complete their major program and take 4 years of math and science classes if these classes can fit into their program.  All students must be scheduled for 5 and a half hours of instruction. 

On this email and on the ‘Fashion Parents’ section of the school website are some informational tools for NYC Public School Parents from Department of Education.  The first is ‘NYC School Accounts’ which provides students’ attendance, grades, the contact information we have on file for you, test scores and class schedules.  The second is ‘Back to School Basics’ which provides you important informations on all aspects of the NYC Department of Education.  The third is ‘Achieve NYC’ which provides information on working towards college readiness in NYC schools.

If you have not done so yet, your child’s lunch application is now due.  This is important to make sure your child pays or does not pay the appropriate amount of money for lunch.  In addition, Title I funding in New York City is tied to the information that parents/guardians provide on the yearly lunch application.  The High School of Fashion Industries receives nearly $1 million in Title I funding each year.  You can now fill out your lunch application online at https://www.myschoolapps.com/

The school cafeteria will be open for breakfast and lunch.  Breakfast is free for all students.  If you were in the NYC school system last year, the amount of money you pay or do not pay for lunch carries over from last year until you submit a new application.  If you are new to NYC or NYC public schools, you have to pay full price for lunch until a lunch application is submitted.  Full price for lunch is $1.75.  If you do not submit your application by the end of September, your child will have to pay full price for lunch.

All this information is located on the school website – www.fashionhighschool.net

Thank you!