The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 9.10.17

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal Daryl Blank.

This week we will be running program changes for students who need them on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday beginning with our 9^th graders.  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.  Returning students will not be allowed to drop honors and Advanced Placement classes that they signed up for last year – we programmed and budgeted for this school year based off these requests.  Students will not be allowed to drop classes that help them meet college and career readiness requirements including their 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 everyday.

As I announced last week, lunch is now free to all students in all of our NYC public schools, regardless of income eligibility. This means that all meals – both breakfast and lunch – served by the Department of Education’s SchoolFood program will be at no cost to families.  This is a wonderful thing!  Unfortunately, all students and their families still need to submit lunch applications.  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/

I want to announce that beginning on Monday, September 25, students who are 10 minutes late to their first and/or second period class will not be allowed into those classes to stop the disruption that is caused by late students.  Obviously, we will not use this plan if there are major transit delays on that particular morning.  Our students’ job right now is being a student, our students must be on time to work.  Students who are late will be housed in our auditorium until the next class period begins.

It is critically important that all HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday.  9^th graders and their families will be receiving their Jupiter Grades login information by the end of the week in their Spanish classes.  We will be sending important information out through these tools – if students do not check them, they will miss out on some valuable opportunities and not know what is going on in the school.

Thank you!