The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 11.19.17

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal Daryl Blank.  It was great to see HSFI families at the November Parents Association meeting this past Wednesday.

We have a short week this week with the Thanksgiving holiday.  I want to wish you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday – enjoy the time with your families and friends!

The NYC DOE just released the School Quality Snapshot for all New York City public schools (this report has replaced the old School Progress Report where schools were given letter grades – this is no longer done) – attached and on the school website is our report – the report is based off ‘The Framework for Great Schools’ that identifies successful schools as having six essential characteristics: (1) Rigorous Instruction; (2) Supportive Environment; (3) Collaborative teachers; (4) Strong Family-Community Ties; (5) Effective School Leadership; and (6) Trust.  The theory of action is that strong results in each of these categories will result in ‘Student Achievement.’

HSFI had another strong report, yet there is always room for improvement in each area. I wanted to note our improvement in all the ‘College and Career Readiness’ categories:

+11 % increase in HSFI students graduating College Ready (from 48% to 59%)

+7 % increase in HSFI students graduating from high school and enrolling in college or other postsecondary program within 6 months (from 72% to 79%)

+5 % increase in HSFI students successfully completing an approved college or career preparatory course and exam (from 81% to 86%)

We are headed in the right direction – we just need to keep up the hard and thoughtful work.

Our HSFI App is live – below are the links on this email – the Short cuts for both Apple and Google can be found on the school’s website at the bottom right corner. 

App Store

Link - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/HSFI/id1281866261?mt=8

Keywords - “the high school of fashion”

Google Play Store

Link -https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobile.en.com.educationalnetworksmobile.hsfi&hl=en 

Keywords - “the high school of fashion”

We are always looking for Parent Volunteers to help us.  This week on Tuesday, November 21, our school is holding a Pep Rally that includes a ‘Staff vs. Student’ Volleyball game as well as performances from our Dance and Stunts teams – we could use parent volunteers to help supervise and sell snacks.  On Monday, December 4 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in our Student Lounge we will be having our annual Blood Drive – if you are interested in donating blood, please come by.  Students will receive 500 Fashion Dollars for each family member that donates blood.  If you are able to volunteer at one of the events above, please contact Danielle Silva at 212-255-1235 ext. 1251 or email Ms. Silva at dsilva@hsfi.us

It is critically important that all HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday.  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.