Sunday, March 18, 2018

The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 3.18.18


Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank. 

It was great to see so many families at our Family Visitation Days this past Thursday and Friday.  I hope you can attend our March Parents Association meeting this Wednesday, March 21 at 6:00 pm in Room 829. 

Thank you for all your support with the National School Walkout this past Wednesday – it was awesome to see our students speak out.  Here is a great video of our students protesting during the National School Walkout featured on Democracy Now.  This video and photos are also posted on the school website.

This Wednesday, March 21 is PSAT / SAT Day.  This is a day when all 10th graders will be taking the PSAT exam while all of the 11th graders will be taking their SAT exam.  A majority of our 9th graders that have handed in their college trip permission slips will be attending college visits.  The remaining 9th graders will be joining the 12th graders to watch a special presentation of the film 'Girls Rising' in the school auditorium.  All students report to school at 8:00 am on Wednesday.  There are no regular classes on this day.

I am very excited to announce that HSFI’s version of ‘America’s Got Talent’ is this Friday, March 23 with our annual Variety Show.  This event showcases the performing arts talents of our students including singing and dancing.  As always, we welcome families to attend the event.

As I called and emailed you last night, I just received a message from the NYC Department of Education that only 3 percent of Fashion Families have done their Parent Survey – that is only 47 HSFI families.  The deadline is this coming Friday, March 23.  Please fill out the survey – we need a high percentage of Fashion families to fill out the survey and show all of NYC what HSFI is all about.

You can fill out the survey in 2 different ways – by filling out the paper survey that you received in the mail in a green envelope or you can fill it out online.

To complete the survey online:
(1) Go to nycschoolsurvey.org.
(2) Click on the link to the parent and guardian survey.
(3) Enter your Access Code found at the bottom of your paper survey.
(4) Complete the survey.
(5) Click ‘Submit’.

If you don’t have a survey? Don’t worry! On the school website is an attachment of every parent’s Access Code.  You can find the Access Code by using your child’s 9 digit number – you will not find your child’s name for privacy concerns.  You will find your child’s grade and OP (homeroom). 

You can also call the school who can give you the Access Code or call the NYC Department of Education at 1-877-819-2363 to get an Access Code to complete the survey online.

HSFI parents’ participation in these NYC Department of Education surveys mean a tremendous amount to me, so please complete the survey to reflect our efforts to make the High School of Fashion Industries the best school possible!

Please consider how we work to build partnerships and relationships with you as Fashion Parents to help your children learn, perform to their highest levels and meet their needs inside and outside the classroom.  Students’ needs are met academically through challenging instruction and industry partnerships connected to our fashion, art and business major classes; social-emotionally through all our clubs and activities, Fashion Dollars and our partnership with Yale University; and health-wise with our School Based Health Center that provides free health and dental care to all Fashion students.

Please consider all our communication efforts – my weekly Sunday at 5:00 pm phone calls and emails through School Messenger; our use of Jupiter Grades for messages and updating you on your child’s grades; our maintenance of a private website along with social media accounts including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and an Assistant Principal specifically devoted to Family Engagement and who makes sure all parent communication with the school is followed up on.

Please consider our weekly invitations for you to volunteer at the school.  Please consider our Family Visitation Days in the Fall and Spring where families are invited into the school to observe classes and see your children and our teachers in action.  Please consider our invitations to you to attend student performances like our SING musical production and the Holiday Windows Unveiling with Barneys NY – these invitations will heat up in the Spring with our annual Fashion Show, the International Center of Photography exhibit and our Senior Art Show.

To enhance our safety and security at HSFI, we are instituting early morning times for students to enter the school building.  The earliest time students will be allowed in the building is 7:20 am – by this time, there will be a supervisor and security agents in the building.  Please plan accordingly.

Thank you!




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