The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 9.16.18

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal Daryl Blank.

Just a quick reminder that there is no school on Wednesday due to a religious holiday.

This week we are beginning something new to HSFI – grade level assemblies.  Every month, we will be holding an assembly with each of the four grades in the auditorium.  The focus of the grade level assemblies will be on what the High School of Fashion Industries does to reinforce the belief that ‘Emotions Matter’ at the school and helps our students feel:

CONNECTED & SUPPORTED

CONTENT & BALANCED

ENERGIZED & MOTIVATED

HAPPY & EXCITED

INSPIRED & EMPOWERED

PASSIONATE & PURPOSEFUL

RESPECTED & VALUED

SAFE & COMFORTABLE

These 16 emotions are the core of the HSFI student Social-Emotional Learning charter and what students want to feel at the school.  The assemblies will give students information on what we have in place to help students feel these emotions. 

ASSEMBLY TOPIC	PRESENTER(S)	EMOTIONS OF HSFI STUDENT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CHARTER ADDRESSED
HSFI Social Emotional Learning Charter Introduction	D Blank	ALL
Social Emotional Learning Activity	SEL Coordinators - K Molloy, C Stambouly, L Parisse, A Padron	ALL
Student Government / Club & Activities / Introduction to SOARR Value System	S Rau & Student Govt representatives	Connected  Supported Content  Balanced  Energized  Motivated  Happy Excited Inspired  Empowered  Respected  Valued
Sports at HSFI	O Sostre	Connected  Energized  Motivated  Happy Excited
SING Musical Performance Intro	C Vega & student performers	Connected  Energized  Motivated  Inspired  Empowered
HSFI Dress Code presentation	M Bailey & Feminist club members	Respected  Valued  Comfortable
Sustainability	K Batts	Passionate  Purposeful
Safety & Security / Discipline Process / Emergency Readiness	G Raschilla	Content  Content  Respected  Valued  Safe  Comfortable
Race & Equity Plan / Partnership with Harvard University and the RIDES Project	A Rodrigues	Connected  Supported  Content  Inspired  Empowered  Respected  Valued Safe  Comfortable
College Access	K McKeon, Youth Leaders & Bridge Coaches	Supported  Passionate  Purposeful
Career & Technical Education (CTE) Opportunities	K Boulamaali, K Collins, V Vaccaro & S Balmir	Connected  Energized  Motivated  Happy Excited  Inspired  Empowered Passionate  Purposeful
Falcon Health Center services	Falcon Health Center staff	Supported  Safe  Comfortable
Teen Choice services	Teen Choice staff	Supported  Safe  Comfortable
Long Island University ‘Academic Coaches’	LIU (Brooklyn) staff	Supported  Safe  Comfortable
Health Corps services	C Starks	Supported  Safe  Comfortable
Assembly Wrap-up	D Blank	ALL

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/.  You will need the school’s zip code to start the online application which is 10011.  After putting in the zip code, you click on ‘New York City School.’  If you are not receiving this message by email, this online application link will be posted on the school website in the ‘Fashion News’ section at www.fashionhighschool.net. 

All Fashion students are now able to sign up for IDNYC – a free government-issued photo identification card that is available to all City residents age 10 and older.  Permission slips and applications for The IDNYC card are now available from Mr. Raschilla in room 143. Photos are taken during the school day by appointment.  This event is only occurring during the month of October; please have your child reserve their space immediately.

Here is the IDNYC website for more information:  https://www1.nyc.gov/site/idnyc/index.page

It is critically important that all HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday.  9^th graders and their families have received their Jupiter Grades login information.  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!