The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 12.2.18

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal Daryl Blank.

It was great to see so many families during Parent- Teacher Conferences this past Thursday and Friday.

As you are planning your schedule for the week, I hope you can attend our December Parents Association meeting this Wednesday, December 5 at 6:00 pm in Room 829. 

On Monday, December 3, all Fashion Families are invited to the school for coffee and snacks in Room 127 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am with Assistant Principal of Family Engagement Danielle Silva.   

This week we are excited to launch our First Monday activities for the year on Monday, December 3rd!  Students will be in school from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm.  From 8:30 am to 9:25 am, students will have an opportunity to get tutoring and extra help from teachers who will be in their classrooms.  Students should use this time to see teachers for classes where they need extra assistance, have work to make-up or are concerned about improving their grade.  From 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, students will then have the opportunity to participate in a number of special activities where students expressed interest.  Below and on the school website are a list of these activities.

Activities

African American Puerto Rican & Latinos studies club

Art Museum Tours

Asian Exploration

Explore NYC

FLY Photoshoot and Store

The Midtown Manhattan Club

Writing To Heal

Basic Skirt Pattern Drafting

Basketball Club

Board Games

Coding Club

Crochet Club

Drag Club!

FalconFit

Fantasy/Sci-Fi Club

Fashion and Art Portfolio development

Gaming Club

I Magazine

Jam Band

KPOP Club

Latin Dance

LEGO Challenge

Math/Science tutoring

Meditation/ Relaxation Coloring Book Club

Reading Club

SAT Prep with Khan Academy

Science Fiction Movie Club

Self-Care DIY: Inside and Outside

Serenity Now!

Star Wars Film Club

Surface design

Trace & Make - Cutting & Sewing for ALL

Visual Merchandising

Animal Lovers Club

Animal Lovers Club (section 2)

Cultural T-Shirt Crafts

Feminist Club

Gay Straight Alliance

Girls Soccer

Iconoclan Dance Team

Italian Club

Latin-American Film Festival

Modeling

SING

Study Abroad - Cultural Introduction

Stunts and Jumps/Tumbling Club

The Green Team Environmental Club

Track- Cross Country team practice

Underfashion Club & BSU College Access Program

This Monday, December 3, marks the beginning of the third marking period of the Fall term.  Explain to your children that student grades are cumulative, meaning that all grades count during a given term.  Grades do not start over with the third marking period and there are not separate grades for each marking period.  Second marking period grades are a combination of the first and second marking periods.  Third marking period grades and the grades that go on a student’s transcript and seen by colleges are a combination of the first, second and third marking periods. 

Not only do we have a partnership with Harvard University connected to our race and equity work, as many returning families know, we have a partnership with Yale University around Social Emotional Learning.  Yale has developed a series of lessons that teach students about Social Emotional Learning – this week our teachers will begin to teach these lessons across all four grades.  At HSFI, a core belief of the school is that Emotions Matter and our goal is that every school community member feels cared for.

I am pleased to share with the results of our School Quality Report that was published this past week by the NYC Department of Education.  This report is the equivalent of the School Report Cards that used to be given to schools.  The report is attached to this email as well as the school website – www.fashionhighschool.net.  Obviously, there is always work to be done, but this is a moment to celebrate for the entire HSFI community – students, parents and staff members.  Hard work and effort do pay off!

Please encourage your children to deposit their Fashion Dollar tokens.  We need Fashion Dollar tokens as we are running out of them.  We have decided to allow Fashion Dollar balances to carry over until next school year IF students deposit their tokens.  Students do not need to worry about their balances going to ZERO.  We want them back, so we can give them back to students so they spend them on rewards and privileges!!

It is critically important that all HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday.  Every day we send out a daily announcements message that lists all the activities for the day and key reminders.  If students do not read these daily announcements and do not check their HSFI email and Jupiter Grades, they will miss out on some valuable opportunities and not know what is going on in the school.

Thank you!