Greetings Fashion Families from your
Principal Daryl Blank.
Once again as we begin the school
year, I want to share with you our school goals – our goal is that every member
of the High School of Fashion Industries’ community – students, families and
staff feel cared for and challenged. Our
belief is that people succeed when they feel they are being cared for and
challenged. Our school community feels
strongly that emotions matter at HSFI.
Everything we do at the school will be aligned to these goals. One of our teachers shared with me a quote
that I wanted to share with you – “If a child can do advanced Math, speak 3
languages, or receive top grades, but can’t manage their emotions, practice
conflict resolution, or handle stress, none of that other stuff is really going
to matter...”
This Tuesday, we will be on an OP
(Homeroom) bell schedule where students will receive updated program cards
based on the program changes that took change.
In most cases, students will receive the same program that they had
before, just on a new piece of paper.
Students who received program changes based off graduation requirements,
will receive their new program. At this
OP, students will also receive a printout of Jupiter Grades passwords for
family members. Families, especially of
our 9th graders, should ask for these papers that will contain their
temporary passwords to Jupiter Grades.
A major source of
communication to students are our grade level assemblies used to insure that
our students are informed about everything that is going on at HSFI. Every month I will be leading an assembly
with each grade to let them know what is going on at HSFI and what they should
be thinking about. The assembly schedule
for this week is 9th and 10th grades on Tuesday, 11th
grade on Wednesday and 12th grade on Thursday.
This
Friday, there is a student walkout planned to highlight climate change and the
need to address this threat to our planet.
The New York City Department of Education has announced it would excuse
the absences of students who have a parent's permission to participate in the
global climate strike. Here are the main
points that you need to be aware of in preparation for this climate protest:
□ Permission
slips are required for students who wish to participate
□ Classes
are in session for those students who do not wish to leave the building
□ Staff
will not accompany students out of the building
□
Students are responsible for all missed work
□ Permission
slips to join the protest will be available to students in the Main Office
(Room 125), the Guidance Office (Room 101) and the Peace Office (Room 145)
□ Permission
slips are due by Wednesday, September 18 and will be handed in to 3rd
period teachers
□ Students
leaving the building for the protest will be required to swipe out using CAASS machine
in the lobby
□ Re-entry back into the building is not
allowed until the end of the student’s school day
The safety of our students is a top
priority for us and we will enforce the policies outlined by the New York City
Department of Education in handling this protest.
It is critically important that all
HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday. Jupiter Grades is our online grading
system. 9th graders should
log onto their HSFI email to get the directions to log onto Jupiter Grades. We will be sending important information out
through both 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.
HSFI families should know that our
first Parents Association meeting of the school year is next Wednesday,
September 25 at 6:00 pm. It would be
great to get a large turnout at the first meeting.
Thank you!
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