Greetings Fashion Families from your
Principal Daryl Blank.
This Monday, November 4, we are on a First Monday schedule where
students get out of school a little earlier so that our teachers can engage in
professional development. Students who begin school 1st
period will start at 8:30 am. Students
who begin school 2nd period will start at 9:09 am. Students who finish school after 8th
period will be dismissed at 1:43 pm.
Students who finish school after 9th period will be dismissed
at 2:22 pm. All classes during the day
will be shortened.
Tuesday, November 5, is Election Day where students are not in
school. Please read the following letter
from New York City Department of Education Chancellor Richard Carranza about
Election Day – the letter is posted on our website under the Family section is
the dropdown called ‘DOE Backpack Letters.’ The link is included below;
On a programming note, Monday,
November 4, is that last day of our 1st half Cycle A classes and
Wednesday, November 6, students will be starting their 2nd half Cycle
B of the Fall term programs which means a change of day for any class that
meets less than five days a week.
Classes that met Monday, Wednesday and Friday now meet only on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. Classes that met Tuesdays
and Thursdays, now meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The classes that this change applies to
include Physical Education / Gym, Emotions Matter, Senior College Prep APPS
classes and SAGA Math tutoring, Check with your child about their schedule
change as it might affect when they have to report to school each day and/or
when they finish their school day. This
change will switch back when the Spring term begins in February 2020.
HSFI is thrilled to continue again this year our Family Visitation
Days on Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8. During HSFI Family Visitation Days, you will
be able to observe your children in action in their classes. You may come
and leave when you wish during those days. During your child’s lunch
period, you and your child are invited to lunch in the Principal’s conference
room. Assistant Principal Danielle Silva will be welcoming you in the
school lobby and giving you an orientation for the visit. Here is the
website link to sign up for Family Visitation Day – we are asking all HSFI
families to signup if you are attending Family Visitation Day because we have
to let teachers know if you are coming - if you are only receiving this message
by phone, the link is on the homepage of the HSFI website at www.fashionhighschool.net – this link is on the gold bar
under the rotating photos on the school website homepage. The direct link to the form is below:
Please remember that this is not a day to conference with your
child’s teachers. You will be able to do this during Parent-Teacher Conferences
on November 21 and 22 or by appointment through your child's guidance
counselor. As always, HSFI is committed to our partnership with our
families!
We also want Fashion Families to know that we will have our annual
Financial Aid night for families will be on November 13th in the HSFI
auditorium at 6:15 pm. We will have a presenter from the State University
of New York central office. This informational session about paying for college is for
parents of all grades whether you are the parent of a senior going to college
next year or a parent of a 9th, 10th or 11th
grader.
I also want to share our Math Tutoring Schedule. We have after school tutoring available in
Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 Trigonometry and Advanced Placement Calculus. We know that many students struggle in Math
and we want to provide enough support to all students.
I wanted to let all
Fashion Families know that our school has a vibrant Alumni Association that is
dedicated to supporting our current students.
The HSFI Alumni Association, which is 501c3 charity organization, is
fundraising to support their ability to give out annual HSFI Alumni College Scholarships. They have expanded their fundraising efforts
to include ‘Amazon Smile’ that gives back 0.5% of a purchase back to a charity
organization of your choice. Attached to
this email and on the school website is a step-by-step process of shopping with
Amazon smile to support the HSFI Alumni College
Scholarships. Please consider using this
to support this wonderful organization.
The Alumni Association also has a GoFund me page if you would like to
contribute in this way - https://www.gofundme.com/f/hsfi-alumni-college-scholarship
It is critically important that all
HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday. Jupiter Grades is our online grading
system. 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.
Thank you!
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