The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 3.27.16

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank.  For those of you that celebrate Easter, I hope you are having a wonderful holiday.

The countdown is on for all HSFI families to please complete their Department of Education Learning Environment Survey.  Including today, there are only 6 days left.  I repeat, you only have 6 days to complete the survey.  You can take the survey online or mail it in. 

Let me say, that I think we should have 100% of Fashion families take the survey.  A high percentage will send a strong message to New York City that we have strong family participation.

If you did not receive your survey in the mail, please call the Survey Hotline at 1-800-690-8603.

You will need your survey access code to take the School Survey online. Your survey access code is located on the paper survey that you will receive in the mail or you will get from calling the Survey Hotline.

Here is the website link to take the survey online:

http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/tools/survey/default.htm

I will be calling and emailing all Fashion families about this deadline every day this week.  I apologize in advance to all the Fashion families that have completed their survey, but it is VERY IMPORTANT that we get as many surveys in as possible.

Please make sure you continue to check out The Fashionable Times Blog where we will include all the important information you need as Fashion parents.  The website link is: http://hsfifashionabletimes.blogspot.com/

Thank you.

The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 3.20.16

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank.  Please keep in mind for the week that there is no school on Friday.

The countdown is on for all HSFI families to please complete their Department of Education Learning Environment Survey.  If you do not receive your survey in the mail, please call the Survey Hotline at 1-800-690-8603. The deadline for the survey is April 1 which is 10 days away.

You can take the survey online or mail it in.  You will need your survey access code to take the School Survey online. Your survey access code is located on the paper survey that you will receive in the mail.   

Here is the website link to take the survey online:

http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/tools/survey/default.htm

I wanted to continue to make all Fashion families aware of the impressive list of student work productions that will take place throughout the Spring.  It would be great if we have great attendance from students and families for these events.

● The SING Musical Program is April 15 & April 16

● International Center of Photography Opening is Wednesday, April 20

● Senior Art Show Opening is Friday, May 6

● Public Fashion Show is Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14

I will be following up with future messages about these student productions and how you can help support the HSFI community.

Please make sure you continue to check out The Fashionable Times Blog where we will include all the important information you need as Fashion parents.  The website link is: http://hsfifashionabletimes.blogspot.com/

The Fashionable Times Principal's Message 3.13.16

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank.  It was great to see so many Fashion families at Parent Teacher Conferences this past Thursday and Friday.  We also had an amazing Career Day on Friday morning when we had over 50 guest speakers from the fashion industry who shared their experiences with our students.

I am asking all HSFI families to please complete their Department of Education Learning Environment Survey that you should have received in the mail.  If you do not receive your survey in the mail, please call the Survey Hotline at 1-800-690-8603. The deadline for the survey is April 1.  

You can take the survey online or mail it in.  You will need your survey access code to take the School Survey online. Your survey access code is located on the paper survey that you will receive in the mail.   

Here is the website link to take the survey online:

http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/tools/survey/default.htm

I want to make all Fashion families aware of the impressive list of student work productions that will take place throughout the Spring.  It would be great if we have great attendance from students and families for these events.

● The SING Musical Program is April 15 & April 16

● International Center of Photography Opening is Wednesday, April 20

● Senior Art Show Opening is Friday, May 6

● Public Fashion Show is Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14

I will be following up with future messages about these student productions and how you can help support the HSFI community.

Please make sure you continue to check out The Fashionable Times Blog where we will include all the important information you need as Fashion parents.  The website link is: http://hsfifashionabletimes.blogspot.com/

The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 3.5.16

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank.  Please make sure you continue to check out The Fashionable Times Blog where we will include all the important information you need as Fashion parents.  The website link is: http://hsfifashionabletimes.blogspot.com/

Report cards will be distributed on Wednesday.  We are very excited to welcome you to Fashion this week with Parent Teacher Conferences on Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11.  Thursday’s conferences will be from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm.  Friday’s conferences will be from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

The day of afternoon Parent-Teacher conferences on Friday, we will be holding our annual Career Day for the students of the High School of Fashion Industries.  During this morning session, we have over 50 guest speakers from the fashion industry will visit our school to share their experiences with our students.  The speakers will cover career opportunities among all 4 of our majors – Fashion Design, Graphics & Illustration, Fashion Marketing and Visual Merchandising.  Please make sure that your child attends Career Day – it is very important in their preparation for college and career.  Career Day is brought to school by the Advisory Board of the High School of Fashion Industries. 

As you all know, the main goal of the High School of Fashion Industries is to prepare our students for life after HSFI.  We have identified that one of the main problems in our school are students coming late on a regular basis.  We know that ‘NYC Happens’ and students will occasionally come late due to mass transit issues.  Unfortunately, we have a large number of students that consistently come late to school.  This lateness results in students missing important instructional time that can result in low grades, failing grades and/or poor exam results.  If this lateness continues later on in life, our students will be fired from their jobs.  We are going to be instituting a plan that will hopefully result in students coming on time to their classes.  The plan will begin this week.

Here are the key parts of this lateness plan:

● Late students will sit in the auditorium for the duration of the class period that they are late to under the supervision of a HSFI staff member

● Guidance counselors will be providing immediate phone notification to all parents / guardians of the students held in the auditorium that are consistently late

● This plan will take place randomly on 1-2 school days during a given school week

● This plan will take place during periods 1 and 2 only

● For Period 1 – students will be held in the auditorium if they arrive to school after 8:15 am

(8:10 am is the beginning of Period 1 – students will be given these 5 extra minutes to get to class)

● For Period 2 – students will be held in the auditorium if they arrive to school after 9:09 am

(9:04 am is the beginning of Period 2 – students will be given these 5 extra minutes to get to class)

Thank you.