The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 10.16.16

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal Daryl Blank.  The first marking period ends this Friday.  Make sure you and your child are checking Jupiter Grades to know where they stand in their classes.  Your child should be checking their HSFI email every day.  Students should be getting in the habit of checking their HSFI email every day.

As you are planning your schedule for the week I hope you can attend our October Parents Association meeting this Wednesday, October 19 at 6:00 pm in Room 829.  At this meeting we will have our annual Financial Aid night.  This informational session is for parents of all grades whether you are the parent of a senior going to college next year or a parent of a 9^th, 10^th or 11^th grader.

In very exciting news, the High School of Fashion Industries will be featured on the Rachel Ray Show on Monday, October 17^th on ABC (Channel 7) at 10am.  The Rachel Ray staff did a much needed reorganization of our fabric room in the basement. 

This Monday marks the first ‘First Monday’ where students will start school later and be dismissed from school early so that our staff can meet in teacher teams for professional development.  Students who begin school 1^st period will start at 8:30 am.  Students who begin school 2^nd period will start at 9:09 am.  Students who finish school after 8^th period will be dismissed at 1:43 pm.  Students who finish school after 9^th period will be dismissed at 2:22 pm. 

On Monday, we will be conducting a soft lockdown drill.  These drills are conducted four times a year in an effort to promote student safety and heighten school community preparedness in the event of a real lockdown.  The drill will last approximately twenty minutes.  During the drill, students will be expected to maintain silence and remain out of sight with classroom lights turned off.  Youth Officers from the 10^th Precinct, along with School Safety Agents will assist School Administration in checking that all classroom and exterior doors are locked and secure.  Once the drill has concluded, students will then resume their normal schedules and activities in their classrooms.  Please take a moment to discuss the importance of this exercise with your child.  We will email and call you before the drill takes place and after it is finished. 

I am pleased to share with you another tool that HSFI has created to help support students who want some extra help – tutoring and mentoring from our National Honor Society students.  Every day we will have our very best students from the National Honor Society available after school to tutor and mentor their classmates.  All your child needs to do is go to the school library after school to receive this help.  Students can go after school whether they finish after 8^th period or after 9^th period.  This is in addition to the staff tutoring we have available to students.

We maintain a weekly blog for HSFI Parents - the link is: http://hsfifashionabletimes.blogspot.com/

The school website has a section specifically for HSFI Parents – the link is: www.fashionhighschool.net

Thank you!