The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 6.4.17

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank. 

This Monday is a ‘First Monday’ schedule 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.

We have 6 days of classes left before Regents examinations – 5 days this week and next Monday before Regents exams that start on Tuesday, June 13.  Make sure your children realize that the school year is winding down and that they appreciate the importance of finishing the school year strong.  Students must understand the grades that they receive in June will be the ones that colleges will see and will determine their promotion status and whether or not they have to go to summer school.

Tutoring for all the major exams given during the June testing period is in full operation.  A complete Regents & RCT tutoring and testing schedule is located on the school website. 

I would like to congratulate our parents who were elected as our Parents Association Executive Board at this past Wednesday’s Parents Association meeting.  Congratulations to our PA President – Ms. Anderson; PA Vice President – Ms. Brister; PA Treasurer – Ms. Jaszczak; Parent At Large member – Ms. Walker and Title 1 Committee member – Mr. Teah.

One important topic that was discussed at this past Wednesday’s School Leadership Team and Parents Association meeting was the move towards Annualization of classes for next school year.  Annualization means that students will stay with the same teachers throughout the entire school year for a large majority of classes at HSFI.  We usually switch teachers mid-way through the school year; starting next year we will not.  Annualization will mean that staff do not have to start over with students every term and have an opportunity to get to know individual students’ strengths & weaknesses, both as people and students identifying their academic strengths and challenges.  Annualization will promote a growth mindset where students can learn from their successes and mistakes over a year with a teacher who can see them grow as a person and a student.  The High School of Fashion Industries will still issue report cards six times a year.  All six report cards will indicate a term grade, and the third and sixth report cards, issued at the end of each semester in January and June, will indicate both a term grade and final grade for each course.

We have created a new page on our school website for HSFI parents – the page is titled ‘DOE Backpacked Letters.’  A new letter is on the website about filling out lunch applications online for next school year.  We are realistic that sometimes our students do not get these letters to you and that is why we are putting all these letters in one place.  Here is the link to this website page – if you are not receiving this email, this website page is in the Parents’ section.

http://fashionhighschool.net/apps/news/index.jsp?id=8

Thank you!