The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 11.26.17

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal Daryl Blank.  I hope you a nice holiday with family and friends.

As you may know we are spending a lot of energy and resources on developing a positive school environment – I need your help - please take a moment to fill in this online survey about your thoughts on HSFI’s school environment.  Taking the survey would be greatly appreciated.  Your child can bring proof of the completed survey (a selfie or confirmation print out) to their major teacher and 50 Fashion Dollars will be deposited into their school account. Thank you so much for taking the time to help us constantly improve our schools climate – we will be examining the results of the survey to help improve our school.  Here is the link to the survey:

http://www.schoolclimate.net?l=e&t=p&v=4&c=1173579

I’m very excited to share with you that the High School of Fashion Industries was featured last Sunday in the New York Times as one of the few schools that teach ‘old school’ black and white analog photography.  We are getting some great media attention this school year – first, the NY1 television segment on our Advanced Placement Computer Science program and now this New York Times articles about our Photography program – here is the link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/nyregion/photo-darkrooms-high-schools.html

We are always looking for Parent Volunteers to help us.  On Monday, December 4 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in our Student Lounge we will be having our annual Blood Drive – if you are interested in donating blood, please come by.  Students will receive 500 Fashion Dollars for each family member that donates blood.  If you are able to volunteer at one of the events above, please contact Danielle Silva at 212-255-1235 ext. 1251 or email Ms. Silva at dsilva@hsfi.us

Our HSFI App is live – below are the links on this email – the Short cuts for both Apple and Google can be found on the school’s website at the bottom right corner. 

App Store

Link - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/HSFI/id1281866261?mt=8

Keywords - “the high school of fashion”

Google Play Store

Link -https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobile.en.com.educationalnetworksmobile.hsfi&hl=en 

Keywords - “the high school of fashion”

It is critically important that all HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday.  We will be sending important information out through 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.

The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 11.19.17

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal Daryl Blank.  It was great to see HSFI families at the November Parents Association meeting this past Wednesday.

We have a short week this week with the Thanksgiving holiday.  I want to wish you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday – enjoy the time with your families and friends!

The NYC DOE just released the School Quality Snapshot for all New York City public schools (this report has replaced the old School Progress Report where schools were given letter grades – this is no longer done) – attached and on the school website is our report – the report is based off ‘The Framework for Great Schools’ that identifies successful schools as having six essential characteristics: (1) Rigorous Instruction; (2) Supportive Environment; (3) Collaborative teachers; (4) Strong Family-Community Ties; (5) Effective School Leadership; and (6) Trust.  The theory of action is that strong results in each of these categories will result in ‘Student Achievement.’

HSFI had another strong report, yet there is always room for improvement in each area. I wanted to note our improvement in all the ‘College and Career Readiness’ categories:

+11 % increase in HSFI students graduating College Ready (from 48% to 59%)

+7 % increase in HSFI students graduating from high school and enrolling in college or other postsecondary program within 6 months (from 72% to 79%)

+5 % increase in HSFI students successfully completing an approved college or career preparatory course and exam (from 81% to 86%)

We are headed in the right direction – we just need to keep up the hard and thoughtful work.

Our HSFI App is live – below are the links on this email – the Short cuts for both Apple and Google can be found on the school’s website at the bottom right corner. 

App Store

Link - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/HSFI/id1281866261?mt=8

Keywords - “the high school of fashion”

Google Play Store

Link -https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobile.en.com.educationalnetworksmobile.hsfi&hl=en 

Keywords - “the high school of fashion”

We are always looking for Parent Volunteers to help us.  This week on Tuesday, November 21, our school is holding a Pep Rally that includes a ‘Staff vs. Student’ Volleyball game as well as performances from our Dance and Stunts teams – we could use parent volunteers to help supervise and sell snacks.  On Monday, December 4 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in our Student Lounge we will be having our annual Blood Drive – if you are interested in donating blood, please come by.  Students will receive 500 Fashion Dollars for each family member that donates blood.  If you are able to volunteer at one of the events above, please contact Danielle Silva at 212-255-1235 ext. 1251 or email Ms. Silva at dsilva@hsfi.us

It is critically important that all HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday.  We will be sending important information out through 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.

The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 11.5.17

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 are very excited to welcome you to Fashion this week for Parent Teacher Conferences on Thursday, November 9 and Friday, November 10.  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.  Friday there will be a half day of school. 

All students and their families still need to submit lunch applications.  You can now fill out your lunch application online at https://www.myschoolapps.com/.  If you do not want to do the lunch application online, we have paper copies of the application all throughout the school building.  The easiest place for your child to pick up a paper lunch application is in the school lobby when they arrive to school or in the school’s main office in Room 125.  All paper applications should be returned to the school’s main office in Room 125.  I hate to bother you about these lunch applications, but they are necessary to get the much needed funding for the school.

It is critically important that all HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday.  We will be sending important information out through 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