Greetings Fashion
Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank.
It was great to see so
many families at our annual Variety Show this past Friday. This event showcased the performing arts
talents of our students including singing and dancing.
We are 4 school days away
from our Spring Break – our vacation starts this Friday.
On Monday, NYC Department of Education Deputy Chancellor Phil Weinberg
will be visiting HSFI all morning to see our students in action, speak with our
teachers and see our SAGA math tutoring program in action.
As part of our commitment
to Social-Emotional Learning, we are teaching our students something called the
‘Meta-Moment.’ The ‘Meta-Moment’ is focused on you imagining your
‘best self’ and then thinking about this ‘best self’ before responding to
stress. The culmination of introducing
the ‘Meta-Moment’ to both students and staff will be this Thursday, March 29th
(the day before Spring Break) where we will have ‘Dress Like Your Best Self’ Day
– our hope is that all students and staff participate in ‘Dress Like Your Best
Self’ Day. Please encourage your
children to participate in ‘Dress Like Your Best Self’ Day. I believe that this time spent on Social
Emotional Learning is time well spent and will pay off handsomely in getting
our students ready for college, career and the real world!
As I called and emailed you all this week, we need all
Fashion Families to complete the NYC Department of Education Parent Survey. The deadline is this coming Friday, March 29. I will be sending phone calls all this week
as reminders – I apologize to all the families that have already completed the
survey – I have no way to know who completed the survey and who did not. Our goal is that 100% of Fashion Families
complete the survey!
You can fill out the survey in 2 different ways – by filling
out the paper survey that you received in the mail in a green envelope or you can
fill it out online.
To complete the survey online:
(1) Go to nycschoolsurvey.org.
(2) Click on the link to the parent and guardian survey.
(3) Enter your Access Code found at the bottom of your paper
survey.
(4) Complete the survey.
(5) Click ‘Submit’.
If you don’t have a survey? Don’t worry! Attached to the
email and on the school website is an attachment of every parent’s Access
Code. You can find the Access Code by
using your child’s 9 digit number – you will not find your child’s name for
privacy concerns. You will find your
child’s grade and OP (homeroom).
You can also call the school where we can give out your
Access Code or call the NYC Department of Education at 1-877-819-2363 to get an Access Code to complete the survey online.
HSFI
parents’ participation in these NYC Department of Education surveys mean a
tremendous amount to me, so please complete the survey to reflect our efforts
to make the High School of Fashion Industries the best school possible!
Please consider how we work to build partnerships and
relationships with you as Fashion Parents to help your children learn, perform
to their highest levels and meet their needs inside and outside the
classroom. Students’ needs are met
academically through challenging instruction and industry partnerships
connected to our fashion, art and business major classes; social-emotionally
through all our clubs and activities, Fashion Dollars and our partnership with
Yale University; and health-wise with our School Based Health Center that
provides free health and dental care to all Fashion students.
Please consider all our communication efforts – my weekly Sunday
at 5:00 pm phone calls and emails through School Messenger; our use of Jupiter
Grades for messages and updating you on your child’s grades; our maintenance of
a private website along with social media accounts including Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram; and an Assistant Principal specifically devoted to Family
Engagement and who makes sure all parent communication with the school is followed
up on.
Please consider our weekly invitations for you to volunteer at the
school. Please consider our Family
Visitation Days in the Fall and Spring where families are invited into the
school to observe classes and see your children and our teachers in action. Please consider our invitations to you to
attend student performances like our SING musical production and the Holiday
Windows Unveiling with Barneys NY – these invitations will heat up in the
Spring with our annual Fashion Show, the International Center of Photography
exhibit and our Senior Art Show.
To
enhance our safety and security at HSFI, we are instituting early morning times
for students to enter the school building.
The earliest time students will be allowed in the building is 7:20 am – by
this time, there will be a supervisor and security agents in the building. Please plan accordingly.
Thank you!
