Greetings Fashion
Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank.
It was great to see so
many families at our Family Visitation Days this
past Thursday and Friday. I hope you can attend our March
Parents Association meeting this Wednesday, March 21 at 6:00 pm in Room 829.
Thank you for all your
support with the National School Walkout this past Wednesday – it was awesome
to see our students speak out. Here is a great video of our students protesting during the
National School Walkout featured on Democracy Now. This video and photos are also posted on the
school website.
This Wednesday, March 21 is PSAT /
SAT Day. This
is a day when all 10th graders will be taking the PSAT exam while
all of the 11th graders will be taking their SAT exam. A majority of our 9th graders that
have handed in their college trip permission slips will be attending college
visits. The remaining 9th
graders will be joining the 12th graders to watch a special
presentation of the film 'Girls Rising' in the school auditorium. All students report to school at 8:00 am on
Wednesday. There are no regular classes
on this day.
I am very excited to
announce that HSFI’s version of ‘America’s Got Talent’ is this Friday, March 23
with our annual Variety Show. This event
showcases the performing arts talents of our students including singing and
dancing. As always, we welcome families
to attend the event.
As I called and emailed you last
night, I just received a message from the NYC Department of Education that only
3 percent of Fashion Families have done their Parent Survey – that is only 47
HSFI families. The deadline is this
coming Friday, March 23. Please fill out
the survey – we need a high percentage of Fashion families to fill out the
survey and show all of NYC what HSFI is all about.
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! 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 who
can give you the 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!
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