Greetings Fashion
Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank.
I hope your children had a wonderful
Spring Break! Classes resume on Monday
as we have 9 weeks of classes left before Regents examinations as the school
year winds down. Make sure your children
know this and appreciate the importance of finishing the school year
strong. Counselors will be programming
students for summer school based on marking period 2 grades – the second
marking period ends on April 27.
Students must understand the grades that they receive in June will be
the ones that colleges will see.
Tomorrow, Monday, April 9, we will
have our third installment of our new First Monday program. The redesign of our First Monday involves
students participating in educational activities where students selected from a
menu of activities based on their personal interests. Some of the areas that these activities cover
are Arts & Culture; Creative Expression; Designing Your Future; Film; Fun
& Games; Mind and Body; and Social Responsibility. All students have been assigned an activity
based on their choices; there is no changing of activities at this time.
Students report to school at 8:30 am where they
will take attendance in their 3rd period classes. From there, students will move onto their
First Monday activity that will last until approximately 11:30 am. At this point, students will be able to get
lunch. From 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm,
students will have an opportunity to have individual conferences with their
teachers and/or receive tutoring from them.
If a student is facing academic difficulties, I would encourage them to
attend this session to meet with their teacher and receive additional tutoring,
if needed. During this afternoon time, we will also be running an Advanced
Placement / Honors Fair in Room 829 (Student Lounge) for 9th, 10th
and 11th graders showcasing these challenging academic opportunities
for next school year. I encourage all
students to attend this Advanced Placement / Honors Fair – taking these classes
will put them ahead in getting into the best colleges possible. The school day will
officially end at 1:15 pm when HSFI teachers will then begin their professional
development activities.
Starting on Tuesday, April
10, students will be starting their 2nd half of the Spring term programs
which means a change of day for any class that meets less than five days a week. Classes that met Monday, Wednesday and Friday
now meet only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Classes that met Tuesday and Thursday, now meet Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. The classes that this change
applies to include Physical Education / Gym, Peer Group Connection, Junior
College Prep APPS classes and SAGA Math tutoring, Check with your child about
their schedule change as it might affect when they have to report to school
each day and/or when they finish their school day.
Besides the homestretch of classes,
the winding down of the school year signifies the beginning of our student work
showcases. In many cases, these student
showcases are the culmination of four years of hard work by our students and it
would be great to have Fashion Families in attendance to support them. Our first student showcase is the opening of
our International Center of Photography exhibit – the opening takes place on
Wednesday, April 25 at 4:00 pm. Our
Senior Art Show that showcases our Graphics & Illustration students opens
on Friday, May 4. Our public Fashion
Show that showcases our Fashion Design students is on Friday, May 11. As always, our window displays will reflect
the amazing work that our Visual Merchandising students do on a daily basis.
I wanted to give a special thank you to all the Fashion
families who completed the NYC Department of Education Parent Survey. I do not know our final participation
percentage, but I wanted you to know how much I appreciate your support. Once again, I apologize for all the phone
calls and emails since I had no way to know who completed the survey and who
did not.
Thank you!
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