Sunday, May 20, 2018

The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 5.20.18


Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank. 

We have 3 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.  Students must understand the grades that they receive in June will be the ones that colleges will see.

Tutoring for Regents exams are available in all subjects.  The tutoring schedule has been sent out to all students and families.  The June 2018 Regents examination schedule has also been sent out. Please keep in mind that on Tuesday, June 5, we will be administering the new Global History Regents Exam to all 10th graders – there will be no regular classes on this date and only the students taking this exam will be in attendance.

I want to invite you all to the next edition of our Fashion Show this Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 7:00 pm.  This version of the show is different from last week’s performance – this show will run a half hour.  This show is sponsored by our Advisory Board which is the group of fashion industry professionals that look out for the school.  This year’s show will honor famous fashion designer Nanette Lepore.  We are so excited to invite all Fashion students and families to this show – you can attend whether you did not get to see the show this past Friday or if you want to see it again.  Admission is free for everyone.

Our May Parent Association Meeting will take place this Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 6:00 pm in Room 829, the Student Lounge. At this meeting, the HSFI Parent Association will be holding Parent Association Executive Board elections for the following positions; PA President, PA Vice President, PA Treasurer, and School Leadership Team members.  If you are interested in running for a PA Executive Board position or nominating another HSFI parent, please visit the website link under Parent News section on the HSFI homepage, www.fashionhighschool.net.  Descriptions of the Parents Association positions are on the website link.  Here is direct website link:

As part of Fashion’s commitment to social emotional learning, wanting to know how students are feeling and then trying to find ways to help students, next school year we are looking to create a ‘Buddy System’ where incoming freshman students would have a ‘buddy’ to mentor them and look out for them during their first year of high school.  If you are the parent of a current 9th, 10th or 11th grade student, please encourage them to apply to become a mentor.  Besides the benefit of helping out one of their classmates in the transition to high school, being part of this program will look great for their college applications.

The organization, ‘Teen Choice’ will have representatives at HSFI again on Monday, May 21.  Teen Choice offers a wide variety of student services including; supportive individual and group counseling; peer leadership opportunities; parent and youth workshops; managing your money support; summer youth employment opportunities; a sexual health curriculum; and college preparation services to fill out financial aid and college applications.  They will be here from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in the student lounge and cafeteria. 

Thank you!

Sunday, May 13, 2018

The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 5.13.18


Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank. 

First of all, Happy Mother’s Day to all of our HSFI Moms!

We have 4 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.  Students must understand the grades that they receive in June will be the ones that colleges will see.

It was great to see so many Fashion Families at our annual Fashion Show this past Friday.  The Fashion Show was awesome – all of our students involved in the show should be so proud.  HSFI looked great between the Fashion Show in our air-conditioned auditorium, our entire lobby decorated with amazing pieces of art from our senior art show and the fashion show window displays up.

I want to invite you all to the next edition of our Fashion Show that is on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 7:00 pm.  This version of the show is different from this past Friday’s show – this show on the 22nd will run a half hour.  This show is sponsored by our Advisory Board which is the group of fashion industry professionals that look out for the school.  This year’s show will honor famous fashion designer Nanette Lepore.  We are so excited to invite all Fashion students and families to this show – you can attend whether you did not get to see the show this past Friday or if you want to see it again.  Admission is free for everyone.

For the upcoming school year, I am super excited to announce that we will have an organization called ‘Teen Choice’ at HSFI.  Teen Choice offers a wide variety of student services including; supportive individual and group counseling; peer leadership opportunities; parent and youth workshops; managing your money support; summer youth employment opportunities; a sexual health curriculum; and college preparation services to fill out financial aid and college applications.  Representatives from Teen Choice will be at HSFI this week on Wednesday, May 16 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in the student lounge and cafeteria.  This is so exciting to have Teen Choice here at HSFI in addition to all the support the school provides along with other organizations that are part of Fashion Industries like the Falcon Health Center and Relationship Abuse Prevention Program.

Our May Parent Association Meeting and Parent Association Elections for next school year will take place on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge, Room 829. The HSFI Parent Association will be holding Parent Association Executive Board elections for the following positions; PA President, PA Vice President, PA Treasurer, and School Leadership Team members.  If you are interested in running for a PA Executive Board position or nominating another HSFI parent, please visit the website link under Parent News section on the HSFI homepage, www.fashionhighschool.net.  Descriptions of the Parents Association positions are on the website link.  Here is direct website link:

One more operational note is that on Tuesday, June 4, we will be administering the new Global History Regents Exam to our 10th graders.  There will be no regular classes on this date and only the students taking this exam will be in attendance.

Thank you!


Sunday, May 6, 2018

The Fashionable Times Blog Principal's Message 5.6.18

Greetings Fashion Families from your Principal, Daryl Blank. 

We have 5 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.  Students received their second marking period report cards this past Friday – if your child has not shown you their report card yet, please ask them to see it.  We also distributed Summer School letters to students who failed a second marking period class for this Spring term, failed a class from the Fall term or is behind in credits over their entire high school career.  Please ask your child if they received this letter.  We are officially in the last marking period of the school year.  Students must understand the grades that they receive in June will be the ones that colleges will see.

We should be very excited as we have another student showcases this week – our annual Fashion Show – these are great moments for our students – the ones that they will remember about their HSFI years!  We had two great showcases this past week with our Entrepreneurship Showcase and Senior Art Show.  It is a pleasure to walk into the school as our entire lobby is decorated with these amazing pieces of art.  In addition, our new fashion show window displays are up and reflect the amazing work that our Visual Merchandising students do on a daily basis.

Our public Fashion Show that showcases our Fashion Design students is this Friday, May 11.  There will be two shows – one at 5:00 pm and one at 7:00 pm.  Tickets sold before the show will be $5 and tickets sold at the door will be $7.  All money raised from ticket sales will be reinvested in our fashion design program for next year’s show.  Tickets are available online at our HSFI Webstore right now.  Tickets are now sold in the school lobby. 

Our May Parent Association Meeting and Parent Association Elections for next school year will take place on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge, Room 829. The HSFI Parent Association will be holding Parent Association Executive Board elections for the following positions; PA President, PA Vice President, PA Treasurer, and School Leadership Team members.  If you are interested in running for a PA Executive Board position or nominating another HSFI parent, please visit the website link under Parent News section on the HSFI homepage, www.fashionhighschool.net.  Here is direct link to that page on the school website:

Thank you!