Greetings Fashion Families from your
Principal Daryl Blank.
As you are planning your schedule for
the week I hope you can attend our first Parents Association meeting of the
school year, this Wednesday, September 26 at 6:00 pm in Room 829. I encourage all Fashion families to
attend. We still have a number of open
positions in our Parents Association Executive Board, so if you are interested
in getting involved in this organization, you have the opportunity to do so.
The school will also be hosting a Safety Town
Hall meeting on Thursday, September 27. This
town hall meeting is designed for parents and community members seeking
information on safety protocols utilized by the High School of Fashion
Industries. In addition to these security protocols, a number of other
topics will be discussed including our approach to bullying and harassment;
available counseling services provided to students, as well as personal safety
travelling to and from school. The event will begin at 6:15 pm in room
829.
In an effort to prepare our students in the event
of a true emergency, we will be conducting a Soft Lockdown drill on Friday,
September 28 at 9:05 am. During this drill, students will be directed to
remain quiet and out of sight for the duration of the drill. Students
should expect a classroom with the lights off and a classroom door that is covered.
Most importantly, students are reminded that they should carefully listen to
their teacher’s instructions until an all clear alert is announced over our
public-address system. We will notify you before the drill and once it
has been successfully concluded.
This week we are continuing our grade level assemblies for the 11th
and 12th grades. Every month,
we will be holding an assembly with each of the four grades in the
auditorium. The focus of the grade level
assemblies will be on what the High School of Fashion Industries does to
reinforce the belief that ‘Emotions Matter’ at the school and helps our
students feel:
CONNECTED & SUPPORTED
CONTENT & BALANCED
ENERGIZED & MOTIVATED
HAPPY & EXCITED
INSPIRED & EMPOWERED
PASSIONATE & PURPOSEFUL
RESPECTED & VALUED
SAFE & COMFORTABLE
These 16 emotions are the core of the HSFI student
Social-Emotional Learning charter and what students want to feel at the school.
The assemblies will give students information on what we have in place to
help students feel these emotions.
On Thursday and Friday of this week, we will be holding our
annual Club Fair where students can learn about all the extracurricular clubs
and activities that take place at HSFI.
I encourage all students to attend – we try to have something for
everyone to connect with.
Lunch is now free to all students in all of our NYC public
schools, regardless of income eligibility. This means that all meals – both
breakfast and lunch – served by the Department of Education’s SchoolFood
program will be at no cost to families.
Unfortunately, all students and their families still need to submit
lunch applications. Title I funding in
New York City is tied to the information that parents/guardians provide on the
yearly lunch application. The High
School of Fashion Industries receives nearly $1 million in Title I funding each
year. You can now fill out your lunch
application online at https://www.myschoolapps.com/. You
will need the school’s zip code to start the online application which is
10011. After putting in the zip code,
you click on ‘New York City School.’ If
you are not receiving this message by email, this online application link will
be posted on the school website in the ‘Fashion News’ section at www.fashionhighschool.net.
On the first day of classes, each student
received a parental consent form allowing for the City of New York to take a
picture of your child and use it to create a government ID for them.
These free ID cards are available to all students and staff who live in NYC. Photographs are taken on private servers that
promote anonymity, safeguard privacy, and immigration status. Once
received, these ID cards are accepted as legal proof of identity, as well as
provide benefits to the city’s cultural events including museums. This
event begins October 2nd and lasts until October 30th.
Since this is only occurring for one month, space is limited. Students will be
notified of their appointments via their high school email account. Here is the
IDNYC website for more information: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/idnyc/index.page
It is critically important that all
HSFI students check their HSFI email & Jupiter Grades everyday. 9th graders and their families
have received their Jupiter Grades login information. 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!
