| MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
| MARCH 20 *Regular Bell Schedule *Aca / CTE Committee Meeting – Per. 2 Room 821 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PM Supervisor: M Frank (Rm. 329) | 21 *OP Bell Schedule EXTENDED TIME DURING 3rd PERIOD FOR STUDENTS TO COMPLETE NYC DOE SURVEY PM Supervisor: J Tallone (Rm. 829) | 22 *OP Bell Schedule DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT CARDS CHANCELLOR EDUCATIONAL PANEL MTG IN AUDITORIUM PM Supervisor: A Rodrigues (Rm. 515) | 23 *Regular Bell Schedule PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES NIGHT 5:30 pm – 8 pm | 24 *SPECIAL SCHEDULE CAREER DAY (Directions Coming Later in the Week) PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES NIGHT 1 pm – 3 pm PM Supervisor: S Rau (Rm. 125) |
THE ANSWER IS IN THE ROOM
Here are some highlights of the best practices shared after the last round of intervisitations; all are focused on scaffolding and the use of socio-emotional practices in class.
Here are some highlights of the best practices shared after the last round of intervisitations; all are focused on methods of scaffolding and the use of socio-emotional practices in class.
In the Science department, Ms. Johnston created a review of stoichiometry with tiered questions. Students were challenged to complete questions without using a calculator and justify their answer predictions in words or mathematically.
In the Math department, Ms. LaTanza and Ms. Dye created a project for the Geometry classes in which students could practice transformations while being creative. The project was accompanied by a checklist and rubric where the highest level allowed the students' work to teach other students.
In Ms. Bohner/Ms. Jackson's E4ICT class students were completing different sets of tiered questions so that they could all access a challenging poem.
Bonus: Socio-emotional learning!
In Ms. Cuffie and Ms. Russell's E2 classes, students came up with their own mantra that makes them feel confident and each student shared out with each other
To see these activities and more join the HSFI Google+ Page found here. https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108340703393557258737
*If any staff member would like to share a lesson, activity, or best practice, send it to Ms. Paz at SPaz@schools.nyc.gov or Mr. Kearns at kkearns@schools.nyc.gov
THANK YOU FOR FAMILY VISITATION DAY!
I cannot thank you enough for how welcoming you were to our HSFI families! All the parents I spoke to over the two days loved the visit and were super impressed with the school and our staff. We had over 40 parents over the two days – a huge success for our first annual visitation days. I hope we can continue this family event in the future – if you are interested in sharing your thoughts (good / bad / ways to make it better) on the Family Visitation Days, please complete this Google survey below. One issue was that some parents signed up last minute and we did not get a chance to inform HSFI staff they were coming.
PLEASE COMPLETE NYC DOE SURVEY
WE ARE AT 41% COMPLETION / LAST YEAR’S PERCENTAGE WAS 95%
Teachers, counselors and paraprofessionals please take a few minutes this week to complete the anonymous survey online. I look carefully at the overall results to shape the direction of things like professional development and staff communication. Prospective HSFI parents and families and students look to the results to decide whether they should apply to our school or not. We have worked tremendously hard together to create a wonderful learning environment for our students and this is your chance to let them know.
The link to the survey is below, but you must have the unique access code from the postcard to proceed:
If you lose your postcard with the unique access code, you need to call the following phone number: 1-800-690-8603. Thank you!
PBIS CALL TO ACTION
● PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES ON THURSDAY NIGHT & FRIDAY AFTERNOON
This week, we have the opportunity to meet our students’ parents and guardians. Here are some best practices we are asking staff to follow for these conferences:
▪ Have Common Core student work folders ready to show parent / Student work displayed in your room / Extra copies of your course outlines and your grading criteria available.
▪ Have ‘Welcome’ signs prominently displayed outside your classrooms along with chairs for parents to sit while waiting to meet with you
▪ Have a sign-in sheet to avoid ‘I was here first’ conflicts between families / some teachers use student monitors, if they have them available, to oversee these sign-in sheets
▪ Set up a time limit for each conference – if you need to go beyond 5-7 minutes you probably need an additional conference
▪ Start out with Positives / Focus on what needs to be done to move forward
In my communication with parents I gave them a list of suggested questions they might want to ask – here they are:
1. What is my child expected to learn, know and do at this grade level? How will it be assessed?
2. What are the big projects my child will be doing in your class this year? Throughout the year, how will I know if my child is meeting grade level expectations?
3. What does my child do well and what does he or she struggle with? Can you give me examples?
4. If my child needs extra support or wants to learn more about a subject, are there resources to help his or her learning outside the classroom? Can you give me examples?
5. How will you be introducing the Common Core standards to students this year?
6. Does my child turn in homework on time?
7. Is my child happy at school? How does my child get along with classmates and adults?
8. Does my child participate in class discussions and activities? What would make my child more effective in doing his/her work?
9. What can I do at home to reinforce what my child is learning at school?
10. Are there ways that I can help you in the classroom or the school?
● PUT OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNINGF INTO ACTION
Just as we starting to use the Mood Meter in our staff meetings, if you are comfortable you should using the Mood Meter or some sort of social-emotional check-in with your students. Don’t just go right into the French Revolution, geometric proof or draping activity – take a couple of minutes to find out how your students are feeling and get them into the pleasantness / energy quadrant that fits your lesson.
● REINFORCE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR WITH FASHION DOLLARS
Every staff member should be positively rewarding deserving students in every class or every office visit. We continue to have a “hoarding” problem with our FD tokens that we are trying to combat – for now, rely on FashionSoarrs.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS
● WRITING REVOLUTION
9th/10th grade ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies Teachers: The next deadline to submit TWR work is by 4 PM on TUESDAY, APRIL 4.
Please submit recent teacher-created tasks with anticipated responses with a focus on Quick
Outline, including Topic Sentence and supporting detail. (Math- continued sentence work).
Teacher-created activities with anticipated responses:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzXw4_YK-LbuSnJmd1FGbklZRmc
Please submit recent teacher-created tasks with anticipated responses with a focus on Quick
Outline, including Topic Sentence and supporting detail. (Math- continued sentence work).
Teacher-created activities with anticipated responses:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzXw4_YK-LbuSnJmd1FGbklZRmc
Target Student work (If you teach the *TWR Target Students)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzXw4_YK-LbuTEJkZ2E4WkhOU0k?usp=sharing
● HOMEWORK POLICY – NO NEW HW ON WEDNESDAYS
Clarification for you and our students – NO NEW HW ON WEDNESDAYS means that no new homework can be assigned on Wednesdays. Assignments can be given on Tuesdays (or other days) and due on Wednesdays. Please spread the word to students so they are clear on the policy.
● SPECIAL EDUCATION REMINDERS
With the change of semesters and classes, the Special Education department in room 329 wanted to provide everyone with a reminder regarding students with IEPs and SESIS.
In addition to asking a special educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by reviewing your class roster. If the first or last character of the students’ official is a letter, the student has an IEP. Generally, but not in all cases, a letter at the end means the student receives SETSS services, while an I, C, or T at the beginning will signify an ICT placement. There are exceptions where students have been moved from one placement to another based on their needs and this is why it is incredibly important to reference the IEP.
We have also created, and have begun to distribute a new standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are required to complete on this form is now more subject specific and your insight will better help us in determine the needs of our students with IEPs. The Teacher Form in conjunction with your participation at the IEP meeting (if you are invited) are two critical elements we need in order to best serve our students. We try to plan our IEP and Triennial meetings with teacher schedules in mind, however there are times when families are only available at specific times and a coverage will be requested for your class.
Welcome to Spring Semester 2017! If you have a student in your class this semester that has an IEP you may be asked to complete a Google “IEP Feedback” Form which now includes a section specific to your content area. The information you provide will assist the IEP Team in determining the best possible:
□ Setting (15:1, ICT, SETSS)
□ Accommodations (extended time, separate location, etc.),
□ Services (speech, mandated counseling) and
□ Goals and supports
You may also be asked to attend an Annual IEP Review meeting. Your participation in this process is vital in providing the student with the necessary supports that will enable the student to become college and career ready.
The IEP is a strategic planning document that should be far-reaching in its impact. It creates an opportunity for teachers, parents, school administrators, related service personnel, and students to work together to improve education results for children with disabilities.
Once the IEP is finalized, it is valid for one year, and is accessible via https://sesis.nycenet.edu/userlogin.aspx
In addition to asking a special educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by reviewing your class roster. If the first or last character of the students’ official is a letter, the student has an IEP. Generally, but not in all cases, a letter at the end means the student receives SETSS services, while an I, C, or T at the beginning will signify an ICT placement. There are exceptions where students have been moved from one placement to another based on their needs and this is why it is incredibly important to reference the IEP.
We have also created, and have begun to distribute a new standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are required to complete on this form is now more subject specific and your insight will better help us in determine the needs of our students with IEPs. The Teacher Form in conjunction with your participation at the IEP meeting (if you are invited) are two critical elements we need in order to best serve our students. We try to plan our IEP and Triennial meetings with teacher schedules in mind, however there are times when families are only available at specific times and a coverage will be requested for your class.
Welcome to Spring Semester 2017! If you have a student in your class this semester that has an IEP you may be asked to complete a Google “IEP Feedback” Form which now includes a section specific to your content area. The information you provide will assist the IEP Team in determining the best possible:
□ Setting (15:1, ICT, SETSS)
□ Accommodations (extended time, separate location, etc.),
□ Services (speech, mandated counseling) and
□ Goals and supports
You may also be asked to attend an Annual IEP Review meeting. Your participation in this process is vital in providing the student with the necessary supports that will enable the student to become college and career ready.
The IEP is a strategic planning document that should be far-reaching in its impact. It creates an opportunity for teachers, parents, school administrators, related service personnel, and students to work together to improve education results for children with disabilities.
Once the IEP is finalized, it is valid for one year, and is accessible via https://sesis.nycenet.edu/userlogin.aspx
Logging into SESIS
(1) You will see user ID and the box will say Central/
(2) Leave Central/ and type your doe email after: ex: central/jdoe4
(3) In the password box, enter your doe email password
(4) Click sign in
To Access a Student’s IEP
(1) Once on the homepage, you can search for a student by ID number or student name.
(2) To access the student’s IEP, click on the documents icon next to the student’s name.
(3) Then click on Individualized Education Program IEP to view the student’s IEP.
(4) At the top of the screen underneath “MY HOME PAGE” click on the arrow next to “Cover Page” to see a list of the different sections of the IEP.
Areas of the IEP That Inform Instruction
□ Present Levels of Performance – provides evaluation results, credit accumulation, regent scores, academic strength, learning styles, interests, areas of needs, preferences, social strengths and areas of needs, resources and tools that have proven successful to help student
□ Measurable Annual Goals – goals in math, reading, writing & related services
□ Recommended Special Education Program & Services – program, related services, assistive technology, entitled to a paraprofessional or not
□ Test Accommodations – accommodations during assessments, conditions, and implementation recommendations
● COMPUTER LAB IS OPEN ALL THE TIME – ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE IT
Our student computer lab continues to be open from:
□ 7:30 am through the end of 2ndPeriod
□ All lunch periods
□ From the end of 8thPeriod to 5:00 pm
Encourage your students to take advantage of this technology resource.
OPERATIONAL NEED TO KNOW
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/
● RETURN INK CARTIDGES
Please look around your offices and classrooms for any used, empty ink cartridges. Please return them to Mr. Rappa in Room 244 or leave them outside the door before 3 PM if he is not in the room. The more cartridges we return, the more money that goes into the Glen Sears Scholarship Fund.
CAREER DAY THIS FRIDAY – IMPORTANT REMINDERS / SMALL NUMBERS OF SPEAKERS STILL NEEDED
Below is the list of speakers for our Career Day – as you can see it is an impressive list – thank you to all the staff that spread the word about getting additional speakers. We need your help in the following areas for Career Day:
□ Encourage students to attend Career Day – some students do not attend with the half day of school – students will be given an assignment through their CTE classes based off Career Day
□ Encourage students to watch this Career Day ‘DOs & DONTs’ video created by Ms. Cuffie – it covers a number of topics including behavior, dress code and the types of questions to ask to our speakers.
□ Encourage them to dress and behave appropriately
□ We are still in need of a couple of additional speakers for our annual Career Day on Friday, March 24 which is the morning of Parent-Teacher Conferences afternoon. If you know anyone from the world of fashion, the arts and/or business and might be interested in speaking to our students, please try to convince them to present at our Career Day. If you think you have someone interested in Career Day, get in touch with Ms. Anika Carter – she is in Room 819 / extension 8194 / via email ACarter15@schools.nyc.gov or ACarter15@hsfi.us. Once you make the connection with Ms. Carter, she will take it from there
The logistics of Career Day are two 45-minute presentations that includes time for questions and answers beginning at 9:45 am – the first bloc of time is 9:45 am – 10:30 am and then 10:30 am – 11:15 am. We have a breakfast reception for our speakers at 9:00 am with our Advisory Board in appreciation of their efforts. Students will report to OP at 9:00 am and then eventually move onto the presentations they sign up for. Your responsibility that morning will be to monitor one presentation to make sure our students are behaving the correct way towards our speakers.
Thank you!
| PRESENTER NAME | COMPANY | PRESENTATION TITLE |
| Robert di Mauro | ROBERT DI MAURO | Presentation skills |
| Gerard Yosca | Gerard Yosca Jewelry | Sparkling is hard work! How to shine! |
| Indira Jerez | INNERtia Project | From investment banking to coaching |
| Kim Cihlar | Fashion Whirled / Collection 13 Jewelry | Writing for Content, Social Media & Jewelry Design |
| Chanell Hasty | Fashion Redefining Justice, Inc. | The Creative Leap |
| Queenie Leung | imbody | Why I Started My Company |
| Nicole Giordano | StartUp FASHION | Defining Your Own Path as a Fashion Entrepreneur |
| DANIEL SILVER and STEVEN COX | DUCKIE BROWN | ALL ABOUT YOU AND FASHION |
| Gwenveria M. Sargeant | Fashion & Arts Xchange | The ART OF THE XCHANGE |
| Ty-Ron Mayes | Paper Faces | Wardrobe Stylist for America's Next Top Model |
| Neil-Christian | Diptyque | Luxury fragrances a candles |
| Koleen Hernandez | National Retail Federation Student Association at the FIT | Life at FIT, by the NRFSA@FIT |
| Kanika Anand | National Retail Federation Student Association at the FIT | Life at FIT, by the NRFSA@FIT |
| Sonne Bajwa | National Retail Federation Student Association at the FIT | Life at FIT, by the NRFSA@FIT |
| Velvet Lattimore & Wilbur Pack, Jr. | Black Accessory Designers Alliance, Inc. | Forming Community is Important to your Creativity |
| Dawn Shivers | Faviana | My role as a manager |
| Julianne Abejar | Macy's Merchandising Group | Designing Sweaters at Macy's |
| Rebekah Ray | Golden Touch Imports | Careers in Technical Design |
| Monique Cabrera | Golden Touch Imports | Sales presentation |
| Ade Hassan | Nubian Skin | Starting Nubian Skin |
| David Asher | Giorgio Armani | A Good Buyer Knows How to Sell |
| Harriet Rosebud | Harriet Rosebud NY | Millinery Success |
| Kim Friday | Tommy Hilfiger | The Fashion Editor 2.0 |
| Stephen Cucci | STITCHbySJC/FIT | What is Trend Forecasting? |
| Nathaniel White | Nene L.A. Shiro | From HSFI Student to Celebrity designer |
| Kaitlyn Wilbur | AdoreMe | From Crayons to Career |
| Caitrin Watson | Lafayette 148 New York | Not Your Average “Made in China”____ |
| Aimee Kestenberg | Aimee Kestenberg | Achieving your dreams |
| Jessica Ng | Calvin Klein Underwear | Intimate Apparel Industry |
| Denise Coke | The Madison Square Garden Company/ $NP Designs | How I Started my Own Business at 23 |
| Micah Feliciano | Lord & Taylor Flagship | World of Personal Styling |
| Roslyn Harte | Lances Harte | What I accomplished with a high school education |
| Hadassa Dorcean | HADASSADOR | Starting a Small FashionDesign Business |
| Ramon Pesante | Bet and Centric | Taking your creativity seriously |
| Hassan Heyward | Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment | Film, Television and how to get involved |
| NANCY FONTANEZ | GOLDEN TOUCH | HOW THE ART WORK IS CREATED |
| Alexa Wynter | | Word is Bond: Alaxa Wynter |
| Isa Reyes aka Desi Adorn | W.A.R Where Artists | Are you ready for W.A.R? |
| Justin Edwards | The Science Project__ | Want To Be A Creative Director? |
| Tiffany Smith | Blue Lotus Music Publishing | Music and Marketing; Combining the two |
| Roseanne | Saks 5th Avenue | Retail Sales/Merchandising/Styling |
| Diane Diggs | The Bloc Corporation | Entrepreneur Facts |
| Devaughn Myles | Hilton | The Prerequisites to Entrepreneurship |
| JOYCE TETU-ATAGWE | FIRE DEPARTMENT CITY OF NEW YORK | FIREFIGHTER |
| Candace Clark | Dress for Success Worldwide | Road to Your Dream Career |
| Jon Harari | WindowsWear | WindowsWear |
| Abeki Carter | Chic Occasions Events | Doing what you love |
| Elease A. Wiggins_ | ELEASE, LLC | Let Failure Be Your teacher, Not Your Torturer |
| Jason Rosario | The Lives of Men | The Path of Self-Discovery |
| Tiffany James | The Modern Spice | The Importance of a Female Voice |
| Audrey Smaltz | The Ground Crew | Networking-Your Next Step! |
| Mina Hariri | Golden Touch Imports | Merchandising |
| Amanda Moore-Karim | Independent | My Road to Entrepreneurship |
| Patti Carpenter | Carpenter + company/Trendscope | 2017 Trends for Home Decor |
| Elaine Schiff | Faviana | Beauty and Being Designer |
| Tina Wilson | Marronage | Intimate Apparel Design |
| TIFFANY RHODES | RUN YOUR OWN BUSINESS - STARTING NOW! | |
| Roseanne Lind | SAKS 5th Avenue | The New Retail |
| Sherry Lane | Sherry Lane Cosmetics | The Journey from Artist to Entrepreneur |
| Leandro Castellanos | Engine 81 Ladder 46 | |
| Sara McGuinness | Green Acres Mall | Macerich | |
SAVE THE DATES – CTE SHOWCASES
□ INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY PARTNERSHIP – GALLERY OPENING
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
□ SENIOR ART SHOW
Friday, May 5, 2017
□ PUBLIC FASHION SHOW
Friday, May 12, 2017
□ INDUSTRY FASHION SHOW
The Industry Show is on Thursday, May 18, 2017 with a reception at 6:00 pm and the show at 7:00 pm which typically runs a half hour. This event is the culmination of four years of hard work by our dedicated staff and students who collaborate to design, construct and model every garment. This year’s show will honor Mr. Gary Wassner who is one of the most influential people within the fashion industry and has graciously agreed to attach his name to the event to help fundraise for the school. The Advisory Board’s fund raising benefits us in many ways including their recent air conditioning contribution.
Thank you to the Fashion Design department for their extraordinary efforts in preparing our students throughout these four years to be ready for this show. Thank you to our Fashion Show Director, Ms. Broadbelt, for her efforts in leading this production.
You can RSVP to Ms. Anika Carter at ACarter15@schools.nyc.gov / ACarter15@hsfi.us / extension 8194 / Room 819.
NEW FLY COMMERCIAL
Our Virtual Enterprise Fashion Marketing students have produced their new FLY school commercial – Check It Out! Thank you Ms. Vaccaro for leading our FLY efforts!
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
● WEBSITE LINK TO TAKE ATTENDANCE AT STUDENT ACTIVITIES
● WEBSITE LINK TO VIEW ATTENDANCE RECORDS
In order to sort / filter the list, you must click on the temporary filter icon which is located next to the printer icon (looks like a wine glass).
● UPCOMING STUDENT ACTIVITIES / HELP NEEDED
□ Variety Show – March 31
Staff are encouraged to perform at the Variety Show – Ms. Broadbelt is recruiting for a lip sync battle between students and staff
WEEKLY PARENT COMMUNICATION
● FASHIONABLE TIMES BLOG
Just like we maintain a blog for staff, we maintain a weekly blog for HSFI Parents that includes a weekly message from me. The link is:
STUDENT INFORMATION RESOURCE
● NYC DOE STUDENT PROFILES
The NYC Department of Education has created a central location to access key student information – www.nycenet.edu/studentprofile
You have been emailed a one page summary of this resource. Here are the key categories of the ‘Student Profile’:
● Grades– current and historical report card grades
● Assessments- previous Regents scores
● Attendance- current and historical daily attendance including lateness
● Schedule– students’ current schedule
● Details– student biographical and demographic information including Special Education and English Language Learner (ELL) status
● Enrollment– enrollment history including all NYC schools attended
● Guardians– all the adults on the students’ biographical record including contact information and preferred language
STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR
The SOARRing staff showcased below come from nominations from their supervisors and their colleagues. You can nominate a colleague by using the email: PBISDataTeam@hsfi.us
Please include the reason why your colleague has SOARRed!
Thank you to THE ENTIRE HSFI COMMUNITY for their efforts as part of the preparation for the Superintendent’s visit this past Wednesday – those efforts are the reason behind HSFI’s success!
Thank you to MS. DAMIAN, MS. KING, MS. CISSE, MS. ZUBROVICH, MS. CHRISTINA VEGA, MS. ANZALONE, MS. PADRON & MR. LAZARUS for representing the school during the Superintendent’s specific visits to their classes / offices.
Thank you to THE ENTIRE HSFI COMMUNITY for welcoming HSFI parents into the school and their classes for our 1st Annual Parent Visitation Days! Every parent felt welcomed and at home during their visit.
Thank you to all the staff members who have contributed to our best practices Google + Community over the last two weeks - MS. JOHNSTON, MS. BOHNER, MS. JACKSON (FERLAZZO), MS. LaTANZA, MS. DYE, MS. CUFFIE, MS. RUSSELL, MS. PINTO, MS. GARCIA, MR. KILPATRICK, MS. ALLEN & MS. McGOLDRICK – the sharing spirit at HSFI is alive and well!
Thank you to MS. DAHILL & MS. DAVID for their tireless efforts in working with City Councilman Corey Johnson’s office with respect to participatory budgeting – they are working hard to get technology improvements to HSFI on the participatory budgeting ballot.
Thank you to MS. NOBLE (PAGLIARO) for her continued efforts in our partnership with Clark University – her seniors presented their business plans to the Clark students and looks like they will be headed to the Clark University campus outside of Boston in May.
Thank you to THE ENTIRE CTE DEPARTMENT for collecting Fashion Dollars from the students.
Thank you to MS. DYE & MS. LaTANZA for welcoming in English teachers to observe their impressive ICT practice!
Welcome back to MS. BALMIR who is returning to work at HSFI!
Thank you to MS. SILVESTRE & MS. JOSEPH for their efforts out of the main office in preparation for HSFI Family Visitation Days.
Thank you to MS. CHAVEZ for spending her entire Saturday representing HSFI at the Round 2 NYC High School fair as we continue to attract the best students to attend the school.
Thank you to MS. HUSTED for her efforts in organizing and delivering 20 summer youth employment applications for our special education students.
Thank you to MR. KALISCH & MR. SIA for collaborating with one another during recent parent meetings.
Thank you to MS. INCEfor submitting a large number of College Board accommodations for our special education students.
Thank you to MS. DAHILL for applying for a grant from NYC Reads 365 which gets us a slew of new free teen books for the library!
VTODs FOR THE WEEK
Our VTODs will now be lexical arrays of terms that are connected in meaning but often reflect differences in tone, mood, or levels of intensity. For example: peek, glance, scowl, stare, and glare.
Lexical Arrays - BAD: from Defective to Grave
Monday, March 20
Corrupt: (adj.) 1. dishonest, evil; immoral: As the railroad industry grew, it became filled with corrupt practices, unhindered by government regulation. (2) not in a correct or original form. Although the ancient document appeared online in a somewhat corrupt version, it was close to the original.
Tuesday, March 21
Reprehensible: (adj.) very bad: contemptible: deserving very strong criticism. The district attorney called abandoning an injured victim “one of the more morally reprehensible moves a driver can make.” The United States called the hostage taking reprehensible.
Wednesday, March 22
Atrocious: (adj.) 1.extremely bad; the smell became so atrocious that, at last, the building’s staff got involved! 2. Very evil or cruel: It is believed that juries faced with especially atrocious murders like to find someone guilty.
Thursday, March 23
Appalling: (adj.) inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust: Unison said cutting low-paid workers’ salaries was "heartless and appalling." The small country denied its appalling human rights violations, despite compelling evidence to the contrary.
Friday, March 24
Grave: (adj.) likely to cause great harm or danger. Early in his presidency, when President Barack Obama intervened in the economy, the nation faced the gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Thankfully, no passengers on the bus during the accident sustained any grave injuries.
HSFI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS / ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAME INFORMATION
From Ms. David, our HSFI Alumni Association Director:
‘Congratulations to each of the H.S.F.I. Alumni College Scholarship applicants (see below). You are ALL winners. 1 student from each major and a DREAMER (an undocumented student) will be awarded $500 each for their higher learning endeavors. Fashion community we thank you for contributing to our events and activities to make this possible. We are a purposeful Alumni Association.’
ADDITIONS TO THE BLOG
If you are interested in adding something to the Weekly Bulletin Blog, please email Angela Ianniello – AIanniello@schools.nyc.gov – by Wednesday of that week. Submissions emailed after this deadline will be placed in the following week’s Blog.
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