The Foote School
E-NewsDecember 2, 2011
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News on the Winter Assembly
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Mark your calendars: The All-School Winter Assembly will be held at 11 a.m., Fri., Dec. 16, in the Hosley Gymnasium.
Parents are invited for Cider and Cookies before the Assembly in the Sandine Theater at 10:30 a.m. Please join us for a chance to socialize!
Assembly Dress for students is required. (please see note below.)
- Pre-Assembly gathering at 10:30 a.m.
- Assembly begins at 11 a.m.
- All School Dismissal at 12:30 p.m.
- No After School Program
Rehearsals for the Assembly will be held Thurs., Dec. 15, during the school day. If your child is performing in the Assembly, please try to ensure that he or she is in school that day. The groups that will be performing are: Sixth Grade MAG Eighth Grade hand bells Eighth Grade steel drums Ninth Grade hand bells Ninth Grade drums Chorus Jazz Rock Orchestra
A Note on the Spring Assembly
To be held at 11 a.m., Fri., March 9, the assembly will include performances from the following groups: Kindergarten Grades 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 Jazz Rock Chorus
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ALL-SCHOOL NEWS & INFORMATION
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Guidelines for Assembly Dress
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Boys:
Long pants (no jeans, sweatpants or warm-up pants)
Collared shirt (button-down, golf or polo)
Long or short sleeve shirt
(No T-shirts or sweatshirts, no writing on shirts.)
Closed shoes (no flip-flops)
Girls:
Pants or dress/skirt of an appropriate length (no shorts, jeans or sweat pants)
Appropriate top (no spaghetti straps, T-shirts or sweatshirts; no writing on shirts)
No flip-flops
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"A Christmas Carol" is Almost Here!
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Foote Theater's presentation of "A Christmas Carol" is almost sold out! A few tickets are still available for the evening of Thursday, Dec. 8, and may be purchased at the front desk.
Also, there is a request for a ticket swap: we have an individual who is willing to trade two or three Saturday evening tickets for the same number for Saturday's matinee. Please contact the front desk.
Performances will be held at:
7 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 8, and Fri., Dec. 9
2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sat., Dec. 10 1 p.m., Sun., Dec. 11
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A Good Deed for the Holidays: Stuff a Sock
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The students in 6X, along with Margy and Ellen's MAG class, are coordinating the Stuff-a-Sock community service project again this year. Stuff-a-Sock involves collecting items needed for basic comfort and hygiene, stuffing them into nice new pairs of tube socks and presenting the stuffed socks to needy adults. This year the socks will be distributed at Columbus House, a New Haven not-for-profit that offers a broad array of programs and services for the homeless.
Our students also will be collecting hats and gloves for children. Those items will be distributed separately through several charitable organizations.
The sixth graders will deliver an information flyer, sign-up sheet, and collection box to each homeroom. Each homeroom class will be asked to collect enough items for:
· 4 socks for adults
· 4 sets of hats and gloves for children.
Please help your child contribute an item or more. This project will help more than 100 adults and 100 children.
The boxes will be collected on Mon., Dec. 12. The students in 6X will stuff the items into socks with their MAG buddies and deliver them to Columbus House on Wed., Dec. 14.
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It's Gift Wrap Time at Foote!
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- It's not too late to order your INNISBROOK wrapping paper and gifts! You can still order online. Click on the box that says "Family & Friends Shop the Innisbrook Online Store." You can pay directly with a credit card and products will be shipped directly to your home. If your products total at least $85, shipping will be free.
- We are now taking orders for zip-up hoodies and polo shirts as well as some fun new items. If you are interested, click here for the order form or email PTC@footeschool.org.
The School Store will be open next Wednesday, Dec. 7, immediately after the 8:30 a.m. PTC meeting.
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'Tis the Season to Shop: Use Your Stop & Shop Card for Foote
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Please help Foote earn free money! Remember to register your Stop & Shop card, and every time you shop you earn money for Foote. Even if you registered last year, you must re-register this year to participate. Click here to enter your 13-digit Stop & Shop card number. Our school code is 08832. Or email Foote's Stop & Shop coordinator Jamie Cole with your Stop & Shop card number and your last name.
We also have Stop & Shop gift cards for sale in $100 increments. Stop by the Alumni & Development Office to purchase them. We accept cash or personal checks made out to the Foote School PTC.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS & INFORMATION
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After School Information for Parents of 7th-9th Graders
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The After School Program's Winter Contract for Grades 7 through 9 is available here. The Dismissal Form for Grades 7 through 9 is available here.
Please print and fill out both forms and return them to school by Fri., Dec. 9. The forms may also be found on Foote's website here.
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Eighth Grade Art Project Needs a Little Help from Home
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The next eighth grade project in art class will be the creation of a memory box in the style of American artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). We will be constructing the boxes out of wood and painting them before filling them with objects, both found and created. Each student's box will represent a collection of personal memories through the use of symbolic, metaphoric, and literal imagery. Please help your child in the following two ways:
1. Engage in a conversation with your child about his or her memory map that he or she made in art class. As a team, see if you can expand upon it or find new connections. If you would like to make a new one altogether, that's perfectly fine but please keep the original one, as well. Please have this conversation immediately.2. As your son or daughter comes up with ideas for objects and materials to put in the box, please help locate those objects and send them along on days your child has art. All items should be in by Mon., Dec. 5.
Some ideas for step 2 are: ○ Small boxes, containers, jars ○ Knickknacks, baubles, trinkets ○ Components, parts from a lost or broken whole, a cut-out from
something larger ○ 2-D media: wallpaper, fabric, doilies, postcards, photos, maps ○ 3-D basics: corks, cotton balls, wire, nails ○ Memorabilia, souvenirs Please note that everything will eventually need to fit inside of a 14"x14"x4" box. Also, if you have something wonderful in your house that doesn't thematically fit into your child's box but you think it might work for another student, I will be starting a bin with objects that anyone can use. As these items will become an integral part of a student's project, please understand that they will not be returned to you. The items in your own child's box, however, will return home after all of the boxes have been put on display. Any questions may be directed to art teacher Steinen Hurtado.
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Important Dates to Note
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Dec. 7 - 8:30 a.m. PTC Meeting, Steinen Hurtado's Art Room
Dec. 8-11 - "A Christmas Carol," Sandine Theater
Dec. 16 - 12:30 p.m. All School Dismissal (No After School Program)
Dec. 19-30 - Winter Recess. Classes Resume Jan. 2
March 9 - 11 a.m. Spring Assembly
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