The Foote School
E-News
May 10, 2012
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| The Power of Positive Parenting |
Foote School parents and other interested adults are invited to hear the noted child psychologist Dr. Alan Kazdin, an internationally known proponent of positive parenting and the director of the Yale Parenting Center, speak at the annual Foote School Association Meeting at 7 p.m. Mon., May 14, in the Sandine Theater.
Kazdin, the John M. Musser Professor of  Psychology at Yale, has appeared frequently on shows such as "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Today," "Dr. Phil," "Good Morning America," and in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, Slate, and Time magazine. A latter-day Dr. Benjamin Spock, Kazdin has captured the imaginations and attention of parents throughout the world with his reasoned and intelligent approach to raising children. Read more about him here.
Dr. Kazdin will speak on "Effective Parenting Techniques Using the Kazdin Method for Positive Parenting." All are encouraged and welcome to attend.
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ALL SCHOOL NEWS & INFORMATION
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Join Us to Meet the Annual Fund Challenge
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Foote has received two important challenges for Annual Fund gifts!
 All gifts received in May will be matched up to $40,000.- If parent participation in the Annual Fund reaches - or exceeds - 85 percent, Foote receives another $10,000.
Please give a gift to the Annual Fund
as soon as possible. We want Foote to earn the full $50,000.
Any gift - no matter the amount - matters greatly to us!You can give here!
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Coins Add Up to Finish a Building
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Foote's ALL SCHOOL COIN DRIVE during the month of May has raised $227.26 so far from students contributing to finishing the new building. Keep those coins coming! * There is a jar (like the one at right ) in every classroom.
* A bulletin board by the Front Desk is displaying results each week.
* The new building will have the name of every student engraved on the railing!
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Volunteers Still Needed for Faculty Breakfast
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The Faculty Appreciation Breakfast needs your help! The PTC sponsors this event annually as a special thank you to the entire Foote faculty and staff. This year's event will be held on Wed., May 16, from 7:30-10:30 a.m.
Non-perishable items may be dropped off in the Faculty Lounge on Mon., May 14, or Tues., May 15, in a bag labeled 'Faculty Breakfast.' Perishable foods should be dropped off as early as possible on Wednesday.
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LOWER SCHOOL NEWS & INFORMATION
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Third Grade Art Shines at Lawn Club
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Foote's third graders exhibited their artworks of Australia at the New Haven Lawn Club this past Thursday, May 3. Parents, students and faculty admired the creations, which were done as part of the third graders' interdisciplinary studies of Australia, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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Reminders:
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- The Lower School/Middle School Transition parents meeting for fifth grade parents will be held Wed., May 16, at 5:30 p.m.
- The Kindergarten/MAG Transition parents meeting will be held Mon., May 21, at 5:30 p.m.
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF FOOTE
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Salmon Release Trip Completes a Research Project
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Sixth and ninth grade students traveled with their teachers and other Foote staff to the Salmon River in Colchester on Fri., May 4, for a full-day field trip centered on salmon. All of the students released several young salmon into the river and all shared their knowledge from research projects about a wide variety of topics related to salmon natural history and river ecology. Using posters and hands-on demonstrations during the morning session, each ninth grade student presented information on specific aspects of water quality assessment using both biological and chemical indicators. After lunch, the sixth graders presented a wealth of information on the biology, ecology and current conservation status of the Atlantic salmon. (Reporters came along too; see the NBC Connecticut story here, and the New Haven Register story here.)
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Farewell to Soup as We Know It
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The weekly soup for faculty and staff created by the third grade and Lisa Totman as a community service fundraiser has become the stuff of legend. But with Lisa's approaching retirement, the soup is slipping away. As a final farewell, today, Thurs., May 10, she abandoned soup to make a smorgasbord groaning with ham, vegetable platters, side dishes and bread. A soup-retirement cake was there to fete her amid numerous notes from faculty and staff extolling the virtues of her soup, her thoughtfulness over the years, and her devotion to Foote.
 
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And Hello to Mrs. Totman's Science Kitchen
- and a Successful Alumni Reunion
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This year's Alumni Reunion had some surprises, including the announcement that with the impending move to the new building, Leslie Long's science room will become the Lower School Discovery Center, with Mrs. Totman's Science Kitchen as a centerpiece. The Kitchen was named in Lisa's honor by family and friends to pay tribute to her longtime dedication to teaching Foote students the science of cooking. Tearful and clearly delighted, Lisa was presented with the sign at reunion festivities at Foote Sat., May 5.  | |
Massimo Calabresi '82, winner of this year's Alumnus Achievement Award, is joined at Alumni Reunion festivities by his parents, Guido Calabresi '46, former dean of Yale Law School and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, and Anne Tyler Calabresi '48, a social anthropologist, arts patron and founder of LEAP, the training and mentoring program for inner-city New Haven children, and Head of School Carol Maoz.
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Important Dates to Note
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May 10 - Ninth Grade Parents Meeting 5:30 p.m.
May 14 - Foote School Association Annual Meeting 7 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Alan Kazdin, internationally known child psychiatrist
and creator of the Kazdin method of child-rearing.
May 16 - PTC Faculty Breakfast 7:30 a.m.
May 16 - LS/MS Transition Parents Meeting 5:30 p.m. Perrine Library
May 21 - K-MAG Transition Parents Meeting 5:30 p.m. Perrine Library
May 25 - May Day 12:30 Dismissal (After School Program Available)
May 28 - Memorial Day NO SCHOOL (No Vacation Program)
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