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October 18, 2012

12:30 p.m. - All School Dismissal (No After School Program, practices or rehearsals)   Halloween Parade & Fair Schedule:   1:45 p.m. - Meet in classrooms (eighth and ninth graders will remain on campus.     2 p.m. -      Halloween Parade on middle school recess field   4 p.m. -      Fair ends   5 p.m. -      Pick up for eighth graders Kindergarten and MAG students will return to classrooms after the parade to meet their parents. Parents may then take their children to the Fair.  Third graders will meet at the hill by the art room after the parade. Fourth graders will be dismissed to their parents on the middle school field at the end of the parade.  Fifth, sixth and seventh grade students have responsibilities at the fair and will be dismissed from the middle school field to their parents when their jobs are done.  Eighth grade students do not go home at 12:30 p.m. dismissal on the day of the Halloween Fair.  As the organizers of the fair, they stay at school between 12:30 and 2 p.m. to set up and decorate. They will need to bring a lunch on that day. After the fair they will clean up and, after all of their hard work is done, be treated to pizza in the Twichell Room. Pickup is at 5 p.m. Proceeds from the fair are directed to Community Service and their class gift. The ninth grade manages the food tables and food sales. Their proceeds go toward their class gift.    Avoid lines at the fair! Buy tickets - at 25 cents each - from eighth graders in various spots on campus Thursday and Friday. Tickets will also be sold at the fair.   An Important Note: If going home between 12:30 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. will be difficult for you, you are welcome to bring lunch and eat with your child at one of the picnic tables on campus. Parents of K-seventh grade students are responsible for their children from noon-1:45 p.m., and again after the parade.  Please note that the city prohibits parking on the residential side of Loomis Place.

The six-member CAIS Accreditation Team spent three days at Foote, visiting classes, talking to faculty, staff, and parents, as well as meeting with our Student Council and sharing lunch with a third grade class. 

The team was extremely impressed with our focus on the whole child, our diversity, the quality of our faculty and staff, our curriculum, and our communication. While we will not receive the report until January or February, I can share that we earned high marks for the building project, and especially for our comprehensive and challenging program that truly reflects our motto, Gladly Will I Learn and Gladly Teach, and our mission.

The visit was a wonderful opportunity for us to share the treasures and joys of our community with a team of independent school educators from across Connecticut.   

All students will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 8, and Fri., Nov. 9, when lower school and middle school parent-teacher conferences will be held. Middle school conferences also will be offered from 5-8 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 1. Watch for sign-up information next week.

The After School Program will be available for grades K-6.   

Earn 5 percent for Foote just for shopping at Stop & Shop! When you use Stop & Shop Gift Cards, purchased thrugh the PTC, to pay for your
groceries or gas whenever you shop, you will earn 5 percent for Foote. You get the full $100 value of the Gift Card, but Foote earns an additional $5 from Stop & Shop.  This is an important fundraising activity for the PTC, so please consider switching to this method of paying at Stop & Shop. 

 

Gift Cards are available for purchase at the front desk or from Vicki Murphy at vgmurphy@aya.yale.edu. (This gift card program is in addition to the A+ School Rewards program for which you may have registered your Stop & Shop card number.  If you haven't done that yet, please click here.) Thank you for supporting the PTC and Foote through your participation!

 

The three-day, two-night fifth grade trip to Deer Lake Scout Reservation in Killingworth is a truly memorable event for students in the last year of lower school. The reservation's 253 acres serve as a laboratory and learning center for the fifth graders, whose excitement was audible this past Wednesday. "Oh my gosh I found a newt!," exclaimed one, grasping a net with one hand and hurrying toward a group crowded around containers holding their respective finds. As the group watched the goings-on in the containers, one student noticed a certain behavior: "The big spider is eating the little spider," she cried. Everyone crowded around for a look. "It's all part of the circle of life," teacher Jim Adams said to the students. 

Rock climbing, archery, canoeing, hiking, fishing, night walks, making outdoor survival kits, and a campfire are just some of the activities enjoyed by the campers. "This is the capstone event for the lower school," said teacher Adam Solomon. "It brings everyone together for a shared experience."

During a team-building exercise

Identifying what resides in the waters of Deer Lake

Mon., Oct. 22      Sixth Grade Trip to Bear Mountain Fri., Oct. 26        Halloween Parade & Fair  All School Dismissal                             12:30 p.m.                             Parade & Fair at 2 p.m (No After School Program)  Sun., Nov. 4       Admissions Open House 1-3 p.m.  Campuswide    Mon., Nov. 12-Wed. Nov. 14  Book Fair  Perrine Library  Wed., Nov. 14     Ice Cream Social (and pizza) with Adam Gidwitz,                              author of "A Tale Dark & Grimm" 5:30-7 p.m.                             Hosley Gymnasium             Sat., Nov. 17       Foote Day at R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison