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March 6, 2014
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Spring Assembly Tomorrow - 11:30 a.m.

The Spring Assembly is tomorrow, Fri., March 7, at 11:30 a.m. in the Hosley Gym.

Please note: The assembly was originally scheduled for 11 a.m., but the time has changed.

Students are asked to follow assembly dress guidelines:

Boys: Long pants (no jeans, sweatpants or warm-up pants). Collared shirt (button-down, golf or polo). Shirts may be long- or short-sleeved. (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.

 

Assembly dress guidelines may also be found on the website and in the Parents Handbook.   

 

ALSO: There will be a lost and found table at the rear of the gym. Any items not claimed will be donated to a charity.
AllSchoolNewsALL SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION
April 11 Will Be a Regular School Day

In order to provide as much continuity and as many five-day weeks as possible after Spring Break, April 11 will be a regular day of school. It was previously scheduled as a professional development day. Please note it will be a D Day.
Greetings From China!

Ninth graders are on day five of their two-week China trip. After a 13-hour direct flight from Newark to Beijing, the ninth graders and faculty chaperones spent the first three days touring historical sites such as the Great Wall and the Temple of Heaven (pictured) and presenting oral reports on them. They have tried Tai Chi, traditional foods and bargaining with street vendors. As of this writing, they were on an overnight train from Beijing to Xi'an, where they'll spend three days before shipping off to Changsha (home of Yali Middle School), Hong Kong and finally home on March 15. Find more pictures and follow all their adventures on the China blog.
Save the Date: MOSAIC Event on April 2

MOSAIC presents its spring event on Wed., April 2. The evening will feature a discussion among ninth grade students, faculty and parents about cross-cultural experiences. RSVP to Carol Poling at [email protected].

After School and Vacation Program News

Vacation Program

There is still time to sign up for Vacation Program during March break. Drop off and pick up for all grades will be in the gym. Click here to download the March Vacation Program calendar, and click here to download the registration form.

After School Program

The After School Program will be in new rooms when we return from break:
  • Kindergarten: Jess McNell - K-1
  • MAG: Sue Delaney and Cara Hames - L2 & L1 
  • Grade 3: Deb Rhoads - L3 
  • Grades 4-6: John Climie and Ashley Schnabel - M1 & M12 
  • Grades 7-9: Same room, M26 
Photos Available for The 39 Steps


Photos from the ninth grade production of The 39 Steps are now available for free download.

Click here for pictures from Cast A (the password is A)

Click here for pictures from Cast B (the password is B)
Recycle Your Old Cell Phones for Amnesty

Foote's Amnesty International chapter is running a cell phone recycling drive. Recycling your old phones will raise money for Amnesty's human rights initiatives while keeping harmful e-waste out of landfills. Drop your old cell phones in boxes placed in the Kindergarten building, the main office and the Jonathan Milikowsky Science and Technology Building. Broken phones are okay, too!
Spring Sports Start March 24

All spring sports will begin the first day we return from break, Mon., March 24. The first day will include a whole group meeting, individual team meetings, uniform handout and team photos.
  PTCNewsPTC NEWS
Spring Movie Outing Tomorrow at 2 p.m.

The spring movie outing will be Fri., March 7 (after the all-school assembly) at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford. The showtime for Mr. Peabody and Sherman is 2 p.m. Click here to buy tickets online. See the flyer below for more information. Email [email protected] with questions.

Spring Auction - Buy Tickets, Donate, Volunteer

Tickets for the Spring Fundraiser Auction are now on sale at the auction website. This year's theme is "LOL: Laughs on Loomis," Foote's first ever comedy night. The Saturday event will feature live and silent auctions, great food and drink and live entertainment from two comedians. Please consider donating an item or service to the auction and/or volunteering.

Spring Tag Sale - Donate, Volunteer

The PTC is now accepting nearly new items for the spring tag sale on Sat., May 17. Parent volunteers are also needed - please sign up at the front desk, or by emailing Sumiya Khan at [email protected].

Last Call For Mabel's Labels Fundraiser

Through the end of March, Foote earns 20 percent of all purchases of Mabel's Labels made through a special website. Click here for more information. And remember: The lost and found bins will be cleared out Fri., March 7, and brought to the Spring Assembly for collection. Unclaimed items will be donated to a charity. 

DayInLifeA DAY IN THE LIFE OF FOOTE
Egypt Immersion Day

Fifth graders celebrated the end of their months-long study of ancient Egypt on March 3 with Egypt Immersion Day. They dressed up as ancient Egyptians, paraded "Pharaoh Grace" around campus, worked in teams to build Play-Doh pyramids and enjoyed a lunchtime feast of dates, chicken pita bread and other Egyptian-themed foods (courtesy of their mummies and daddies.) Click the still frame below for video of the pharaoh parade, and find more photos on the fifth grader teachers' blogs: Jim Adams, Jake Burt and Adam Solomon.




Egypt Immersion Day
Egypt Immersion Day



French Students Celebrate Mardi Gras

On March 4, Jenny Byers' French students in grades 4, 5, 7 and 8 celebrated Mardi Gras. They made their own masks (masques) or jester hats (chapeaux du buffon), ate King Cake (g�teau du roi), and wore necklaces in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple (for justice), gold (for power) and green (for faith.) As they say in New Orleans, "Laissez les bons temps rouler!"








 

Lost in Space With Mr. Willis

With two physical education teachers chaperoning the China trip, retired athletic director Ted Willis returned to Loomis Place this week as a substitute teacher for gym classes. Mr. Willis (pictured at left) had his classes play 'Lost in Space,' an original obstacle-course game he frequently played to develop children's agility during his 43 years at Foote. Mr. Willis, who retired last year, was assisted by Athletic Director Brad McGuire and After School Program Assistant Director Bill Manke. Below are a few photos of Kindergarteners learning the game.







From the Faculty Blogs

It was too cold for maple sap to run this week, but Kindergartners got a lesson in tree tapping nonetheless (pictured). Jess McNell, Alexandra Wittner and Katy Botta have more.
 

 

Margy Lamere's MAG students practiced vocabulary-building by pasting "tuxedo words" on an actual tuxedo.

 

How many different shapes can one make with four congruent triangles? Melissa McCormack's third graders found out in an introduction to geometry. 

 

Want more Egypt? Listen to "Ancient Egypt Podcasts" created by Jim Adams' class, or watch the digital presentations made by Adam Solomon's students.

 

Librarian Jennifer Friedman writes about the importance of audio literacy. 

 

Curriculum Coordinator Lauren Goldberg blogs about the importance of practice on the way to academic mastery.

 

Head of Middle School John Turner found a lesson about abstract thinking in the view out his office window. 

 

To read more, check out the Lower School blogs and Middle School blogs.  

DatesDates to Remember
March 7 - Spring Assembly, 11:30 a.m. - All School Dismissal 12:30 p.m. (After School available).
March 7 - Spring movie outing
March 10-21 - Spring Vacation (Vacation Program available)
March 24 - Classes resume