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April 3, 2014

Spring is here and Field Day is right around the corner.!

Field Day t-shirts are now available for purchase. Click here to download the order form.

All orders are due at the front desk by Fri., April 11. 

This just in: The Summer Theater production for 2014 will be the hit musical The Music Man. Here's how Music Theatre International describes the production:

"An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson's The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize - this despite the fact he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain's fall."

As a culmination of our expanded jump rope unit this spring, Foote is taking part once again in the national fitness project called Jump Rope for Heart. It is a special event where students, parents and teachers collect donations for their time spent jumping rope for the American Heart Association. If you wish to donate, your gift should be in the form of cash or check payable to the American Heart Association. The money raised goes toward research and education for the number one killer in America, heart disease.

  

There will be two separate Jump Rope for Heart Events:

• Wednesday, April 16 from 11:45 - 12:15. All Middle School students
• Thursday, April 17 from 11:45 - 12:15. All Lower School students

Students have been practicing multiple forms of jumping in PE class: jump the shot, individual jump ropes, long ropes and Double Dutch. During the event, students will be split up by grade and then by class. Kindergarten and MAG will participate in long rope jumping. Students in third through ninth grades will have three 10-minute stations (individual ropes, jump the shot, and long rope or Double Dutch). 

 

Our goal is to have 100 percent participation. This is a great opportunity for all Foote students to come together as a community and make a difference in the lives of children their own age who greatly need their help. It will also make students aware of the importance of a healthier heart. We are all looking forward to two great days of jumping. 

Foote will host a special half-day conference Sat., April 26 on the importance of the outdoors in early childhood education and development. Presented by the Edith B. Jackson Child Care Program, the conference will consist of a screening of the award-winning documentary film School's Out: Lessons From a Forest Kindergarten, a panel discussion, interactive breakout sessions and a keynote address from author and City College of New York professor William Crain. Click here for more information, and click here to download the registration form.

Spring minicourses for the After School Program begin next week. Course offerings include old favorites like basket making with Angela (pictured), and arts and crafts with Lynne, along with some new ones such as Basketball, Happy Feet, and Writing and Acting. Click here for course descriptions and the enrollment form. Questions? Contact After School Program Director Dawn Walsh at dwalsh@footeschool.org.

The next PTC meeting will be Wed., April 9 at 8:30 a.m. in the Sturley Room. All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. If you have questions, email ptc@footeschool.org.