Big news for Foote School!

Labor organizer and Foote alum Ai-jen Poo '89 was named a 2014 MacArthur Foundation Fellow on Sept. 17 for her groundbreaking work in organizing domestic workers. As executive director of the National Alliance for Domestic Workers, she has worked tirelessly to improve working conditions for the nation's 1-2 million housekeepers, nannies and caregivers.

Congratulations to Ai-jen from the entire Foote community!

Labor Organizer Ai-jen Poo, 2014 MacArthur Fellow

Join members of the New Haven Bird Club and others for the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Clean-Up. Not only will you help beautify the shoreline, you will collect data to help reduce future pollution! Last year more than 4,000 volunteers collected almost 130,000 pounds of trash from 135 miles of shoreline. Let's work together to accomplish even more this year!

 

Where: Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary, West Haven, CT

Meet in the Savin Beach parking lot on Beach Street (just east of Chick's

Restaurant, 183 Beach St., next to the skatepark)

 

When: Saturday, Sept. 20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. (Feel free to come for some or all of the event!)

 

What to Bring: weather-appropriate clothing and sunscreen, closed-toed shoes, work gloves, trash bag, reusable water bottle and snack, and wear your favorite Foote School apparel!

 

Please note that there are multiple locations and additional dates for this international event. If you would like to view other local options, please visit Save the Sound's upcoming events page. 

The Vacation Program is available next Thursday, Sept. 25, when Foote will be closed for Rosh Hashanah.

Click here to download the enrollment contract.

 

Monday, Sept. 22

8:00 a.m. in the Twichell Room

Discussion with Head of Lower School Beth Mello

and Dr. Michael Kaplan, Foote's consulting

pediatric psychiatrist

RSVP to Registrar Erika Villa at
evilla@footeschool.org, or 203-777-3464 ext. 208

Tuesday, Sept. 23
8:15 a.m. in the Twichell Room
Hear about the new structure for Mixed Age Group,
set to begin next school year.
Click here for more information.

RSVP to Registrar Erika Villa at
evilla@footeschool.org, or 203-777-3464 ext. 208

Please note: School Photo Day was originally
scheduled for Oct. 22.

The tournament has been rescheduled to May 31.
Stay tuned for details.

It is time to register your Stop & Shop card to earn A+ School Rewards for Foote. Participation costs you nothing; it won't affect gas points, and your purchases are not seen by Foote. Last year the PTC earned over $3,000 through this program - money that went to field trips, summer reading books, and the beautiful new Lower School playground. Please take 30 seconds to make sure your card is signed up by clicking here. Look for the red box labeled "for customers." You can select The Foote School from the list of New Haven schools (alphabetized under "T" for "The Foote School"), or use our school ID number which is 08832. Every card helps, so please encourage family members to register their cards, too. Even Stop & Shop shoppers in other states can support Foote. Questions? Email the PTC's Stop & Shop Coordinator, Vicki Murphy, a vgmurphy1848@comcast.net. Thank you in advance for your support!

If you have a Target credit card, you can register it with Target's Take Charge of Education program and Target will donate 1 percent of your purchases to Foote. This is win-win: you get 5 percent off your purchases by using the Target Card, and Foote gets Target's donation.  Click here to find out more.

MAG students in Sue Delaney and Cara Hames' classes learned about symmetry - and cooperation - by making mandalas and kites.(pictured)

Fifth graders spent a morning exploring tidal pools and salt marshes at the Audubon Society's Coastal Center in Milford. Teachers Jake Burt, Jim Adams and Adam Solomon have photos.

Head of Middle School John Turner blogs about the excitement of a new school year.

Curriculum Coordinator Lauren Goldberg considers how meaning and insight form the core of Foote's academic program.