The Foote School 
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September 24, 2014
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Chinese Visitors and
Assembly Dress


Next week, Foote will welcome our Chinese guests from Yali Middle School for four days of learning, teaching and sharing. To ensure everyone looks his or her best, students are reminded to wear assembly dress for the Yali assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 30.

 

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 school website and in the Parents Handbook.    
AllSchoolNewsALL SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION
Reminder: No School Tomorrow


As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow, Sept. 25, in observance of Rosh Hashanah. Vacation Program is available. Click here to download the enrollment contract.

Horizons at Foote: FAQs


This summer, Foote announced that we are adopting a new summer program for low-income New Haven public school students. Beginning next June, Foote will become an affiliate of the Horizons Student Enrichment Program, a national network of more than 40 summer programs aimed at reversing the "summer slide" that contributes to the student achievement gap.

Horizons at Foote will eventually offer students entering grades 1 through 9 a six-week, full-day program of literacy, math and confidence-building activities. Participants will also have the opportunity for swim lessons each afternoon at Albertus Magnus College.

We are thrilled about this opportunity to build on Foote's longstanding commitment to New Haven, and have prepared a list of frequently asked questions with information about what this means for Foote.

If you have questions, you may also contact Horizons at Foote's Executive Director, Jaime Cole, at 203-777-3464, or jcole@footeschool.org.

Click here to read an article on the school website about Horizons at Foote. Click here to visit the Horizons National website.

Materials Still Needed for Art


Pokeberries
As part of their study of Native Americans, MAG students will be dyeing wool using natural materials. Parents are asked to bring any of the following items to Jennifer Youngblood's art room:
  • Yellow onion skins (only the papery part)
  • Pokeberries in their juicy state (please freeze)
  • Fresh or frozen flower heads (marigolds and coreopsis)

Please sort items and bag each separately. Flowers and berries can be frozen in airtight plastic bags.

 

The Art Department is also looking for the following recycled materials, which can be dropped off in the art rooms or at the front desk:

  • Washed Styrofoam trays
  • Picture frames (11" x 14" or smaller)
  • Unwanted shoes
  • Gardening magazines or seed and flower catalogs
  • Old tennis balls (not chewed by dogs)

Yearbook Cover Contest


This year, the Foote Steps staff is holding a yearbook cover contest open to all students! Design what you think is amazing about school, incorporating this year's theme, "Soaring to Success."

All entries are due to the front desk by Wed., Oct. 15.

Click here for contest information.

Questions? Contact Foote Steps advisors Amy Caplan (acaplan@footeschool.org), Danielle Plante (dplante@footeschool.org) or Joe LaMacchia (jlamacchia@footeschool.org).


Important Information About Grandparents Day


Grandparents Day invitations have been sent to Foote grandparents and special friends. On Friday, Oct. 10, from 8:30-12:30, guests are invited to visit grandchildren's classes, take a mini-course or school tour, and enjoy an all-school assembly.

Invitations
If your child plans to bring a special friend in place of a grandparent, let us know so that we can send an invitation. Please send the special friend's name and mailing address (or email) to Cheryl Nadzam in the Development Office, at cnadzam@footeschool.org.

Please Volunteer
Grandparents Day volunteers are still needed! If you can donate a few hours of your time - either on Thursday, Oct. 9 from 12:00-3:00 p.m., or Friday, Oct. 10 from 8:30-12:30 - please contact Cheryl Nadzam at cnadzam@footeschool.org.
 
  LSNewsMIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION
Reminder: 8th Grade Parent Meeting - Oct. 8


As a reminder: Parents of eighth graders are invited to join Head of School Carol Maoz, Head of Middle School John Turner and Assistant Head of Middle School Liam Considine for a meeting to hear from recent ninth grade graduates and their parents about the unique benefits and opportunities of The Foote School's ninth grade program.

 

Wednesday, October 8 
Sandine Theater
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

RSVP to Registrar Erika Villa  

203-777-3464 ext. 208 

 

Light refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you.  

 PTCNewsPTC NEWS
Rewards Programs to Support Foote
Stop & Shop Card Registration
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, at vgmurphy1848@comcast.net. Thank you in advance for your support!

Earn Money for Foote at Target
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.
DayInLifeA DAY IN THE LIFE OF FOOTE
Foote Helps in Coastal Clean-Up

Several members of the Foote community joined in the 2014 International Coastal Clean-Up last Saturday. Ninth graders Jared O'Hare and Zach Pine-Maher, student leaders of Environmental Action Group, organized a team of teachers, parents and students to help clean up Sandy Point Beach in West Haven.

The beach is an important bird sanctuary, one of the few remaining nesting sites along the shore for piping plovers, oystercatchers and terns. Trash, such as candy wrappers, attracts scavengers that eat plover eggs and chicks in the summer.

The Foote team was able to fill several large trash bags with cigarette butts, bottle caps and other litter. Also joining Foote's crew were parents Judy O'Hare and Mary Grey Maher; fourth grader Michael Cunningham; faculty members John Cunningham, Lara Anderson, Kim Birge-Liberman and Sally Nunnally; and Chinese guest teacher Li Hong.
 
Parents Night & Fall Dinner

Thanks to everyone who came out for Parents Night & Fall Dinner last week, and to L'Orcio and parents for providing one amazing dinner and dessert buffet. Find more photos on our Facebook page.


   
From the Faculty Blogs

Amanda Diffley's third graders held an "invention convention" to showcase new products they dreamed up, including "The Plate-a-Cup", "The H2O Machine," "The Double Drink" and "The Broominator." (Pictured.)

In case you missed it, Director of Technology Jay Treverrow has a new blog for parents about kids and online life.

Curriculum Coordinator Lauren Goldberg reflects on balancing the future and the past as Foote reviews our social studies, arts and technology curricula.

To read more, check out the Lower School blogs and Middle School blogs.  
DatesDates to Remember
Sept. 25 - Rosh Hashanah - NO SCHOOL (Vacation Program Available)
Sept. 29 - Arrival of Chinese guests
Sept. 30 - Yali Assembly (Students should wear assembly dress)
Oct. 10 - Grandparents Day
Oct. 20 - School Photo Day