The Foote School 
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April 2, 2015
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Foote-Stompin' Barn Dance
 
Get Your Tickets and Preview Auction Items

 
The Annual Fundraising Auction, a Foote-Stompin' Barn Dance, is on Saturday, April 11. The evening will feature live and silent auctions, great food and drink, live bluegrass music and square dancing, all to support important educational programs at Foote.
 

Below is a sampling of items that will be up for auction. Click here to preview all of them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
AllSchoolNewsALL SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION
Save the Date: MOSAIC Event April 29


Order Field Day T-Shirts By April 10

Field Day will take place Wednesday, May 6 (rain date May 7), and the ninth grade is selling Field Day t-shirts as a fundraiser for its class gift.

Click here to download the order form.

All orders are due to the front desk by Friday, April 10.

(NOTE: Kindergarten families must fill out the form, even though they don't pay for shirts.)

Still Time to Sign Up For Spring Minicourses


After School minicourses start next week, but there's still time to sign up.

 Click here to download course descriptions.

 Click here to download the enrollment form.

NOTE: The After School Program has new rooms for the rest of the year:
  • Kindergarten: Tricia Simon and Lynne Banta's room (K-2)
  • MAG: Hilary Pearson and Margy Lamere's rooms (L5 & L6)
  • Grade 3: Amanda Diffley's room (L4)
  • Grades 4-6: John Climie and Toby Welch's rooms (U1 & U12)
  • Grades 7-9: Lara Anderson's room (M-23)
Questions? Contact Dawn Walsh (dwalsh@footeschool.org) or Bill Manke (bmanke@footeschool.org) in the After School Program.

Donate Your Pennies to Benefit Cancer Research


Foote's Community Service Club is running a Pennies for Patients coin drive to benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The drive will run through April 7 with collection jars at the front desk and Milikowsky building. Please consider supporting this important cause!

 MSNewsMIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION
Middle School Diversity Conference - April 18


Students in grades 7 and 8 are invited to participate in a student diversity leadership conference being held at Greenwich Country Day School on Saturday, April 18.

The event, titled "The Middle School Mosaic: Identity, Diversity, and Our Multicultural School Communities," is designed specifically for middle school students and will feature large and small workshops, as well as student-led action planning sessions.

The conference runs from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Foote will cover registration fees and provide transportation to and from GCDS. Interested students and their parents should complete the registration form (click here to download it) and return it to either Mr. Turner or Ms. Williams by April 10.

Thank you for considering this opportunity as we continue to think about the many ways we can make our community even better!

DayInLifeA DAY IN THE LIFE OF FOOTE
Peering Under the Pond with Aquatic Habitats

This week, first and second graders began to assemble their aquatic habitats to get a look at life under the pond. They added water, sand, gravel, a shelter and Elodea plants to their aquariums
. They made observations and predictions about what would happen over time.



The science unit offers children an opportunity to learn about the adaptations and interactions of organisms within the aquatic habitat. They will investigate the structures and behaviors of each pond organism. As teacher Sue Delaney wrote on her blog, "This hands-on, direct experience is a highly motivating and exciting way to begin learning about underwater worlds."


From the Faculty Blogs

As part of their study of Native Americans, Kim Yap's first and second graders built a wigwam in the classroom (pictured).

Amanda Diffley's third graders faced down some challenging geometry problems.

With spring finally here, check out Margy Lamere's new garden blog to keep up with happenings at Foote's community garden.

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

April 3 - Good Friday/Passover - NO SCHOOL (No Vacation Program)

April 11 - Annual Fundraising Auction: Foote-Stompin' Barn Dance. Details

April 17 - Professional Development Day - NO SCHOOL (No Vacation Program)

May 6 - Field Day (Rain date: May 7)

May 9 - Alumni Reunion Day

May 13 - PTC/FSA Annual Meeting - 7:00 p.m.