Foote is having an "iPods For Alzheimer's" drive! Be part of the national Music and Memory Project that is changing lives for so many people in nursing homes.
 
Your unwanted iPods will be used in music therapy for patients with dementia. Drop them off anytime at the front desk, and Foote parent Dr. Benjamin Lee (Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale) will see that they are used at the Alzheimer's Resource Center in Plantsville, CT, where patients will receive individualized playlists and be able to hear their music, with help from trained volunteers.
 
To raise awareness for this project, Community Service Club members and our seventh and eighth graders have been watching and discussing a wonderful short video, "Alive Inside," narrated by neuroscientist Oliver Sacks. It concerns Henry, an elderly man in a nursing home, who "comes back to himself" through music.
 
Thanks for your contribution to this important cause!

Friday May 15 will be a Pajama Day. Students are welcome to wear pajamas to school; please follow the guidelines for appropriate dress outlined on page 12 of the Parent Handbook.

On that day, students are asked to bring a gently used stuffed animal or children's book to donate to IRIS (Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services).  Thank you!

The Sixth Grade Festival of the World takes place this evening in the Hosley Gym. Students will share what they've learned about the countries they have studied.

All families and friends are invited and encouraged to attend.

Schedule:

4:30 p.m. - Research Fair

5:30 p.m. - Performance

6:30 p.m. - International Buffet

Donations are needed for the Faculty Appreciation Breakfast, taking place on Wednesday, May 13 from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Twichell Room.


What is needed:

• Cut flower bouquets, flowering plants, or dish gardens for the raffle
• Food items (hot or cold)
• Paper goods

Click here to sign up on VolunteerSpot.

 

The event is a wonderful opportunity for parents to express their appreciation to the Foote faculty and staff. The breakfast is sponsored by the PTC and supported entirely by parents.

 

Non-perishable food items can be dropped off in the faculty room on Monday, May 11 or Tuesday, May 12. Please label them clearly: "Faculty Breakfast." Cold food should be labeled and put in the refrigerator; hot items should be brought in between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. on May 13. A microwave, oven and warming plates will be available. Please remember to label your bowls and utensils for pick up after the breakfast.

Parent volunteers are needed to help with this event. Click here to sign up on VolunteerSpot.

The school store needs volunteers to help sell gear on Field Day, Wednesday, May 6 (rain date May 7). Get a great parking space by coming early to help set up.

Click here to sign up for a shift.

The school store is now accepting credit cards, so be sure to stop by the table on Field Day and get some Foote spirit gear for you and your kids!

 
Volunteers are needed for the Foote Summer Book Fair - Monday, June 1 & Tuesday, June 2 in the Perrine Library. Click here to sign up.

May 13, 2015
7:00 p.m.
Robert D. Sandine Theater

Margy Lamere's first and second graders spent a beautiful spring afternoon sketching, reading and writing in the community garden.

Head of Lower School Beth Mello posted video of two recent parent meetings that covered changes to the Mixed Age Group structure.

Inspired by the novel they're reading, Adam Solomon's fifth graders tried their hands at radish carving (pictured).