Is your Stop & Shop card registered to earn rewards for Foote through the A+ School Rewards Program? This program costs you nothing, but helps Foote to earn rewards every time you shop. Last year our rewards totaled $3,000. If you registered within the past two years, you do not have to re-register. If you are not sure, please click here to sign up online. All you need is your Stop & Shop card number and your last name, and select The Foote School to earn your rewards. And remember to swipe your card every time you shop-every dollar counts.

How would you feel if you could donate 5 percent of your weekly Stop & Shop bill to Foote - at no cost to you? Now, guess how much you spend at Stop & Shop throughout the year (shudders!), and imagine donating 5 percent of that total to Foote - again, at no cost to you! You can make this happen simply by using Stop & Shop's "Cash for Causes" gift cards to buy your groceries. Here's how it works: you buy a $100 Stop & Shop "Cash for Causes" gift card from the PTC. You go to Stop & Shop and get $100 worth of groceries. Foote earns $5 from Stop & Shop on the sale of that gift card. Gift cards are available for purchase at the Front Desk or by contacting Vicki Murphy at vgmurphy1848@comast.net.

Head Librarian Lynda Johnson will join us to speak and take questions about choosing books for your child, and share highlights from the Perrine Library. Lynda is a fabulous resource and can open up whole new worlds for children and parents!

Questions? Contact PTC co-presidents Rosa Holler and Amy Sudmyer at ptc@footeschool.org.

While climbing Bear Mountain last week, sixth graders stopped in yellow wood (where two paths diverged) to recite a Robert Frost poem they have been learning. The entire sixth grade hiked Connecticut's highest peak (2,316 feet), a rugged climb that ties into the journeys theme in Humanities and life science, and requires a great deal of patience and perseverance. Click below to watch.

Kindergartners in Jess McKinney's class noticed the beautiful autumn leaves changing color and falling to the ground. So they did a science experiment to find out which leaves spin as they fall. After cutting out leaf shapes from paper and making predictions about which ones would spin, they climbed on top of tables to test their hypotheses.

Hilary Pearson's first graders are sharing their writing with one another to get constructive feedback and help improve their craft.

To enhance their study of birds, first and second graders were visited by real raptors this week, plus a turtle with a Lego leg. Grace Peard, Cara Hames, Margy Lamere and Kim Yap have photos.

In preparation for their field trip to Sturbridge Village, third graders in Melissa McCormack's class researched the different trades they would be observing.

Fifth graders had a thrilling trip to Deer Lake, where they did rock-climbing, pond study, canoeing, and more (pictured). Jim Adams, Jake Burt and Adam Solomon have photos.

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

Oct. 30 - Halloween Parade & Fair

Nov. 5-6 - ERB Testing - All School Dismissal 12:30 p.m.

Nov. 5-6 - Middle School and Lower School parent conferences (by appt)

Nov. 12 - Parent conferences (grades 6-9, by appt) (Look for sign-up instructions in a forthcoming email)

Nov. 13 - Professional Development Day - NO SCHOOL - No Vacation Program