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April 21, 2016
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Wear Blue or Green for Earth Day


Students are asked to wear blue or green tomorrow (Friday, April 22) in honor of
Earth Day.

We will gather for an all-school assembly, featuring a presentation by biologist and Foote alum Joey Pakes Nelson '98, who will receive the 2016 Environmental Stewardship Award from the Environmental Action Group.
AllSchoolNewsALL SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION
Last Day to Order Field Day T-Shirts



Order forms for Field Day t-shirts are due to the front desk by tomorrow, Friday, April 22.

Field Day will take place Wednesday, May 11 (NOT May 4). The ninth grade is selling Field Day t-shirts as a fundraiser for its class gift.

(NOTE: Kindergarten students will receive a Field Day t-shirt as a gift from their ninth grade buddies. Kindergarten parents will need to fill out the form, even though they don't pay for shirts.)
    
Pajama Day to Benefit IRIS - April 29


The Student Council and Community Service Club are co-sponsoring a pajama day for the entire school on Friday, April 29. Donations of new or gently used stuffed animals will be collected and donated to IRIS (Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services), a nonprofit that resettles refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants in the New Haven area.

 
Claim Your Lost & Found Items




The lost and found bins are overflowing with clothing and belongings. If you're missing anything, please take a few moments to check one of the bins: in the main hallway, the Middle School hallway and the boys' and girls' locker rooms. Items not claimed by the end of the school year will be donated to charity. Thank you.

Yoga Fundraiser for Horizons


 
     MSNewsMIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
Grade 9 Parent Meeting - April 25

 
Grade 9 Parent Meeting
Monday, April 25
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Perrine Library

Please join Head of Middle School John Turner to review the end-of-year calendar and discuss details of the "mystery trip," special dress for the closing days, plans for graduation and party options.

RSVP to Erika Villa at evilla@footeschool.org.

 PTCNewsPTC NEWS
PTC/FSA Annual Meeting - May 11


The Foote School Parent Teacher Council
The Foote School Association

Annual Meeting

Wednesday, May 11
7:00 p.m. 
Robert D. Sandine Theater
  • Remarks from Head of School Carol Maoz
  • Report from Board President Richard Bershtein
  • Nominations to FSA Board
  • Report from PTC Co-President Amy Sudmyer '89
  • Keynote address by Foote parent Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University professor of economics: "Why Are People Reluctant to Engage in Behaviors That Improve Their Welfare?"
Mushfiq Mobarak
Parent Volunteers Needed for Centennial Weekend


Foote's Centennial Weekend will feature a number of exciting family-fun activities on Saturday, May 14. Among them: giant bubbles, a campus-wide scavenger hunt, Lego stations, crafts and more.

Parent volunteers are needed to help. Please click here to sign up. Thank you!
 
 
DayInLifeA DAY IN THE LIFE OF FOOTE
A Day to Tinker and Create


The fourth-grade 50 States Fair is next week and to prepare, students participated in a "creativity day" in the Twichell Room on Wednesday. Each student was given a piece of foam board and access to an array of art supplies and recycled materials -- from paper towel tubes to plastic buckets and bicycle wheels -- to build a famous landmark or monument from their assigned state. Grade 4 faculty assisted with hot glue guns, saws and other tools of the trade as students tinkered and engineered their models. The 50-States Fair is an interdisciplinary project that links art, social studies, history and language arts. You can see the students' finished products at the fair, next Wednesday, April 27, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Hosley Gym.
 

Hatching Chicks, Step One: Choose the Eggs


Kindergartners in Tricia Simon and Lynne Banta's class will be hatching chicks in a classroom incubator as they learn about the life cycle of eggs. This week, the class traveled to a Foote grandparent's house to meet her chickens and pick out fertilized eggs for hatching. The students will carefully observe the eggs while tracking their progress, patiently waiting for the day when they get to meet (and hold) their new feathered friends.

 
 
 
From the Faculty Blogs
 
Grace Peard's first graders are learning fractions using play-dough.

As part of their Australia unit, Amanda Diffley's third graders made didgeridoos from PVC pipe (pictured).

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

May 11 - Field Day (NOT May 4)

May 11 - PTC/FSA Annual Meeting, featuring guest speaker: Yale economist and Foote parent Mushfiq Mobarak

May 13, 14 & 15 - Centennial Weekend - Register Online

May 27 - May Day