Please join us in celebrating 100 years of Foote School at Centennial Weekend. 

May 13, 14 & 15, 2016

Weekend Highlights:

• Wine and cheese reception (Fri.)
• Maypole and Sword dancing for grown-ups (Sat.)
• Family fun with Legos, giant bubbles, scavenger hunt and more (Sat.)
• Picnic lunch with live bluegrass music (Sat.)
• Mini-courses led by alumni and faculty (Fri. & Sat. - click here for full list)
• Evening gala with performance by jazz bassist Ben Allison '82 (Sat.)
• Dancing (Sat.)
• PTC Golf Tournament at the Course at Yale (Sun.)
• And much more!

 

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

The spring issue of Foote Prints magazine is on its way to your mailbox. This is our second of two special issues commemorating Foote's centennial year. Our cover story explores the school's second half-century, a time when Foote branched out into the community and into the world.

Also in this issue: feature stories about Grandparents Day (from a Foote grandparent's perspective), faculty professional development, Horizons at Foote and a surprising revelation about the school's origins. Click here to browse the magazine online.

The Faculty Appreciation Breakfast is Wednesday, May 18 in the Twichell Room. This is a wonderful opportunity to express our appreciation to the Foote faculty and staff for supporting our children's education and well-being throughout the year.

This event is sponsored by the PTC and supported entirely by Foote parents who provide breakfast items and flowers and plants for our annual flower raffle. Please consider donating to this enjoyable event. Click here to sign up to bring food, flowers or both. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Non-perishable items can be dropped off in the Twichell Room on Monday, May 16 or Tuesday, May 17, clearly labeled "Faculty Breakfast." Perishable items should be labeled and put in the refrigerator, and hot items should be brought in between 6:30 a.m. and and 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. We have a microwave, an oven and warming dishes, if needed.
 
Please remember to label your bowls and/or serving utensils and please pick up any time after 10:30 a.m.

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!
 

Parents who use the After School Program are asked to contribute desserts for a dinner to thank the ASP staff. Look for a volunteer sign-up link in next week's Parent E-News.
 

Students from the class of 1999 at Field Day in 1992

For Earth Day, Grace Peard's first graders spent 10 minutes cleaning up campus trash and filled three big bags.

Margy Lamere's second graders and Hilary Pearson's first graders worked together in the community garden, planting potato towers, mulching paths, gathering trash and sewing seeds (pictured).

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