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Please Support the Foote Fund
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 Parent calling night for the Foote Fund is next Tuesday evening, Nov. 15. If you have not yet contributed, please expect to receive a phone call from your Foote Fund Class Captain or a Board member between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. asking you for a contribution.
Our $100,000 Challenge Grant will again match all new and increased gifts to the Foote Fund received during the first 100 days of school (before February 16, 2017). Our goal is to achieve 100 percent parent participation. Your contribution supports Foote's broad curriculum, athletics, the arts, technology, off-campus programs and financial aid, supporting the diverse community we value at Foote.
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 ALL SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION |
Reminder: No School Tomorrow
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Tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 11, is a Professional Development Day for the Foote faculty and staff.
There will be no school and no Vacation Program.
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The Book Fair Begins on Tuesday
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Stop in to the Twichell Room and browse the wonderful selection of books chosen by our librarians. Share your love of reading by purchasing a book for Horizons at Foote, Read to Grow and the Foote Teacher Wish Lists. Cash or check only!
Foote Day at R.J. Julia Booksellers - Saturday, Nov. 19
Continue your holiday shopping at the bookstore in Madison -- 20 percent of all purchases made will be given to Foote when you mention the school at the checkout counter.
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Bill Harley Performance Next Thursday Evening
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The PTC is excited to host the Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Harley on Thursday, Nov. 17 in the Hosley Gym. Chairs will be set up in an assembly-style arrangement and we ask that parents sit with their children while Bill performs. Pizza will be served at 5:30 p.m. before the concert and ice cream sundaes will be served afterwards. Thank you for helping to make this a fun and enjoyable evening for the entire Foote School community.
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Reminder: Foote Parent Survey Closes Nov. 14
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On Nov. 7, an email was sent inviting parents to share feedback about Foote in a four-question, online survey. We hope you have taken a few moments to complete the survey. If you have not, the survey will remain open through Nov. 14.
We ask that each family complete one survey - both parents do not need to take the survey.
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Photo Retake Day - Nov. 18
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Photo Retake Day
Friday, Nov. 18
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Sturley Room
Students will receive their photo packages on Monday, Nov. 14. If you are not happy with the photos, students may have a new photo taken on Photo Retake Day. There is a $10 retake fee and you must return the original photo package (you may keep the class photo.)
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Please Give to the Thanksgiving Food Drive
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The sixth grade is coordinating a school-wide Thanksgiving food drive for St. Ann's Soup Kitchen in Hamden.
We are asking each grade to collect a specific item by Nov. 17 to help fill 200 bags with fixings for a Thanksgiving Day meal. We are also raising money to purchase 25 turkeys. That collection box will be in the main office.
Your donations will help ensure that our neighbors in need have a great Thanksgiving. Thank you!
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| Book Discussion Rescheduled to Dec. 7 |
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 Over the summer, the entire Foote faculty and staff read Whistling Vivaldi by social psychologist Claude Steele as professional development. The book "sheds new light on how pervasive stereotypes can actually influence behavior and performance and how these stereotypes, if left unexamined, perpetuate themselves." We are using the book this year in our ongoing efforts to achieve an inclusive, supportive, nurturing environment for children, families and teachers. (Read more about our efforts on our Curriculum Conversations blog).
In June, we invited parents to read the book along with us. We will host a diversity and book discussion on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8:30 a.m. in the Sturley Room as part of our monthly PTC meeting. All parents are welcome. Curriculum Coordinator Lauren Goldberg, school counselor Kossouth Bradford and Head of Lower School Beth Mello will facilitate the discussion. Please do not feel you need to read the book in its entirety to participate. Should you wish to read the book, several copies are available for checkout in the Perrine Library.
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| Yoga Fundraiser for Horizons at Foote - Nov. 13 |
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Horizons at Foote is our academic and cultural enrichment program for low-income New Haven public school students.
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
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Winter Sports Begin Nov. 28
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 A Note from Athletics Director Brad McGuire:
Winter sports will begin on Monday, Nov. 28. Our first day will consist of a whole group meeting, individual team meetings, uniform hand-out for basketball and squash teams and uniform fitting/ordering for swim team. All teams will begin practices on the court or in the pool on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
I look forward to seeing many of you at our competitions and I am excited to partner with you to help all of our student athletes get the best out of their athletic experience this winter. Each team's schedule will soon be posted on the Foote School website. Keep an eye on the announcement section of the homepage for practices or games that are postponed or canceled. Below you will find a list of equipment needed for each sport this winter.
Boys/Girls Basketball: properly fitting sneakers (basketball sneakers preferred for appropriate ankle support), shorts and t-shirt
Reversible practice jerseys will be handed out with uniforms. If a student would like to order a practice jersey to keep, they can bring in $20 and we will order it. Squash: squash sneakers (no black on the sole of the sneaker), squash racket, protective eye glasses, shorts and t-shirt. Swimming: practice swimsuit, competition swimsuit and towel. Swim cap will be provided. Click here to download the swimsuit order form. All forms should be brought to our opening meeting on 11/28 as there will be a representative from Metro Swim Shop to assist with uniform fitting and ordering. |
PTC NEWS
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Book Fair Volunteers Needed
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Parent volunteers are needed for the annual Book Fair.
- Set up on Monday, Nov. 14
- Check-out assistance on Tuesday, Nov. 15 - Thursday, Nov. 17
- Break-down on Friday, Nov. 18
If you can donate a few hours of your time, click here to sign up.
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF FOOTE
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Close-Up: The Campus is the Curriculum
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At Foote, we do our best to balance the use of technology with other methods of sharing information. One location where we have achieved a terrific blend of media, message, village and communication is the screen in the main hall of the Milikowsky Building. Every morning, technology coordinator Tony Bures programs the screen with a new stream of content for our Middle School community. When students and teachers arrive in the morning, most stop for a few minutes to check out the daily update. There are regular features: the weather, the Foote schedule, sports news and a word of the day.
For Election Day, we ran a live stream of CNN all day. The crowd in front of the screen was larger than usual, and students eagerly watched the images of voters at polling places, footage of the candidates casting their ballots, and analysts offering their perspectives. It was an ideal way of acknowledging the national event and allowing our conversations to emerge organically through the day.
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Giving Voice to Prison Families
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 The Foote community was treated to an eye-opening presentation on Nov. 7 at an evening talk sponsored by MOSAIC (Multicultural, Open-Minded, Supportive, Accepting, Inclusive Community). Radio producer Sylvia Ryerson gave a moving talk about her work creating audio postcards with families of prisoners to broadcast over the airwaves to the inmates inside. Sylvia talked about the origins of "Restorative Radio," as her project is called, and about the hardships endured by families whose loved ones are imprisoned in remote regions of Appalachia, far from their home communities. For Restorative Radio, Sylvia followed families through their daily lives, capturing the sounds of home, church, family dinners and messages from parents, siblings, spouses and children. Each piece was broadcast several times on community radio station WMMT in Whitesburg, KY. For inmates listening inside the super-max federal prisons, the broadcast offered a vital connection to loved ones back home. Click here to listen to a sample episode of Restorative Radio. |
| Foote Teacher Featured in Tech Magazine |
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 Julianne Ross-Kleinmann, Foote's Lower School technology coordinator, was profiled in entrsekt, the official magazine of the International Society for Technology in Education. Julianne received a "salute" from the magazine for the ways in which she thoughtfully and authentically integrates technology into her classroom.
Click here to read the article.
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Dates to Remember
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Nov. 10 - Parent Conferences (Grades 6-9) - 5:00-8:00 p.m. (by appointment)
Nov. 11 - NO SCHOOL - Faculty Professional Development Day
Nov. 15-17 - Book Fair - More info - Sign up to volunteer
Nov. 17 - Performance by Bill Harley, Grammy-winning musicial, storyteller and author of books for middle school students. 5:30 p.m. in the gym.
Nov. 18 - Photo Retake Day, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Nov. 23 - All School Dismissal 12:30 p.m. - No After School Program
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Margy Lamere's first graders marked Veterans Day by reading a picture book about an