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January 5, 2017
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Basketball For Foote - Jan. 19  
AllSchoolNewsALL SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION
New Date for MLK Assembly     

 

The Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly will be held on Friday, January 27. Please note, this is a change from the original date of January 13. This is an assembly primarily for students.
  
New Date for Annual Fundraising Auction     

 

Mark your calendars...

The Annual Fundraising Auction has been rescheduled to Saturday, April 8 .

The auction is the PTC's biggest fundraiser of the year. All proceeds directly support the education of students at Foote School through field trips, assemblies, faculty development and other important school programs.

Many parent volunteers are needed to make the auction a success. There will be an organizational meeting at the next PTC meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 8:30 a.m. in the Sturley Room. If you are interested in becoming involved, email Auction co-chairs Amy Sudmyer, Melissa Castleman and Janice Dreier at ptcauction@footeschool.org.
  
Sign Up for After School Minicourses    



After School minicourses begin January 17. Courses being offered include Yoga, Little Scientists, Chess (beginners and advanced), Exploratory Art, Terrain and Navigation, Math Enrichment and Basket Making.

Students may participate in a minicourse even if they are not enrolled in the After School Program.

PLEASE NOTE: The Baking course is full. Also, the Thursday Winter Art course is for grades K-2 (the form incorrectly listed it as only for grades 1 & 2).
Questions? Contact Dawn Walsh (dwalsh@footeschool.org) or Bill Manke (bmanke@footeschool.org) in the After School Program.

  LSNewsLOWER SCHOOL NEWS
5th Grade Parent Meeting -  Jan. 24      

 

Grade 5 Parent Meeting
Tuesday, January 24
8:15 a.m. in the Twichell Room

Join Head of Lower School Beth Mello and Michael Kaplan, Foote's consulting psychiatrist, for a discussion about three aspects of the fifth grade experience:
  • The Educational Records Bureau standardized tests (the ERBs)
  • Math placement decisions for Grade 6
  • The joys and challenges of pre-adolescence and adolescence

 

RSVP to Erika Villa at evilla@footeschool.org.

  
DayInLifeA DAY IN THE LIFE OF FOOTE
Close-Up:
'Setting the Scene' in 8th Grade History



This week at Foote, author David McCullough is serving in the role of master teacher in eighth grade U.S. History classes. Or rather, his first book, The Johnstown Flood, is. Students in Lauren Goldberg and Liam Considine's classes are using the book, about the catastrophe of an 1889 dam collapse in Pennsylvania, as a 'mentor text' to explore how great authors use the techniques of a fiction writer -- suspense, detail and complex characters -- to bring historical events to life. Along the way, Lauren says, students come to see history as a series of human stories that can be told from multiple perspectives.

Winter Assembly Hits a High Note



The annual Winter Assembly showcased the depth and breadth of Foote's music program with festive songs and memorable performances by students on steel pans, handbells and the newest ensemble, World Drumming. Foote also bade farewell to this year's Chinese guest teacher from Yali, Fu Yingfei, who spent the last four months teaching and learning with every grade at Foote. Click here for more photos and click below to watch video of performances.
 
 
1st graders sing "Great Big Stars"


3rd graders sing "Just One Candle"
 

8th grade Handbell Ensemble performs "Grandeur"  



8th grade Steel Pan Ensemble performs "Cantina Band" from Star Wars


9th Grade Handbell Ensemble performs theme from "Sesame Street"
 

9th Grade Steel Pan Ensemble performs "Candyman"



9th Grade World Drum Ensemble performs "Sowah's Drum Sequence"



Chorus performs medley of "Won't Stop Dreaming," "Lift Me Up" and "Shooting Star"


Jazz Rock Ensemble performs "It Don't Mean a Thing"

DatesDates to Remember

Jan. 6 - Health educators from Freedom from Chemical Dependency at Foote, working with grades 5, 7 & 9

Jan. 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NO SCHOOL - No Vacation Program

Jan. 19 - Basketball for Foote fundraiser. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the Hosley Gym

Jan. 27 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day Assembly (rescheduled from Jan. 13)

April 8 - Annual Fundraising Auction (rescheduled from April 22)