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January 26, 2017
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Wear Special Colors for Tomorrow's MLK Assembly  



An all-school assembly will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, January 27 in the Hosley Gym.
 
To tie into the themes of inclusiveness and community, we are asking each grade to come dressed in a specific color so that together we make a giant rainbow on the gym floor. This is not assembly dress.

Students have been assigned the following colors:
  • Kindergarten & Grade 9 - Red
  • Grades 1 & 7 - Orange
  • Grade 2 - Yellow
  • Grades 3 & 5 - Green
  • Grades 4 & 6 - Blue
  • Grade 8 - White, as directed by their teachers
  • Faculty & Staff - Purple, Maroon or Pink
Please note: This is an assembly for students and faculty. 
AllSchoolNewsALL SCHOOL NEWS AND INFORMATION
9th Grade Play: Tickets on Sale Feb. 6         

 
Tickets for the ninth grade play, Inherit the Wind, will go on sale to cast and crew on Jan. 30, and to the general public on Feb. 6. All tickets are $12 and can be purchased at the front desk.

Performance dates are:
  • Tuesday, Feb. 28
  • Wednesday, March 1
  • Thursday, March 2
  • Friday, March 3
All performances begin at 7:00 p.m.

  
ERB Results Are Available for Review       

 
Individual student reports from November's ERB administration are now available. Middle School parents who would like to review their child's results are invited to schedule an appointment with John Turner or Liam Considine. Fifth grade parents may set up an appointment with Beth Mello.

To schedule an appointment, please contact Erika Villa at evilla@footeschool.org, or 203-777-3464 x208.
  
   MSNewsMIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
6th Grade Math Night - Feb. 15 


Save the Date...

6th Grade Math Night
For sixth grade students and their parents

Wednesday, February 15
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Click here for more details.

RSVP to Erika Villa at evilla@footeschool.org by Thursday, Feb. 9.


 PTCNewsPTC NEWS
Basketball Fundraiser Was a Slam Dunk!        


Thanks to everyone who supported the PTC's Basketball for Foote fundraiser last week. The clinic was well attended by students from the Lower and Middle School, including many of Foote's own basketball players.

Coach James Jones was dynamic and inspiring! He led a clinic focused on shooting and filled his instruction with humor and fun stories. The players from the Yale men's and women's teams worked with kids to hone their skills and demonstrated some of their own. We were joined by students from Horizons at Foote, the school's summer program for low-income New Haven public school students. Pizza, cookies and crafts were enjoyed by all, making for a memorable community event! 

Special thanks to Coach Jones and the Yale players for volunteering their time and talents!

Amy Sudmyer & Melissa Castleman
PTC Co-Presidents
Auction Planning Meeting -  Feb. 8 

 
The Annual Fundraising Auction is the PTC's biggest fundraiser of the year and many parent volunteers are needed to make the event a success. There will be an organizational meeting during 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.

Note that the auction has been rescheduled to Saturday, April 8. So mark your calendars for a fun parents' night out!
  
DayInLifeA DAY IN THE LIFE OF FOOTE
Close-Up:
Gears Are Turning in 3rd Grade STEM Class



Third graders have been happily engaged in a robotics program as part of their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) curriculum. In Leslie Long's science lab, pairs of students are working with Lego WeDo kits, building a variety of whimsical, wonderful, motorized devices. Once their constructions are assembled, the students connect them to a laptop and program instructions for each robotic action by choosing, and sequencing, icons from the WeDo menu.

The technology is an outgrowth of a programming system created in the 1980s by Seymour Papert, a pioneer in technology education who understood that children's exploration with familiar materials led to a deeper understanding of essential scientific and mathematical principles.

Around Ms. Long's room, children demonstrated Papert's pedagogy by building devices and creating sequences on the computer to animate them. They engaged in a logical process of trial and error, tweaking and adjusting their programs to produce desired results.

DatesDates to Remember

Jan. 27 - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly

Feb. 10-13 - Winter Flex Weekend (dependent on number of snow days) - NO SCHOOL on Feb. 10 or Feb. 13 (Vacation  Program will be available.)

Feb. 27-March 3 - Book Swap

Feb. 28-March 3 - 9th Grade Play: Inherit the Wind

March 10 - Spring Assembly

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