About: A Brief History of the School
The Foote School was founded in 1916 by Martha Babcock Foote. In its very early days, the school migrated several times, always in the shadow of East Rock, and always encouraged and often housed by devoted parents. The school settled happily into a remodeled stable at 315 St. Ronan St. in 1923. Thirty-five years later, the school moved a block northwest to the present 17.8-acre campus on Loomis Place and Highland Streets.
Today the school occupies 10 modern brick buildings containing classrooms, a library, science laboratories, a black box theater, activities center, gymnasium and offices on a wooded site overlooking Yale University.
A full-sized playing field, Rike Field, was developed in 1980 on Highland Street at the intersection with Loomis Place. In the fall of 1986 classes began in the new Middle School building. The fall of 1990 saw the opening of a new Lower School classroom building.
The newly expanded Frank M. Perrine Library opened its doors in the spring of 1991. A new art and music facility, the black box Sandine Theater, and an addition to the Hosley Gymnasium were completed in the fall of 2001.
A 3.8 acre parcel of land on Highland Street, adjacent to Rike Field, was purchased in the fall of 2009. The school developed a second regulation-sized playing field there, freeing up space to build science and technology facilities on the central campus. Construction of the Jonathan Milikowsky Science and Technology Building began in March 2011, with the expectation that it will be ready for use in September 2012. Details about the new building are provided in the Capital Campaign section of the website, under Supporting Foote. View our construction blog.
FOOTE TODAY
Head of School: Carol Maoz
Grades: Kindergarten through Nine
Enrollment: 470 boys and girls from New Haven and 30 surrounding communities; 35 percent students of color
Faculty & staff: 120 full and part-time faculty and staff; 45 percent have advanced degrees
Student:teacher ratio: 6:1
Motto: Laete Cognoscam et Laete Docebo
"Gladly will I learn and gladly teach."
Tuition for 2010-2011:
Kindergarten-Grade Five $19,750
Grades Six-Nine $23,000
The Curriculum:
Kindergarten - Grade Five
Grades Six - Nine
Co-curriculum
After School Program
Summer Programs
The Campus: 17 acres with 10 classroom buildings, a 47,000 volume library, science laboratories, computer labs, a black box theater, music rooms, art studios, an activities center, a gymnasium, playing fields, a butterfly garden and a wooded area for outdoor education.
Beyond Foote:
Secondary school placement 2005- 2009
College matriculations 2000 - 2009
updated 9/20/11abp