Admissions: Welcome to Foote!
Now that you've logged onto our website, I hope you'll use the links on this page to explore our curriculum, our many enrichment activities, and our campus, and to learn about our faculty. Don't miss the virtual tour link at the top of the box to the right.
I also encourge you to find out more about Foote by attending one of our Parent Information Sessions, or by requesting a copy of our viewbook. Please feel free to contact me by e-mail or by calling 203-777-3464 if you have any questions.
Laura Altshul,
Director of Admissions
FOOTE AT A GLANCE
Motto:
Laete Cognoscam et Laete Docebo
"Gladly will I learn and gladly teach"
Founded: 1916
Head of School: Carol Maoz
Director of Admissions: Laura Altshul
Grades: Kindergarten through Nine
Enrollment:
• 470 boys and girls come from New Haven
and 28 surrounding communities.
Many students are from bilingual
households and more than 20 languages
are represented.
• this year's kindergarten students
came from 23 schools
• 35% students of color
Faculty & staff:
120 full and part-time faculty and staff;
45% have advanced degrees
Student : teacher ratio: 6:1
The Curriculum:
Lower School Kindergarten - Grade Five
Middle School Grades Six - Nine
The Campus:
17.8 acres with 10 classroom buildings, a 47,000+ volume library, science laboratories, Middle and Lower School computer labs, a black box theater, music rooms, art studios, a gymnasium, playing fields, and a butterfly garden and wooded area for outdoor education. To view our detailed map click here.
Tuition for 2010-2011:
Kindergarten - Grade Five $19,020
Grades Six - Nine $22,120
Financial Aid:
Awarded on the basis of need. 21 percent of the student body received more than $1.4 million in financial aid for 2009-10.
Extended Day:
After School Program for Grades K-6 until 5:30 p.m. each day. Full-time or specified part-time options. Full-time tuiton is $2,930. Vacation Program and Summer Program also available.
Beyond Foote:
Graduates continue their educations at some of the finest secondary schools in the country. The three most common secondary school choices in recent years have been Choate Rosemary Hall, Hopkins School, and Hamden Hall Country Day School. The top college choices in recent years have included Yale, George Washington University, New York University, Amherst, Wesleyan, University of Connecticut, Brown and Harvard.
Secondary school placement
2005 - 2009
College matriculations
2000 - 2009








