IN THIS ISSUE OF E-NEWS
May 13, 2008


  

• Foote School Association Annual Meeting

• Bingo Night is this Friday

• Upcoming Parent Meetings

• Field Day Photo Gallery and more



COME TO THE
PTC/FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

Wednesday, May 14

Sandine Theater

7:00 p.m. – Dessert & Coffee
7:15 Business Meeting
7:30 Featured speaker: Akhil Reed Amar P '16, '14

Parents have been sent the slates of nominees for both PTC and FSA. The information is also on the Board of Directors and the PTC pages of the Foote School website. Click here.

Our speaker is Akhil Amar, Southmayd Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School, whose course on constitutional law is one of the most popular undergraduate offerings at Yale College. He will share his insights and observations regarding the current presidential election.
Akhil was recently recognized with the William Clyde Devane Award for Distinuguished Teaching and Scholarship. His most recent book is America’s Constitution: A Biography.

Copies of the new Foote Family Cookbook will be for sale – $20 each.


BINGO NIGHT – Friday, May 16

Bingo Night is back by popular demand!

• You can buy tickets at drop-off and pick-up on Loomis Place all week.
• Entrance tickets are $2 (including a ticket for a door prize drawing)
• Games cost: $7 for a book of 15 games
• Raffle tickets cost: $5
• Tea cup raffle costs: $1

On Bingo Night, the Hosley Gym doors open at 5 p.m.
Bingo begins at 6 p.m.
The raffle is at 8:10 p.m.

There will be lots of food and beverages for sale including pizza, grinders, wraps, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and popcorn.

Please remember that each child should have a parent present at Bingo Night. If you are unable to attend with your child, please make arrangements for another adult to supervise him or her.

Note for parents of boys and girls lacrosse players and baseball players:

The lacrosse teams are due back from their away games at 6:30 p.m.; baseball returns at 7 p.m. If your athlete plans to stay on campus for Bingo Night, remember to bring money for him or her. If you can't attend and cannot get an envelope with money to the supervising adult, please send the envelope to school in the morning, and ask your child to leave it at the Front Desk. Mark the envelope clearly with your child's name; address it to Ann Baker Pepe's attention. She will take it to the gym and get it to your child.



FOOTE FAMILY COOKBOOK AVAILABLE

The Foote Family Cookbook is available for $20 each at the front desk. You may also send your check – made out to the Foote School PTC – to the PTC, care of the Foote School and we'll set your book aside for pick up. And the cookbook will be on sale at the May Day Picnic, too.

The book has an introduction by cookbook author and celebrity chef Jacques Pépin and is filled with recipes submitted by Foote students, teachers, staff, parents and grandparents. Several recipes have been cooked in Foote classrooms with the children, so the cookbook should bring back wonderful memories. Illustrations include food drawings by Foote students.



REMINDER – UPCOMING PARENTS MEETINGS:

May 19 – Meeting for parents of eighth graders who are staying at Foote
                 Perrine Library from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

              – Multicultural Affairs Committee Meeting
                 Perrine Library at 7:00 p.m.
                (see note below)

May 20 – Meeting for parents of this year's fifth graders on transition to the Middle School
                 Perrine Library at 5:30 p.m.

May 27 – Parents of current Kindergarten students are invited to learn about the
                 Mixed Age Group program
                 5:30 p.m. in the Perrine Library.
                 (NOT 7 p.m. as printed in hard copy newsletter)


Multicultural Affairs Committee Meeting Note:

First, I want to thank everybody for all their efforts to make the Kindergaten Potluck happen. I think we should get together and talk about the event – what was good, what could have been smoother, what feedback you've gotten. Then we can discuss what to do next year. I know that May is hectic, but I hope you will come or give your input to another committee member. As always, everyone is welcome, so bring a friend if you want. See you Monday, May 19 at 7 pm in the library. – Donna Batsford


NEW PHOTO GALLERIES POSTED ON SCRAPBOOK

Field Day
Multi-Cultural Potluck Dinner
Third Grade Math Night

Click here to view.



SUMMER PROGRAM

We offer more than 30 programs for students in pre-school, elementary school, middle school and high school over six week-long sessions beginning June 23 and ending August 1. Click here for details.



Week At A Glance Online

The on-line version of Week at a Glance is published after the school day each Thursday, the same day the hard copy is sent home. (It includes Friday through the end of the next week.) It is located under "Calendars" on the home page, where you'll also find the most up-to-date School Year Calendar, sports schedules and forms to download. Click here for a direct link to Week at a Glance.

E-News Archive
Want to check something in a previous E-News? There are links to the archived news on the Parents Page, the PTC Page, and Week at a Glance (look in the grey box on the right in all three places) on the Foote website. Click here for a direct link.



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