August 14, 2025

Dear Foothill Families,

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! Our PTA board has been waiting all summer to “Dive In” to this year's lineup of educational programs, family events, and fun school-wide activities. We're excited to share it with you as we work together to build up our community and invest in our kids.

Foothill’s PTA is responsible for funding several key programs which impact our children's school days. We offer Teacher Grants, which provide our staff with classroom supplies, training, and special activities. We also fund and coordinate many school day programs, including Foothill’s PTA Art Lessons with Sheetal Seth; Project Cornerstone, our book-based, social emotional learning program; Playground Pals, our inclusive recess initiative; and our lunchtime Run Club. We support the school library through our annual Book Fair, and schedule Assemblies, Author Visits, Kindness Week, and Staff Appreciation Events to enrich the school days of our students and staff. Finally, we produce the annual Yearbook to capture all of your children’s wonderful milestones.

We're excited to kick off our community building programs with tomorrow’s Ice Cream Social. Join us at Foothill Park to catch up with old friends, make new ones, and learn more about some of our PTA programs. We hope to see you there, as well as at our Fall Movie Night (new this year), Family Dance, International Day, Variety Show, and Science Fair events throughout the year. PTA volunteers also organize many after school programs, including Math League, Foothill's Lego League, and Peter Pan Jr, our annual musical. The musical will be returning to the fall this year, with auditions coming later this month for our 3rd-5th graders.

We manage all of these programs through the generosity of our parent community. Foothill parents are generous with their time and resources, which are both needed to make our programs a success. When schools, families, and communities work together to support learning, children do better in school and like school more. Please consider volunteering, it really does make a difference! 

Foothill’s teacher grants, schoolwide programs, and community events are funded through our annual “Dive In” campaign, with a requested donation of $350 per student. You can make your tax-deductible gift through our website or by dropping a check in the main office. We fund many of our programs through the help of Company Matching, so please check with your employer to see if they offer it. Company Matching has a huge impact on our overall funding with no extra cost to you, so take advantage if you can! 

We’re excited to “Dive In” with you this school year! Go Dolphins!

Sarah Bugbee

Foothill PTA President