ECF Reporter

Winter 2011 Issue

Fieldston Does 'Ragtime'
Enjoy a selection of photos from the Fieldston performing arts department’s production of this musical, which moved and inspired the packed house.  “We will be talking about this … for years to come,” said one parent.

Listening to History
Read about an exciting new interdisciplinary course in the upper school—“LP: 12 Albums that Changed the World.”  This team-taught course brings together the performing arts and history departments, and contextualizes 12 of the most significant jazz, rock, and pop albums in terms of U.S. race relations, gender politics, class tensions, and political conflict.

Stone-Age Brains in a Time of Digital Distraction
Fieldston Upper science teacher Palma Repole reflects on what the latest research shows about what our brains can and can’t do, and how this applies to students.

Also in this Issue

Our Evolving Curriculum
Interim Head of School Joyce Evans reflects on exciting new directions in the school curriculum, which respond to a world in transition and the interests and passions of faculty, and draw students toward lifelong learning.

ECF News
Parents and alumni judge the sixth bi-annual student film festival, alumni from the 1980s and 1990s gather at The Smith in the East Village, the ECF community enjoys an advanced screening of the PBS documentary “Freedom Riders,” and more.

Development News
Catch up with the latest from the development office: New initiatives increase ECF’s financial aid funding, and endowed funds support learning styles programs.