Physical Education

We encourage students to achieve a balanced and healthy life through a comprehensive curriculum that focuses on both traditional and non-traditional sports and is centered on social and emotional health and well-being. Not every student intends to be an athlete, nor is that the goal of the Physical Education Department. Instead, the focus of the department is on developing life skills and inspiring students’ love for physical activity.

Physical Education classes take place in our Athletics facilities outlined above, as well as in indoor gyms at Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower and neighboring spaces, including Central Park. In keeping with ECFS’s mission of providing a healthy, empowering education for the whole child, students in all grades meet for Physical Education multiple times a week.

We seek to provide state-of-the-art facilities for our student athletes. Our brand-new fitness room features 19 pieces of cardio equipment; plate-loaded machines and an interactive Escape MARS screen; a dynamic squat rack and free weight area; and a 20-yard turf section for multipurpose usage. Our training room features two taping tables, two evaluation tables, an electrical stimulation/ultrasound combo machine, a cold tub, a rehab corner with resistance, stability, and agility-training equipment, a hydrocollator, an ice machine, and a first aid/AED station.

Outdoors, our campus encompasses an upper field for football, field hockey, and boys and girls lacrosse, and a lower field for boys and girls soccer, baseball, and softball. Students active in indoor sports can utilize our Varsity Gym, which includes three full-size basketball courts and three full-size volleyball courts, or our JV Gym, which includes two full-size volleyball courts and batting cages. Meanwhile, students engaged in swimming or water polo can take advantage of our 25-yard, six-lane pool with spectator seating.