ECFS Receives Community Service Award at NYCP Benefit
On March 5, 2019, ECFS received the Estée Lauder Companies Distinguished Volunteer Award at the New York Common Pantry (NYCP)’s annual Fill the Bag Benefit. In November 2018, students in […]
Understanding Where We Are: The City Semester Experience
In their first day in City Semester photography, students begin by entering “1970s South Bronx” into a Google Image search. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the images that emerge are those of burnt […]
Unity Without Unison: Fieldston Dance and New Second Line
“What is your intention today?” The question is posed to seven Fieldston Upper girls who are sitting down in a circle in Fieldston’s dance studio. As implied by the face […]
From Lake to Lab: Pushing Science Skills One Step Further
It’s a crisp October morning in Van Cortlandt Park. At 10:30am on a Thursday, the park is mostly quiet, save for the hooting and hollering coming from a grove of […]
With Memory Project, Students Help Others See Themselves
In 2006, my first year at Fieldston, a 7th Grader introduced me to the Memory Project. It is a charitable, nonprofit organization that invites art students to create portraits for […]