Year in Review: The Best of ECFS 2020-2021
As the 2020–2021 academic year comes to a close, we’re taking some time to look back and reflect on the year we’ve had. While the year brought unprecedented challenges, our […]
Families Gather for On-Campus Commencement Celebration
In the last week of May, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School hosted a cherished tradition: Commencement. After a year marked by new safety norms, hyflex schooling, and a total reimagining […]
4 Important New Trends in College Admissions
The COVID-19 pandemic upended many longstanding practices in 2020, and the college application process was no different. As high schools went remote and universities cordoned off their campuses, seniors and […]
8 Ways You Didn’t Know ECFS Is Going Green
With Earth Day on April 22, many within the Ethical Culture Fieldston School community are thinking of ways to protect the environment that go far beyond recycling. In keeping with […]
5th Grade Solar Ovens Capture ECFS’s Key Tenets
Sloan L. ’28 is gearing up for the big reveal. “Okay, so after an hour and thirty minutes of sitting in the sun, this is what happened.” She brings out […]
Fieldston Middle Engineers Protect the COVID-19 Vaccine
John Baglio, Fieldston Middle Engineering Teacher, recently tasked his students with a unique challenge: Using materials found at home — along with a toolkit provided to them at the beginning […]
Ethical Culture Embraces Black Lives Matter at School
For the past three months, a six-person team of faculty and administrators has been sharing dozens of resources with colleagues at Ethical Culture in connection with the nationwide Black Lives […]
ECFS Roundtable: Meet Our Invaluable Proctors
In the summer leading up to the 2020–2021 academic year, faculty and staff at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School worked through three different contingencies for how school might look: fully […]
Fieldston Lower’s 2nd Grade Changemakers
In years past, 2nd Graders at Fieldston Lower have engaged with a unit dedicated to changemakers throughout history, anchored around Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January. This year, however, […]
With Curiosity and Glee, Pre-K Students Take On the World
At Ethical Culture, the Pre-K day starts with a romp around the rooftop. Students clamber up ladders, down slides, and across the padded floor. A cavalcade of tricycles circles the […]