Fieldston Middle Engineers Create Contraptions at Home
Moving to a remote learning environment has challenged both teachers and students to be flexible, resourceful, and creative. For John Baglio, Fieldston Middle Engineering Teacher, and his 7th and 8th […]
Neela Vaswani Inspires Fieldston Middle Students to Write
On February 26, the 6th Graders at Fieldston Middle School gathered in the Student Commons to hear from Neela Vaswani, co-author of “Same Sun Here.” For the past three years, […]
5th Graders Bridge Disciplines to Tackle Climate Change
The Lego robot sitting beside Charlotte D. ’27 and Dylan M. ’27 suddenly whirs into action. “We made solar panels that will rotate when the sun moves.” Charlotte gestures toward […]
Photojournalist John Isaac Gives 7th Graders New Perspective
John Isaac begins with a story: In the 1990s, while on assignment from the United Nations to photograph the first Gulf War in Kuwait, he was helicoptered by a group […]
Family Visiting Day: a Chance to Step Into Fieldston Lower Classrooms
Between 8:00am and 8:30am on Friday, February 14, parents and guardians mingled, sipping coffee and munching on snacks in the Fieldston Lower Cafeteria. It was unusual to have so many […]
Raising Readers: Supporting Children’s Reading Development
Literacy is tantamount to lifelong learning. As a result, a foundational skill we teach children at the elementary school level is how to read. Here are some tools, broken down […]
Dr. April Benasich Visits the 7th Grade
On Friday, January 24, Dr. April Benasich, a neurologist from Rutgers University, spoke to the 7th Grade. Dr. Benasich oversees an infancy lab where her team studies the development of […]
Ethical Culture’s Historic, All-Girls Robotics Club Races the Clock
Every year, Lan Heng’s 5th Grade Computer Education class at Ethical Culture focuses on three projects: the school yearbook, a graduation slideshow of memories, and a robotics feat. But some […]
UN Official Visits ECFS as 7th Grade Studies Climate Change
On a frigid Friday in January — less than a week after temperatures in New York skyrocketed to a summery 70 degrees — Hamid Rashid, Chief of the Development Research […]
4th Graders Deconstruct Laws — and Write Their Own
The House is in session. In hushed but anxious tones, Representatives set aside partisan differences in their race to pass a bill over to the Senate. Fifteen minutes later, a […]