Theatre is Thriving at Fieldston Middle
Theatre is thriving at Fieldston Middle this year, with multiple in-person performances having already taken place and plans for spring productions underway. In November, 6th Graders performed the play “Myth […]
Ethical Culture Specials Classes Make Triumphant Return
“It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other,” says Ethical Culture Social Studies Workshop Teacher Leonard White over the low hum of the air purifiers in the Workshop. A […]
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 […]
A Year in Art: Fieldston Middle and Upper Student Exhibition
While the pandemic altered many aspects of life for students at Fieldston Middle and Fieldston Upper, it hardly took away their desire for creative expression or their ability to make […]
Fieldston Lower 5th Graders Keep the Beat
Each year, our 5th Graders write, arrange, and perform original songs in small groups. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, music classes did not include singing or visits to […]
Innovating Music at Ethical Culture
At first glance, you might assume the 3rd Graders were texting on their cell phones. Brows furrowed in intense concentration, thumbs tapping furiously away on handheld devices, the students appear […]
Fieldston Middle and Upper are Alive with the Sound of Music
As the Ethical Culture Fieldston School settled into a very different 2020–2021 academic year, one of the challenges posed to faculty and staff was how to maintain a vibrant and […]
Finding Connection at the Studio Theatre Series Rehearsal
On a Monday afternoon, six Fieldston Upper students are meeting to rehearse their production of “Safer” for the first Studio Theatre Series (STS) of the year. After an invigorating warm-up […]
Inspired by ECFS, a Graphic Novel Now Inspires Students
“What did you have to do to make your characters talk realistically?” Gunnar E. ’26 asks. Jerry Craft ’80 — writer, illustrator, and Fieldston alum — answers without hesitation. “That […]
Fieldston Lower Keeps the Music Playing at Home
The camera opens on Blake Rowe, Fieldston Lower Music Teacher, sitting between a piano and a keyboard with an acoustic guitar on his lap. “Today,” he tells us, “I thought […]