The Fieldston Middle Talent Show Goes Virtual
The performers buzzed with pre-show excitement. Guitars were tuned, dancing shoes adorned — each Fieldston Middle student performing in the talent show was ready for their big moment. But this […]
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 […]
At Ethical Culture, Students Dance Like No One’s Watching
“Remember what I told you ladies about those turns in your sneakers so you don’t hurt your ankles,” Ethel Calhoun reminds a group of 5th Graders. She turns to the […]
Dancers and Actors Perform Original Work on the ECFS Stage
Students with a passion for performing arts at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School have no shortage of educational, engaging, and enlightening options to choose from. In recent years, actors performed […]
Innovative Haute Couture from the House of ECFS
The first dress to come down the runway is iridescent. Light bounces off dozens of sheets of cellophane, folded and layered to form the full skirt of a ball gown. […]
It Takes a Village: The Making of the ECFS Spring Musical
Before the audience took their seats in the Fieldston auditorium, before the first lights illuminated the set, before the cast — electric and exhilarated — took their places and steadied […]
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 […]
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 […]