Feeling the School Spirit at Fieldston Lower’s Carnival
“How do ghosts wash their hair?” Sebastian V. ’28 asks. “I don’t know,” Zoe D. ’28 responds. “How do they wash their hair?” Sebastian winds up for the punchline: “With […]
ECFS’s First Virtual Open School Nights Capture the Magic
When Dr. Kenny Graves stepped into his new role as Fieldston Upper Assistant Principal for Academic Life in July, a monumental task loomed before him: how to make Open School […]
ECFS Honors Latinx Heritage Month
From mid-September to mid-October, we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month. The month aims to pay tribute to the culture and contributions of Latinx people, and ECFS honors the month across its […]
A Day in the Life as 1st Graders Return to Campus
Beckett W. ’32 wants to install Plexiglas barriers that will shield everyone in his classroom from the risk of virus transmission. He’s constructing a sign to illustrate his concept — […]
6th Graders Embrace Their First Fieldston Middle Orientation
It’s 8:15am, and the first 6th Graders are arriving. Outside the Fieldston Middle building, students sporting shiny backpacks, pristinely white sneakers, and a healthy dose of nervous jitters — all […]
The Class of 2020 Finds Community at Graduation
“The world as you know it has broken open,” keynote speaker Khary Lazarre-White ’91 told 2020’s graduating seniors. “It’s been a great revealing. My question today is: What will your […]
Parting Words of Wisdom for a Graduating Class
Parting Words for the Class of 2019 At 2019’s Commencement, students threw their caps in the air with pride, but not before hearing compelling advice and reflections on life’s bigger […]
ECFS Lives Its Mission in the Time of COVID-19
Early in the pandemic, Jon Alschuler, Fieldston Middle Assistant Principal for Student Life, and Arhm Choi Wild, Fieldston Middle and Fieldston Upper Diversity Coordinator, came up with the idea of […]
ECFS Hosts First Ever Youth Virtual Climate Summit
When news broke that the ECFS campuses would not reopen for the remainder of the 2019–2020 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students, families, and faculty and staff were […]
ECFS Faculty Artists Shine in Virtual Spotlight
The viewers filtered in in a steady stream, then in a torrent: 20-odd participants in a Google Meet jumped to 50, then 70, 80. By the time Arhm Choi Wild […]