Becoming Agents of Change at Ethical Culture
In Danny Crawford’s 4th Grade classroom, students sit on the carpeted floor watching an animated video about voting rights. The video is age-appropriate, but it doesn’t gloss over the real […]
3 Takeaways from the Fieldston Upper Mental Health Assembly
On a Thursday in early December, the Fieldston Upper School Mental Health Club hosted its annual assembly — a time for students, faculty, and staff to be in community and […]
Gifts Both Big and Small Have an Impact on GivingTuesday
On Tuesday 11/30, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School will join organizations around the world to take part in GivingTuesday, a global day of giving. Generous support from our community is […]
Ethics in Action With the Community Drive
“What I see in this group of 10th Graders is what I see every time I teach this class,” says Fieldston Upper Ethics Teacher Shelley Topping-Omodunbi. “This is a group […]
4 Ways to Volunteer at ECFS This Year
“I’ve worked with a lot of school volunteers during my career,” says Tom Fiorella, Assistant Director of Parent Programs, “but the volunteers at ECFS are by far the most engaged.” […]
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 […]
ECFS Roundtable: Meet Our Volunteers
Ethical Culture Fieldston School students are introduced to service learning in the classroom starting in the lower schools, but for many students, they’re learning by example from their parents, guardians, […]
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 […]
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 Celebrates Joy and Diversity in Black History Month
It’s Tuesday night at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, and more than 60 families are gathered on Google Meet. Ethical Culture and Fieldston Middle parent Hayden Greene has the floor, […]