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, […]
Fieldston Lower’s 2nd Grade Changemakers
In years past, 2nd Graders at Fieldston Lower have engaged with a unit dedicated to changemakers throughout history, anchored around Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January. This year, however, […]
Three Ways Fieldston Middle is Connecting to the Election
The Ethical Culture Fieldston School believes that a progressive education should be relevant, responsive, and — above all else — ethical. Therefore, faculty at Fieldston Middle did not miss the […]
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 […]
Letters to the Editor: Championing Women in Science
Students in Katherine Kartheiser’s 9th Grade Biology class were assigned a simple comparison of two sets of data: One was the page in their textbook covering endosymbiotic theory (how structures […]
3rd Graders Take Action to Promote Social Justice
In February, when Ethical Culture Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator Vanessa D’Egidio asked Pippa C. ’29 and Finley R. ’29 if they knew what the acronym LGBTQ+ stands for, the […]
Bree Newsome Leads Packed Black History Month Celebration
Early on a June morning in 2015, Bree Newsome put on a helmet and scaled a 30-foot pole outside the South Carolina State House. At the top, she paused to […]
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 […]