Kindergarteners Playfully Tackle Math at Fieldston Lower
Fieldston Lower Math Specialist Emily Sleasman opens up a picture book called “Best Vacation Ever” and begins to read, showing the illustrations to her on-campus students and to her remote […]
The Fieldston Lower Library Evolves to Meet the Moment
As students, faculty, staff, and families adjust to remote and hyflex learning, the Fieldston Lower community is adapting to a new normal: updated facilities augmented with safety measures, reminders to […]
2nd Graders Find a World of Knowledge in the Hudson River
Fall has barely set in at the Center for the Urban River at Beczak, an environmental education center in Yonkers, but students in Monique Astengo-Rosen’s 2nd Grade class are already […]
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 […]
How ECFS Is Moving Its Campus Online
Amid the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, the world has changed in ways that were unimaginable even two months ago. As the Ethical Culture Fieldston School practices physical distancing, it has undertaken […]
Family Visiting Day: a Chance to Step Into Fieldston Lower Classrooms
Between 8:00am and 8:30am on Friday, February 14, parents and guardians mingled, sipping coffee and munching on snacks in the Fieldston Lower Cafeteria. It was unusual to have so many […]
5th Graders Join the Big Leagues
While team trips to other schools can be chaotic affairs — complete with forgotten water bottles and last-minute trips to the corner deli to grab snacks — the all-new Fieldston […]
Raising Readers: Supporting Children’s Reading Development
Literacy is tantamount to lifelong learning. As a result, a foundational skill we teach children at the elementary school level is how to read. Here are some tools, broken down […]
A Call to Puerto Rico: 3rd Graders Study Afro-Latinx Culture
The lights are dimmed in the classroom on the 2nd floor of Fieldston Lower, and every eye is focused on the bright projection on the whiteboard. Outside, it’s dull and […]