Students and Faculty Witness History in Montgomery, Alabama
When 22 ECFS students and four chaperones flew to Montgomery, Alabama, in February, their flight mirrored the history they would soon be studying — turbulent. The trip, organized by the […]
ECFS Student Shares Her Experience Delivering Joy
On Tuesday, December 17, the 9th and 10th Grade community service classes at ECFS came together for the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Winter Solstice Festival. The community center, commonly referred […]
Rabbis Hirsch and Davidson Speak at Upper School Assembly
On January 9, 2020, ECFS invited Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch from Stephen Wise Free Synagogue and Rabbi Joshua Davidson from Temple Emanu-El to share their perspectives about anti-Semitism historically, the Holocaust, […]
ECFS Celebrates Transgender Day of Resilience
The room on the third floor of the Tate Library is aglow with the light of a projector. Inside, ten or so Fieldston Upper Schoolers mill about, chatting and settling […]
ECFS Students Talk Mental Illness with Empathy and Strength
It’s Thursday morning, and the entire Fieldston Upper School community is gathered in the auditorium to hear about the week’s assembly topic: mental health. Rather than bring in a medical […]
Upper Schoolers Spread Holiday Cheer, One Cabbage at a Time
Monday, November 18, is a cold, gray day on the Upper West Side of Manhattan — not yet the dead of winter, but the air no longer carries with it […]
Varsity Boys Soccer Scores State Championship
The afternoon of Sunday, November 3, was cold and windy. As the Fieldston Varsity Boys Soccer team zigzagged across the field at Manhattanville College, passing the ball back and forth […]
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 […]
Striking Out: ECFS Students Join the Global Climate Strike
Emma V. ’20 looked around the crowd gathered in the Stu-Fac — fellow environmental club leaders and over a dozen faculty and staff who met after school to discuss the […]
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. […]