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 […]

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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 […]

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2nd Graders and Alumni Team Up to Spread Holiday Cheer

Thanks to the combined efforts of 2nd Graders at Ethical Culture, the Fieldston Alumni Network, and ECFS faculty and staff, paper snowmen, snowflake streamers, and brightly-colored garlands now adorn the […]

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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 […]

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Ethical Culture 1st Graders Take Central Park

First-time visitors to Ethical Culture are often struck by the impressive views of Central Park. Thanks to the building’s prime location on Central Park West, you can trace the passing […]

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ECFS Receives Community Service Award at NYCP Benefit

On March 5, 2019, ECFS received the Estée Lauder Companies Distinguished Volunteer Award at the New York Common Pantry (NYCP)’s annual Fill the Bag Benefit. In November 2018, students in […]

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Understanding Where We Are: The City Semester Experience

In their first day in City Semester photography, students begin by entering “1970s South Bronx” into a Google Image search. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the images that emerge are those of burnt […]

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ECFS Continues Partnership with New York Common Pantry

For more than 20 years, students from the Community Service Advisory Board In-Training (CSAB-IT) have had a long-standing partnership with the New York Common Pantry to provide families in the […]

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From Lake to Lab: Pushing Science Skills One Step Further

It’s a crisp October morning in Van Cortlandt Park. At 10:30am on a Thursday, the park is mostly quiet, save for the hooting and hollering coming from a grove of […]

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With Memory Project, Students Help Others See Themselves

In 2006, my first year at Fieldston, a 7th Grader introduced me to the Memory Project. It is a charitable, nonprofit organization that invites art students to create portraits for […]

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