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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]