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 […]
Using the Spring’s Model to Create a Hybrid Sports Season
When the Ethical Culture Fieldston School closed its campuses in March, there were plenty of unknowns. For the 241 Fieldston Upper student athletes, there remained the question of what would […]
A Return to Form — Arts and Athletics at Fieldston Upper in the Time of COVID-19
“Circle up!” bellows Clare Mottola, Chair of the Fieldston Middle and Upper Theatre and Dance Department, to a room of excited Fieldston Upper students. It’s a temperate day in October, […]
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. […]
ECFS Engineering Club Works Together in Perfect Harmony
If someone were to tell you that they were tinkering with the fifth energy transfer in their Rube Goldberg machine, you might first pause them to ask what on earth […]
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 […]
Unity Without Unison: Fieldston Dance and New Second Line
“What is your intention today?” The question is posed to seven Fieldston Upper girls who are sitting down in a circle in Fieldston’s dance studio. As implied by the face […]
What Faculty Really Do at Professional Development
They say you should never stop learning, and at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, teachers take that mantra seriously. While students enjoyed a day off earlier this October, faculty in […]
ECFS Summer Stories from Around the World
Both of ECFS’ campuses are once again buzzing with life: Pre-K students take their first confident — or not so confident — steps at their new schools, Fieldston Middle Schoolers […]
<strong>Ethical Culture’s Young Playwrights Invite You Into the Mind of a 4th Grader</strong>
If you ask a group of older students at ECFS about their fondest memories of 4th Grade at Ethical Culture, brace yourself to hear a recurring theme: the 4th Grade […]