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 […]
The Class of 2020 Finds Community at Graduation
“The world as you know it has broken open,” keynote speaker Khary Lazarre-White ’91 told 2020’s graduating seniors. “It’s been a great revealing. My question today is: What will your […]
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 […]
Parting Words of Wisdom for a Graduating Class
Parting Words for the Class of 2019 At 2019’s Commencement, students threw their caps in the air with pride, but not before hearing compelling advice and reflections on life’s bigger […]
5th Grade Science Videos Show Creativity and Connection
“This is the urinary system that I made,” Mia S. ’27 says in her video, gesturing at the carefully labeled contraption next to her. “These are the kidneys, which are […]
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 […]
ECFS Faculty Artists Shine in Virtual Spotlight
The viewers filtered in in a steady stream, then in a torrent: 20-odd participants in a Google Meet jumped to 50, then 70, 80. By the time Arhm Choi Wild […]
Upper School STEM Writers Featured in “The New York Times”
It’s the dream of many aspiring journalists to have their work published in “The New York Times”. For Will C. ’23, it’s already a reality. “This is a revolution in […]
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 […]
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 […]