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 […]
Life Isn’t a Sprint — It’s an ECS-a-thon
Elijah M. ’31 tears down the path, a blur of arms and legs. His dad cheers him on as another class parent hollers, “Come on, Elijah!” It’s the ECS-a-thon, the […]
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 […]
4th Graders Deconstruct Laws — and Write Their Own
The House is in session. In hushed but anxious tones, Representatives set aside partisan differences in their race to pass a bill over to the Senate. Fifteen minutes later, a […]
A Call to Puerto Rico: 3rd Graders Study Afro-Latinx Culture
The lights are dimmed in the classroom on the 2nd floor of Fieldston Lower, and every eye is focused on the bright projection on the whiteboard. Outside, it’s dull and […]
Mechanical Device or Plot Device? 5th Grade Story Machines
In early October, Lan Heng, Computer Teacher; Leonard White, Shop Teacher; and Phillip Bettencourt, Music Teacher, gathered the entire 5th Grade class at Ethical Culture to introduce a new project: […]
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 […]
7th Graders Write Themselves into Wondrous Worlds
Scattered across Laurie Hornik’s classroom are Post-it Notes adorning various items and spaces. A note stuck to the window reads, “Lens to the Outside World.” A bookshelf is labeled, “The […]
Seeing Columbus Through the Lens of Equity
In mid-October, Fieldston Lower School Spanish Teacher Monica Mella led her 1st Graders through a lesson on dates and months. She asked them what holidays fall in October. Most offered […]
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 […]