The Eagles Played Their Hearts Out at Homecoming 2019
The Ethical Culture Fieldston School kicked off the fall by coming together on the Fieldston campus for Homecoming 2019. For everyone in the community — from alumni to teachers to […]
Striking Out: ECFS Students Join the Global Climate Strike
Emma V. ’20 looked around the crowd gathered in the Stu-Fac — fellow environmental club leaders and over a dozen faculty and staff who met after school to discuss the […]
ECFS Shows School Spirit by Giving Back
This year’s Homecoming, on Saturday, September 28, promises to be another celebration of Orange Pride. But along with the sports games, the food, and the gathering of community, the latest […]
Fieldston Lower Boards the International Space Station
On a bright July day at Cape Canaveral, Florida, a Falcon 9 rocket waits at the launch site. The energy is electric. Despite decades of space travel, the idea of […]
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 […]
It Takes a Village: The Making of the ECFS Spring Musical
Before the audience took their seats in the Fieldston auditorium, before the first lights illuminated the set, before the cast — electric and exhilarated — took their places and steadied […]
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 […]
Kindergarteners Deliver Postcards, Letters, and Lots of Joy
A towering cardboard box, its sides painted in bright blocks of color, stands in the corner of Geri Guidetti and Domingo Paulino’s classroom, which teems with children and adults alike. […]
Fieldston Lower Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. in Song
Fieldston Lower assemblies have easily become one of my favorite traditions. Each assembly typically revolves around a theme, and music teachers Blake and Bárbara help to coordinate sing-alongs or songs […]
Master Biologists in the Making: First Grade in Central Park
The team of entomologists is mired in the task of collecting live specimens when they’re suddenly interrupted. “How do you know a slug isn’t an insect?” Beverly Chang, their teacher, […]