Students Enjoy a Perfect Fall Day at ECS-a-Thon

This November, on an unseasonably warm day, Ethical Culture students excitedly gathered in Central Park to participate in a beloved annual event, ECS-a-Thon. Families arrived with beautifully-decorated signs, ready to cheer on our young runners.

Students walk in a line into Central Park wearing orange shirts and holding signs. They are getting ready to run in Ethical Culture's annual ECS-a-Thon.

Two ECFS parents stand holding sign that reads has an orange Fieldston "F" on it. Students in the foreground smile and run.

Families cheer on Ethical Culture students with signs as they run in Central Park.

For several weeks, 1st–5th Grade students trained for ECS-a-Thon during P.E., so when the day finally arrived, they were ready to run!

Student sits with his water bottle wearing orange shirt and red, white, and blue bandana.

Group of students poses in front of a fence in Central Park. They are all wearing their orange ECS-a-Thon shirts.

All smiles, students lined up in groups in different start locations around the baseball/softball fields in Central Park. At the sound of the starting whistle, they were off!

Two students at Ethical Culture run together at ECS-a-Thon in Central Park.

Student wearing orange shirt and mitten smiles and waves to camera as he runs.

A group of students run together in Central Park wearing orange shirts.

Two students run in Central Park while holding hands.

Many community members, including parents/guardians, grandparents, siblings, and faculty and staff, cheered on the students enthusiastically! Claps, cheers, and chants of “Great job” and “You’ve got this!” rang throughout the course.

Families cheer on Ethical Culture students with signs as they run in Central Park.

Ethical Culture student smiles with parents/guardians outside at ECS-a-Thon.

A group of ECFS students stand in grass and smile holding several signs made for them in celebration of the race.

Ethical Culture students stand in the grass and hold signs while smiling. They've just completed their races.

The race, which encourages achievement rather than competition, was a resounding success! Shortly after finishing her race, one student excitedly proclaimed, “I can’t wait to do this again next year!”

Students stand in a line, waiting to be interviewed by a man with a microphone before their race begins. One young student is speaking into the microphone.

A student smiles at the camera after his race. He is holding a sweatshirt in his hand.

Group of students stand on hill smiling after their race has ended.