Four Questions with the Ethical Culture Green Committee
With Earth Day approaching on Friday 4/22, we are revisiting the ways in which the Ethical Culture Fieldston School engages in sustainability. This spring, we sat down with the Co-Chairs […]
Becoming Agents of Change at Ethical Culture
In Danny Crawford’s 4th Grade classroom, students sit on the carpeted floor watching an animated video about voting rights. The video is age-appropriate, but it doesn’t gloss over the real […]
How We Build Community at Ethical Culture
A patter of rain lightly taps the window panes of Radhika Hira’s 2nd Grade classroom as students settle in for the day. It’s a stormy, yet unseasonably warm, November day […]
Ethical Culture Specials Classes Make Triumphant Return
“It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other,” says Ethical Culture Social Studies Workshop Teacher Leonard White over the low hum of the air purifiers in the Workshop. A […]
4 Ways to Volunteer at ECFS This Year
“I’ve worked with a lot of school volunteers during my career,” says Tom Fiorella, Assistant Director of Parent Programs, “but the volunteers at ECFS are by far the most engaged.” […]
At Ethical Culture, Schoolwork is Play
On many days, the biggest decision an Ethical Culture Kindergartener must face is whether to start with the wooden blocks or the coloring kit. As one of the School’s ten […]
5th Grade Solar Ovens Capture ECFS’s Key Tenets
Sloan L. ’28 is gearing up for the big reveal. “Okay, so after an hour and thirty minutes of sitting in the sun, this is what happened.” She brings out […]
Ethical Culture Embraces Black Lives Matter at School
For the past three months, a six-person team of faculty and administrators has been sharing dozens of resources with colleagues at Ethical Culture in connection with the nationwide Black Lives […]
Innovating Music at Ethical Culture
At first glance, you might assume the 3rd Graders were texting on their cell phones. Brows furrowed in intense concentration, thumbs tapping furiously away on handheld devices, the students appear […]
4th Graders Re-envision Justice in Their Freedom Dreams
“What does the word freedom mean to you?” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator Vanessa D’Egidio asks. The assembled 4th Graders — dialing in to a Google Meet lesson devised by […]