Dr. April Benasich Visits the 7th Grade
On Friday, January 24, Dr. April Benasich, a neurologist from Rutgers University, spoke to the 7th Grade. Dr. Benasich oversees an infancy lab where her team studies the development of […]
UN Official Visits ECFS as 7th Grade Studies Climate Change
On a frigid Friday in January — less than a week after temperatures in New York skyrocketed to a summery 70 degrees — Hamid Rashid, Chief of the Development Research […]
Fieldston Middle Schoolers Save the World in Model UN
Imagine this: a world divided — where systems of government have splintered and fallen, global infrastructures have collapsed under the weight of constant turmoil, and prosperity seems a Sisyphean feat. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Everything Parents/Guardians Need to Know About How We Teach Writing
On the morning of March 12, Sharan Gill, English Teacher, and I presented a writing workshop for parents and guardians. We led them through a shortened version of a writing […]