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 […]

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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 […]

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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.  […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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