Inspired by ECFS, a Graphic Novel Now Inspires Students
“What did you have to do to make your characters talk realistically?” Gunnar E. ’26 asks. Jerry Craft ’80 — writer, illustrator, and Fieldston alum — answers without hesitation. “That […]
ECFS Lives Its Mission in the Time of COVID-19
Early in the pandemic, Jon Alschuler, Fieldston Middle Assistant Principal for Student Life, and Arhm Choi Wild, Fieldston Middle and Fieldston Upper Diversity Coordinator, came up with the idea of […]
The Fieldston Middle Talent Show Goes Virtual
The performers buzzed with pre-show excitement. Guitars were tuned, dancing shoes adorned — each Fieldston Middle student performing in the talent show was ready for their big moment. But this […]
How ECFS Is Moving Its Campus Online
Amid the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, the world has changed in ways that were unimaginable even two months ago. As the Ethical Culture Fieldston School practices physical distancing, it has undertaken […]
Fieldston Middle Engineers Create Contraptions at Home
Moving to a remote learning environment has challenged both teachers and students to be flexible, resourceful, and creative. For John Baglio, Fieldston Middle Engineering Teacher, and his 7th and 8th […]
Neela Vaswani Inspires Fieldston Middle Students to Write
On February 26, the 6th Graders at Fieldston Middle School gathered in the Student Commons to hear from Neela Vaswani, co-author of “Same Sun Here.” For the past three years, […]
Photojournalist John Isaac Gives 7th Graders New Perspective
John Isaac begins with a story: In the 1990s, while on assignment from the United Nations to photograph the first Gulf War in Kuwait, he was helicoptered by a group […]
Middle School Environmental Club Tackles Climate Change
The cafeteria is abuzz with chatter as students exchange jokes over General Tso’s chicken and orange juice. But for the leaders of the Fieldston Middle School Environmental Club, who are […]
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 […]