Raising Readers: Supporting Children’s Reading Development
Literacy is tantamount to lifelong learning. As a result, a foundational skill we teach children at the elementary school level is how to read. Here are some tools, broken down […]
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 […]
Ethical Culture’s Historic, All-Girls Robotics Club Races the Clock
Every year, Lan Heng’s 5th Grade Computer Education class at Ethical Culture focuses on three projects: the school yearbook, a graduation slideshow of memories, and a robotics feat. But some […]
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 […]
4th Graders Deconstruct Laws — and Write Their Own
The House is in session. In hushed but anxious tones, Representatives set aside partisan differences in their race to pass a bill over to the Senate. Fifteen minutes later, a […]
Mechanical Device or Plot Device? 5th Grade Story Machines
In early October, Lan Heng, Computer Teacher; Leonard White, Shop Teacher; and Phillip Bettencourt, Music Teacher, gathered the entire 5th Grade class at Ethical Culture to introduce a new project: […]
What Faculty Really Do at Professional Development
They say you should never stop learning, and at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, teachers take that mantra seriously. While students enjoyed a day off earlier this October, faculty in […]
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 […]
Seeing Columbus Through the Lens of Equity
In mid-October, Fieldston Lower School Spanish Teacher Monica Mella led her 1st Graders through a lesson on dates and months. She asked them what holidays fall in October. Most offered […]
Fieldston Lower Boards the International Space Station
On a bright July day at Cape Canaveral, Florida, a Falcon 9 rocket waits at the launch site. The energy is electric. Despite decades of space travel, the idea of […]