Honoring Glen de Vries ’90 with the Fieldston Science Research Program Fellowship and Endowment
Glen de Vries ’90 and Jesse Lunin-Pack ’90 became friends when Lunin-Pack transferred to Fieldston Middle in 7th Grade. “In 8th Grade, Glen and I founded the Fieldston Model Rocketry […]
Fieldston Middle’s 6th Grade Math Program Adds up to Success
Starting middle school is already daunting, but for some students, adjusting to an advanced math curriculum may be even more challenging. Wanting to meet their 6th Grade students where their […]
<strong>ECFS Honors the Impact of Women in Sports and Beyond</strong>
March is Women’s History Month, an internationally recognized month to highlight and celebrate the contributions of women to society throughout history and in the present day. We visited with students […]
Candy Mail! Ethical Culture’s Kindergarten Post Office Opens for Business
Each year, the Ethical Culture Kindergarteners build and operate a functional post office — named Candy Mail this year — that serves the entire building. Guided by their teachers, the […]
Ethics is Everywhere at Fieldston Middle
Felix Adler, the founder of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, once said, “The ideal of the school is not the adaptation of the individual to the existing social environment; it […]
<strong>Fieldston Upper’s English Department Community Read Spans Diverse Course Offerings</strong>
In the fall of 2020, the English Department at Fieldston Upper launched a new program — Community Read — with James Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time.” This initial program, for […]
<strong>Fieldston Upper’s Experiential Learning in Montgomery, Alabama</strong>
At the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, creating an environment where our students actively and thoughtfully engage with the world around them is central to our mission. In February, 28 Fieldston […]
Fostering Joy in Learning: Literacy at Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower
At the heart of engagement with any academic subject are curiosity and joy. Fostering a love of reading and writing requires a lot of focus, patience, and joy-centered practice. The […]
Ethical Culture Renovates for the Future
When students returned to the Ethical Culture campus in September 2022, they were welcomed back to bright, fully renovated classrooms on the fifth floor, and three months later in December, […]
It’s a Wrap for the First-Ever Fall City Semester
For the first time ever, City Semester was available to Fieldston Upper 11th Graders this fall. Traditionally, ECFS’s own in-house semester away program has only been available during the spring […]