Year in Review: The Best of ECFS 2020-2021
As the 2020–2021 academic year comes to a close, we’re taking some time to look back and reflect on the year we’ve had. While the year brought unprecedented challenges, our […]
Families Gather for On-Campus Commencement Celebration
In the last week of May, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School hosted a cherished tradition: Commencement. After a year marked by new safety norms, hyflex schooling, and a total reimagining […]
ECFS Roundtable: Meet Our Volunteers
Ethical Culture Fieldston School students are introduced to service learning in the classroom starting in the lower schools, but for many students, they’re learning by example from their parents, guardians, […]
ECFS Roundtable: Meet Our Indispensable Nursing Team
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nursing team has been invaluable in keeping the Ethical Culture Fieldston School community informed, calm, and healthy. The Nursing team played a […]
ECFS Roundtable: Meet Our Invaluable Proctors
In the summer leading up to the 2020–2021 academic year, faculty and staff at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School worked through three different contingencies for how school might look: fully […]
ECFS Celebrates Joy and Diversity in Black History Month
It’s Tuesday night at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, and more than 60 families are gathered on Google Meet. Ethical Culture and Fieldston Middle parent Hayden Greene has the floor, […]
ECFS Honors Latinx Heritage Month
From mid-September to mid-October, we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month. The month aims to pay tribute to the culture and contributions of Latinx people, and ECFS honors the month across its […]
ECFS Faculty Artists Shine in Virtual Spotlight
The viewers filtered in in a steady stream, then in a torrent: 20-odd participants in a Google Meet jumped to 50, then 70, 80. By the time Arhm Choi Wild […]
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 […]
Bree Newsome Leads Packed Black History Month Celebration
Early on a June morning in 2015, Bree Newsome put on a helmet and scaled a 30-foot pole outside the South Carolina State House. At the top, she paused to […]