Ethical Culture’s Indigenous Studies Unit Gets a Social Justice Update
On a bright November day, Inwood Hill Park — the last natural forest and salt marsh in all of Manhattan — plays host to Ethical Culture 3rd Graders, who use […]
3rd Graders Take Action to Promote Social Justice
In February, when Ethical Culture Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator Vanessa D’Egidio asked Pippa C. ’29 and Finley R. ’29 if they knew what the acronym LGBTQ+ stands for, the […]
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Females in Finance Club Wins Big
The Knowledge@Wharton High School Investment Competition (KWHS) looked much different than originally planned by mid-April of 2020, as the world went inside and online amidst the COVID-19 crisis. On a […]
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 […]
ECFS Community Gathers for Solidarity March
Sunday, January 5, was a bright, brisk day. The sun warmed the faces of members of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School community as they marched, shoulder to shoulder, across the […]
Rabbis Hirsch and Davidson Speak at Upper School Assembly
On January 9, 2020, ECFS invited Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch from Stephen Wise Free Synagogue and Rabbi Joshua Davidson from Temple Emanu-El to share their perspectives about anti-Semitism historically, the Holocaust, […]
ECFS Celebrates Transgender Day of Resilience
The room on the third floor of the Tate Library is aglow with the light of a projector. Inside, ten or so Fieldston Upper Schoolers mill about, chatting and settling […]
A Call to Puerto Rico: 3rd Graders Study Afro-Latinx Culture
The lights are dimmed in the classroom on the 2nd floor of Fieldston Lower, and every eye is focused on the bright projection on the whiteboard. Outside, it’s dull and […]
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 […]
Understanding Where We Are: The City Semester Experience
In their first day in City Semester photography, students begin by entering “1970s South Bronx” into a Google Image search. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the images that emerge are those of burnt […]