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Community service is a core experience of a Fieldston Upper education, teaching students about the benefits of connecting to the greater world through acts of service. While community service learning begins as an academic requirement, a comprehensive focus on service over four years allows Fieldston Upper students to discover new…

The Ethical Culture Fieldston School's academic programming is centered on 10 core tenets of progressive education, one of which emphasizes the value of interdependence. Our curriculum embraces teamwork, empathy, and a dedicated focus on thoughtful collaboration. Each year, Fieldston Lower's passionate and dynamic teachers continuously explore fresh avenues to inspire…

April is Earth Month, and at Fieldston Lower, students, faculty, and staff celebrated with an outdoor assembly on the lower field.

At Fieldston Lower, Family Visiting Day has been a cornerstone of community bonding and memory making for many years. Unfortunately, this event — where families are invited to spend the day attending classes with their children — had to be put on hold for two years due to the COVID-19…

At the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, winter is an especially magical season. One of the most festive ways our students celebrate the holidays is by sharing the gift of music. A stroll down the halls in any of our four divisions in December and January will be peppered with the…

This fall, Ethical Culture Fieldston School families were invited to participate in a 21-day equity challenge in partnership with the All School Multicultural Committee (ASMC). The challenge was originally developed by the founder of the Privilege Institute, Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., author and professor Dr. Marguerite Penick-Parks, and racial justice…

For many of Fieldston Lower’s youngest (and littlest!) students — many of whom are still adjusting to a typical year — the first few weeks of school can be incredibly daunting. On the other hand, there’s nothing quite like being an “upperclassman” on campus: even during the anxiety-provoking first few…

This month, we sat down with ECFS’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Keiko Reid.

The Ethical Culture Fieldston School offers a world-class progressive education in Pre-K–12th Grade at two historic campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx

Living out our mission At Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Ethics is a core academic subject. We require all our students to complete coursework that identifies moral and social intersections, draws on the School’s ethical humanist traditions, and expands their understanding of the larger field of ethics. A key component of…