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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…

ECFS students are accustomed to questioning and exploring the world around them, but over the last few years, that exploration has been more limited to their backyard of New York City. Now, three years after COVID-19 paused international travel, Spring Recess trips for Fieldston Middle and Fieldston Upper students returned.…

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 Upper 11th and 12th Grade students who are enrolled in ethics and history elective classes, along with seven faculty members,…

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 semester. City Semester is unique among semester programs in that students are asked to examine their own New York City…

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…

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 semester. City Semester is unique among semester programs in that students are asked to examine their own New York City…

On a recent Thursday morning in November, Fieldston Upper students gathered in the auditorium for a special assembly organized by the Whiskey Bravo Club to honor an important day around the United States — Veterans Day.  Senior Alex G. ’23 — who opened the assembly with a few welcoming remarks…

Toby Himmel — who spent 26 years as the ECFS Alumni Director and now supports the School as an Alumni Consultant — has witnessed the power of the Fieldston alumni community up close. “I used to tell students that they wouldn’t realize the value of their connections to other Fieldston…

On a Thursday morning in October, Fieldston Upper students gathered in the auditorium for a very special Community Curriculum assembly. Community Curriculum is “focused on developing the skills you might need to contribute to making a more just, inclusive, and ethical future,” explains Fieldston Upper Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)…

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…