Ethical Culture Fieldston Lower

3901 Fieldston Rd, Bronx, NY, 10471-0104
Tel: (718)329-7259
Grades: K - 6 | 276 students
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The ideal of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School is to develop individuals who will be competent to change their environment to greater conformity with moral ideals. Felix Adler, philosopher and humanist is the founder of the school. To realize his vision we embrace the following ideals: ethical learning, academic excellence, and progressive education. Our school achieves academic excellence by challenging students to reach their highest potential in body, mind and spirit through the humanities, sciences, the arts and physical education. The students become active learners and engage in vital discourse in a community of dedicated teachers and an atmosphere of intellectual discipline and creativity. Through a curriculum rooted in the tenets of progressive education, students become independent thinkers as they learn that asking their own questions and seeking their own answers provides the key to the deepest kind of understanding. Cooperative, student-centered, discussion-based learning, and the freedom to make mistakes, are part of our students' everyday lives. We value inclusion and economic and racial diversity, and we honor all of our students for their unique contributions, cultural backgrounds, and beliefs. We consider service to be critical to the development of character, so we incorporate community service into the children's school experience from the earliest grades.

School Overview:
Ethical Culture Fieldston Lower
School Membership(s) National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades Kindergarten - 6
Student Body
Total Students 276 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 43% (NY School Avg.: 38%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 46 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 6:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)

School Notes:

  • The ideal of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School is to develop individuals who will be competent to change their environment to greater conformity with moral ideals. Felix Adler, philosopher and humanist is the founder of the school. To realize his vision we embrace the following ideals: ethical learning, academic excellence, and progressive education. Our school achieves academic excellence by challenging students to reach their highest potential in body, mind and spirit through the humanities, sciences, the arts and physical education. The students become active learners and engage in vital discourse in a community of dedicated teachers and an atmosphere of intellectual discipline and creativity. Through a curriculum rooted in the tenets of progressive education, students become independent thinkers as they learn that asking their own questions and seeking their own answers provides the key to the deepest kind of understanding. Cooperative, student-centered, discussion-based learning, and the freedom to make mistakes, are part of our students' everyday lives. We value inclusion and economic and racial diversity, and we honor all of our students for their unique contributions, cultural backgrounds, and beliefs. We consider service to be critical to the development of character, so we incorporate community service into the children's school experience from the earliest grades.

Nearby Schools:

Ethical Culture Fieldston Lower
Gr. K-6 | 0 mi. away
Horace Mann Lower Division
Gr. K-5 | 0.3 mi. away
Horace Mann School
Gr. PK-12 | 0.4 mi. away
Yeshiva Ohavei Torah Of Riverdale
Gr. 9-12 | 0.4 mi. away
Yeshiva Of The Telshe Alumni
Gr. 9-12 | 0.5 mi. away

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