One of Ethical Culture Fieldston’s most famous alumni is John Robert Oppenheimer ‘21, theoretical physicist who directed the science, and the machinery behind the science, of the Manhattan Project, the secret war-time
Last week, the Fieldston community joined together at the Ethical Culture Society for its first complete, in-person Founder’s Day in three years. The energy in the building was evident even before the
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“The Takeover” is a new documentary directed by Larry Buskey, a film teacher at Fieldston Upper School, that takes you back to the 1970s as Fieldston alumni discuss their “takeover” of the
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“State government is this humongous hulking beast of a bureaucracy,” says Josh Vlasto, a Fieldston Alum and former chief of staff to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. And hardly anyone at
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Walter Levis is a journalist, writer and teacher at Fieldston Upper School. His first job was as a journalist and in 2007, he began teaching part-time at Fieldston. All those who have
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For the past two decades, Jon Richer has worn multiple hats. Richer has been a math teacher, dean and assistant principal in the Fieldston Middle School. While it’s clear his professional specialty
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