Ethical values in a progressive curriculum

The Ethical Culture Fieldston School has four divisions spread across two historic campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx. Our two lower schools — Ethical Culture in Manhattan and Fieldston Lower in the Bronx — serve students in Pre-K–5th Grade. Fieldston Middle, for students in 6th–8th Grade, and Fieldston Upper, for students in 9th–12th Grade, are both located on our Fieldston campus in the Bronx. Both Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower have automatic admission into our Middle School.

Explore the pages below to learn more about each of our four divisions. In addition, you can learn more about the ten tenets of progressive education that guide us in all grades and in all areas of our curriculum.

Ethical Culture

Located directly across from Central Park, Ethical Culture uses its surroundings as the lens through which students in Pre-K through 5th Grade engage in their studies.
Ethical Culture 2nd Grade students pose and smile with their ceramics projects in art classroom.

Fieldston Lower

At Fieldston Lower, students in Pre-K through 5th Grade engage in immersive, interdisciplinary study organized around yearlong themes.

Fieldston Middle

Serving students in 6th through 8th Grades, Fieldston Middle focuses on supporting students’ academic as well as social and emotional learning.

Fieldston Upper

Fieldston Upper guides students in 9th through 12th Grades to make a change both within the School and in the world around them, exemplifying the best of progressive education.

Core Tenets

Learn more about the ten core tenets of progressive education that serve as the foundation of our teaching.