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FAMILY PORTAL · TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Welcome, ECFS families

Content: Ported from live ecfs.org (updated Jul 2026)

The 2026–2027 ECFS Short Calendar

Monday 8/24Fall sports begin
Thursday 9/10First day of school
Monday 9/21Yom Kippur; School closed.
Saturday 9/26ECFS Homecoming 2026
Monday 10/12Indigenous Peoples’ Day; School closed.
Wednesday 11/25–Sunday 11/29Fall Recess; School closed. Classes will resume on Monday 11/30.
Monday 12/21–Sunday 1/3Winter Recess; School closed. Classes will resume on Monday 1/4.
Monday 1/18Martin Luther King Jr. Day; School closed.
Monday 2/15Presidents Day; School closed.
Tuesday 2/16Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes for students.
Tuesday 3/9Eid al-Fitr; School closed.
(Subject to change based on lunar calendar)
Monday 3/15–Sunday 3/28Spring Recess; School closed. Classes will resume on Monday 3/29.
(Good Friday and Easter fall within these dates)
Thursday 4/22– Friday 4/23Passover; School closed.
Friday 5/7Founder’s Day (Full day of school for Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower and 12:30pm dismissal for Middle School and Upper School students)
Monday 5/31Memorial Day; School closed.
Friday 6/4Upper School Commencement, 11:00am
(No classes for Upper School or Middle School students)
Tuesday 6/8Last day of classes (12:00pm dismissal for all grades)
Middle School Moving Up Ceremony, 4:00pm
Wednesday 6/9Ethical Culture Graduation, 10:00am
Fieldston Lower Graduation, 2:00pm
Ethical Culture Fieldston School offers a world-class progressive education in Pre-K–12th Grade at two historic campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx. The core of our educational program is the study and practice of ethics, which prepares us — and compels us — to take care of our world, ourselves, and each other.
CFS is an equal opportunity employer. We seek to be a welcoming community of professionals that broadly reflects the people of the metropolitan New York City area, our students, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion or religious practices, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national origin, age, ability status, military status, unemployment status or any other category protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. We are committed to hiring practices that ensure all candidates are given fair consideration in alignment with our institutional mission and goals.

Ethical Culture Fieldston School; ECFS; Fieldston; and the distinctive Starburst logo are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as trademarks of Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
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