Author Archives: The Field School

About The Field School

The Field School is an independent school for grades 6-12 located at 2301 Foxhall Rd, NW, Washington DC.

A Transcendent Evening

Posted on April 4, 2013

The week before spring break all 11th grade students, along with families and faculty, enjoyed a Transcendentalism Evening at school. This was part of a culminating third quarter project that English 11 does every year, in which students study Transcendentalist … Continue reading →

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Winter Internship 2013

Posted on March 19, 2013

Winter Internship is a unique program to The Field School that has been in place since 1976. It began with the intention of providing students with a chance to spend two weeks pursuing fields of interest that would allow them … Continue reading →

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Field Alum and Parent Celebrates the Roots and Future of the School

On Saturday evening, March 2, 2013, The Field School held a dinner in the Cafrtiz Living Room for all its current and former trustees. This was the third “reunion”  for the people who have acted as the stewards for Field’s development since its … Continue reading →

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Field School Community Service Day

Posted on March 1, 2013

Benjamin Rubenstein ‘14 shared his thoughts on the second annual Field Community Service Day: This year for community service, a group of Field School students, faculty, and parents went to Leckie Elementary School to do a variety of deeds to … Continue reading →

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Annual Senior-Young Alumni Lunch

Posted on January 18, 2013

Several Field alumni share their thoughts on returning to Field for the annual senior-young alumni lunch, where the grads discuss life after Field with the soon-to-be most recently graduated senior class.  For me being at Field has always been a … Continue reading →

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SDLC & PPoC 3-Day Conference

Posted on December 13, 2012

On December 5th eight Field students and eight Field faculty members attended a three-day long conference, the Student Diversity Leadership and People of Color Conference, in Houston, Texas.  “Although life-changing sounds kind of cheesy, I have to admit, that really … Continue reading →

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Returning to Field

Posted on November 29, 2012

Field recently held its annual alumni-varsity basketball game here at Field, and had a great turnout of past and present students. The following blog post contains the reflections of two recent alums who came back to Field to see friends, … Continue reading →

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Wyoming Ave. Alumni Reconnect on Foxhall Road

Posted on November 6, 2012

Field School classes of ’81 and ’82 had a reunion on Saturday, October 20th from 6-8 pm on the school’s new campus (well, new to the classes of ’81 and ’82) in the Cafritz living room. Persephone Zill took the … Continue reading →

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Returning Home to Field

Posted on October 25, 2012

On Thursday evening, October 18, 2012, The Field School hosted the first of two “Elements of Education” forums as part of celebrating its 40th anniversary. This panel discussion focused on the ideas in the book The Element by Sir Ken … Continue reading →

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Field Homecoming 2012

Posted on October 17, 2012

For the last few months, Janine Werkman has served as Director of Alumni & Community Relations in Field’s Development Office.  She succeeds JoAnne Scribner in that role, who is now Field’s Director of Development. Janine brings her past fundraising and event … Continue reading →

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