A brief text dispatch: “Survived another night. Shelter was awesome last night, much warmer. Sleep here again tonight, maybe take a day hike. Tomorrow we hike 5 miles to next shelter.”...
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Buenas Noches from Ecuador!
Today we departed from Boston to Panama at 5:50am! We got to the airport, checked our bags and then waited to hop on the plane! The plane ride was full of intellectual conversations and lots of sleep! When we got to Panama we waited for our flight to Quito. Finally we arrived at...
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Once you see Naples …
Day three consisted of an early bus ride from our hotel in Rome. We traveled down south to Pompeii where we enjoyed a guided tour of the ruined city. The city was spectacular. We learned how technologically advanced the citizens were for their time. We saw intact homes and bars, and a bathing pool. ...
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Baseball and Service, March 25th
On the team’s second day in Myrtle Beach, we got off to an early start, as we once again met for an 8:00 A.M. breakfast of eggs, biscuits, and French toast. After that, we traveled a few miles south to the Grant Park Athletic Complex for a modified three inning scrimmage against Friends Select....
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Wilderness Leadership off and … hiking
Saturday morning the Wilderness Leadership Intensive Learning group left for their adventures on the trail! They will post again when they have cellular service....
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Baseball and Service March 23rd, Game Summary
In the team’s inaugural game in Myrtle Beach, the Foxes fell to the Albert Gallatin Area School Colonials (a high school near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) by a final score of 6-5; however, the game was limited to two hours and the teams did not get through the full seven innings. Moorestown Friends jumped out...
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Cabinets of Curiosities: What we’ll be doing this week
Our first stop will be in Philadelphia. The American Philosophical Society and Peale’s Museum of Natural History were both founded around a basic Enlightenment premise: that humans could and should understand the natural world. Both understood that the natural world behaved according to fixed laws that people could deduce through careful empirical study. These...
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Finally on our way!
After the big nor’easter cancelled our flight, Mrs. Paolello and Mrs. Godley went into action. They were on the phone with the travel agency and airline non-stop until we were able to find flights that would accommodate our trip. They were able to get us all out on two flights on Sunday out...
Continue readingWe saw the Pope!!!
No we didn’t, but now that we have your attention … We started our day with a nice breakfast at the hotel at 6:45 (!!). After our breakfast, everyone (except Siani and Ms. Smith) hopped on a bus to the Vatican. At the Vatican, our local guide, Carlotta, took control. We spent the next...
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Ciao! Benvenuti a Italia!
Our journey to Italy began at the Philadelphia International Airport where we began to tackle our worst enemies: long lines and waiting times. Thanks to Wednesday’s snow storm, our flight was delayed by an hour, which wouldn’t have been a big deal had we booked a direct flight, but that was not the case....
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3.24.18: Our First Day in the City of Lights
Today was a wonderful day! We started the day getting off the plane very tired but very excited! Some of us slept and some of us didn’t. We got our bags … poor Tanay’s bag got lost, but it will be here by the morning. We met Taylor our tour guide. She is so...
Continue readingThe First Museum
Today, we began our journey at the American Philosophical Society, where we viewed many very old and very rare documents, and learned how to curate a museum exhibit. We saw an 80 pound book by Audubon filled with life-size pictures of birds (some now extinct), that was worth millions of dollars. The cabinet below...
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Baseball and Service Day One, Part One
On the baseball team’s first full day in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, we had an early wake up call as the team gathered for a hearty breakfast of eggs, sausage, and biscuits on the Myrtlewood Villas property. Once everybody finished eating, we piled into the bus for a short ride to the Myrtle...
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Let’s Sew for Babies: Day 1: Learning Skills
For the first day of IL, we started by making zipper bags that mothers can put toiletries in. We used a lot of different fancy fabrics to make these small bags. After finishing this project, everyone seemed to be familiar with their sewing skills and started their independent projects for babies: jumpers, blankets, bibs,...
Continue readingA Snowy Walk into History
Today on the forge was a great start to what seems like an amazing experience. The resident blacksmith, Bruce Gill, gave us some safety tips and directions for setting up the forge — it had been all covered up to protect it from the recent snowstorm. Although we did not get to make anything...
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