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Costa Rica: Fun Day Planting with the Kids!

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

We had a great day planting trees with the students in the local elementary school....

Habitat for Humanity: Twelve attempts to roll up a carpet, or, the value of a hard day’s work

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day One For day one of our Habitat for Humanity Intensive Learning we traveled to the Burlington County Habitat for Humanity Restore. They were moving their offices to a new store on Rt. 38 and needed our help packing and loading their old office. We filled boxes and stacked them onto pallets to be...

Multicultural Philly: Breaking the ice

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day One Today, the first day of IL was very informative and discussion-driven. We opened with an ice-breaker, which consisted of naming an interesting place we have traveled to and identifying differences in culture. Within the ice-breaker activity we also shared what we wanted to learn from the cultural awareness trip this Intensive...

Prison Design: Our assumptions drive our decisions

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day One The assumptions we make about how to help prisoners drive the design of prisons. Historically the four models of helping prisoners – the moral model, the compensatory model, the medical model, and the enlightenment model – have informed the treatment of prisoners. Spaces in minimum security prisons, e.g., cafeterias, individual living spaces,...

First Thoughts from the MFS Hikers

March 21, 2014March 9, 2016Blog Editor

Hike em! – Ms. Robinson We can’t wait for all the friends we’re gonna make!!- David and Alex Where exactly are we going anyway? – Katie I have no words. – Skylar I’m just waiting to trip and fall on my face. Just you wait, it’ll happen … a lot. -Luke I’m really hoping...

Pueblo Cultures Weather Report

March 17, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

At the moment, it looks like we’ll see sun and temperatures in the upper 50s in Santa Fe. It is likely to be considerably cooler at night; Thursday night when we arrive it is likely to be in the 30s. We can wear our warm gear and leave room in our suitcases for other...

Regulations for Carry On Luggage

March 16, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Follow this link to a great graphic that tells you what you can bring in your carry-on luggage, and what you can’t. Please take a good look at it! It also has suggestions on how to pack efficiently: Carry-on Regulations (To open the link, click on the title of this post; when it opens,...

Packing for the Pueblo Trip

March 16, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Don’t forget a backpack of some sort. When we hike, you will need to carry water and lunch with you, and you’ll want your hands free. ...

Exploring Art

March 12, 2014March 12, 2015Blog Editor

This Intensive Learning year our group will be traveling to local destinations to create ephemeral art that relates to the environment in which we are standing–from improv and street art to using trees to draw. Our three trips will include Philadelphia, Pakum Pond in the Pine Barrens and the beaches in Ocean City, NJ....

Gardening at Perkins Center for the Arts

March 12, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Friday, March 21st Today, we volunteered at Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood. How did you contribute to this organization? How do you see your service impacting future students, campers, and visitors? Amanda & Hannah: Today we made decomposable plant holders, seed tape, and organized art supplies. The decomposable plants boxes were made of...

Abundant Sunshine …

March 12, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

… is one possibility on our trip. Since we are going to be at higher elevations it is really important that everyone have a hat and use sunscreen. We will purchase a big bottle when we get out there, but you might bring a 3 oz. plastic bottle with you in your luggage. [All...

London/Paris Here We Come!

March 12, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

We had our meeting today to discuss some last-minute information for our trip such as safety guidelines and what to/not to pack. We are super excited – eight days left until departure....

Our first meeting!

March 12, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

We met today for the first time to go over the program and to meet each other. Looking forward to getting started!...

Environmental Psychology 2014

March 11, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

This Intensive Learning examines the effect of environment on human behavior. We punish criminals by putting them in a locked room, inside a locked building, and we leave them there for a specified period of time. Prisons are the warehouses where people are supposed to change. As...

Habitat in training!

March 10, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Upcoming events: Habitat ReStore is moving to Maple Shade! Getting ready to get out into the world! ...