Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today, the focus was on preparing for our adventures to Ocean City that awaits us tomorrow. We began with a slideshow, and after that started construction of our sculptures we will install on the beach. Some people built sculptures and some people built tools with which to create sand drawings. After that, we headed...
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Day Two Day two of our Bayshore trip and the boat still hasn’t arrived (hopefully tomorrow!). But that doesn’t mean our group of 14 eager (and slightly frozen) students couldn’t find work to be done. Not only does the boat need to be taken care of, but also the dock she resides in, and the...
Continue readingDay Two We returned to the Harriton House today. Our first task was to help clean up the grounds a little due to all of the branches that came down over the winter. Then we set to work getting the fires started. The groups had more success getting the coal burning today. Our...
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Today we woke up and ate some freshly made bread for breakfast with many authentic sides such as marmalade, tomato spread and cheese. We then moved into our groups to start our service work for the day. The service work we did today was making marmalade, jewelry making, working in the garden, and working...
Continue readingWe had an early start this morning. We had to be out of the hotel by 5:00 am (1 am at home!) to catch our 7:30 train to Paris! The train was about 2 hours long and 30 of those minutes we were under water crossing the channel. The train reached 186 kph! Once...
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Day Two Today we ventured to the Pig Iron Theatre Company‘s school in Philadelphia and met Quinn Bauriedel, one of the founding members of the company. With Quinn, we explored what it means to have a “stage presence” and how different body postures and levels of tension help us express movement and emotion. The...
Continue readingDay Two We began the day with a riveting talk about the African-American history of Philly thanks to our entertaining tour guide Ernest. He talked about how African-American women and children were significant to the history of Philadelphia, how Quakers came about, and how Pennsylvania came about. He talked about William Penn, and his...
Continue readingDay Two Hey guys! Today we made quilts! Everyone improved their skills and can finish quilting more quickly. We were grouped in pairs of two to help each other out. All of us were focused and careful. During lunch, we went uptown and ate at Passarello’s. We then went to Starbuck’s afterwards. All of...
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Today the Service in Camden group traveled to the most southern tip of Camden to volunteer at The Neighborhood Center. We were greeted by incredibly open, welcoming, friendly hosts (Michael and Lisa), who broke us up to complete a variety of tasks that help the Neighborhood Center continue serving their neighbors. The three missions...
Continue readingDay Two Today, we had breakfast as soon as we arrived. Then, we went to the Habitat Restore warehouse to do whatever was needed. The visit was actually a surprise because we were supposed to be making raised beds, but due to frigid temperatures we decided to change our plans. Of course, the Habitat community...
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Day Two Today we ventured to the Pine Island Cranberry Company facilities, where we met the owner, Bill Haines, and Kristina. They broke down their process of harvest throughout the seasons and showed us what each season entailed. They also took us out into the field to a dormant bog that was preparing for...
Continue readingToday we traveled to the Eastern State Penitentiary to learn about the “Quaker experiment” in criminal reformation. We studied the architecture of the building and its several expansions. Originally, reformation of the prisoners was to be accomplished by social isolation – no talking, no social interaction, no seeing other humans for the entire time...
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Day Three 3/24, after breakfast, we took the bus to visit the Bethel Foundation in southwest Beijing. The foundation is a place for blind orphans. While we were there we cleaned, picked up tree branches, washed down play equipment, and cleaned up their pool. All the kids were friendly and the staff was nice....
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I just received this text from Mrs. Barna in Costa Rica: “All is well in Coope San Juan. We have very little service.” Cheers to our global travelers! We can’t wait to hear about your adventures. ~Ms. Day...
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Day Two: The Hike The second day after we arrived in New Mexico, we were off to hike its rough terrain, the Rio Grande Gorge to be exact. Eight hundred feet of its beautiful landscape. We survived steep hills and rocky trails....
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