2014 Experiences – Page 7 – Intensive Learning @ MFS

Exploring Pueblo Cultures: On Museum Hill

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

The kids are, I hope, blogging about our day, but here’s my own journal. Yesterday was pretty much what you’d expect from a day-long trip. Lots of waiting, less than spectacular food, the exhaustion that comes with sitting all day. But all flights were on time, and all connections worked perfectly, and we arrived...

Arizona Day One: On our way

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

MFS Boys’ Lacrosse started the season with impressive Varsity and Junior Varsity victories over Lower Cape May 5 – 3, and 3 -1 yesterday. The boys were in high spirits today at practice and enthusiastically cleaned out the Fencing Teams storage area. The boys will prepare for their flight to Phoenix tomorrow and begin...

Spain Day One

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

After 20 hours of traveling, the Spain group has finally reached our first stop, Granada, Spain. We left MFS around 1:15 pm for Newark airport. After arriving at the airport, we checked in and got some food before our long flight to Paris, France. The flight was approximately 6 hours and 30 minutes. We...

London: Taking the tube

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day One/Two Our trip had a rough start after having to switch planes, resulting in a delay. We got to London later than expected but we are still off to a great start! Today we took the tube to see Leicester square, Trafalgar Square, and to eat dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. We’re...

First Day at Bayshore!

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Bayshore Discovery

Our first day of Bayshore Discovery was split up into two parts: before and after lunch. Before lunch, we met Captain Briggs and Steve, one of the workers at the facility. The captain gave us a brief overview, then Steve took us all on a tour. He walked us around the wetlands, and we...

Our new amigos gave us pineapples, the international sign for welcome.

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

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Appalachian Trail: Spring butterfly

March 21, 2014March 9, 2016Blog Editor

Well, today was glamorous. The day started off with everyone filling up their reusable water bottles. We left in awesome SUVs for the Camden Children’s Garden and I, David, DJed the heck out of the ride. I accidentally changed songs when everyone got really into the music and after that almost had to walk...

Improv with Issues: Building community through games

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Day One Today was all about building trust and getting to know each other better as a group. We started the day by talking about the definition of theatre, and then we started building up energy through games. We did trust activities like trust falls and leading “blind” people through activities. We explored how...

First Day of Quilting!

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Quilting

For the first day of quilting we mostly learned how to work the sewing machine and sew pieces of cloth together. We first learned to sew small scrap pieces of cloth together to understand how the machine worked. We all then attempted to sew a pillow. This took up the majority of our day....

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....

Pine Barrens: Pines and old train lines

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Pine Barrens

Day One Today the trip started off with a discussion of John McPhee’s Pine Barrens, where we all shared a chapter. We posed some questions about what our week might be like based on the information in the book. We then took a bus out to Carranza Memorial, observing the effects of controlled burns, which...

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...