We spent the day with Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia — we got back right at the end of the school day, but look for a full blog post tomorrow morning detailing our experience!...
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Exploring Art: Human Mandala
This morning, despite the chill in the air, we worked together as a group to design mandalas using our figures as inspiration. We created two designs on the oval blacktop by tracing the outlines of ourselves in various positions. It was a great opportunity to work together, communicate, and in the end create!...
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Exploring Art: The Totem Grows
Understanding the elements of a totem is an important step in creating a community totem pole installation. Each element needs to represent both the individual and the communal group. To get in touch with our inner spirit, we researched the emotional and personality meanings behind animals typically used as totems. We then drew ourselves...
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Exploring Art: Art in the Cove
The second half of our day was getting out of the classroom and taking an adventure in Palmyra Cove Nature Park. It was a bit chilly, but the sun and water made it a great departure from the classroom. We found all sorts of beauty in the nature from the rocks, roots, branches and...
Continue readingGlobal Youth Leadership: Bread and Soup, Together
Today in GYLI, our primary focus was religious plurality. We started off the day by practicing some yoga and stretches to warm up our bodies. We then discussed the multicultural identities of the students at MFS and demonstrated our thoughts and ideas onto puzzle pieces. We decorated the puzzle as well as observed and...
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Sacred Spaces: Arch Street Meeting House and Congregation Mikveh Israel
We started the morning with donuts and headed to Philadelphia. The first stop we made was at the Arch Street meeting house. There we learned about the history of the meeting house and people who potentially could have attended. Our tour guide informed of the many historical aspects of the house and small details...
Continue readingEnglish Setters and Shelter Dogs
Today started off when we met Alex Van Meter (19) and Abigail Van Meter (14), who showed up to talk to us about handling and showing dogs with their champion English Setter dogs, Juniper and Haley. They are both prize winning Junior Handlers. Alex showed us how to pose the dogs and what was...
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Out on the Town
Students continued to work on their various projects like blankets, jumpers, hats and dresses. Let’s Sew for Babies troupe went to Main St. to enjoy lunch! The Let’s Sew for Babies troupe got to meet the lovely lab named Greta. She was timid at first, but warmed up to everyone and was willing to...
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Give Kids the World
From Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Day 2: Today we visited Habitat For Humanity’s Restore Center, and it was an extremely different experience than Palmyra Cove. We started off the day with a tour of the center by Mike. Mike showed us where we would be working and then we split up into groups. Some went to clean up carpeting,...
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A Refuge in the Pines
On day #2 our group at the Pine Barrens went to the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge with our tour guide Erin. We took a hike down the white trail and learned about the fauna of the Pine Barrens. We learned about sphagnum moss and teaberry leaves (which tasted like mint). Also, we learned the...
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Una clase de Flamenco
We started the day off with a delicious breakfast and a short meeting for worship. After discussing the schedule for the day, we divided into work groups and continued our service. Those who worked in the garden trimmed rose bushes, planted grass seeds, and learned about the history of the FES garden. The mural...
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Quilting: One Down, Two More to Go
Today Shelby and Jessica completed the first quilt. All of the groups are working incredibly hard to finish their projects. So far the day has been filled with laughter and smiles. I can’t wait to see what’s yet to come for the new quilters....
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We’ve Got it in the Bag: Lake Newton Clean-Up
We started off the day by picking up trash surrounding the lake in Newton. First we split up into groups of two and picked up trash for about 2 hours. We picked up a variety of items ranging from bicycles to bottles. Ms. Salazar decided to turn our service into a small competition to...
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Quilting Day One: Learning the Missouri Star
On our first day of quilting we started off the day with a little bit of show and tell with the quilts that Mrs. Casne and Mrs. Reilly had made. After that we watched a video on how to make the pattern for the quilts. The pattern is called the Missouri Star. The first...
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