Day three with Bayshore! Today we switched locations — Mr. Cotter’s group headed to the Bayshore Center with Bosun Liz, while Dr. Mosher’s group went to the boatyard with Captain Johann. The scenery was different, but the jobs were similar — sanding, painting, and oiling to get the A.J. Meerwald ready for its inaugural 2018...
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Day Three Glass Art: Tiffany Stained Glass Frames
Today was our second day at Wheaton Arts. We continued working on our projects from last time by creating a Tiffany stained glass frame. We started by taking a design that was pre-drawn by the teacher there. We cut each piece out and then traced it onto a piece of glass that we chose....
Continue readingLet’s Sew for Babies, Day Three: Sewing with Greta
Today was a great day in Sewing For Babies! We started out the day with finishing our projects from the previous day and a surprise fire drill. Then Mrs. Van Meter’s good ole pupper, Greta, joined us for a some more fun sewing. Snack time was good as well. We had Quaker Granola Bars...
Continue readingIslamic Art at the Philadelphia Art Museum and the Rocky Run
Today we hit the road and ventured to the Philadelphia Art Museum, and climbed the Rocky stairs. During our stay at the museum we learned about different forms and features of Islamic art. We learned about how they were sometimes forbidden from depicting the images of humans on their artwork, so they instead included...
Continue readingOvercoming Challenges
Our day was filled with many interesting and exciting Design Thinking activities!!! First, we put the final touches on our improved prototype from yesterday so that they were ready to be seen by others within the community. We placed them in Stokes Hall in order to receive feedback protocol from people outside of the...
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Multicultural Philly: Taller Puertorriqueño
Today for Multicultural Philadelphia we journeyed to Philly’s Latin American district. We went to Taller Puertorriqueño, a Puerto Rican workshop. Here we took a Latin American dance lesson, learning dances such as the meringue and the salsa, and then explored some Latin American art. Afterwards, we went outside and explored the surrounding neighborhood. For...
Continue readingAsian Culture Day Three: Judaism
Today we went to synagogue, Temple Emanuel, and we met Rabbi Isaacs. He taught us about Judaism and asked us some interesting questions. The synagogue was gorgeous. The stained glass windows were beautiful. The ark was made of flames to resemble God’s eternal light and presence. In the ark there were six scrolls (Torah)...
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Day Three of Quilting for Alzheimer’s
Today started out with continuing our fidget quilts. We learned how to bind our quilts and how to attach extra items. Ms. Casne’s friend, Delia, arrived early to accompany us on our journey through our projects. Our morning was briefly interrupted by a fire drill, but we quickly regained focus. After...
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Quito: Surrounded by the Three Powers
We started our day bright and early with a tour of Quito! We walked around the city with our guide, Mauricio, and he explained the history of the city and showed us important landmarks. The square of the city was built in the Spanish style, surrounded by the three powers: the presidential building, the...
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China: From Bullet Trains to Buddhas
Our fifth day started off just as the ones before it, but the group soon sensed it was unique in its adventure. The day was full of firsts from bullet trains to Buddhas as the group began our bus ride to the glowing sun rising over the Summer Palace. We walked through a long...
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3.26.18: Visiting Lycee Rabelais, Our Sister School
This morning we made our way to our sister school, Lycee Rabelais. When we got there we met with some of the students who take English and were able to meet our friends to whom we have been writing. After that, we ate lunch in the school’s cafeteria and explored the school a little....
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Baseball and Service, March 26th
Following a midnight ending in our third game in Myrtle Beach, the Foxes were forced to get off to an early start, as the first pitch of our fourth and final game in South Carolina was at 8:30 in the morning. Players on both team braved cold temperatures, as the forecast said it was...
Continue readingA Day of South Jersey Service
Today our day started out with testing and making prototypes for Youth Engineering and Science (YES). YES travels around to different recreation centers in under-resourced neighborhoods of Philadelphia to bring children opportunities to experiment in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). We repaired carts to test safety features that can be...
Continue readingWe made it to Costa Rica!
It’s been a long travel day. We will post more from our hiking and canopy tours tomorrow. Good night!...
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