Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today we departed from Boston to Panama at 5:50am! We got to the airport, checked our bags and then waited to hop on the plane! The plane ride was full of intellectual conversations and lots of sleep! When we got to Panama we waited for our flight to Quito. Finally we arrived at...
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Day three consisted of an early bus ride from our hotel in Rome. We traveled down south to Pompeii where we enjoyed a guided tour of the ruined city. The city was spectacular. We learned how technologically advanced the citizens were for their time. We saw intact homes and bars, and a bathing pool. ...
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After diving into the rigorous yet intriguing waters of quilting, I can say with confidence that this is going to be one of the best Intensive Learnings. The day began with a lesson in the history of quilts, how it was a pastime for many women of the 19th century (this was obviously quilting...
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Today, we all woke up to a 6am wake up call and ate a lovely breakfast at the hotel’s buffet. We then hopped on the bus and headed to a public park outside the Temple of Heaven, fully equipped with different kinds of exercise gear. After playing some shuttlecock with a few of the...
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Today we went to a local school in Beijing. All of the kids were very welcoming and kind. We started off the day by visiting different classrooms for different electives such as mechanics and cooking class. At their school instead of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) they have added Arts into the acronym...
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Our morning started by meeting at 4:45am to meet our bus at MFS. We drove to IAD because of a flight cancellation at NWK to fly to Beijing, China on a fourteen-hour flight. After the flight we went to a restaurant and had our first Chinese meal. It was a very good introduction to...
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On the team’s second day in Myrtle Beach, we got off to an early start, as we once again met for an 8:00 A.M. breakfast of eggs, biscuits, and French toast. After that, we traveled a few miles south to the Grant Park Athletic Complex for a modified three inning scrimmage against Friends Select....
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Saturday morning the Wilderness Leadership Intensive Learning group left for their adventures on the trail! They will post again when they have cellular service....
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Students had the choice of volunteering at the United Methodist Community of Collingswood, or helping St. Mary’s Episcopal Church of Haddon Heights prepare for the local March of Our Lives, which it is co-sponsoring tomorrow. Student bloggers weigh in on each activity. United Methodist Community of Collingswood Today we went to the UM...
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In the team’s inaugural game in Myrtle Beach, the Foxes fell to the Albert Gallatin Area School Colonials (a high school near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) by a final score of 6-5; however, the game was limited to two hours and the teams did not get through the full seven innings. Moorestown Friends jumped out...
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Our first stop will be in Philadelphia. The American Philosophical Society and Peale’s Museum of Natural History were both founded around a basic Enlightenment premise: that humans could and should understand the natural world. Both understood that the natural world behaved according to fixed laws that people could deduce through careful empirical study. These...
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Today we had our first day of the Bayshore Intensive Learning trip. Our main goal each year is to help get New Jersey Tall Ship AJ. Meerwald ready for her summer sailing season. Because water, sun, wind, and salt are tough on boats, our work generally involves stripping the old paint and varnish from...
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After the big nor’easter cancelled our flight, Mrs. Paolello and Mrs. Godley went into action. They were on the phone with the travel agency and airline non-stop until we were able to find flights that would accommodate our trip. They were able to get us all out on two flights on Sunday out...
Continue readingNo we didn’t, but now that we have your attention … We started our day with a nice breakfast at the hotel at 6:45 (!!). After our breakfast, everyone (except Siani and Ms. Smith) hopped on a bus to the Vatican. At the Vatican, our local guide, Carlotta, took control. We spent the next...
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Our journey to Italy began at the Philadelphia International Airport where we began to tackle our worst enemies: long lines and waiting times. Thanks to Wednesday’s snow storm, our flight was delayed by an hour, which wouldn’t have been a big deal had we booked a direct flight, but that was not the case....
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