Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today was a wonderful day! We started the day getting off the plane very tired but very excited! Some of us slept and some of us didn’t. We got our bags … poor Tanay’s bag got lost, but it will be here by the morning. We met Taylor our tour guide. She is so...
Continue readingToday, we began our journey at the American Philosophical Society, where we viewed many very old and very rare documents, and learned how to curate a museum exhibit. We saw an 80 pound book by Audubon filled with life-size pictures of birds (some now extinct), that was worth millions of dollars. The cabinet below...
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On the baseball team’s first full day in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, we had an early wake up call as the team gathered for a hearty breakfast of eggs, sausage, and biscuits on the Myrtlewood Villas property. Once everybody finished eating, we piled into the bus for a short ride to the Myrtle...
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Today we went to the New Brunswick Kennel Club Dog Show at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, NJ. It was definitely worth the bus ride. As our pictures show, we petted lots and lots of dogs. We learned that some dogs are very big...
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For the first day of IL, we started by making zipper bags that mothers can put toiletries in. We used a lot of different fancy fabrics to make these small bags. After finishing this project, everyone seemed to be familiar with their sewing skills and started their independent projects for babies: jumpers, blankets, bibs,...
Continue readingToday on the forge was a great start to what seems like an amazing experience. The resident blacksmith, Bruce Gill, gave us some safety tips and directions for setting up the forge — it had been all covered up to protect it from the recent snowstorm. Although we did not get to make anything...
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Today we started our journey around the Philadelphia area to learn about various Asian cultures. First up on the list: learning a bit about the Muslim faith. We went to Masjidullah which is a mosque in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia. We boarded the bus and left campus at 10 AM and...
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Today was the first day of the Glass Art Intensive Learning. We got to school at 8:00 AM and then left to Wheaton Arts at 8:45. During that 45 minute time everyone made friendship bracelets and I personally learned how too. The bus drive was about an hour. When we got there we were...
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Today we officially began the process of Design Thinking through a “Flash Lab,” which is a quick round through the DEEPdt flow. We started the procedure by identifying the DEEPdt acronym, which stands for Discover, Empathize, Experiment, and Produce. We watched various videos that explained each step of the process, and then we presented...
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We started off our day with making a stop at Wawa to fuel for the adventure ahead. We met Chelsea Jackson from the Interfaith Center of Philadelphia for our service component with CosaCosa at the Alexander K. McClure Elementary School. We looked at the beautiful murals that the graduating fifth grade class has made...
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Today our group got to know each other through community building games. We had fun working on non-verbal communication skills such as eye contact and sharing stories from our lives. Then the students broke into their assigned groups and did research on the various communities we will be visiting in Philadelphia next week. After...
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