Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
By day three, starting our day with a faux tea ceremony has become tradition. Today, we tasted black tea with a hefty amount of creamer. (The consensus was that yesterday’s jasmine tea was too bitter.) While sipping our tea, we watched the movie The Good Earth, a film based on the 1931 novel of...
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What a day. Our fourth day in Puerto Rico proved to not only be meaningful, but also emotional. Our morning started with a gorgeous walk down the beach and through a trail. We saw beautiful coves that surround the Cerro Gordo region. Waves crashing against volcanic rock with a beautiful sunshine overhead was a...
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Today we woke up in a new hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona. After breakfast we boarded the bus for an hour and a half journey to the Grand Canyon National Park. While on the way, we stopped by the Cameron Trading Post, which sold a plethora of interesting gifts ranging from Route 66, Native American...
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After an early rise with an optional iHop breakfast, we sailed out to sea, hiking far and wide through the forest all the way to Secret Island. Our day was filled with paddle boarding, kayaking, sandbar swimming, glass-bottom boat riding, volleyball playing, suntanning, and ping pong competing. The sea turtles were incredible and the...
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Today, we went to The Franklin Institute to see Harry Potter: The Exhibition! The exhibit featured a variety of costumes and props from each of the eight Harry Potter films, as well as a series of interactive activities that made you feel like you were really living in the wizarding world! We saw wands,...
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On our journey in the Pine Barrens, we went to Apple Pie Hill. Our first stop when we got off the bus was the Carranza Memorial, which was built in honor of Captain Emilio Carranza Rodriguez. He was an aviator that is known today as a symbol of peace for Americans and Mexicans. Therefore,...
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This morning we left on a bus for Philadelphia. We went on a Mural Arts tour around the city, where our tour guide explained how murals impact the community by creating new opportunities for people and inspiring social change. Some of the topics included homelessness and the Black Lives Matter Movement. We also learned...
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For our third day in Careers in Music, we learned about songwriting. We started the day with Mr. Howard giving us some background on what it is like in that industry. Then, we watched two informative TED talks: one about a songwriter who writes for artists, and one giving us information on the whole...
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On our first attempt to see the aurora we went to an aurora viewing lodge. At the lodge they offered hot drinks and homemade cookies to keep everyone happy since we would be staying up late. A presentation was given explaining the science behind the aurora borealis. However, by the end of the night...
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Our third day of blacksmithing had the class split into slightly larger groups due to absences. This introduced several challenges as communication became the key to keeping the fires alight. The morning gave students the opportunity to use many of the new tools such as the hacksaw, metal file, and chisel. Working off of...
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We arrived after a relatively short bus ride to a windy and overcast Philadelphia sky. We were excited for our third trip in this Outdoor Exhibits experience. We took a quick group photo and then separated into small groups. The entire day was independent open exploration — no guided tours. This allowed each group...
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Today was our first day using the forges for blacksmithing and our second day of blacksmithing. First, we brought out the forges we had built on Friday, along with out tools and set them up at the end of the fields. We then filled our boxes with sand and started building our fires. Everyone...
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This morning, Chinese Culture tried jasmine tea in a mock tea ceremony. Then, our group ventured into Chinatown in Philadelphia, PA, to learn more about traditional Chinese music. We met with professors of traditional Chinese musical theory and performance. They had instruments resembling those original Chinese instruments that are 5000 years old and explained...
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Today we started off our service-packed day with a 50-minute, music-filled ride to Christian Service Center. Their 2-acre campus holds much more than their original Soup Kitchen, which is named Daily Bread. They hold a thrift store, food pantry, fully accessible showers and toilets, a full laundry service, and an entire team of case...
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Today was our second day of mindfulness. The theme today was personal growth. We started the day by writing in our journals writing about what our goals were for the next hour, day, week, year, and decades. Then we did a guided “become your best self” meditation so we could focus and get ready...
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