Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today, we stopped by the Gradwell House Recording Studio and talked to Dave Downham, who showed us the multiple rooms with different opportunities to record with acoustic and digital equipment. We then returned to campus and talked with David Grow, a musician whose Nashville-based company Howling Music produces mini-scores for large companies like the...
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On our second day in Puerto Rico, we had a day tour of Old San Juan with our tour guide Alvin. Alvin was an amazing guide who informed us about the history of Old San Juan dating back to the fifteen hundreds. On the tour we explored the rich history embedded in the streets,...
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For the second day of Intensive Learning, we were able to sleep in for the start of the morning. It was nice since we had a very busy day yesterday, as it was our arrival day. At 10 am, we went to Walmart as a group. We each shopped for groceries for ourselves and...
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For yet another early morning, everyone slowly assembled back into the bus after a long sleep and a large breakfast. Nothing felt more tiring yet exciting than riding on the bus for a day of hiking. After one of the longest bus rides of the entire trip, a whole hour and a half, we...
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A Great First Day in The Big Yellow House! We got to school at 6 am, drove to Philly, and got onto the plane around 10:00 am. The plane ride was really fast, and we made friends with the crew that worked on the plane. We even got to take cool pictures in the...
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Today’s trip to the Brandywine River Art Museum was a gallery adventure! We visited the many works of N.C. Wyeth, along with his family’s works, and a 100-year exhibition on Wayne Thiebaud. The Wyeths are a family of renowned artists based in Chadds Ford, PA. Besides his beautiful landscapes, N.C. Wyeth was most known...
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For our first day of “Low and Slow” we started off by watching a couple of videos about the art of smoking meat. The video also taught us a couple of different ways to cut meat with a knife. Then we transferred all of our supplies to Van Meter Hall. We then got introduced...
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On the first day of our Pine Barrens adventure, we went to Batsto Village. We also took a four mile hike down a beautiful trail. We spotted lots of interesting plants throughout the day. Due to the weather yesterday, we walked through some muddy, yet very fun, trails. We walked through forests that had...
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Day Two of the National Parks trip started bright and early with a breakfast at the hotel. We then met up with our tour guide and headed off to Zion National Park. Our first stop when arriving in Zion was the Checkerboard Mesa. It was a short stop but breathtaking nonetheless. We then went...
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Welcome to Florida! First off, we arrived at school bright and early at 6 am to get on our flight at the Philadelphia airport. Since we got there extremely early, we were able to get some breakfast (Starbucks and Chick-Fil-A were the hotspots of the morning) and relax a bit before boarding the plane....
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We began our introduction to Chinese Culture with a very fascinating and interactive traditional Chinese calligraphy lesson from an outside presenter. Our teacher, Raymond Zhu (Zhu Laoshi), was quite well-versed in the art of calligraphy and Chinese fan painting, and he brought in a family heirloom to show: a centuries-old book of handwritten Chinese...
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Today was the first day of Intensive Learning, and our group had the pleasure of visiting Bayshore in Bivalve, NJ. We had the opportunity to help paint the outside of a boxcar that was renovated into a bathroom for the museum guests. After painting this boxcar, our tour guide Ken took us through the...
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Today we were on campus and looked at film as a type of art that creates social change. We specifically focused on the HIV/AIDS epidemic that began in the 1980s. In the morning we watched portions of And The Band Played On. The film (adapted from a true story), explored the beginning of the...
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We arrived right before the grounds opened at 10 am after a short journey up 295. We checked in to the welcome center and met up with our tour guide, Stan. Stan was incredibly friendly and told us about the history of the grounds and how it used to be the old New Jersey...
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This morning at approximately 3:30am one could find 20 groggy teenagers gathering at Moorestown Friends School. Each of us piled into a school bus and set out for the Philadelphia airport. If you have ever been to the Philly airport you are aware that it is an extremely hectic place, and with 20 of us...
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