Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Day 3 of MFS Spanish Culture was a success! As a continuation of yesterday’s activities, we accompanied the bilingual kindergarten and first grade classes of Southwark School to Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum. The 10 of us divided into groups to guide the kids through the museum. The many exhibits provided them with opportunities...
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3/29/16: After a good night’s sleep we had another early start today and ate breakfast at 6:30 AM. At about 7:00 AM we left the hotel and headed over to Give Kids the World. We all had new jobs like helping children to get their stars placed on the walls of the Castle and...
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Today we woke up early in the morning. We got out of bed all packed and ready to go at 7 am. We left our hotel in Beijing and took a bus to the Beijing airport. While we were there several students bought Starbucks near our gate. A taste from home! We departed from...
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This morning we went to the Casa Del Niños art school. We did many different service projects, such as painting beams, shoveling old footings so that new foundation can be put down, cutting rebar, and then making them into squares for rebar foundations. Then we went to a women’s craft collective. There we learned the...
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This morning, despite the chill in the air, we worked together as a group to design mandalas using our figures as inspiration. We created two designs on the oval blacktop by tracing the outlines of ourselves in various positions. It was a great opportunity to work together, communicate, and in the end create!...
Continue readingToday started off when we met Alex Van Meter (19) and Abigail Van Meter (14), who showed up to talk to us about handling and showing dogs with their champion English Setter dogs, Juniper and Haley. They are both prize winning Junior Handlers. Alex showed us how to pose the dogs and what was...
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Students continued to work on their various projects like blankets, jumpers, hats and dresses. Let’s Sew for Babies troupe went to Main St. to enjoy lunch! The Let’s Sew for Babies troupe got to meet the lovely lab named Greta. She was timid at first, but warmed up to everyone and was willing to...
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On day #2 our group at the Pine Barrens went to the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge with our tour guide Erin. We took a hike down the white trail and learned about the fauna of the Pine Barrens. We learned about sphagnum moss and teaberry leaves (which tasted like mint). Also, we learned the...
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We started the day off with a delicious breakfast and a short meeting for worship. After discussing the schedule for the day, we divided into work groups and continued our service. Those who worked in the garden trimmed rose bushes, planted grass seeds, and learned about the history of the FES garden. The mural...
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We started off the day by picking up trash surrounding the lake in Newton. First we split up into groups of two and picked up trash for about 2 hours. We picked up a variety of items ranging from bicycles to bottles. Ms. Salazar decided to turn our service into a small competition to...
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Our first day of GYLI was great. We had a lot of fun playing games and doing activities. Today we talked about the 5Cs: character, context, culture, color, and class. We also took a test to find out what type of personality we would be. You could be a guardian, artisan, rational, and idealist....
Continue readingOur IL group spent the day getting familiar with the basics of sewing – patterns, pins, and sewing machines. We started our day off with the initial stages of bib-making. This included cutting the pattern and sewing our first stitches around the neck. After a quick snack, we dove right into sewing the rim around...
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Last Thursday, we began to discuss what we will be doing this week. Each day we will be learning about a different area in Asia. First, today we will go to Chinatown to learn about Chinese culture. Tomorrow, we will visit an art museum to learn about Korean art. On Wednesday we will visit an Indian temple....
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We started today off with a plentiful breakfast filled with pancakes, fresh fruit and yogurt! After breakfast we started our journey to a new location three hours away. Along the way we made some meaningful stops and learned mucho information! Our first stop of the day we went to a lake and took a boat...
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