Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today, the Arts and Entertainment group visited Cambridge Sound Studios, where many famous artists have recorded, including The Rolling Stones. At the studio, we learned about the technology behind recording and how artists put together records and actors record voice-overs for film. When we first entered the studio, we sat in what’s called “the...
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On March 21, 2022, at 9:20 am, we departed from MFS to visit the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. We arrived at 10:00 am for a private tour. Inside, it was very large and spacious. There were different sculptures, paintings, and even a organ, a keyboard instrument connected with pipes, that were...
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Today we hiked around the Franklin Parker Preserve in Chatsworth in the Pine Barrens. We walked along a mix of the Green and Red trails for a total of about 5 ½ miles. Along the hike, we saw some beautiful small bodies of water. We saw some giant Adirondack chairs, and we visited the...
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After a delicious breakfast at the famous Courtyard Marriott IHOP, we hopped on our tour bus with our lovely tour guide Carlos to make our way to the beautiful botanical garden in the Waimea Valley. Our wonderful bus driver Aunty Lehua brought us on a tour of the island and showed us famous movie...
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Today after a long bus ride, we finally arrived at Longwood Gardens. We then broke into two groups with Kathy and Mellissa as our guides. Even though a lot of the plants and trees were still budding, we were surrounded by all kinds of nature. We were able to walk around the conservatory with...
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For our second day of Intensive Learning, we went back to Bayshore at Bivalve to help out with some more service. The first thing we did once we arrived was help out with some administrative work upstairs, since the weather was pretty chilly in the morning. They gave us a stack of letters, envelopes,...
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For our second day of Low and Slow, we started the day off busy. First, we unloaded Mr. Sussman’s car, which had all the rest of our materials in it, and we put them all away in the kitchen. That included about 40 pounds of meat! Then we built the mini grill that Ben...
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We woke up after Alaska Aurora viewing, ate breakfast, and got on the bus for the Alaskan pipeline. After learning about the pipeline we played on an ice lake next to the pipeline for at least 10 minutes before going to an Alaska museum of culture and early history of Alaska with lots of...
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It was our last day before switching hotels, so everyone got up extra early to hurriedly get their luggage outside and into the bus. Our first stop was the Toadstool Hoodoos. We learned about how different rocks erode at different rates, which created mushroom or toadstool-like hoodoos. We got to climb around the area...
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Our day started with an adventurous hike on the Diamond Head Summit Trail, where we reached the summit and took exquisite photos. Then we enjoyed our first of many breakfasts at IHOP before heading out on a sightseeing tour of the South Shore led by our bus driver. We stopped at a couple different...
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First half of work day We began the day at 9:30 am at Villa del Rio with an introduction on how to do construction from both William and Angel. We were constructing a house for Angel’s daughter, Anna (Maria) and he started by thanking us for the work we were about to do. We...
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Today we had our first day of Mindfulness. We started with an introduction to mindfulness and an opening agenda. As Mr. Baumann cracked several jokes, the class laughed and started our day. While we were going through the slides we did a name exchange where classmates exchanged stories about our names. Later, we did...
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Today is our first day of Intensive Learning. We were first divided into six teams. We learned some interesting information about the name of “blacksmith.” Our first important task was to build our own sandbox. In order to build them, we spent time measuring and learning how to cut the boards with the machine. It...
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Waking up late, everyone started their morning off with messy pancakes: some with chocolate chips and some with syrup. After we finished, we rushed out to the vans and started our journey to Disney World. On our drive there, we listened to some great music to get us into the Disney spirit. We took...
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We met at MFS at 3:30 am to board a bus to Newark airport. There was a little hiccup because we were meant to have two buses but only had one! But we packed the luggage carefully and somehow all fit. The flight was 12 hours from Newark to Honolulu nonstop. We had to...
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