Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
We wrapped up our time at Princeton-Blairstown Center with one more morning of activities. Although it was brisk outside, it was wonderfully sunny. Students enjoyed a delicious breakfast before heading out to some different spots for final games, studies, and activities. Several groups of students engaged in shelter building by collecting materials from the...
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Morning By Caleb & Kerry After two days in D.C., we were tired but excited to start our day at MFS. This morning we watched our DEI documentaries that we filmed in Quest as part of our unit on the Quaker SPICE of Equality. It was clear that every group had put in a...
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Overall, Camp Mason was an extremely memorable experience for every eighth grader. This trip allowed us to learn more about our classmates as well as the importance of taking care of the environment. By Sabina, Alexa, and Gia On Tuesday, our third day of Intensive Learning, the 8th grade traveled to Camp Mason on...
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This was our last day in Alaska. We were sooooo sad :(( but ready to go home!! We woke up and some people got breakfast while others packed. The hotel we were staying at had a luggage scale where everyone weighed their checked bags to make sure it was under 50 lbs. We then...
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Today we had to be dressed and ready by 7:30 to leave for breakfast. On our way, the sun was rising so we were able to take a detour to see a beautiful scenery of the pink sky over a mountain. We continued onto breakfast at Rose’s Cafe around 7:50. After we had a...
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After everyone got around we began our closing ceremony by lighting a candle that represented our bond as a group. Johan showed us a leaf and a stick and instructed us to share what one thing will “stick” with us from this trip, and what one thing we will be leaving behind. We went...
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Though we did not head into the Pine Barrens today, we did have a little hike on the cross country course. Interestingly, that is how we began this adventure during our first group pre-experience. I think we were aware of a lot more this time. We recognized six different birds, with the help of...
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Today is the eighth day of the Alaska trip and the last full day that we’ll be in the state. We made the most of it by going to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center and shopping in downtown Anchorage. We left the hotel at around 9 a.m. after breakfast and took an hour-long bus...
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Sadly, today is the last day of our Intensive Learning. We concluded our thoughts about the schools we went to and did a small recap/reflection of our IL experience. 1 – Ranking Colleges We started by ranking the colleges/universities we had visited this past week based on our own criteria, such as campus appearance,...
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Today we enjoyed our last day with the preschoolers during Intensive Learning. Today we started by meeting in Ms. Tate’s room like usual and re-capped the week. The Upper Schoolers even decorated some windows adding to Ms. Tate’s collection of past students and advisees. Then some students enjoyed a bagel with the other local IL...
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So today we started of the day with a bagel breakfast, which was very relaxed and a great way to start it off and bond with our friends for the last day. Then we split into two groups into Lower School classrooms explaining to them about Intensive Learning and about our experiences throughout the...
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Looking back on our experiences, I’m really grateful to have been a part of this program. Not only did I get to spend time doing something that I love with some of my closest friends, I also learned a lot too. I learned about refrains and verses, collaboration and careers, recording and mixing, and...
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Unlike the other days, today was simple. Since we had already done the clean-up, we didn’t have to do anything today. Today was simple and calm. Unlike the other days, we went to Mr. Sussman’s room, instead of our home base at Van Meter, and just relaxed. After about an hour, we all went...
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Day 7: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 By Kieran and Jill We started off the morning with breakfast at 8 a.m. After enjoying a lovely breakfast, we did some daily morning warm-up activities made by our instructor Johan. Our first one was kind of a mind game where we talked about how one side of...
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It was a packed week, each day bringing new adventures and connections with each other. One of the coolest representations of our group dynamic was that during the altered book project, each person made a page in everyone’s book to help us remember our time together. For our final day we explored those projects...
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