Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
We kicked off our day in Wang Nam Khiao by offering food to the monks at Ratanawan Monastery. We stood in a line and spooned rice into their bowls before following them to the local monastery, where we sat in on a prayer alongside the monks and people of the town. The head monk...
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Today was a big driving day to our next location, which is situated close to the monastery, where we will visit with the monks. We learned upon boarding the bus that last night, our bus driver had to drive over four hours to find enough gas for our journey, and it was $6 a...
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Day five was bittersweet. Here’s a rundown of what we did today, all leading up to our final dinner together with our new friends. TEMPLEOur first stop of the day was going to the temple and taking a look around inside. We had our friends from the school show us around in small groups,...
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Today, our group hiked through Ifrane National Park to have tea with a Berber family. The Berbers are an ethnic group that lives in many regions across Africa. Though historically nomadic, many settled down after conquest by Arabic tribes during 700 to 800 CE. We walked through a beautiful forest of old cedar trees...
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By Mia D. Today we woke up feeling sad, knowing that we would be leaving later in the day. All of our time spent becoming closer with new people and making memories would soon come to an end. But to start off the day, we visited the Yu Garden. The Yu Garden was built...
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By Rut and Maya Today started a bit later than the others with a 8:30 bus ride to Habitation Clément. This site is named after the first Black doctor on the island, Homère Clément. At Habitation Clément we began with a guided museum tour where we learned about the everyday life of the people...
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By Keva and Natalie The day began with our breakfast and bus ride at 9:30. Today, our itinerary consisted of a trip to La Savane des Esclaves, the Jardin de Balata, and a boat ride. La Savane des Esclaves, or The Slave Savannah, is a museum highlighting local Martinican culture and the island’s history...
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By Jaya and Riti Today, we visited one of the most important cities on the island Saint-Pierre, once the affluent and flourishing capital of Martinique that was destroyed by the eruption of the still active volcano, Mount Pelée, in 1912. We had another early start, with our bus departing at 6:30 a.m., packed breakfasts...
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Today we got up early to catch our three hour flight to Shanghai. While up in the air you can see the many ports and ships full of storage containers. Later when we landed and walked around we learned that Shanghai is a very important place for China as it is a big part...
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Our last day of Intensive Learning was back on campus. We started the day with an awesome pancake breakfast cooked by Mr. Rizzo. During the breakfast, we wrote in our journals and reflected on the week and what we learned. We also wrote thank you notes to friends and faculty who made the week...
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Hello everybody, I’m excited to share our last day highlights with you! Our final expedition was to the Smithsonian Washington Zoo, where we saw lots of fascinating animals, such as elephants, sea lions, reptiles, monkeys, and lots more. A favorite of the group was the elephants because we could get close to them. We...
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Enjoy these photos from the sixth grade’s last day at the Princeton-Blairstown Center....
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Fresh from our trip to College Settlement, we started the day back at MFS. We gathered together in the morning to reflect on our time there and compose thank you notes for the camp staff. We all took turns writing messages of gratitude and friendship to the wonderful team of people who worked tirelessly...
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Our last day at College Settlement was beautiful. The day started as all the best days do – with early morning games of Gaga. We ate breakfast and found out great news! We were named “Waste Masters.” What does it mean to be a Waste Master? Well, on our first night we wasted 3...
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Today was competition day for the Robotics and Engineering Intensive Learning for 2026. We spent the morning preparing our robots for the 11:00 start time. Last minute fixes to both hardware and code were implemented to make sure the robots were fine-tuned and in their best condition. Some of the highlights from competition day...
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