Eighth Grade 2026

On Tuesday, eighth graders loaded the buses at the oval in anticipation of their last middle school Intensive Learning overnight trip. For many years, eighth graders at MFS have traveled north toward the Delaware Water Gap to attend YMCA Camp Mason just outside of Blairstown, NJ. The wooded foothills provide an excellent new environment...

For the eighth grade’s first day of Intensive Learning, we focused on our Service Learning topic: Food Insecurity. We spent the morning watching a CBS compilation about food insecurity. This broadened our perspectives on how this issue affects different communities throughout the country.  “This information was a bit of a shock. They talked about...