Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
The MFS sixth grade enjoys a full day of activities at the Princeton-Blairstown Center. As buses began to roll out to overnight trips, students gathered with their duffel bags in the Blue Gym, the unofficial headquarters of sixth grade. After group photos and a bag check, we loaded two yellow buses and headed out...
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Welcome to College Settlement! The sun was shining brightly for the second day of 5th grade IL! We met on the bus pad this morning and said goodbye to our families as we embarked on our journey to College Settlement in Horsham, PA. When we arrived at camp, the camp counselors greeted us and...
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Today was packed with new experiences and adventures! We started the day with a nice breakfast in the hotel, followed by some time near the river enjoying the scenery and sounds of nature; the environment was beautifully green and peaceful! Afterward, we hopped on the bus for a short drive to Elephants World, which...
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Day three of our travels was jam-packed! We started off with a trip to a local school in Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique, and we then did a really fun scavenger hunt all around the city. We woke up early and left around six in the morning with breakfast packed on the bus. The...
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By Meena and Alexa On the second day of our Sacred Spaces IL, our group traveled to several different sacred spaces in Philadelphia. When our group first arrived in the city, we took a tour of Friends Center, a Quaker meeting center. There, we learned all about the different organizations that work with Friends...
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On our first day of Intensive Learning, we visited three Christian churches on Main Street, each with a different denomination. The first church our group visited on Monday was First Baptist Church of Moorestown. There, we took a tour led by music director Howard Raudenbush and art director Dabid Acosta; we saw prayer, discussions,...
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Today, on this sunny day, we visited Thomas Jefferson University. Our tour was an enriching and memorable experience that exceeded our expectations. From the moment we arrived on campus, the energy was palpable, and our tour guide was informative yet lively. So as we walked around the campus, we saw the unique architecture, which...
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We started the day off with an early morning 7:30 a.m. shift. All of us were in the same area this time, and we spent the shift assisting kids with horse rides. A lot of us got to walk alongside the horses Buddy and Austin to help the kids keep balance. The rest of...
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Today’s Pine Barrens adventure takes place at the Pinelands Alliance, home of the 72-acre Rancocas Creek Farm, where we will do a service project. The land for the farm was donated to the Pinelands Alliance in 2020 by an MFS family! Our faithful bus took us to the Rancocas Creek Farm Tuesday morning for...
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Today was spent connecting the robots to their brains. In the process new problems appeared and new solutions had to be applied. It turns out that making a robot move the way you want is difficult. A lot of time was spent trying to make gear teeth mesh correctly so that the motors will...
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To us, we realize the more you help those in need, the more you are able to push back against the narrative of the “beyond hope” city. Today, our service work goes beyond just labor, but it impacts individuals in a community that isn’t as fortunate as ours. In all, we loved helping at...
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After a late start to the day, we arrived at GKTW for an 11 a.m. shift. Some had lunch shifts at Clayton’s Diner or had shifts at the ice cream shop, while others had jobs as a castle attendant or an arcade attendant. When everyone had finished their shifts, we all left GKTW for...
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Today in Low and Slow, we were busy preparing various aspects of our cooking area. Before any of our work today, however, we placed the ribs that we prepared yesterday into the smoker so they could cook all day. Afterwards, in groups of 3 or 4, we split up and took on different tasks....
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All throughout today, we learned many things about recording a podcast. We started off the day with a lesson from Ms. Day in the computer lab on how to record our voices and set up the microphone. She also taught us how to use GarageBand. That came with many struggles because GarageBand is too...
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We started our second day of Exploring Animation in Garrett’s group by finishing up our background and creating more characters for our store, like mermaids, pirates, and sharks. For Anastasia’s Group we spent our second day by finishing up characters, the background, and starting our short film movie. The Pre-K helped us with smiles...
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