Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
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...
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During our day at Palmyra Cove, we did many things to help the environment. These things included cutting down the invasive vines on the trees and picking up trash. When we got to Palmyra Cove, we cut the invasive vines of the trees because these types of vines strangle the trees. Many people noticed...
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T. S. Eliot called April “the cruelest month,” but this March has offered its own brand of cruelty. Rain and cold can encourage travelers to hurry by all that surrounds them. We stopped on the trail to see the little things that suggest new growth has begun and spring may have already arrived. Our...
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Today’s outdoors adventures included a morning at Metropolitan Natural Park and a nighttime nature walk. By Ari and Wynne Ari: Today we woke up early to be ready and downstairs for our 8:15 a.m. bus departure to Metropolitan Natural Park. Before leaving, we had breakfast at the hotel, where there was a wide assortment...
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Today was all about preparation and teamwork as we got ready for our cooking day tomorrow. We started by gathering bricks and other materials needed for the smoker, making sure everything was set up properly. Then we spent time cleaning the smoker so it would be ready to use. It took effort from everyone,...
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Today in Martinique, we had a very enjoyable day at the coastal mangrove forest. We picked up crabs, ate curry, and learned about how we need to protect the current ecosystem that the mangrove provides. While we were there we learned about three different types of mangroves: red, gray (white), and black. Together, the...
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By: Nolan, Delaney, Maya, and Shiv Although the week started off rainy and bleak, the MFS Foxes brought the sunshine to the campus of Rowan University. Meeting up in Ms. Slocum’s room to prepare for the day, we discussed plans for our campus visit and learned about different aspects of Rowan, ranging from the...
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Today, the Arts and Entertainment group traveled to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to explore the many exhibits and collections that the museum is currently displaying. The students were able to go off into small groups to look at whichever exhibits they were most drawn to. The museum currently holds many special exhibits: Noah...
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Today we were given the game rules for this week’s competition. We are basically building robots that will play Tic-Tac-Toe. The robot has to fit into a cube 18 x 18 x 18 inches at the beginning of the game. There will be a red team and a blue team trying to place rings...
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To start out our morning, we listened to the podcast Crimes of the Centuries episode hosted by Amber Hunt (Ms. Galler’s favorite podcaster). The episode we heard was about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, though we were listening to it to observe how to be a good host of a podcast. We found that using audio...
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Our favorite part of today is the feeling of knowing that we were helping people and making a better space for other people who enjoy the lake! We are all so ready to enjoy a few days of fun together at camp this week! By: Lucia, Daniya, Chantal, Miracle Today the fifth graders went...
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Sixth graders spent a sweet and fun-filled day bonding with each other, playing with Lower School friends, and with new friends at Cambridge Rehabilitation Center. Our first day of IL kicked off in the Blue Gym, where advisories gathered for a refresher on expectations and Minute-to-Win-It games that stretched the body and the mind...
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“Only a life lived for others is worth living.” — Albert Einstein Bloggers: AP Calculus BC ( Betty+Catherine ) New start for 2026’s South Jersey Service!!! Today, we went to Food Bank of South Jersey to help sort and package food supplies that were donated to the food bank from different companies. In there,...
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Although the previous day was long, we got the opportunity to gain energy through some much needed rest. The morning started before the sun rose due to an early 6 a.m. breakfast. Several activities had been planned, most notably the bike ride around Bangkok. However, little did several know that the bike ride would...
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Exploring Animation, Day One For the first day of Exploring Animation 2026, we spent the morning brainstorming ideas for the animation the groups are going to create, getting to know each other with play, and creating the beginnings of our project sets....
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