Wow, what another exciting day for Thursday March 31st! First we started out at the Apple Campus, where we met up with another MFS Alumni who offered us access to many Apple experts, who explained the culture and how they got there. Midday we visited the Computer History Museum, where we saw the...
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Nicaragua: Finishing Our Project in Solidarity
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Today started off when we met Alex Van Meter (19) and Abigail Van Meter (14), who showed up to talk to us about handling and showing dogs with their champion English Setter dogs, Juniper and Haley. They are both prize winning Junior Handlers. Alex showed us how to pose the dogs and what was...
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Another Beautiful Day in China!
China — Day Three 3/27/16 Today we woke up and had a wonderful breakfast at 8:30. We then got ready and prepared for our long ride to the Great Wall of China. We departed by bus at 9:00 and had a 2 hour ride to Beigoucun. We then went to a converted Brick Yard,...
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Serenity at PHL
After departing ahead of schedule from MFS, we got through security in record time. We are the first flight of the day in the international terminal, so the airport is quiet and peaceful. Surely this is a good omen for a great trip. . ...
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Exploring Art: Barren Reflections
Today our Exploring Art group spent our time in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. After we arrived in the Pine Barrens and had a quick tour of the lake, students began working on their individual or group projects. Regardless of the 30 degree weather, we were able to get a lot of unique...
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Exploring Art: Synergies
Today everyone worked on completing a project for tomorrow’s trip to the Pine Barrens. These projects consisted of creating either an abstract or realism sculpture. Some people worked together, others chose to work alone. The students were offered various options on the type of sculpture they could create, or there was the option to...
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China: The Great Wall and noodle-making
Today was a blast. On our way to the Great Wall, we went to a noodle shop for lunch. The owner of the restaurant welcomed us and told us we would be learning how to cut and roll noodles. She also was very complimentary of our language skills. There was a competition to see...
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Exploring Art: Paper People
Today, the focus was on preparing for our adventures to Ocean City that awaits us tomorrow. We began with a slideshow, and after that started construction of our sculptures we will install on the beach. Some people built sculptures and some people built tools with which to create sand drawings. After that, we headed...
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New Mexico: Hiking the Rio Grande Gorge
Day Two: The Hike The second day after we arrived in New Mexico, we were off to hike its rough terrain, the Rio Grande Gorge to be exact. Eight hundred feet of its beautiful landscape. We survived steep hills and rocky trails....
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Costa Rica: Arrival at Selva Verde Lodge
Day One by:- Jeremy, CJ, Sam, Olivia, and Colby After two flights – Philly to Miami and Miami to San Jose, we finally arrived in Costa Rica! Once we arrived, we got on the bus for the trip and headed towards our lodge. On the way, we stopped for lunch and had phenomenal strawberry...
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Blacksmithing Day One: Getting the fires going
Today we learned about the history and mission of the Harriton House and then got right to work getting the fires going and trying our hands at making hooks. All of the students jumped right in. On Monday, we will learn a few new techniques. Students have already started thinking about individual projects they...
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Arizona Day One: On our way
MFS Boys’ Lacrosse started the season with impressive Varsity and Junior Varsity victories over Lower Cape May 5 – 3, and 3 -1 yesterday. The boys were in high spirits today at practice and enthusiastically cleaned out the Fencing Teams storage area. The boys will prepare for their flight to Phoenix tomorrow and begin...
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Spain Day One
After 20 hours of traveling, the Spain group has finally reached our first stop, Granada, Spain. We left MFS around 1:15 pm for Newark airport. After arriving at the airport, we checked in and got some food before our long flight to Paris, France. The flight was approximately 6 hours and 30 minutes. We...
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London: Taking the tube
Day One/Two Our trip had a rough start after having to switch planes, resulting in a delay. We got to London later than expected but we are still off to a great start! Today we took the tube to see Leicester square, Trafalgar Square, and to eat dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. We’re...
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