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MFS News March 28, 2008 GRADES 5-12 TAKE PART IN WEEK-LONG INTENSIVE LEARNING
All Moorestown Friends School (MFS) students in grades 5-12 will participate in Intensive Learning programs from March 28 to April 4. Intensive Learning has been a school tradition for almost 30 years, as each grade in the Middle and Upper Schools takes an in-depth look at a particular topic or issue. Normal class schedules are suspended for the week, allowing students to take overnight field trips, complete hands-on projects and engage in other activities which apply what they have learned. This year’s juniors will focus on service learning. Groups of 11th graders will travel to the Florida Everglades to help restore an endangered ecosystem, to New Orleans to work with Habitat for Humanity, and to Mexico to work on a small rural ranch. Other groups of juniors will work locally with Beyond Balance, an organization that provides horseback riding to people with disabilities, and at community gardens in Philadelphia through the Neighborhood Gardens program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. MFS is committed not just to service work, but also to service learning, which means that students will study the causes of and possible solutions to the problems and issues with which they are engaged. Members of the Advanced Placement English class, all seniors, will be taking a trip to London for Intensive Learning. In addition to seeing the sights, they will see three theater productions. The Intensive Learning subjects for each grade are as follows: Grade 5: Food and Nutrition—students will learn about nutrition, hunger, the restaurant business, and environmental issues related to the food industry. Students will visit a restaurant, a farm, and a factory, and do a week-long food collection for the Food Bank of South Jersey. Grade 6: Zoo design—students learn the habitat requirements for specific animals, and design and construct miniature zoos. The class visits the Philadelphia Zoo and Cape May Zoo. Grade 7: Musical Theater—students work on all aspects of a theatrical production, and perform it for their parents. This year’s show is called Twinderella. Grade 8: Environmental Education—includes trips to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Learning, and YMCA Camp Mason in Hardwick, NJ. Grade 9: Celebrating Philadelphia’s Diversity—students look at the impact of immigration, industry, urban planning and community activism on the city, and visit several neighborhoods as well as the Atwater Kent Museum. Grade 10: Students choose one week-long program out of five options, which range from “Wind-Powered Sculpture” to “Physical Theater and Social Justice.” The entire grade will visit Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ. Grade 11: Service Learning (see above) Grade 12: Senior retreat and class bonding.
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