Middle School Intensive Learning Spotlight: Grade 6

The Middle School Intensive Learning experiences all began with a Day of Service. Sixth graders walked to Cambridge Enhanced Senior Living where they brightened the days of the residents by joining them for a number of fun activities and engaging conversation and fellowship. Highlighting the week of activity was an overnight trip to Princeton-Blairstown Center where they enjoyed a wide variety of team-building activities and adventures. The week concluded with indoor rock climbing at Elite Climbing in Maple Shade.

This is one in a series of 2024 Intensive Learning Spotlights. For one week each March, regular classes are suspended for “Intensive Learning,” when Middle and Upper School students and teachers engage in an in-depth study of a specific subject, often involving off-campus research. This long-standing MFS tradition – which dates back to the mid 1970s – allows teachers and students to break out of the structure of formal class periods and traditional study for a time of experiential learning. Both students and teachers are encouraged to view themselves as life-long learners and students of the world around them.