Academics - Upper School

Capstone Program

The MFS Capstone Program is designed to challenge and inspire students wishing to pursue advanced study in a particular field. Beginning in the spring semester of junior year and running through the middle of senior year, the program has participants engage in scholarly work--independent research and/or creative design--under the guidance of a MFS teacher/advisor.

Program Requirements

Participants meet weekly with their advisors but complete the bulk of the work on their own. All projects culminate in a public demonstration, which may take the form of an academic presentation/defense or a creative performance. A typical project will require a minimum of 40 hours of work. See the MFS Capstone Program Resources page for more details.

Below are some examples of recent projects:

• Writing and staging an original play
• Civil engineering study of MFS traffic/parking patterns with cost analysis and recommendations to the school administration for improvement
• Analysis of family policy in America: Is there a federal solution?
• Design, production, and marketing for hand-made fashion clothing
• Science lab research sponsored by a university professor (e.g., “An Epidemiological Study of Diabetic Ulcers and Analysis of Electrospinning”)
• Authoring an original historical fiction novella

• Philadelphia Web Design