50th Timeline: 2006 – A Year in the Life of Friends School Mullica Hill – Sports, Holidays, and Solving World Problems

The busy Fall also included sports, such as soccer and field hockey as well as the School’s special take on holidays such as Halloween and Thanksgiving.  Everyone enjoyed the fun and crazy costumes of Halloween and were excited to see what Teacher Glenn would be wearing this year. Studying and learning about people in the rest of the world has long been a part of the curriculum at the School, and one of the highlight moments of the year in this regard was the World’s Fair, an opportunity for students to study and then present the culture and traditions of their assigned nation at an evening event.  A related event that took place was Model United Nations Day, a capstone event for Middle School students who had spent weeks studying their assigned nation, preparing to debate current affairs, and to find solutions to solve the problems of the world.  The end of the Fall was the Thanksgiving Gathering (earlier called the Thanksgiving Feast), a special time where all grades came together