After a nearly 9-month search process that involved interviewing candidates from inside and even outside the United States, the Board of Trustees selected Bruce Haines to be the School’s seventh Head of School.  A lifelong Quaker, Bruce brought with him a deep love of Friends Education from his time as a student and later from his time as a Board member at Westtown School. Working in a school...

Every election cycle brings with it heightened sensitivity to political issues, and that is certainly true today.  While schools are not political entities and we need to safeguard against the polarization that is so prevalent in our society, we do have a responsibility to capitalize on the election cycle as an opportunity to teach children about the democratic process, to guide them in...

In the summer of 2009, Drew Smith shared with the Board that he planned to leave the School at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year.  Unlike some of the School’s previous Heads, Drew gave the School ample warning to conduct a full and comprehensive search for his replacement.  After a quarter century at Mullica Hill (including countless field trips such as the one pictured here to Washington...