The academic year at Friends School opened in 2006, as it had for most all its history, with an all ages back to school picnic hosted by the Parents’ Association.  Throughout the School, there were 230 students, made up evenly of boys and girls, and with an average class size of 14 students.  Tuition varied by grade but was about $10,000, with 28% of families receiving financial aid from various...

After some growth associated with the new building, a slow enrollment decline began at the School, a decline which then accelerated after the beginning of the Great Recession in December 2007.  By the end of the decade, total enrollment at Friends School Mullica Hill had dropped to 205 students.  During this time, the faculty continued to provide a great experience for their students, even as...

After many years of planning, much fundraising, and several construction issues, the first new academic building at Friends School Mullica Hill opened for the start of the 2002-2003 school year.  As the building neared completion, Drew Smith wrote of the experience of “wonder” that students and staff felt watching the building take shape and noted that the “building represents the collective...