The mid-1990s were a very reflective time in the history of the School due to a combination of factors, including the accreditation process, the celebration of the School’s 25th anniversary, the difficult decision to lay down the Upper School, and the energetic leadership of John Harkins.  Among the first of the many results of this deep thinking was the creation of a marketing video by Keith...

One of John Harkins’s goals had been to see Friends School Mullica Hill achieve official accreditation by the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.  Such accreditation would be validation of the great effort made by teachers and staff over many years to bring the School up to the most rigorous and professional standards. It would...

John Harkins had done much in his first three years as Head of School.  By all accounts, he had given renewed emphasis to the arts, especially the drama program, and had continued the School’s emphasis on field trips.  In 1992, teachers led students on field trips to Wallops Island, the Poconos, Appel Farm, Elmer Hospital, the Philadelphia Zoo, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin...