The capstone event in the early history of the School was the graduation of the first high school class.  Due to the number of individuals graduating, which included some juniors who had met graduation requirements through outstanding individual progress, the graduation took place in the familiar Woodstown Meeting House.  Many from this first graduating class have remained connected to the...

As discussed in the previous post, the State of New Jersey recognized Friends School for its proper curriculum in time for the 1973 graduation, but Friends School Mullica also included a focus on Quakerism from the very beginning.  According to Stanton Langworthy’s history of the school’s early years, the Lower School focused on “self-discipline, understanding-forgiveness,...

The ups and downs of the 1970s continued with good news in 1973.  One of the early goals for the School was to received proper recognition from the State of New Jersey before the first Upper School students were scheduled to graduate in the Spring of 1973. To that end, administrators and teachers worked hard to contribute to the creation of a robust curriculum in the Upper School.  Head of...