Friends School Mullica Hill | Mullica Hill, New Jersey

We are an independent Quaker school empowering our students with a joyful, holistic, values-based education to last a lifetime. Through the Quaker guiding testimonies of Community, Peace, Simplicity, Integrity, Equality, and Stewardship, we support all to achieve their full potential and share their natural gifts with the world.

To nourish the development of the whole child, our curriculum includes musical, artistic, and physical education, along with classes in technology, science, and Spanish from Pre-K through 8th grade.

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50th Timeline: 2014 – The Return of International Field Trips

Nov 25, 2020

One of Beth Reaves’s initiatives was to reinstate an earlier tradition of international field trips. Beth recalled that “Friends School has always been very big on out of classroom experiences for students, allowing them to have time outside off campus to really experience the outdoors and just take in all that the world has to offer. So here I was thinking that it would be great for our 8th...

50th Timeline: 2013 – The Garvin Prize

Nov 24, 2020

The hiring of the first African American Head of School was an important moment in the history of the School and coincided with an important statewide award given to the School for work done the year before Reaves became Head. On February 16, 2013, the New Jersey Historical Commission awarded the School the Mildred Garvin Prize for the best African American History school program in the state of...

50th Timeline: 2013 – Beth Reaves Becomes the Eighth Head of Friends School Mullica Hill

Nov 23, 2020

After helping the School weather the transition from Drew Smith, Bruce Haines left the School having accomplished much in a short time, including the hiring of the person that would replace him as Head of School, Beth Reaves. After serving as an Interim Head for a year, Beth became the eighth Head of School. She was the first African American to hold the position and the first woman to...