50th Timeline: 1968 – Success, Growth, and New Additions

The new Woodbury Friends School began as a simple elementary school, but it grew slowly over the next decade, adding grades year after year.  By the late 1960s, Woodbury Friends School had grown to over 200 students and included classes from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade. Those who attended the Woodbury Friends School in the late 1960s have many fond memories.  One of those students was Christopher Knisely. Another of these students was Karen Elkis, who would go on to a successful career in New Jersey politics.  Although neither Chris nor Karen continued on to Mullica Hill, Woodbury Friends School was home to many individuals who would soon play important roles in Friends School Mullica Hill, including Principal Mary Clare Wohlford, and a young teacher recently arrived in the United States from India, Hanshi Deshbandbhu. 

This historical entry is part of a series chronicling the history of Friends School Mullica Hill on the occasion of the School’s 50th anniversary.   The entries begin with the first arrival of Quakers in the region and continue all the way to the present under the leadership of the School’s ninth Head, Matt Bradley.