Haddonfield Friends School

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Haddonfield Friends School
Address
Haddonfield Friends School
47 North Haddon Avenue

,
NJ
08033
Information
School type Private primary school
Founded1786;239 years ago (1786)
StatusOpen
School district New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
PrincipalMatthew Sharp, Head of School
Staff21.4 (on FTE basis)
Grades Pre-K8
Enrollment150 (2017-18)
Language English
Hours in school day7.0
Communities served Camden County
Website School website

Haddonfield Friends School (HFS) is a private, Quaker coeducational day school in Haddonfield, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The school serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

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Haddonfield Friends School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and SchoolsCommission on Elementary Schools, and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools [1] and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.

History

In 1713, settler Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh was given an acre of land from her father, John Haddon, on which to build a Quaker Meetinghouse and burial grounds. This would become the site of Haddonfield Friends School after her death. [2]

The school was founded in 1786 by members of the Religious Society of Friends to offer education in a setting that would honor Quaker values. A one-room brick building on Haddon Avenue, adjacent to the Meeting burial ground, housed the school. Haddonfield Free School, as they named it, served the children of both Friends and non-Friends, and was the only "public" school in Haddonfield for about 25 years. [3]

Additional classroom space is used at the Meeting House, located on Friends Avenue directly behind the school. The Early Childhood Center is home to the school's youngest students ages two and a half years to five years. The remainder of the students, Kindergarten through Eighth grade, along with the special subject area classrooms, are located in the main school building at 47 N. Haddon Avenue.

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References

  1. School Search Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.
  2. "History of the Town of Haddonfield | Historical Society of Haddonfield". haddonfieldhistory.org/. February 4, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  3. "Our History – Haddonfield Friends School". Haddonfield Historical Society. Retrieved December 7, 2023.

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