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=== Private schools === [[Haddonfield Friends School]], a [[Quakers|Quaker]] school that dates back to 1786, served 167 students in Pre-K through eighth grade.<ref>[https://hfsfriends.org/our-history/ Our History], [[Haddonfield Friends School]]. Accessed September 2, 2020."In 1786, a one-room brick building on Haddon Avenue, adjacent to the Meeting burial ground, housed the school. Over the years this building has been greatly expanded to accommodate the growing enrollment."</ref><ref>[https://hfsfriends.org/fast-facts/ Fast Facts], [[Haddonfield Friends School]]. Accessed September 2, 2020.</ref> Kingsway Learning Center provides [[special education]] for students from ages birth to 14 at the Haddonfield campus, which is home to the school's Early Intervention Program and its Elementary Program.<ref>[https://kingswaylearningcenter.org/about/ About], Kingsway Learning Center. Accessed September 2, 2020. "Kingsway was founded in 1966 as the Camden County Section of the New Jersey Association for Children with Learning Disabilities (ACLD) featuring a five-morning per week nursery school program at a local church. By 1973, it was apparent that Kingsway needed a facility to call its own and purchased a vacant school building in Haddonfield, NJ which became our home for the next 45 years."</ref> The school closed down in 2019, and was purchased by the Haddonfield Board of Education in February 2023 for $1.495 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About β Kingsway Learning Center |url=https://kingswaylearningcenter.org/about/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Skoufalos |first=Matt |date=2023-02-17 |title=Haddonfield Schools Move to Buy Kingsway Learning Center, Bond Referendum to Follow |url=https://www.njpen.com/haddonfield-schools-move-to-buy-kingsway-learning-center-bond-referendum-to-follow/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=NJ PEN |language=en-US}}</ref> The district plans on converting the building into a fullday kindergarten and preschool by 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LIU |first=EMILY |date=2023-02-10 |title=Board approves purchase of Kingsway Learning Center |url=https://thesunpapers.com/2023/02/10/board-approves-purchase-of-kingsway-learning-center/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=The Sun Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> Christ the King Regional School, founded in 1940, serves students in Pre-K3 through eighth grade and operates under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]].<ref>[https://www.ckrs.org/ckrs/About%20CKRS/History%3A/ About], Christ the King Regional School. Accessed February 21, 2023. "Christ the King School opened its doors in 1940 to 150 students."</ref><ref>[https://southjerseycatholicschools.org/catholic-schools-in-south-jersey/ Schools], South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed February 21, 2023.</ref> Bancroft School, founded in Haddonfield in 1883 and located there until 2017, is special education school and neurobehavioral stabilization program. In July 2005, Bancroft began soliciting requests for proposals to purchase its {{convert|20|acre|m2|adj=on}} property, as a precursor to moving from Haddonfield.<ref>[http://www.bancroft.org/about-bancroft/#.Uj9poeKAxXM Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927041259/http://www.bancroft.org/about-bancroft/#.Uj9poeKAxXM |date=September 27, 2013 }}, Bancroft. Accessed September 22, 2013. "A private, nonprofit organization, Bancroft was founded in Haddonfield, N.J., in 1883. Over the years, we have grown to become the fifth-largest private employer in Camden County."</ref> Bancroft is now located in neighboring Mount Laurel, but during the late 2010s, redevelopment of the Bancroft property in Haddonfield became a locally contentious issue and remains to be resolved.<ref>http://cms5.revize.com/revize/haddonfield/Bancroft%20Site/Updated%20Statement%20on%20Bancroft%20%20%20%2011-01-2019.pdf; https://thesunpapers.com/2021/02/05/citizens-group-reinstates-lawsuit-against-borough-over-bancroft/.</ref> The Beechwood School, founded in 1951, is a private pre-school educating children 2.5 through 6 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Beechwood School |url=https://thebeechwoodschool.com/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=The Beechwood School |language=en-US}}</ref>
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