ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈaɪv ɐ ɡɹˈuːp ʌv kwˈeɪkɚɹ ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪɾɚz fˈaʊnd ɐ ʃˈɛɹd kənsˈɜːn, ɛnvˈɪʒənɪŋ ɐ skˈuːl ðæt wʊd ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪt ðə hˈoʊl pˈɜːsən, wˌɛɹ kwˈeɪkɚɹˌɪzəm kʊd biː ɐ wˈeɪ ʌv lˈaɪf, ænd wˌɛɹ stˈuːdənts kʊd bɪkˌʌm ˈɪnɚ dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn ˈaʊɾɚ dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd.
In 1955 a group of Quaker educators found a shared concern, envisioning a school that would educate the whole person, where Quakerism could be a way of life, and where students could become inner directed rather than outer directed.