History
Kingsway opened its doors for the first time on September 5, 1963… When our first Superintendent – Bob Costill – welcomed 675 7th – 12th grade students and 34 teachers to the new Kingsway.
On that day students and staff were introduced to a state-of-the-art facility, built on 65 acres of farmland once owned by Henry Salisbury’s family… Students would have been issued uniforms bearing the school’s official colors, “Scarlet and Black” and been told that a dragon was the school’s new mascot, selected because it went along with Kingsway’s regal connotation.
Over the course of the 1963-64 school year members of the senior body, initially angry to have been pulled away from their beloved Swedesboro and Woodstown High Schools, began to embrace the new Kingsway and would become the first 89 seniors to walk across this auditorium stage (what is now Eitel Theater) to receive their high school diploma that following June.
Dr. Lavender’s Opening Remarks, Celebrating 50th Anniversary
Kingsway Celebrates 50 Years of Tradition and Success
50th Anniversary Video Documentary
- January 11, 1961
- March 8, 1961
- July 11, 1961
- October 3, 1961
- October 10, 1961
- November 13, 1962
- December 18, 1962
- January 8, 1962
- February 28, 1962
- March 27, 1962
- August 15, 1962
- August 25, 1962
- September 17, 1962
- November 5, 1962
- February 4, 1963
- February 11, 1963
- April 22, 1963
- July 8, 1963
- September 5, 1963
- September 7, 1963
January 11, 1961
March 8, 1961
July 11, 1961
October 3, 1961
October 10, 1961
November 13, 1962
December 18, 1962
January 8, 1962
February 28, 1962
March 27, 1962
August 15, 1962
August 25, 1962
September 17, 1962
November 5, 1962
February 4, 1963
February 11, 1963
April 22, 1963
July 8, 1963
September 5, 1963
September 7, 1963
“The band members of Kingsway will be receiving their new scarlet and black uniforms prior to the first football game, Raymond Wiggins, bandmaster announced. The majority of the members have been fitted and the uniforms are now being produced. The band is slated to play the first day of school when the total school population meets in the auditorium and also at the dedication ceremonies on September 7, 1963.” – Swedesboro News (Today’s Newtown Press) 8/29/1963