Tower Hill School Explained
| Tower Hill School |
| Streetaddress: | 2813 West 17th Street |
| State: | Delaware |
| Zipcode: | 19806 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 39.7647°N -75.5774°W |
| Founders: | Walter S. Carpenter Jr., R. Ruliph M. Carpenter, Irénée du Pont, Lammot du Pont, Eugene E. du Pont, Alexis Felix du Pont, Josiah Marvel, Hugh Rodney Sharp, William Winder Laird, Charles Marshall Barton, and Dr. Albert Robin[1] |
| Head Of School: | Sarah Baker[2] |
| Mascot: | White Tiger and Hiller |
| Colors: | Kelly green and white
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| Athletics: | Independent Conference(DISC)
Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) |
| Ceeb: | 080205 |
| Enrollment: | 867[3] |
| Ratio: | 7:1 |
| Motto: | Multa Bene Facta |
| Motto Translation: | Many Things Done Well |
| Publication: | The Dial |
| Chair: | Ben duPont |
Tower Hill School is a private college preparatory school in Wilmington, Delaware, offering instruction for pre-school through 12th grade.
History
Tower Hill was founded in 1919.[4] Its main building was designed by Wilmington architects Brown & Whiteside and completed in 1920.[5] The school is situated at the high point of Wilmington's neighborhood, The Highlands, where the dominant landmark is Rockford Tower, erected in 1901 to control the city's water supply. Tower Hill, in London, is the birthplace of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, who landed in Delaware, in 1682.
Recognition
The school is a member of the Delaware Independent School Conference.[6] The school offered 2,000,000 a year of need-based financial aid to 28% of its students for the 2016–2017 school year.[7] The Wall Street Journal ranked Tower Hill 24th in the nation and 1st in Delaware, in percentage of students attending eight top colleges.[8] Tower Hill School is ranked 47th in the nation for best private day schools.[9]
Notable alumni
- Adrienne Arsht, philanthropist and attorney
- Michael N. Castle, Governor of Delaware (1985–1992) and US Congressman (Delaware) (1993–2011)
- Alfred D. Chandler, distinguished and innovative historian, Harvard University
- Chris Coons, US Senator (Delaware)
- Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr., leading archaeologist University of California, Berkeley
- Kathryn Day, opera singer
- Harry G. Haskell Jr., US Congressman (Delaware) (1957–1959) and Mayor of Wilmington (1969–1973)
- Deborah Kean, former First Lady of New Jersey (1982–1990)[10]
- Orin Kerr, law professor at UC Berkeley School of Law
- Ellen J. Kullman, former chief executive officer of DuPont and vice chair of the Tower Hill School board of trustees
- Jim Morris (film producer), President of Pixar Animation Studios
- Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show, cardiologist, Republican Party nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania[11]
- Virginia A. Seitz, former assistant attorney general and distinguished appellate lawyer
- John A. H. Sweeney, museum curator and author
- Pat Williams, Orlando Magic senior vice president
Notes and References
- Web site: Forever Green: A Commemorative History of Tower Hill School . Our History . Tower Hill School Association . 16 July 2018 . 1994.
- "Installation of 11th Head of School" Towerhill.org. Tower Hill School, 13 Oct. 2023. https://www.towerhill.org/about/head-of-school .
- Tower Hill School. "Student Directory." TowerNet. Last modified Sep 2024. https://towerhill.myschoolapp.com/app/parent#directory/778.
- Web site: Tower Hill School Homepage. Tower Hill School. October 25, 2013.
- W. Barksdale Maynard, Buildings of Delaware (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008): 144.
- Web site: Athletics at Tower Hill. Tower Hill School. October 25, 2013.
- Web site: Tower Hill at a Glance. Tower Hill School. October 25, 2013.
- Web site: How the Schools Stack Up. Wall Street Journal. December 28, 2007. October 25, 2013.
- Web site: Top 50 Private day schools/accessdate=October 25, 2015. 13 September 2017 .
- News: Mike . Deak . Deborah Kean, wife of former NJ Gov. Thomas Kean, dies . . . 2020-04-24 . 2021-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200429100002if_/https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/04/former-nj-first-lady-debbie-kean-dies-at-76.html . 2020-04-29 . live.
- News: Oz. Mehmet. Delaware Today Health and Wellness: Closing Thought with Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Tower Hill School graduate, about cholesterol, blood pressure and heart health. 18 December 2011. Delaware Today. 5 October 2011.
