| The Tatnall School | |
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| Motto | Omnia in caritate (All things in love) |
| Established | 1930 |
| Type | Nonprofit, college-prep day school |
| Headmaster | Eric G. Ruoss |
| Founder | Frances D. S. Tatnall |
| Students | 725 (2005–2006) |
| Grades | PreK–12 |
| Location | 1501 Barley Mill Road Wilmington, DE 19807, Greenville, Delaware, USA |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Mascot | Hornet |
| Yearbook | Triangle |
| Newspaper | The Buzz |
| Website | http://www.tatnall.org |
The Tatnall School is a private school in Greenville, Delaware, for students from three years old through 12th grade. The school was founded as an all-girls school in 1930 by Frances Dorr Swift Tatnall at her home in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, and moved to its current location in 1952. Tatnall began to admit boys in 1952 (the class of 1964). The school's mascot is the hornet.[1]
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Tatnall competes as a member of the Independent Conference, DISC, or in interscholastic sports such as cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, ice hockey, swimming, wrestling, winter track, lacrosse, baseball, golf, tennis, and spring track. Tatnall is particularly strong in ice hockey, boys' lacrosse (winning 6 of 22 state championships), boys' cross country, and girls' cross country. Tatnall's girls' cross country team came in third in the nation in fall, 2008.
Tatnall was a Delaware polling booth in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator Joe Biden, a native of Delaware, whose house is located next to the school, cast his vote in Tatnall's main lobby.
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