Tower Hill School

Tower Hill School
Address
2813 W 17th St, Wilmington
Wilmington, DE 19806
USA
Coordinates 39°45′53″N 75°34′38″W / 39.764716°N 75.577355°W / 39.764716; -75.577355Coordinates: 39°45′53″N 75°34′38″W / 39.764716°N 75.577355°W / 39.764716; -75.577355
Information
School type Private College Preparatory School
Motto Multa Bene Facta[1]
(Many Things Done Well)
Religious affiliation(s) Non-denominational
Founded 1919 (1919)[2]
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[2]
School board Michelle Shepherd, Ellen J. Kullman, William Daiger, Linda Boyden, Jon Abramczyk, Theodore H. Ashford, Dr. Anthony Cucuzzella, Regis de Ramel, Ben duPont, Charles Elson, W. Whitfield Gardner, Laird Hayward, Dr. Eric Johnson, Henry Mellon, Ann Rose, Dr. David Roselle, Matthew Twyman, Carmen Wallace, and Gina Ward[3]
CEEB code 080205
Headmaster Mrs. Elizabeth "Bessie" Speers[4]
Grades Preschool K-12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 735[1]
Average class size Preschool: 13
Lower School: 15
Middle School: 15
Upper School: 14
Student to teacher ratio 7:1[1]
Schedule Day
Color(s) Kelly      White     [1]
Mascot White Tiger and Hiller
Website http://www.towerhill.org/

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.[2][5] The school is a member of the Delaware Independent School Conference[6] and fields 23 competitive varsity sports.[6]

The school offered US$2,000,000 a year of need-based financial aid to 28% of its students for the 2016-2017 school year.[1]

Elizabeth “Bessie” Cromwell Speers currently serves as the Tower Hill's Head of School, having been selected to be headmaster starting the 2015-2016 school year.[7]

Recognition

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tower Hill at a Glance". Tower Hill School. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tower Hill History and Traditions". Tower Hill School. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Board of Trustees". Tower Hill School. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Meet Our Head of School." Towerhill.org. Tower Hill School, n.d. Web. 09 Sept. 2015. <http://www.towerhill.org/Page/About/Meet-Our-Head-of-School>.
  5. ↑ "Tower Hill School Homepage". Tower Hill School. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Athletics at Tower Hill". Tower Hill School. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Meet Our Head of School." Towerhill.org. Tower Hill School, n.d. Web. 09 Sept. 2015. <http://www.towerhill.org/Page/About/Meet-Our-Head-of-School>.
  8. ↑ "How the Schools Stack Up". Wall Street Journal. December 28, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Top 50 Private day schools/accessdate=October 25, 2015".
  10. ↑ Oz, Mehmet (5 October 2011). "Delaware Today Health and Wellness: Closing Thought with Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Tower Hill School graduate, about cholesterol, blood pressure and heart health". Delaware Today. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
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