Tower Hill School

Tower Hill School is a private college preparatory school in Wilmington, Delaware, offering instruction for pre-school through 12th grade.

This article is about Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware. For other uses, see Tower Hill (disambiguation).
Tower Hill School
Address
2813 West 17th Street

Wilmington
,
Delaware
19806

United States
Coordinates39°45′53″N 75°34′38″W
Information
School typePrivate College Preparatory School
MottoMulta Bene Facta[1]
(Many Things Done Well)
Religious affiliation(s)Non-denominational
Founded1919 (1919)[2]
FoundersWalter 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]
CEEB code080205
ChairBen duPont
Head of schoolElizabeth Speers[3]
GradesPreschool K–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment755[4]
Student to teacher ratio7:1[1]
ScheduleDay
Color(s)Kelly green and white
  [1]
AthleticsIndependent Conference(DISC)
Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
MascotWhite Tiger and Hiller
PublicationThe Dial
Websitewww.towerhill.org

History

Tower Hill was founded in 1919.[2][5] Its main building was designed by Wilmington architects Brown & Whiteside and completed in 1920.[6] 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.[7] 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] 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. "Tower Hill at a Glance". Tower Hill School. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  2. "Forever Green: A Commemorative History of Tower Hill School". Our History. Tower Hill School Association. 1994. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. "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>.
  4. Tower Hill School. "Student Directory." TowerNet. Last modified July 2018. https://towerhill.myschoolapp.com/app/parent#directory/778.
  5. "Tower Hill School Homepage". Tower Hill School. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  6. W. Barksdale Maynard, Buildings of Delaware (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008): 144.
  7. "Athletics at Tower Hill". Tower Hill School. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  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". 13 September 2017.
  10. Deak, Mike (2020-04-24). "Deborah Kean, wife of former NJ Gov. Thomas Kean, dies". Bridgewater Courier News. MyCentralJersey.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  11. 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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