Tower Hill School

This article is about Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware. For other uses, see Tower Hill (disambiguation).

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

Tower Hill School
Location
2813 West 17th Street Wilmington , Delaware 19806 United States
Coordinates	39°45′53″N 75°34′38″W
Information
School type	Private College Preparatory School
Motto	Multa Bene Facta[1] (Many Things Done Well)
Religious affiliation(s)	Non-denominational
Founded	1919 (106 years ago) (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][better source needed]
CEEB code	080205
Chair	Ben duPont
Head of school	Sarah Baker[3]
Grades	Preschool K–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	867[4]
Student to teacher ratio	7:1[1]
Schedule	Day
Color(s)	Kelly green and white   [1]
Athletics	Independent Conference(DISC) Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
Mascot	White Tiger and Hiller
Publication	The Dial
Website	www.towerhill.org

History

Tower Hill was founded in 1919.^{[2][5][better source needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition

The school is a member of the Delaware Independent School Conference.^{[7][better source needed]} 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

• 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]
• Donnan Plumb, Olympic equestrian^[12]
• 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