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Tower Hill School

Prep school in Wilmington, Delaware, US

Summary

Prep school in Wilmington, Delaware, US

Field	Value
name	Tower Hill School
streetaddress	2813 West 17th Street
city	Wilmington
state	Delaware
zipcode	19806
country	United States
coordinates
religious_affiliation	Non-denominational
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
head of school	Sarah Baker
grades	Preschool K–12
schedule	Day
mascot	White Tiger and Hiller
colors	Kelly green and white

athletics	Independent Conference(DISC)
Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
founded
ceeb	080205
enrollment	867Tower Hill School. "Student Directory." TowerNet. Last modified Sep 2024.
ratio	7:1
gender	Coeducational
schooltype	Private College Preparatory School
motto	Multa Bene Facta
motto_translation	Many Things Done Well
homepage
publication	The Dial
chair	Ben duPont

Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) https://towerhill.myschoolapp.com/app/parent#directory/778.

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. Its main building was designed by Wilmington architects Brown & Whiteside and completed in 1920. 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. The school offered 2,000,000 a year of need-based financial aid to 28% of its students for the 2016–2017 school year. The Wall Street Journal ranked Tower Hill 24th in the nation and 1st in Delaware, in percentage of students attending eight top colleges. Tower Hill School is ranked 47th in the nation for best private day schools.

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)
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, the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) since 2025.
Donnan Plumb, Olympic equestrian
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

References

(1994). "Forever Green: A Commemorative History of Tower Hill School". Tower Hill School Association.
"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 Homepage". Tower Hill School.
W. Barksdale Maynard, ''Buildings of Delaware'' (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008): 144.
"Athletics at Tower Hill". Tower Hill School.
"Tower Hill at a Glance". Tower Hill School.
(December 28, 2007). "How the Schools Stack Up". [[Wall Street Journal]].
(13 September 2017). "Top 50 Private day schools/accessdate=October 25, 2015".
Deak, Mike. (2020-04-24). "Deborah Kean, wife of former NJ Gov. Thomas Kean, dies". [[MyCentralJersey.com]].
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.
"Donna Sharp PLUMB".

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