Tower Hill School is a private, college preparatory school located at 2813 West 17th Street in Wilmington, Delaware, offering instruction for pre-school through 12th grade. The school was founded in 1919 on the basis of commitment to progressive education methods. It has an excellent academic reputation and college placement record. Particularly strong are the English and History departments. However, it's mathematics and science departments need more work they do not let you skip math or science or even test to see if you know the subject already. Tower Hill also does not have advanced placement classes.
The school has competed in the Delaware Independent Conference for interscholastic sports. The boys' lacrosse team and girls' field hockey and tennis teams are some of the state's best.
The school motto is Multa bene facta translated "Many Things Done Well," and the school prides itself on its application of this principle. Students not only excel academically, but must play at least 10 seasons of interscholastic sports. Students are also asked to complete 40 hours of community service, as well as a full credit of Fine Arts classes drawn from the music, theater, and art departments.
The school's tuition, $24,250 for the senior high school, has of late topped most other private Delaware day schools by a marginal percentage. It costs more than a new BMW. For four years of upper school, the total comes to a hefty $97,000. Tower Hill offers need-based financial aid to approximately 5% of all students.
In December 2007, the Wall Street Journal ranked Tower Hill 24th in the nation and first in Delaware, in percentage of students attending eight top colleges. This reflects that of Tower Hill's graduating class of 2007, 12.1% matriculated to Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Williams, Pomona, Swarthmore, the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins.
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