Tower Hill School Delaware

A sincere thank you to our Home and School Association for the countless hours, energy and dedication you give to our throughout the year. From organizing events and supporting faculty and staff to welcoming new families and creating meaningful opportunities for connection, your volunteer efforts help make Tower Hill such a special place.

Your commitment to our students, families and school strengthens our community, and we are incredibly grateful for all that you do behind the scenes and beyond.

Thank you for helping make Tower Hill School a place where everyone feels supported, connected and valued. 💚

🐝 The Tower Hill Apiary has new friends. This spring, local alumna Cynthia Reynolds Farris '64 and her husband Nelson Ferris reported a swarm of honey bees on their property. Faculty Jessica Hart and Marina Attix notified beekeeper and Tower Hill science teacher Lauren Helfgott who jumped into action by collecting the swarm and then rehoming them at the Tower Hill Apiary on campus.

☀️Sunshine and blue skies provided the perfect backdrop for the 35th Annual Tower Hill Golf Outing!

Congratulations to the 2026 Champions: 🏆 Joshua Bruner, Jonathan Katz, Joseph Thomas, Rene Zapata

Second Place: 🏅 Ambrose Carr, Jack Clough, Steve Fox, Michael Vanni

Third Place: 🎉 Jason Kibler, Colin Gordon, Bruce Meekins, Bryan Smallwood

🏌️ Longest Drive:
Women: Leanne Conover
Men: Kitchel Chilton '14

⛳ Closest to the Pin:
Women: Josephine Harrington '99
Men: Trip Ashley '10

Our annual golf outing wouldn’t be possible without the help of our gracious sponsors! Special thank you to:
🌟 Presenting Sponsor - CulinArt Group (Compass Group)
🍽️ Dinner Sponsor - Hynansky/Winner Automotive
🧢 Golf Hats Sponsor - Hatzel & Buehler
🏌️ Golf Balls Sponsor - Whiting Turner
🛺 Golf Carts - McDermott, Will & Emery (Ashley Altschuler, Managing Director)
🥪 Box Lunch Sponsor - The Hanna Family
🍸 Cocktails Sponsor - Hirtle & Callaghan
🥤 On Course Beverage Sponsors - Rivers Edge and Delaware Football Club (DFC)
📋 Registration Table Sponsor - BPGS
📖 Program Sponsor - Westover Capital
⛳ Hole Sponsors - Stamford Screenprinting, Troutman Pepper & Locke, Modern Controls, First Choice EDiS, Janssen’s Market, Dr. Thomas P. Dougherty, Standard Distributing Company, Jostens, C&C Property Solutions, Union Park Automotive Group
💼 Patron Business Sponsor - Sheridan Automotive
🍎 Faculty Sponsors - McClafferty Printing, Michael Cercena, Tina Hayward, John Gavenonis

We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did and we’re already looking forward to next year’s event!

Congratulations to our newest graduates, the Class of 2026! On Friday, we honored the accomplishments, commitments and all the hard work these wonderful students have achieved at Tower Hill.

As they embark on their next adventures, they take with them cherished memories, lifelong friendships and the community of families, faculty and staff who will always support them. Tower Hill is so proud to have been part of the journey and can't wait to see the impact they will make in the world.

This week, we proudly recognized members of our and staff for reaching milestone years of service. We also honored three outstanding educators as recipients of this year’s distinguished faculty awards.

Jeannie Snyder received the William L. Kitchel II Faculty Chair. The recipient is selected on the basis of educational leadership, commitment to excellence and love of students. Rachel Ashbrook received the Timothy B. Golding Faculty Chair in English for being an extraordinary educator, fearless leader and advocate for students and advocate for progress. Dr. Caroline Clifford received the inaugural Chi Laureate Award. The award was established by Edward and Nancy Chi in honor of their daughters Brianna ’23 and Allison ’26 and their remarkable journeys as “lifers” at Tower Hill School. The Chi Laureate Award is a distinguished award for exceptional teaching given to a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding, sustained impact across multiple dimensions of education.

Thank you to all our faculty and staff for your dedication to Tower Hill and our !

We recognized outstanding accomplishments of the Class of 2026 at the Senior Awards Ceremony. Congratulations to all our winners and all our graduates! (Pictured) Allison Chi ’26, Trustees’ Award for Academic Excellence with Head of School Sarah Baker; Macy Shi ’26, Trustees’ Award for Service with Head of Upper School Jack Phillips; Alexa Rohrbacher ’26, Spiller Achievement Award with Assistant Head of Upper School Greg Spear; Stuart Bland ’26, Alison Arsht Leadership Award with Dean of Students Jessica Douglass; Sophie Crain ’26, Service Award with Service Learning Coordinator Louise Cummings; Michael Waesco ’26 and Lily Leung ’26, Home and School Association Athletic Awards with Athletic Director Dan Ryan; Alex Neal ’26, William J. Carveth Music Award with Head of the Music Department Drew Keim; Subhi Yadav ’26, Crichton Science Award with Chair of the Science Department Penny Rodrick-Williams; Molly Hurst ’26, Frank C. Ashby Language Award with Chair of the Language Department Anna Miller; Amal Bhattacharya ’26 and Adam Cai ’26, Hugh Atkins English Award with Chair of the English Department Rachel Ashbrook.

Congratulations to the Class of 2030 on Moving Up! Accolades to the award winners: Emily Shulli ’30, Tower Hill Humanitarian Award, given to the eighth grader who, in the opinion of their classmates, has been the best friend to all; Abigail Lewis ’30, Cecile M. Buckles Award, given to the eighth grade student who best exemplifies enthusiasm, effort, cooperation and energetic involvement; Dante Brady ’30, Alumni Association Achievement Award for demonstrating particular growth in citizenship and scholarship.

We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to see all you accomplish in Upper School.

Photos will be available in the June 5 Weathervane.

One of the most anticipated events for younger Hillers is the annual Big Bang of the Books battle. The event welcomes all students in fourth and fifth grades to join in a voluntary reading competition that brings together student readers from Wilmington area independent schools, including Tower Hill, The Tatnall School and Wilmington Friends School.

This year, we had 111 students participating in total. Students read more than 1,300 books this year—that is 200 more than any previous year! Students who read 10 or more titles received a certificate of achievement, those who read 12 or more received a medal and those who read all of the titles (19 this year) received a special celebration party along with their medal.