Bulletin Fall 2025 Tower Hill School

Tower Hill Bulletin | Fall 2025

GERALD M. LEMOLE, MD SCIENCE CENTER

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COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Amy Schrei Director of Communications and Marketing Kimberly Smith Associate Director of Communications and Marketing ADVANCEMENT OFFICE Kristin Mumford Director of Advancement and Enrollment Management Kira Billips Advancement Coordinator and Event Planner Laura DiVincenzo Director of Advancement Services Julie Donohue Director of Annual Giving Alyssa Landreth Director of Alumni Relations PHOTOGRAPHY Jim Graham, Natalie Hobbs, Kimberly Smith LAYOUT Amy Schrei, Kimberly Smith The Tower Hill Bulletin magazine is published twice annually to share how alumni, faculty, staff and students embody the school’s motto Multa Bene Facta, Many Things Done Well.

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TOWER HILL SCHOOL 2813 W. 17th Street Wilmington, DE 19806 302-575-0550 | towerhill.org HEAD OF SCHOOL Sarah D. A. Baker 2025-2026 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Benjamin duPont ’82, Chair Gina Ward, Vice Chair Isabella Speakman Timon ’92, Secretary Marna Whittington, Ph.D., Treasurer Suzanne Ashley Mark Bussard, MD, ’90 Kimberly Wright Cassidy, PhD Régis de Ramel Robert DeSantis John Gavenonis, PhD Jack Flynn, MD, ’81 Laird Hayward ’02 Catherine Miller Rodney Morrison David Nowland ’85 Lisa A. Olson ’76 Matt Plumb Logan Read ’10 H. Murray Sawyer, Jr., Sonal Sheppard Genelle Trader ’70 Carmen Wallace ’93 Earl Ball, EdD, Emeritus

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Gerald M. Lemole, MD Science Center Why STEM Is Important?

Why STEM Matters Graduation Graduation Academics Academics Financial Overview Financial Overview

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On the Cover

The new Gerald M. Lemole, MD Science Center - The Hive was an excellent racing venue for this year’s CO2 races.

On this Page

THS hosts 18 teams for a robotics scrimmage event in The Hive.

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Around SCHOOL and BEYOND

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Senior Trip

Service Board

The Class of 2025 finished off their trip to New York City with a Broadway performance of The Great Gatsby. They shopped in Soho, visited MoMA and The Central Park Zoo, and enjoyed a class dinner at an Italian restaurant before the show.

Students spent time cleaning up the grounds of the Marian Coffin Gardens.

Sarah McBride Visit

D.C. Trip

Congresswoman Sarah McBride visited campus for a conversation with Upper School students about her journey into public service and the privilege of representing Delaware, while encouraging students to lead with hope, embrace challenging conversations and use their voices to make a difference.

Every year, the seventh grade travels to Washington, D.C. for a three-day trip. This year, students visited the Lincoln Memorial in the evening. They also went to The White House and the U.S. Capitol courtesy of Senator Chris Coons ’81.

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Martinique Over spring break, Upper School French students traveled to Martinique (a French-speaking island in the Caribbean and overseas region of France). Highlights of the trip included a visit to the capital, Fortde-France, a catamaran excursion, Creole cuisine, traditional percussion and dance, stunning views of the volcano Mont Pélée and learning about the history of slavery and agriculture in this Caribbean island. Students presented their experiences in Morning Meeting.

Middle School Fair

Popsicle Party

Fifth and sixth graders are buddies for K-2 students, and seventh and eighth graders organize and run a variety of fun booths, including a dunk tank, face painting, games and treats. It’s a great community builder for students.

Each spring, students and their families who are newly joining Lower School in the fall are welcomed with icy treats and fun. Ellie Tekpor ’36 welcomes her sister Elsie Tekpor ’39.

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From the HEAD OF SCHOOL Dear Tower Hill community, This magazine reaches your mailboxes or coffee tables soon after our students have returned to campus—highfiving the White Tiger on the way in the door and learning the routines of new classrooms and teams. For those of us who work all summer on campus, this couldn’t have happened a moment too soon. While June on campus allows time for peaceful recovery from the beautiful chaos of spring, by July we find the halls a little too quiet and the meetings with other adults rather tiresome compared to the vigor of spending our days with our young Hillers.

The return to school is particularly exciting this year for our students as they break in our new Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Playground and a gleamingly renovated Weaver Gym. Students who work as hard as ours do relish the physical outlets of play spaces, no matter their age. We are deeply grateful for the gift of these spaces and the beauty of our campus in the warm light of fall.

As we start this new school year, I ask you to join me in welcoming new faces to our school. The ethos of our school is to understand and demonstrate how we benefit from the fresh perspectives that new students, families, faculty and staff can offer. In fact, one of the things that most consistently impresses me about Tower Hill is how our pride in our history and in the excellence of our program lives alongside a restless desire to consider new ways of pursuing better for our students and school.

At the Senior Leadership level, we welcome two new leaders to the school—Chief Financial Officer

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Jeff Koss and Director of Enrollment Management LaRita Gordon. We also welcome two members of the staff who are taking on new leadership roles this year—Interim Head of Middle School Melinda Martin and Director of Security and Operations Brent McKnight.

Mr. McKnight has overseen an important new project at the front of school, which will make the entrance look a bit different when you next visit campus. We have improved the security of the front entrance by ensuring that visitors can be greeted, welcomed and registered before they enter the space where the children are learning. We worked hard with this project to preserve the architectural integrity and historic feel of our gorgeous school building, while contemporizing our approach to community safety.

Tower Hill has big goals as we enter the second year of implementing our strategic plan, True to Tower Hill, guided by a talented team. As ever, we are interested in the feedback and support of our community as we move forward with this important work and challenge ourselves to be data-informed at each turn. Alumni, this fall you will receive a survey asking important questions about your Tower Hill experience, its impact on your life after graduation and the elements of the program that you believe were most instrumental to your growth and development. We are eager to learn from you and hope that you will participate in the survey when it is sent.

Until we next see each other, may your fall be full of the simple joys that this season can bring.

Warmly,

Sarah D. A. Baker P’36, ’39 Head of School

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GERALD M. LEMOLE, MD SCIENCE CENTER A HOME FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ACROSS DIVISIONS

BY JACK PHILLIPS, HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL AND MELINDA MARTIN, INTERIM HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

Shrieks of, “I want to see the axolotl!” echoed down the hall as curious fourth graders peeked into The Hive for the first time this spring. “We’ll get to have our science classes here?” they asked excitedly.

Peering into the new classrooms, they watched Middle Schoolers lean over microscopes, discovering new details through each lens. With its intentional design, The Hive makes scientific tools accessible to the youngest Middle Schoolers while also supporting the most advanced Upper School scientists, fostering inquisitive, discerning and critical minds.

Whether it’s seventh graders pooling data for a genetics investigation on taste perception or summer campers immersed in programming from the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Tower Hill now has a shared space for students to chart their inquiries and develop their passions. The Hive’s flexible layout—

with movable tables and reconfigurable workspaces— invites collaboration, creativity and student-driven decision making.

“This arrangement encourages teamwork and creativity throughout the learning experience,” said Middle School science teacher Lara Kossiakoff. “Using the new science space, we can collaborate, experiment and bring science to life in ways that help students think like real scientists and engineers.”

The Hive also brings our schoolhouse together. This summer, Middle School science teachers Mary Taylor, Luisa Sawyer and Kathleen McMillen worked in tandem to extend The Hive experience to Lower School students through hands-on summer programming. With support from Middle School volunteers, younger students built cross-divisional relationships while exploring and problem solving together.

The Hive’s single floor layout serves as a true bridge between divisions—blending Middle and Upper

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School science learning in one dynamic environment.

For Upper School students, The Hive is already abuzz with activity. One classroom is home to a thriving computer science program led by Bill Soistmann, where students in courses like Introduction to Computer Science, Game Design, and Algorithms and Data Structures, code side by side—sharing ideas, debugging problems and learning collaboratively in a space that mirrors real world innovation hubs.

Another classroom acts as a blank canvas for our Upper School robotics team, with fabrication tools, workbenches and room to prototype and refine ideas.

In a third space, ninth grade biologists—under the guidance of Stashauna Carter—seamlessly transition between lab and discussion, laying a strong foundation for scientific thinking in their very first year of Upper School.

As we live in the space, we’re already generating ideas about how to maximize its potential and make the most of its transparent glass walls, collaborative layout and adaptable design. Now that we have a dedicated robotics room, we’re asking: what’s next? Can we be

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even more ambitious and explore forming a FIRST Robotics Competition team, entering the national arena with larger, more sophisticated robots and engineering challenges? Aligned with the strategic plan’s goal of expanding opportunities for studentgenerated research and scholarship, we’re also imagining how The Hive might house long-term investigations in genetics, human health or environmental science.

Science teachers across divisions have visions for the future and are already posing questions about what might lie ahead in the coming years. We are committed to thoughtful consideration of how we can continue to use The Hive to engage our students, bring science to life and use the pursuit of science as another way to build bridges between students and across the school.

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TRIBUTE TO THE LEMOLE FAMILY Tower Hill School is honored to recognize Dr. Gerald M. Lemole and Mrs. Emily Jane Lemole, whose extraordinary generosity has made possible the creation of The Gerald M. Lemole, MD Science Center – The Hive, through their family foundation. This transformative gift reflects not only Dr. Lemole’s remarkable career in medicine, but also the foundation’s longstanding commitment to curiosity, innovation and education.

Dr. Lemole is known for his pioneering work as a cardiovascular surgeon, beginning as the youngest member of the surgical team that performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States, and later establishing Delaware’s first open-heart surgery program at Christiana Care in 1986—forever transforming the state’s capacity to care for heart patients. Equally inspiring is the spirit of inquiry that has driven his achievements—a spirit that will now inspire Tower Hill students for generations to come. His hope is that every child and young adult who passes through Tower Hill will learn the value of curiosity, dedication, hard work and service—qualities that have been central to his own life and career.

The Hive is a place where students and faculty come together to solve problems, explore hypotheses, and develop the analytical and creative strengths that will serve them for a lifetime.

By investing in the future of science education at Tower Hill, the Lemoles have given our students more than a building—they have given them an enduring invitation to wonder, to question and to pursue excellence. Dr. Lemole’s legacy will live on in every lab experiment, every “aha” moment and every graduate who carries a love of discovery into the wider world.

For all that this gift represents—vision, generosity and a belief in the transformative power of education—Tower Hill extends its deepest gratitude to Dr. and Mrs. Lemole.

The Hive will stand as a lasting testament to their dedication to nurturing the minds and imaginations of tomorrow’s scientists, innovators and leaders.

Those qualities have always been grounded in his deepest priorities: his wife, his family, his faith and his belief in caring for others—whether at the bedside with patients, sharing his expertise through numerous published health books or through the work of the Lemole Family Foundation. This gift is also a tribute to his family’s own Tower Hill legacy, including many grandchildren and a son-in-law who have been and continue to be part of Tower Hill’s story.

The new space is the center for STEM exploration on our campus. Much like the beehive that inspired its nickname,

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WHY STEM MATTERS

BY PENNY RODRICK-WILLIAMS, SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR

STEM is an approach to learning that integrates Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

We frequently hear the term “STEM,” and that is an essential part of our students’ education. At Tower Hill, we strive to combine tradition with innovation and foster the students’ character along with their curiosity.

Naturally, STEM fits into our approach and is vital for preparing our students for their futures.

In 1999, US Secretary of Education Richard Riley is attributed with saying, “none of the top 10 jobs available in the year 2010 exist today, and these are jobs that will require workers to use technology that has not yet been invented to solve problems we have not yet thought about.” This quote is likely more true today.

A strong STEM education will equip our students with the necessary tools for those jobs. But these same skills will help with the reasoning and analysis that they will do every day. We actually incorporate the principles of STEM into almost everything that we do in our lives, whether we are following a recipe, using technology or solving problems. STEM is something that goes well beyond the classroom and prepares our students to engage in global conversations around cybersecurity and climate change. STEM encourages students to be creative and develop new solutions.

STEM education brings populations and disciplines together. At Tower Hill, our programs encourage all students to be involved in activities such as robotics and engineering. And STEM connects purposefully with other fields of study. It incorporates with the arts (STEAM), it adds in research (STREAM), it considers economic and technological advancements (STEEM), it focuses on the intersection of engineering and mathematics in healthcare (STEMM) and it even includes the humanities (SHTEAM), allowing us to holistically understand the cultural and societal impacts of science and technology.

The Gerald M. Lemole, MD Science Center - The Hive, our new science space, is perfect for connecting disciplines and departments in this very way. The open space between the classrooms, equipped with benches and screens, allows for collaborations and discussions.

Both the exterior learning gardens and the interior tower gardens can assist students with experiments like water filtration systems that address larger issues like concerns around water scarcity.

While we may already recognize many of the reasons why STEM education is important, the most prominent

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And, in the end, they are proud of their efforts. Just ask Middle School students John Nyabiosi ’31, Lizzie DiSabatino ’31, Henry Loeper-Viti ’30, Ernie

DiSabatino ’29 and Jack D’Emilio ’29. They proudly represented Tower Hill at the New Castle County Science Fair as they showcased their projects. And these outstanding individuals are just a small sampling of the amazing students who are embracing STEM challenges and facing them with confidence.

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is the resilience and confidence that the students develop. Beginning in their Tower Tot classrooms, our students learn to be problem solvers, critical thinkers and informed citizens. They can take on difficult challenges in everything they do with conviction and assurance. The students learn to make observations, ask questions, overcome obstacles and persist. They make mistakes and try again. They spend hours working through computer code and searching for patterns in data that they have collected. They don’t give up. Students who may begin thinking they aren’t a “science or math person” can feel like they have the tools to solve many problems. They take ownership of their learning and their accomplishments and use their experience to become leaders.

As we look toward the future, we will continue our STEM efforts and expand our program as we generate and respond to innovation in all disciplines. We will refine our STEM curriculum in each division. Our Math League, Science Olympiad, Lego and FIRST Robotics teams will continue to engage students and thrive in competitions. Our research program will encourage creativity and inquiry. The Tower Hill STEM program will instill skills in our students that will help them in their STEM classrooms, and other disciplines, but also in college and job interviews, leadership roles and their world beyond school.

RETURNING TO THE LABORATORY

BY TIM WEYMOUTH, LOWER SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER

Change is good. I am embarking on a path that leads to both familiar ground and exciting unknowns. While in the Middle School division headship, I could not help but shake the notion that I wanted to return to the classroom—even better, the laboratory. As time progressed, I knew I had to get back in the “teaching groove”—it’s what I need, and what I hope the Tower Hill community needs too.

In my decades in independent schools, I have had the chance to work with students from ages 3-19. As the new Lower School science teacher, I will engage with a group of young scholars who I know can teach me many things—I just have to set them up for success. While some refer to this age group as “the littles,” I prefer to think of them as small people with big promise. Lower School students are beautifully and brutally honest, energized and primed for learning. Science affords opportunities to ask big questions, investigate together and share discoveries. With our youngest students, I can develop their curiosity and grow skills they will need as they continue at Tower Hill.

As adults, we know the detriments of sitting at a desk, pecking away at a computer. Working as a Lower School teacher gives me the chance to spontaneously head outside, where we can investigate Mother Nature in person. In the past, I led wilderness trips into the backcountry, well away from cities and their safety net. I know that the outdoors can help us—particularly our children—flourish. By connecting with nature, even when it is a little drizzly or cold, we can thrive.

Teachers work hard to make things accessible. In an elementary classroom, one has to be able to distill complex concepts into information that diverse young minds can handle. As a science teacher, I am motivated to engage the senses as well.

Luckily, I can—as Newton stated, “on the shoulders of giants.”

I have made sure we will continue some of the fabulous STEM work Nancy Tate originated. Nancy is a venerated veteran of Tower Hill who just retired after spending years developing curious young minds. With my experience working with science classes up through senior year, I know our foundation will be built on fun and meaningful science. I am ready to embrace all of these changes as the Lower Schoolers and I embark on our science journey.

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STEM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

ROBOTICS SHOWCASE Fifth grade students showcased their LEGO Robotics final projects for friends and family at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science.

Students constructed various robotic animals that performed behaviors using ultrasonic sensors, color sensors and touch sensors. (L-R) Allen Wang ’32 and Ezra Pabon ’32.

Tower Hill ranked 2nd out of 49 schools. Top finishers include: Nikhil Patel ’26-1st Dynamic Planet; Zaden Lockwood ’25 and Michael Liu ’27-1st Optics; Johnathan Zhang ’26 and Eli Browne ’27-2nd Air Trajectory; Ritvik Iyengar ’25, Lorenzo Santos ’25 and Saahil Kattepogu ’25-2nd Experimental Design; Kattepogu and Jacob Bradley ’25-2nd Fossils; Zhang and Bradley-3rd Geologic Mapping; Santos and James Silliman ’26-2nd Robot Tour; Lockwood and Santos-2nd Wind Power; Haasini Potluri ’25 and Leanna Geerts ’27-3rd Disease Detectives; Anjalie Chakravertti ’25 and Bradley-3rd Ecology; Zhang and Kattepogu-3rd Entomology.

MATH HOOPS All year long, fifth and sixth graders competed in NBA Math Hoops, a fun and mathematical board game sponsored by the NBA (specifically the 76ers for THS) and run by a non-profit organization called Learn Fresh.

Every Wednesday morning, the student teams competed with other teams within their grade level. The two top seeded teams (based on the teams’ seasonal record) in fifth and sixth grade went to Philadelphia to compete in the NBA Math Hoops Regional Tournament. The following teams competed: fifth: “Sigma Slicers” (Ryder Rutledge ’32 and Royal Dahlen ’32) and “The Minions” (Caroline Monzo ’32 and Lucia Tello ’32); sixth: “The Preppy Croc-a-deez” (Peyton Campbell ’31 and Elissa Cohen ’31) and “The Caticorns” (Billy Tucker ’31 and Amara Knackstedt ’31). Congratulations to “The Minions” for coming in 2nd place in the Regional Tournament!

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ROCKET LAUNCH Eighth grade students had a blast engineering and launching their own bottle rockets in science class.

MATH LEAGUE

CO2 CAR RACES This year, the CO2 races were held in The Hive. Standout cars included: Dante Brady’s ’30 self portrait, Rayaan Kazmi’s ’30 military truck, Julia Kim’s ’30 Titanic and MJ Nestor’s ’30 for being super fast. A special thank you to woodshop teacher Mr. Pierce.

Across four competitions at the regional level, our three math league teams finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd! Michael Liu ’27 individually placed 2nd in the region. At the State Championship, our A team finished 3rd and Lorenzo Santos ’25 received a perfect score.

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GRADUATION 2025

NOAH AZAMAR Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

BODEN HANNA IMG Academy

SEAN PEDRAZA University of Delaware

AVERY BIERY Bucknell University

ANNABEL HEHIR Colby College

KYLEIGH PETERS University of Tampa

LAUREN BOLARINWA Carleton College

BRIDGET HEINLE Northeastern University

SHANE PIERCE University of Tampa

CHASE BORDLEY Tufts University

BEN HEISTER Penn State University

LILLIAN BOULOS New York University

GRETA HENRY William & Mary

HAASINI POTLURI RPI- 7-year B.S./M.D. Direct Acceptance to Albany Medical College

JACOB BRADLEY University California San Diego

HANNAH HUNT University of Maryland

SAWYER BROCKSTEDT University of Notre Dame

RITVIK IYENGAR American University

JOSIE BULLER Hamilton College

ROSHAN IYENGAR Brown University

ANJALIE CHAKRAVERTTI University California Los Angeles

PASHA JADALI Drexel University

CHARLOTTE RASMUSSEN University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GABBY DALTRY Purdue University

SAAHIL KATTEPOGU Georgetown University

ALEXANDRA RICE University of Wisconsin

JON DONG Princeton University

ROWAN KEIM University of Delaware

KAYDEN DONNELLY University of Delaware

HADLEY KOCH Penn State University

GIANCARLO SAN MIGUEL FRENCH American Musical and Dramatic Academy

EMAAN EHTASHAM Fordham University

MATT LAIRD Wake Forest University

AVA EMRICH Smith College

CATHY LI University of Pittsburgh

PETER EPPLEY University of Delaware (Honors College)

BRANDON LIU Swarthmore College

CATHERINE FARNAN Wake Forest University

DANIEL LIU New Jersey Institute of Technology

GAVIN FELIX University of Miami

LEO LIU University of Delaware

DANIEL FINK Emory University

ZADEN LOCKWOOD University of Delaware (Honors College)

IZZY FINK Savannah College of Art and Design

TERRY LUO Brown University

THOMAS FLICKINGER Auburn University

CHARLOTTE MANFIELD Drexel University

DAVITT FOX Auburn University

KEVIN MIAO New York University

SYDNEY GANC Texas Christian University

SOLOMON MILLER Arizona State University

SAMMY GHAZLI University of Michigan

TESSA MULLINS DeSales University

GABRIELLA GINSBURG Texas Christian University

KATHERINE MURPHY Northeastern University

NIDHI GOWDA Georgetown University

BEATRIX NACE Colorado College

JAMES GRANIERI American University

NICOLE NEAL Emory University

HANNAH GRAVELINE University of Pennsylvania

EMILY O’HARA University of Richmond

SARAH GRAVELINE University of Delaware (Honors College)

ALEXANDER OKENCZYC Penn State University

HAYDEN GREGORY William & Mary

MAGDALENA PAOLI University of Tennessee

AIDEN PRATT Sewanee: University of the South AUSTIN QUIG University of Delaware PRIYA RAJU Syracuse University

LORENZO SANTOS University of Pennsylvania YASH SENGUPTA University of Miami ALEXANDRA SIMON Washington and Lee University DIOGO SOARES Middlebury College RYAN SPAGNOLO Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute LYDIA SPENCER Elon University REAGAN SQUIRE University of Pennsylvania EMMA SUPERNAVAGE University of South Florida ALYSSA SWIFT La Salle University BRYCE TWYMAN University of Delaware COLBY TWYMAN William & Mary ZOEY USHLER Flagler College ASHLEY VANDERSLICE Boston College MAKAYLA WARTHEN University of Pennsylvania BENJAMIN WILLIAMS Sacred Heart University HANNAH XUE Columbia University JOEY ZHU New York University

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GRADUATION 105TH • JUNE 6, 2025

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“Here lies the moment’s certainty: that we are here, together—not by accident, but by the thousands of moments that brought us to this day. And it is no small task to arrive at this moment, however uncertain we may be about what comes next. But it is enough to be fully here, breathing in the weight and wonder of what it means to have made it here together—as classmates, teammates, friends, about-to-be-graduates and teenagers.”

“For as long as I’ve known, we’ve always been more focused on growing together than succeeding as individuals. There’s this unspoken effort to build each other up… to make sure no one gets left behind. Whether it’s helping each other out in class, creating chants and posters for each other, or just showing up for one another, we’ve made connection and community our priority. We learned how much more power and potential we have when we all work together.”

—Heng “Brandon” Liu ’25, Student Government Association President

—Alexandra Rice ’25, Class of 2025 Elected Speaker

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GRADUATION 2025

“Class of 2025, over the span of your Tower Hill odyssey, whether for 15 years or two, one feature that stands out above all the others is your great spirit of collaboration. Each of you understands the value of working together with your peers and your teachers toward the shared goal of learning. Collaboration is a sincere form of compliment, and it makes us better. Desmond Tutu once said, ‘The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.’”

—Harry Neilson, Invocation Speaker

“Graduates, I will miss each of you and all that you are together. I have watched you grow in extraordinary ways. The Tower Hill diplomas that you will receive today represent the satisfaction of a challenging academic, athletic, artistic and co-curricular program.

But the diploma is also a passport. As Tower Hill alumni, this is a home for you, and you are forever green (or white, as the case may be). You are forever Hillers.”

—Sarah D. A. Baker, Head of School

“Sophomore year I asked the question, ‘What do you want our class legacy to be? How do you want to be remembered?’ I doubt that you consciously took this to heart, but you certainly started cementing a legacy of excellence in everything you did. From Scholastic Gold Keys to gavels, outstanding delegates to state championships, this class put the wheels in motion to strive for greatness and make their impact on not just our grade but the Upper School as a whole. You embraced students at every grade level, building bridges that will last far beyond graduation. Your legacy will be carried on in the relationships you have built and the high expectations you set.”

—Casey Yuros, Associate Director of College Counseling

“You have given me a great deal this year: you have been welcoming, kind and patient. But some of the greatest gifts you have offered me are your Senior Speeches. Over the course of the year, I have been struck by your honesty, your wit and your willingness to share parts of yourselves that are deeply personal.

Listening to them, it’s easy to conclude that your speeches reinforce this idea of ‘a class of individuals.’”

—Dr. Jack Phillips, Head of Upper School

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1. James Brinsfield ’26 receives the Katherine Ann Darnell Multa Bene Facta Award from Assistant Head of School Lindsay Acevedo ’95. 2.

Hannah Xue ’25 is awarded the Hugh Atkins English Award from Rachel Ashbrook (Chair). 3. Tara Fletcher (Chair) awards P. Edward Hughes History Award to Josie Buller ’25. 4. The Oliver Crichton Science Award is awarded to Lorenzo Santos ’25 by Luisa Sawyer (Chair). 5. Tori Healy (Chair) presents the David E. Scherer Dramatics Award to Nicole Neal ’25 and Priya Raju ’25. 6. Avery Biery ’25 receives The Tower Hill School Community Service Award from Louise Cummings. 7. Drew Keim (Chair) awards the William J. Carveth Music Award to: Hannah Xue ’25 (Orchestra), Ritvik Iyengar ’25 (Chorus), and Brandon Liu ’25 (Band). 8. Alyssa Swift ’25 is awarded the Spiller Achievement Award from Assistant Head of Upper School Greg Spear. 9. Head of School Sarah Baker awards Haasini Potluri ’25 the Trustees’ Award for Academics. 10. Brandon Liu ’25 is awarded the Alison Arsht Leadership Award from Upper School Dean of Students Jessica Douglass. 11. Alex Rice ’25 receives the Trustees’ Award for Service from Dean of Student Life Eduardo Silva. 12. & 13. Ryan Spagnolo ’25 and Colby Twyman ’25 receive the Home and School Association Athletic Awards. 14. Cum Laude recipients (opposite).

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CUM LAUDE INDUCTION

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Anjalie Chakravertti ’25 Jon Dong ’25 Nidhi Gowda ’25 Roshan Iyengar ’25 Heng “Brandon” Liu ’25 Zaden Lockwood ’25 Terry Luo ’25 Nicole Neal ’25 Emily O’Hara ’25 Haasini Potluri ’25 Alexandra Rice ’25 Lorenzo Santos ’25 Alexandra Simon ’25 Ashley Vanderslice ’25 Makayla Warthen ’25 Hannah Xue ’25 Joey Zhu ’25 Global Scholars Anjalie Chakravertti ’25 Emaan Ehtasham ’25 Hannah Graveline ’25 Sarah Graveline ’25 Annabel Hehir ’25 Haoqi Li ’25 Haasini Potluri ’25 Alexandra Rice ’25 Alexandra Simon ’25 Catherine Farnan ’25 Magdalena Paoli ’25 Jon Dong ’25 Ashley Vanderslice ’25

Katherine Ann Darnell Multa Bene Facta Award James Brinsfield ’26 Haon Award in Art Josephine Buller ’25 Izzy Fink ’25 Certificate of Honor - Saahil Kattepogu ’25 David E. Scherer Dramatics Award Nicole Neal ’25 Priya Raju ’25 Certificate of Honor - Nidhi Gowda ’25 Certificate of Honor - Hannah Hunt ’25 Certificate of Honor - Sean Pedraza ’25 Hugh Atkins Award in English Hannah Xue ’25 Algard Mathematics Award Haasini Potluri ’25 Certificate of Honor - Lorenzo Santos ’25 Frank C. Ashby Language Award Alexandra Rice ’25 P. Edward Hughes History Award Josephine Buller ‘25 Certificate of Honor - Joey Zhu ’25

Hannah Xue (Orchestra) ’25 Certificate of Honor - Peter Eppley ’25 (Band) Certificate of Honor - Benjamin Williams ’25 (Chorus) Certificate of Honor - Izzy Fink ’25 (Orchestra) The Tower Hill School Community Service Award Avery Biery ’25

GRADUATION 2025

RECOGNITION

Green and White Club Awards Kayden Donnelly ’25 Catherine Farnan ’25 Thomas Flickinger ’25 Margaret Henry ’25 Daniel Liu ’25 Beatrix Nace ’25 Shane Pierce ’25 Aiden Pratt ’25 Alexandra Rice ’25 Alexandra Simon ’25 Ryan Spagnolo ’25 Reagan Squire ’25 Colby Twyman ’25 Home and School Association Athletic Awards Ryan Spagnolo ’25 Colby Twyman ’25 Spiller Achievement Award Alyssa Swift ’25 Trustees’ Award for Service Alexandra Rice ’25

Oliver Crichton Science Award Lorenzo Santos ’25

Alison Arsht Leadership Award Brandon Liu ’25

William J. Carveth Music Award Brandon Liu (Band) ’25 Ritvik Iyengar (Chorus) ’25

Trustees’ Award for Academics Haasini Potluri ’25

National Merit Scholar - This student was chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding academically talented student finalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. - Zaden Lockwood ’25 National Merit Finalists - These students placed among the top 1% of more than 1.6 million who entered the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program competition and fulfilled additional requirements. - Jon Dong ’25, Daniel Liu ’25, Zaden Lockwood ’25, Emily O’Hara ’25, Haasini Potluri ’25, Lorenzo Santos ’25 National Merit Commended Students - These students placed among the top 5% of more than 1.6 million who entered the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program competition. - Jacob Bradley ’25, Anjalie Chakravertti ’25, Gabrielle Daltry ’25, Izzy Fink ’25, Nidhi Gowda ’25, Hayden Gregory ’25, Ben Heister ’25, Roshan Iyengar ’25, Saahil Kattepogu ’25, Matt Laird ’25, Cathy Li ’25, Terry Luo ’25, Nicole Neal ’25, Alex Okenczyc ’25, Ashley Vanderslice ’25, Joey Zhu ’25 U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist - Haasini Potluri ’25 U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidates - Nidhi Gowda ’25, Roshan Iyengar ’25, Saahil Kattepogu ’25, Zaden Lockwood ’25, Terry Luo ’25, Kevin Miao ’25, Haasini Potluri ’25, Alexandra Rice ’25, Ashley Vanderslice ’25, Makayla Warthen ’25, Joey Zhu ’25

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MATTHEW TWYMAN, III ’88 SHARES ADVICE AT ALUMNI COUNCIL SENIOR DINNER

At the Alumni Council Senior Dinner on May 29, keynote speaker Matt Twyman ’88 addressed the Class of 2025.

Thank you to the class of 2025 for the opportunity to speak with you this evening. Many of you know me as Mr. Twyman, Coach Twyman, or the dad of Xavier Twyman, class of ’28, and your classmates Bryce and Colby Twyman ’25. But as you heard from my bio, I, too, am a proud Tower Hill graduate, class of ’88.

As I prepared for this speech, I struggled with what to share with the class of 2025 — a class that is graduating 37 years after my own! What interesting stories can I share, with which you will relate? What pearls of wisdom will interest you? Sure, my bio on paper may make me sound like a very interesting guy —well put together, with an intriguing professional career. But when I started at Tower Hill, I was a far cry from what you just heard. I was a skinny child who would grow into an even skinnier child in need of braces.

Today, I am just a man from Wilmington, Delaware, who, after some time away, has returned home to his alma mater and has the honor of helping the next generation prepare for the race ahead. I’m not a skinny child anymore. But there is one thing that I started to acquire during my time at Tower Hill and still own today, and in which I invest and build upon regularly: my personal brand. When I really think about it, owning and protecting my personal brand has made a profound difference in pursuing my dreams, finding success and contributing to the world.

So, I thought I could share some thoughts and ideas that will be helpful to you as you continue to build and invest in your own personal brand after graduating from Tower Hill.

WHAT IS A PERSONAL BRAND? A personal brand is not just what one has done or achieved but what one represents, who they are and how others perceive them. The strongest brands are built on the actions and choices taken (or not taken) even when no one is watching. Every day, we have opportunities to strengthen or weaken our brand through our words, actions and choices. So, it’s important to think deeply about your brand and what you want it to stand for. Guard your brand thoughtfully. Invest in it consistently. You may be thinking the degree you’re going to pursue and the home you’ll one day buy are important assets—and they are—but the reality is, your personal brand is the most valuable asset you own.

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In my opinion, there are three core rules you need to follow to strengthen, protect and own your brand. For some of you in this room—namely, my indoor and outdoor track and field athletes whom I’ve coached, as well as my children—these three rules are going to sound pretty familiar, because they also apply on the track oval. But trust me, these are core credos that also apply off the track and will help ensure you own a strong, personal brand.

But, before we dive into the three rules, let me first give you some context on how my brand was formed.

My early experiences influenced and shaped aspects of my personal brand—as the quiet observer, I became the perceptive leader who could read a room; as the youngest sibling who had to earn his place, I became someone who valued inclusion and making space for all voices; as the skinny football player who faced much larger opponents, I became known for determination, regardless of the odds.

The truth is, each of us has lessons learned, perspectives gained and wisdom earned based on our unique personal stories and experiences, which is why your personal brand will be unique to you. But in my opinion, the following three rules are universal keys to strengthening and protecting your personal brand.

RULE #1: POSITIVE ATTITUDE You can’t choose the situation you’re born into, and most times you can’t choose the circumstances you’ll have to navigate, but you can choose your attitude and how you react. I couldn’t help that, as a senior in high school, I was about 135 pounds soaking wet (with two five-pound weights in my pockets) playing varsity football for Tower Hill. But I could choose my attitude and approach.

I learned this the hard way, many years ago on a cold fall evening playing football at Tower Hill. It had been a long day. I was cold and tired, and worried about quizzes and a test. I wasn’t in a positive mindset.

Coach Hyde was speaking directly to me and going on and on about the intricacies of a particular play—the blocking scheme, my duties, body position, how aggressive I needed to be, all the things I needed to do to be successful given my very slight stature. I gave a lot of head nods to say I understood, and soon enough, it was time to run the play and put all that information into practice.

Let me just say, the play was doomed from the start.

Despite all the coaching and instructions I had received I completely missed my assignment. Damon Betz, our starting defensive tackle (who would go on

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to be a future All American at the University of Kentucky), proceeded to rush unblocked and unobstructed to our quarterback and pile drive into the ground. Coach Hyde calmly picked up the clipboard that he’d slammed on the ground, walked over to me, looked me in the eyes, and in a very calm, low voice said, “Mattie, if you don’t do your job, someone gets hurt.”

That was all it took for me to realize that a negative attitude had distracted me from doing my job. What Coach Hyde was asking of me wasn’t about me; others were depending on me.

Will you be positive or negative? Will you have a can-do approach or a defeatist attitude? That is completely up to you. Like I tell our athletes before particularly hard workouts, the workout is going to happen, whether you complain about the difficulty or not. My suggestion to them is what I am suggesting to you now: Take the negative energy and redirect it into positive energy so that you can apply it to the job at hand.

Choosing to have a positive attitude allows you to recognize when people are depending on you. I’m not saying there won’t be days when you don’t want to study or are feeling “blah.” There will be days when you’re exhausted and can’t get tasks completed. And yes, there will be days when you just don’t want to do what needs to be done. But the choice you make will be easier if your attitude acknowledges, “This is not about me; this is about the people who are depending on me.”

RULE #2: MAXIMUM EFFORT Growing up in my family, it was hard not to observe maximum effort, no matter the task, from those who surrounded me, namely my parents and three older sisters.

I cannot remember a time when my dad was not working at least two jobs. He started as a janitor at DuPont and worked his way up to a lab technician.

His “side hustle” to earn additional income and help offset the costs of raising a family of six was a very small janitorial service that he owned and operated, cleaning office buildings. Some of the offices he cleaned belonged to my classmates’ parents.

Oftentimes, over the breaks and during the summer months, I would help my dad clean these same offices, seeing the family photos of my classmates. It was a humbling experience. For her part, mom would often pick up a second job just before school started or around the holidays to supplement household income and make sure we had what we needed. As a result, I learned the difference between a want and a need at a very young age.

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More importantly, I learned what maximum effort means firsthand through my parents’ dedication to working multiple jobs to make things work financially for our family, enabling me and my sister to graduate from Tower Hill and all four of their children to go to college. After observing my parents exert maximum effort, how could I not work hard? I learned that I needed to do my part and put in maximum effort, whatever my goals were. It’s the least I could do!

What I learned in the process, however, is that putting in maximum effort is the magic ingredient that enhances, improves and highlights your talents and strengths. Yes, there were people who were far more talented than I, and who had far more advantages than I. But, putting in maximum effort helped separate me from others and was a key to my growth and success, and my brand throughout my career and life. Putting in maximum effort can sometimes help level the playing field when you have a disadvantage, and will definitely prepare you to be ready to take advantage of opportunities when they arise.

As my dad (a man of few words) said to me once, “Hard work is nothing more than attitude and approach.” My version of this, and as I tell the athletes I have the privilege of coaching, “What you put in is what you get out.”

Put in your maximum effort to achieve your goals.

Sometimes that might mean getting comfortable being uncomfortable. We live in a competitive environment, and to achieve success, you have to be willing to do what others are not willing to do to achieve your goals.

As a senior manager at a Fortune 500 company, I was willing to move to “exotic” locations like Cleveland, Ohio, or Newark, New Jersey, to seize an opportunity.

Toward the later stages of my corporate career, I worked on Wall Street. I pushed myself to compete with the best. You can and should as well.

Earlier in my career at MBNA, where I began my corporate journey, there were quotes written on the wall. Quotes like “Think of yourself as a customer” and “Complacency is devastating.” One of my favorites by Peter Drucker, a renowned management consultant and author, is “Things that get measured get attended to, and things that get attended to get done.” In other words, it’s a good idea to gauge your effort and progress by measuring yourself against the competition—doing so helps you identify how and what to focus on. As many of you I’ve coached have heard me say, competition doesn’t begin on the day of the track meet. It begins months and weeks before the competition. It begins with your preparation.

This one is critical and requires confidence. Integrity is something far more encompassing than just honesty. Integrity, at its core, is the invisible connective tissue that brings together authenticity and trust through your interactions and decisions.

Integrity provides stability to your personal brand. It will allow your brand to weather challenges and grow stronger over time. It’s what transforms a personal brand from mere self-promotion into genuine influence—when people know they can count on your word, rely on your consistency, and trust your motives. Integrity means your private values align with your public persona, creating an alignment that people instinctively recognize and respect.

I like to think of integrity as the promise you make to the world about who you are. What values do you consistently demonstrate? What do you want people

to think about when they think of you? Each time you follow through on a commitment, each time you speak the truth even when it’s difficult, each time you put in that extra effort when no one would notice if you didn’t—these moments aren’t just random acts of character; they’re investments in your brand.

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FINALLY, RULE #3: INTEGRITY

Let me be clear: no one should care more about your integrity than you do. Your reputation will often arrive before you do, telling others what to expect from their interactions with you. One of the greatest competitive advantages you can have in any field is being known for unwavering integrity—being the person others can count on absolutely.

CONCLUSION Seniors, right now everything is about you—prom, baccalaureate, this dinner, graduation, to name a few.

And yes, you should celebrate all your successes and accomplishments. You’re doing it! Heck, you did it!

But I also want you to recognize this moment of graduation and transitioning to college is actually not all about you. It’s also about the people who have supported you along your journey, those loved ones who live vicariously through you and celebrate all of your successes and feel the pain of your shortcomings.

I guarantee you, if you can recognize and understand the village supporting you, then the hard decisions and challenges ahead will become easier to navigate.

Class of 2025, I will leave you with this: while no one event defines your brand, and the building of your brand never stops, the foundation of your brand—the positive attitude you display, the maximum effort you put in and the integrity with which you make decisions, especially during challenging times—that’s what gives your brand its staying power. I encourage you to think deeply about your brand and what you want it to stand for. Your personal brand is something you own completely—make it what you want it to be.

You will have many years to build your brand. Build it with intention. It will evolve, but fight ferociously to protect its core values. It represents you in rooms you have yet to enter.

Congratulations to the class of 2025! I’m excited to see the rooms you all will enter in your futures!

(L) Ashley Altschuler ’90, President of the Alumni Council, walks with seniors on the pathway where they each have a brick with their names and graduation year.

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MULTA UNA SUPERATA

BY HENG “BRANDON” LIU ’25 AND LORENZO SANTOS ’25, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

As we open one last document with our Tower Hill Google accounts, we can’t help but feel a sense of closure. It’s been a while since we’ve written—the last time being a Weathervane article on June 6. At the time of polishing this piece, graduation was a month ago, but it feels as though an eternity has passed. The emptiness of this document, now populated with Times New Roman text, stares back patiently as we type, delete and retype the words that we’ve come to befriend throughout the past four years on this white-gray-blue canvas of Google Docs. In a kind of serendipitous way, writing this piece reminds us of our last Tower Term— “Nurtured by Nature”—walking barefoot through a still creek and stirring up sediments across the waterbed. We had no particular goal in our waddling, but the dancing swirl of sand and tiny rocks beneath the waterline could serve as a fitting metaphor for the pool of memories we intend to stir up now.

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HENG BRANDON LIU ’25 I came to Tower Hill as a freshman, having been convinced by my best friend, Lorenzo Santos ’25, that its academic rigor would please my parents very much. I eventually moved to an apartment seven minutes away from the school, so there wasn’t much decision on my part in enrollment. Lorenzo would be right about the school’s academic rigor, as English that year saw me clocking over an hour spent on each night’s reading. In class, I stuttered over my ideas, despised myself for not thinking fast enough during discussions and hated the idea of workshopping essays. Regardless, freshman year seems like a blur now.

One thing is for certain: I graduated having triumphed over my fear of writing with the help of my Tower Hill teachers. I might even dare to say I have a passion for writing now. Not only is it a way of documenting, I learned it’s also a way of preserving. It requires an active and purposeful kind of observation.

What precisely about a horror movie scares me? What

me to push me further up to the peak of my potential.

No matter the difficulty, the ceaselessly collaborative environment helped bulldoze any obstacles between us and our goals. And it is with that learned resilience that I was able to continue pursuing my dream of becoming SGA Vice President.

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do the clouds look like today? Where, from my childhood, have I felt this fluttering feeling in my stomach? These are all questions that prompt imagination or investigation. Writing your gutinstinct answers down (or whatever may come after a few hours of thought), allows you to preserve a part of you from a specific moment so you may revisit it later for meditation, revision or even a good laugh. What about the dreaded analytical essays? I hate to admit it, but they’re also a healthy exercise of careful observation. As students, we write all these essays without fully realizing we are, oftentimes, attempting to empathize with an author. Each passage is a possibility of connection across time, borders and identity. This empathy and skill of analysis surprisingly translated into a crucial part of my leadership as Student Government Association President, whether in advocating for the student body or following up after a senior speech.

Tower Hill changed us, not only as students, but as people. We learned not just to face failure, but to embrace it. Every difficult topic and impossible task only sent us catapulting further and further toward our dreams. Certainly, not every day could be like our Tower Term, wandering aimlessly and joyfully through nature, but it was those stormier times that made the clear days even more beautiful and carefree.

LORENZO SANTOS ’25 Writing this portion of this piece more than a month into summer break now, it feels as though ages have passed since those early June days exploring the wildlife during our Tower Term. Directly out of graduation, emotions ran high and floods of memories crashed against our minds and hearts with high frequency and intensity. But now sitting here at my kitchen table, I find my mind calmer and clearer.

As I predicted for Brandon and me before arriving at Tower Hill, these past four years have been full of challenges that have shaped who we are today. With such a wide range of interests and personalities represented in our community, every student encountered opportunities to stretch themselves and grow. Some rose to meet the demands of the school’s rigorous academics, others discovered new skills through the sports requirement, and many explored the wide array of clubs and activities that Tower Hill encourages. In this way, the school’s motto, Multa Bene Facta—Many Things Done Well—proved to be an inspiring call to embrace all that Tower Hill has to offer.

But in a seemingly contradictory way, I have found that every one of my peers has risen out of this strenuous environment, having grown more than would have ever been possible without it. Alongside each difficulty that rose to block our way forward, I always found myself surrounded by teachers, family, friends and advisors who worked tirelessly alongside

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LEGACY FAMILIES 1

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1. Tommy Hanna ’24, Bo Hanna ’25, Caitlyn Harvey ’08, Lexie Hanna, T.J. Hanna ’91 2. Tabitha Rust Bradley ’91, Jacob Bradley ’25, Missy Rust ’81 3. (front row) Jake Pierson ’30, Samantha Pierson ’32, Avery Biery ’25, Lonnie Dobbs ’62, Elliott Biery ’28, Owen Pierson ’34, (back row) Heather Pierson, Jay Pierson III ’87, Renee Dobbs Biery ’88, Brandon Biery 4. Thomas Flickinger ’25, K. Cole Flickinger ’94 5. James Farnan ’24, Caroline Farnan ’28, Kelly Farnan ’96, Catherine Farnan ’25, Michael Farnan ’00 6. Tracey Twyman ’85, Colby Twyman ’25, Bryce Twyman ’25, Matt Twyman ’88

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Tower Hill recognized the eighth grade class at the annual Moving Up Day ceremony on June 4. Family, friends and faculty gathered to hear advisers share insights about each student’s accomplishments and contributions to the class.

Paul Mulvena and Allison Gisanrin ’29

Jennifer Houston and Quinn Kator ’29

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EIGHTH GRADE MOVING UP DAY

Ashley Altschuler ’90 and Claire Keim ’29

Allison Gisanrin ’29 receives the Tower Hill Humanitarian Award, given to the eighth grader(s) who, in the opinion of their classmates, has been the best friend to all. Quinn Kator ’29 receives the Cecile M. Buckles Award, given to the eighth grade student who best exemplifies enthusiasm, effort, cooperation and energetic involvement. Claire Keim ’29 receives the Alumni Association Achievement Award for demonstrating particular growth in citizenship and scholarship. Congratulations to the Class of 2029!

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ACADEMICS NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR SEMIFINALIST

Zaden Lockwood ’25 won a National Merit Scholarship. Students are chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding academically talented student finalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Haasini Potluri ’25 was named a U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Semifinalist. Out of more than 3 million high school seniors, she is one of just 625 semifinalists nationwide and one of only 11 students selected from Delaware.

GLOBAL SCHOLARS Tower Hill’s Global Scholar Certificate Program provides Upper School students with opportunities to explore global dynamics, leadership and international relations. Seniors in the program spend a year working on a capstone research project related to a global issue of personal interest. Recipients include (L-R) Ashley Vanderslice ’25, Magdalena Paoli ’25, Jon Dong ’25, Catherine Farnan ’25, Alexandra Simon ’25, Alexandra Rice ’25, Haasini Potluri ’25, Haoqi Li ’25, Annabel Hehir ’25, Sarah Graveline ’25, Hannah Graveline ’25, Emaan Ehtasham ’25, Anjalie Chakravertti ’25 (not pictured).

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DERIVATIVE FAIR

GREEK PLAYS

Fifth graders studied derivatives in other languages that come from Latin. For the Derivative Fair, each student made a project illustrating many of the words that have evolved from one Latin word. Saige Saull ’32 showcased rosa.

Sixth grade students each wrote an original Greek myth in script format. The students then worked together to create the backdrops and perform a selection of their stories for one another.

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STATE FAIR After an in depth study on the regions of the United States, second grade students put their early research skills into practice to learn about their chosen state and celebrate with original and enticing displays highlighting both well and lesser known state facts.

Layla Jackson ’35 presented on New Mexico.

CHANGEMAKERS Third graders take part in an interdisciplinary project called “Changemakers,” which encourages students to think critically, research their selected changemakers independently using a range of resources and develop strong communication skills. Matthew Brauerman ’34 chose Neil Armstrong. By exploring the impact of historical and contemporary figures, students gained a deeper understanding of perseverance, innovation and the power of ideas.

CHINESE SPEECH COMPETITION Tower Hill students competed in a MidAtlantic Chinese Speech Competition where Lily Emery ’26 earned 1st Place in the High School Division, Alex Park ’29 won 3rd Place in the Middle School Division and Stephanie Lucas ’29 also delivered an outstanding performance.

STOCK MARKET WIN Upper Schoolers Benjamin Heister ’25, Magdalena Paoli ’25 and Sawyer Brockstedt ’25, along with their economics teacher Pat Carlozzi, took home first place in the 9-12 division of the Spring 2025 Delaware Stock Market Game.

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ACADEMICS

PASSPORT PROGRAM

EUROPEAN SHOP DAY

Head of Lower School Amy Bickhart stamps Lower Schoolers’ “passports” at the completion of studying their continent for the year.

Shop Day gets a second act with a countryspecific twist as part of global studies and the Passport Program.

WORLD’S FAIR Tower Tots gave a performance as part of the World’s Fair assembly, which is the culmination of Lower Schoolers’ year-long global studies, including the Passport Program (above).

SOCIAL JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM Many Threads, One Tapestry was the theme of this year’s Symposium, a student-led event organized by the Social Justice Board. The day began with a vibrant fashion show and opening performances that set the tone for a celebration of identity, culture and expression. Throughout the day, students participated in three engaging sessions led in collaboration with faculty and community members, exploring a diverse range of traditions and forms of expression, such as Bollywood dance, the cultural roots of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and music.

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LATIN DAY Latin students in the Middle and Upper School join Latin students from The Independence School (this year’s host), Sanford School, The Tatnall School and Upland Country Day School for a day of friendly competition and classical fun.

POETRY JAM First grader Maison Lis ’36 shares with his classmates his self-authored poetry.

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CHESS CHAMPIONS

The Strive Leadership program uses movement and energy to develop character-driven leaders. Strive prioritizes social and emotional learning in their research-based curriculum. Eighth graders engage in fun activities that reinforce the themes in Strive’s assembly.

Four Tower Hill students placed 3rd in the 2025 Pennsylvania State Scholastic Chess Championships (K–6 U500). (L-R) Lucas Liu ’36, Daniel Zhu ’32, Lorraine He ’37 and Cyrus He ’37.

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UNIQUE JOURNEYS

BY SARAH AND HANNAH GRAVELINE ’25

“With a twin, every day is a shared adventure.” This anonymous quote rings true for our lives and our adventures at Tower Hill.

science and art classes, playing 12 varsity sports and supporting the teams and clubs I joined. Ever since receiving my first exploding volcano kit, I have been hooked on the sciences. Biology and chemistry were fine, but the Tower Hill physics program became my passion. The curriculum, class discussions and lab work in Mr. Hoch’s classes have prepared me well for college-level problem solving, and the experience solidified my decision to major in engineering. In ceramics class, I loved that I had the freedom to design an intricately detailed koala bear, and although Mrs. Patterson had some legitimate concerns about the amount of work, she supported me through the weeks-long project. These opportunities are just two examples of extraordinary teacher support, in two seemingly dissimilar subjects, that have empowered me to become a scientist who longs to design and create as an engineer. I am grateful to have been accepted into the University of Delaware’s Honors College and engineering program. I feel confident that the rigorous curriculum at Tower Hill has prepared me for the challenging engineering course load to come. The time outside of the classroom is just as important to me, too. My involvement in field hockey, basketball and soccer at Tower Hill resulted in hard practices, but great times, regardless of a win or loss, and have given me priceless memories of friends and competitors. Tower Hill has taught me to balance the academic, athletic and social aspects of life—a skill that I will carry with me through college and my adult life.

Until the fifth grade, we had most of our experiences together, but we had unique perceptions of our shared life events. At Tower Hill, we were intentionally separated in classes—until the schedulers in high school were left with few options and conceded. The separation allowed us opportunities to explore who we are as individuals while also providing us with joint activities to keep our close connection.

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Twins truly have a special bond. We still amaze our parents when one of us can discern words from the other’s incomprehensible mumblings or finish each other’s sentences. In spite of our bond, we are two very distinct people with varied interests, social interactions and lifestyle choices. The environment at Tower Hill created opportunities for us to evolve into the individuals we are while providing the support and community we needed.

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I pursued my passions on a slightly different path and was also supported in the Tower Hill environment. I immersed myself in the humanities—government, history and Spanish. I loved participating in any classroom discussion, even if it became a heated debate. As a member of Tower Hill’s Model United Nations program, I loved the trips, projects and debates. My lifelong dream has been to attend college in a large city, so I can experience the energetic atmosphere and cultural diversity of activities and restaurants within steps of campus. The rigorous curriculum at Tower Hill has prepared me to attend the Wharton School this fall, where I will major in Finance and minor in Spanish (sending special love to Ms. Pallant for all her encouragement). My goal is to work in international finance, where I can combine a career with my love of travel. Until then, I’ll enjoy travelling as a member of Penn’s softball team.

Although I played my favorite sport of softball outside of Tower Hill, I have loved being part of the intense competition on the Tower Hill basketball team and cheering my friends in their sports competitions, too.

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Following our distinct paths does not mean we led completely separate lives. We enjoyed many shared activities and loved to compare notes on the daily.

Together, we were members of the Global Scholars Program, played basketball (along with our sister Rachel ’23!), traveled to Spain and Martinique on school trips, and shared morning drive duties. Every nightly dinner, whether at home or on the road, we revisited classroom content, told stories of lab experiments (successful or otherwise) and we always had stories to tell about our friends’ antics at the lunch table.

both individually and together. This August, for the first time, we will be separated from each other.

Although one of us will be in the cozy town of Newark and the other in the bustling city of Philadelphia, we look forward to joining each other again, with our Tower Hill family, for the first of many Homecomings at our beloved alma mater.

Through the trials and challenges of our years at Tower Hill, the most memorable events are found in friendship. Our friends are the light that guides us through challenges–with panicked tall tales about failing a test (which were later debunked by great grades), salty stories of bad referee calls (whether real or perceived), intense strategies to plan weekend events or simply hearing multiple witness accounts of the classroom controversy of the day. It was all done with joy.

In retrospect, we are forever grateful for the phenomenal education we received at Tower Hill, as it has set us on distinct but promising courses in life.

The teachers, who lead by example, taught us how to become critical thinkers. The lifelong friendships we have made are priceless, and the overall positive impact that Tower Hill has had on our lives and character is immeasurable. As challenging as the curriculum and schedule may have been at times, we believe Tower Hill was the best environment for us,

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BIG BANG OF THE BOOKS

BY MEGAN MCCRERY, LOWER GRADES LIBRARIAN

Books are an opportunity for students to dream, explore and discover. As a librarian, nothing gives me greater joy than seeing a young learner find joy in books and reading. Events like the Big Bang of the Books (BBB) battle help that joy flourish, creating a love of reading that lasts a lifetime.

One of the most anticipated events for younger Hillers is the annual BBB 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.

The excitement begins in early October, with the introduction of the books that will comprise the year’s BBB. After screening hundreds of possibilities, books are selected collaboratively by the Lower and/or Middle School librarians from each participating school. The titles chosen represent a mix of fiction and nonfiction, as well as different formats and genres, offering varying length, text density and literary merit. Graphic novels are perennially popular and, more recently, novels in verse–a story told through poems instead of traditional prose–have also captured the attention of Hiller readers.

This year’s BBB featured 16 books in total: five graphic novels, two novels in verse and nine narrative fiction. In a new twist, students were able to select the final book for the BBB after some very enthusiastic voting. As has been the case in past years, several of the titles went on to earn formal recognition and were awarded major book medals at the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards in January. This year’s highlights 34

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included the John Newbery Medal for Delaware author Erin Entrada Kelly’s, First State of Being, and a Newbery Honor Medal for, The Wrong Way Home.

Tower Hill first joined the BBB in the 2019-2020 school year with just a handful of students participating. The appeal of the BBB continued to grow, with rising fourth and fifth graders eagerly awaiting their opportunity to participate, and teachers including selections in curricular literature circles. By 2024-2025, the competition featured 112 Tower Hill readers, the most ever! For their efforts, students receive certificates of achievement and medals based on the number of books they complete. Tower Hill students collectively read 1,116 books for this year’s BBB! Twenty-six especially dedicated THS readers went the distance to read all 16 of the titles on top of their regular coursework. They were rewarded with a special celebration—guided by their own suggestions—called a Read Out, where they enjoyed a full class period of relaxed outdoor reading and lawn games.

The BBB culminates at the end of each school year with a special field trip for participating students. This year, our Hillers joined more than 100 readers from other schools for an epic showdown on May 20 at The Tatnall School. Festivities included a visit from author Gennifer Choldenko, a picnic and popsicle party, and the hotly anticipated Mega Kahoot Showdown featuring dozens of questions based on trivia from the BBB books.

While the BBB began as a way to help students flex their reading muscles, it has grown to be so much more. The sense of accomplishment and pride shown by our Hiller readers is evident, as is the joy. As one jubilant fourth grade participant exclaimed, “This has been the best day of school in my entire life!”

BY MIRIAM PALLANT, UPPER SCHOOL TEACHER

On June 9, just two days after the Commencement exercises for the class of 2025 concluded, 25 members of the classes of 2026 through 2029 walked through the schoolhouse doors for the inaugural Tower Hill Summer Leadership Institute.

The morning was a gray one, apropos for the melancholy that sometimes arises for classmates and educators upon bidding farewell to a group of remarkable graduates. The bittersweet nostalgia was quickly replaced, however, by the excitement and potential that filled THE Hub as the Institute participants introduced themselves, sharing their names and their rising grade years. Everyone in the room shared a special spark of joy at the introductions of the rising ninth graders just embarking upon their Upper School journeys and the rising seniors, ready now to step into a new set of leadership responsibilities.

During the first of five days together, students worked in groups to establish a set of norms for their time in the Institute. They agreed to “remain open to innovation from other people, bring energy and create a welcoming and involved environment, and reflect on how [these] ideals will be applied and be involved in field trips.”

Each subsequent day followed a unique schedule, leveraging on and off-campus experiences to help students identify their already existing leadership abilities and add new skills to their toolkits.

Opportunities for and expectations of self-reflection, collaboration and communication remained constant themes throughout the entirety of the experience.

Institute participants demonstrated their commitment to their established agreements throughout the week. They

listened eagerly as Ms. Baker shared thoughts on public speaking, emphasizing the importance of developing a unique writer’s voice, practicing extensively and honoring an audience. Leadership Institute participants and co-leaders were also fortunate to hear remarks from Nick Mead, a gold medalist in rowing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Mead emphasized the importance of discipline, bravery and clear communication in the context of teamwork and decision making. He also guided students in some friendly competition on the rowing machines in the Carpenter Field House. Just a few minutes from Tower Hill, Summer Institute participants were fortunate to sit in the boardroom at DuPont with Lori Koch, the company’s CEO. She spoke about the intricacies of leading an international organization and guiding a team to meet the complex needs of a company known globally for its remarkable innovation. On the final day of the Institute, Aaron Bass shared his journey of becoming CEO and Head of Eastside Charter School, highlighting the importance of philanthropy, community and commitment to education.

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SUMMER INSTITUTE

Although in different contexts, messaging about the importance of taking productive risks, prioritizing community and relationships, and taking time to appreciate successes and learn from challenges resonated clearly throughout the week. The culminating activities of the workshop indicated that students had indeed internalized these notions as they each delivered a speech on a topic of personal importance and presented extensive feedback and suggestions for future iterations of the Institute.

The first Summer Institute served as a wonderful indicator that Tower Hill boasts an engaged community of leaders and scholars throughout the full calendar year. We look forward to building upon this wonderful momentum in the 2026 Summer Institute.

(Below) Nick Mead, Olympic Gold Medalist in Rowing, Paris 2024, speaks to students about the importance of teamwork and leadership.

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ELLIE SUN ’33

BY AMY SCHREI, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

At Tower Hill, Ellie Sun is one of 73 students entering fifth grade this fall.

But on the golf course, she is number seven out of 30,000!

In April, she was one of 10, 7-9 year old girls in the nation to qualify for the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National, the home of The Masters.

And in August, she competed in the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship in North Carolina, which welcomed players from over 50 countries and 47 U.S. states. In the Girls 9 age group, Ellie finished 14th out of 110 qualified players, with a total score of 1-over par across three rounds. Ellie describes, “We’re the only family from Delaware, so we hold up a sign.”

Ellie’s golf journey began when she was six years old.

“We drove past DuPont Country Club, saw kids playing golf, and I wanted to try,” she says. That spark quickly turned into a passion, and she has been competing ever since. Her parents, Hao and Sibo, are incredibly supportive, and her father is by her side every step, serving as her caddy. Ellie also enjoys playing with her grandfather, and her mom recently picked up clubs.

To qualify for Augusta, Ellie progressed through three competitive stages: local, subregional, and regional.

“You have to place in the top three at local, then top two at subregional. And if you win regionals, you go to nationals,” she explains.

At the regional event, Ellie earned her spot among just 10 finalists, ultimately placing seventh in the nation. “It was really exciting. They interview you right away and give you a medal, gear and a sign that says, ‘Next stop, Augusta.’”

The Drive, Chip and Putt competition breaks down golf into its core elements. Ellie’s favorite is putting. “There’s no right or wrong. You can change how you aim or close the clubface—it’s really fun to practice.”

But her achievements don’t stop in Augusta. Ellie also placed third in the Under Armour World Championship

in Florida and recently shot a 29 at the New York State Invitational—an astonishing seven under par. “I was close to breaking the record, which is 28,” she shared. “I had two eagles and three birdies in one round.”

Behind every swing is a strong mental game, something Ellie continues to work on. “My coach says you can be mad for 30 seconds, then you forget about it. Tiger Woods says after 10 steps, forget what happened on the last hole—even if it was good.” It’s this mindset that helps Ellie stay focused and confident.

At Tower Hill, Ellie brings that same positive attitude to the classroom. “I love that all the teachers and students are really nice,” she said. Her favorite subject is P.E., and she also enjoys math, reading, music and theater. A highlight from fourth grade was reading the book, The War that Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, which was filled with encouraging words. Ellie was inspired by the quote, “If you fall down seven times, you stand up eight.” She is excited to start Middle School.

Her fourth grade teacher and Interim Head of Middle School, Melinda Martin, commented, “Whether it’s tackling fractions, sharing her musical talents, lending a listening ear to a friend or offering insight in literary discussions, Ellie brings her whole self, day in and day out.”

Outside of golf, Ellie is a multi talented athlete and artist. She enjoys skiing, swimming, tennis, ballet and singing. She’s even writing a book about golf, “because not a lot of people my age know about it,” and she recently wrote a song about golf, with music created

by AI, which can be found on her Instagram page @elliesun_golf.

Tower Hill’s strong community has positively impacted Ellie’s golf career. She has befriended Avery McCrery, daughter of lower grades librarian Mrs. McCrery, who is a world ranked amateur golfer. Ellie happily shared that she has played with Avery at Wilmington Country Club and has run into her at various tournaments. Along with Mrs. McCrery, Ellie received positive encouragement from her fourth grade teacher Ms. Martin and lots of emails from Coach Franklin.

When asked what advice she’d give other kids who want to try golf, Ellie said, “Golf is fun. You have to make it fun. It’s not supposed to be stressful. You can play with others, or together as a team.”

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One Year In: REFLECTIONS ON A THRIVING UPPER SCHOOL

BY DR. JACK PHILLIPS, HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL

After completing my first year as Head of the Upper School at Tower Hill, I find myself in the fortunate position of stewarding a division that is thriving, one that has served thousands of students well and will continue to do so for years to come. But one thing that I’ve come to love most about Tower Hill—a place with deep roots and aspirations that stretch skyward—is its willingness to grow and evolve to meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s students, families and teachers.

When I arrived, the strategic plan, True to Tower Hill, was already in place and ready to take shape within the Upper School. I find myself often returning to the first two pillars of the plan: “An Engaged Community of Scholars” and “A Destination School.” I’ve been reflecting not only on how we already embody those ideals, but also on how we might more intentionally bring them together. What does it mean to be a destination for an engaged community of scholars?

And what kind of culture, curriculum and community must we nurture to make that vision a lived reality?

We’re doing much in this vein already. When we describe Tower Hill as a destination, we mean it’s a school that draws people in and makes them want to stay. Our students and teachers come from near and far because they believe this place is worth the journey. And when they arrive, they find connection, belonging and purpose.

Tower Hill is an engaged community of students who show up, speak up and dive in—inside and outside the classroom. They ask questions, lead clubs, craft essays,

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run for Student Government office and cheer from the bleachers. They give their best to one another and to the work of learning.

At the center of it all: we are scholars. Our students seek knowledge not just for a grade or college preparation, but for understanding. They embrace learning as a human pursuit—rigorous, creative and lifelong.

This is the Tower Hill value proposition. In a world defined by rapid change, where attention is fragmented and the pull of specialization seems inexorable, Tower Hill stands out. We offer something broader, deeper and more enduring. We honor tradition even as we innovate. We believe in the liberal arts not as a luxury, but as a necessity, because our Artificial Intelligence engineers must understand poetry and philosophy, and our future diplomats must understand ecosystems and equations. We believe a life well lived requires movement and thought; curiosity and empathy; individual focus and collective care.

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The question before us now is: How do we deepen and extend the very strengths that make Tower Hill such a distinctive and compelling place to learn and grow?

How do we amplify those features in ways that both honor our traditions and meet the evolving needs of students and families? We’re already exploring several promising directions: creating a more coherent and engaging ninth grade experience that intentionally supports students as they transition into the academic and social rhythms of the Upper School; building a research curriculum through which every student develops the skills to formulate questions, gather and analyze evidence, engage with existing scholarship and arrive at original conclusions; elevating the arts and aesthetic pursuits not as electives, but as essential, life-enriching disciplines that nurture creativity, confidence and joy; constructing a unified 9-12 curriculum that supports students in developing a deep understanding of themselves and others— preparing them not only for college, but for lives of purpose and connection; and, designing classroom experiences that are uncompromising in their relevance, intellectual rigor and capacity to inspire.

We believe in Multa Bene Facta—Many Things Done Well. That’s not just a motto; it’s a philosophy. And after one year in the Upper School, I see it coming to life every day—in classrooms, on stages, in labs and on the field. It’s what brought me here. It’s what keeps me here. And it’s what will carry the Tower Hill Upper School forward.

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Welcome

NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTORS & CHAIRS

ANGELO FONTANAZZA

Mr. Fontanazza has been appointed as Director of Facilities. He joins from Doyon Management Services where he served as Project Manager. In this role, he planned, implemented and supervised quality control activities for multiple projects. Prior to this role, Mr. Fontanazza served as Director of Facilities at The Tatnall School for four years where he was responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of their physical plant and grounds, supervised a team and led several athletic capital projects. He has also worked as an Engineering Supervisor for Easton Utilities, Director of Facilities Management for Wor-Wic Community College and a Project Manager for a construction company.

LARITA GORDON

Ms. Gordon has been named Director of Enrollment Management. She brings to her new role her extensive experience in independent schools and in particular in admission and enrollment management. She formerly served as Director of Enrollment Management at the Stone Ridge School in Bethesda, Maryland. Over her sevenyear tenure at Stone Ridge, she developed and implemented a comprehensive enrollment management strategy and vision, resulting in increased demand for the school in a highly competitive market. Previously, she served as the Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Spence School in New York, New York, where she developed and implemented effective student recruitment strategies across the tri-state area and worked directly with the Director of Admissions to design new admission metrics that have stood the test of time.

MEG GROTTI

Ms. Grotti has joined as Upper Grades Librarian and Director of Academic Research. She comes to us from University of Delaware where she served as the Associate University Librarian for Learning, Engagement and Curriculum Support. In this role, she provided leadership for two departments, which provided reference, research assistance, instruction and outreach services for the University community and all library users. She also provided strategic vision and set priorities to ensure that division services were continually evolving to meet user needs. Her 17-year tenure at UD also included roles as Assistant Head of Instructional Services and Coordinator of Library Instruction. Meg has published numerous articles and presented at conferences around the country on topics such as library instruction, AI literacy and tackling misinformation in the classroom.

KERRY KING-BROWN

Ms. King-Brown has been promoted to Director of Human Resources. Since joining Tower Hill in 2016, she has helped in our early morning care and served as an evening receptionist before transitioning to a full-time role as the administrative assistant to the CFO and Assistant Heads of School in 2018. As the demands of the Business Office expanded, she moved into the role of Associate Director of HR Operations, and her responsibilities shifted to focus exclusively on human resources and business office operations. As Director of Human Resources, Ms. King-Brown will oversee the HR arm of the employee experience from onboarding through departure, benefits administration, payroll and various other HR functions.

JEFF KOSS

Mr. Koss has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He joins from Odyssey Charter School in Wilmington, Delaware, where he served as CFO and sat on that school’s Senior Leadership Team. Over the past five years at Odyssey, he has led the management of the business office functions, ensuring financial integrity and providing actionable insights to the Board of Directors for decision making aligned with strategic goals.

Mr. Koss brings his broad and extensive experience in financial management, his track record of highly effective management of teams and his intimate knowledge of the very particular and strategic role of a finance officer in a school setting. Prior to working in schools, Mr. Koss worked in local government roles, including serving as the Deputy Director of Finance for Cecil County, MD and Senior Financial Officer for the City of Wilmington.

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Mr. Kroeger will serve as Acting Math Department Chair for the 2025-2026 school year. This is a time of transition in the Upper School math department, and Mr. Kroeger’s intimate knowledge of the math curriculum and his proven instructional skill will enable him to provide steady support to new teachers during their important first year. In addition, he worked directly with the student placement process in his former role as Director of Scheduling and will be able to provide guidance to students and families in that important area.

We appreciate his willingness to take on this critical academic leadership duty alongside his duties as Director of Data and Strategic Analytics before we relaunch the search for Chair next year.

LEADERSHIP

BRET KROEGER

ALYSSA LANDRETH

Ms. Landreth has joined as Director of Alumni Relations. She comes to Tower Hill after working for 13 years at Laurel Springs School. Since 2020, she held the role of College and Alumni Relations Manager, in which she directed alumni engagement strategy, led the Alumni Council and Ambassador Program and coordinated on-site events. Prior to this role, Alyssa served as a school counselor for eight years, ultimately managing and mentoring the counseling team at Laurel Springs.

MELINDA MARTIN

Ms. Martin has become Interim Head of Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year. Having taught fourth grade at Tower Hill since 2021, she has distinguished herself as an extraordinary educator of the whole child and collaborative partner across the school. Previously, Ms. Martin served as the Primary Program Coordinator at the International Academy – Amman in Jordan, where she managed the curriculum for grades one through five, leading a team of grade-level deans and teachers by enhancing collaborative practices across teaching teams with considerably varied cultural backgrounds and pedagogical approaches. Earlier in her career, she served as a fifth grade classroom teacher and team leader in Jordan and Taiwan, in addition to working in a range of educational settings in South Korea and New Zealand.

BRENT MCKNIGHT

Mr. McKnight has been appointed as the Director of Security and Operations. In this capacity, he will report to the Head of School, will sit on the Senior Leadership Team, and will bear responsibility at the senior level for the creation and maintenance of a secure and operationally efficient and effective environment for students, employees and visitors. He will continue to oversee the Security staff and will also oversee the Director of Facilities. Mr. McKnight joined Tower Hill in 2023 as Director of Campus Safety and Security. His prior career was in Federal Law Enforcement and was a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service. He was a founding member of the United States Attorney’s Office Threat Intervention and Prevention Team.

PENNY RODRICK-WILLIAMS

Ms. Rodrick-Williams has been appointed as the Chair of the Science Department after a thorough internal process. As Upper School Science Lead, she has fostered a culture of collegiality, mentored new faculty and helped guide student placement with insight and care. Her work reflects a strong belief in the value of alignment across our program, and she brings to this role a deep respect for the expertise of her colleagues and a passion for ensuring the continued excellence of the department.

DANIEL RYAN

Mr. Ryan has been appointed as Athletic Director. He hails from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., where he has served the school in many roles since 2005, most recently as Athletic Director since 2021 and as Associate Athletic Director from 2013 to 2021. Mr. Ryan also served as Director of Capital Projects and Facilities and Head Hockey Coach at St. Albans after working for 10 years in professional sports management.

All of this work prepares him well for his new role at Tower Hill. During Mr. Ryan’s long career at St. Albans, he has stewarded an environment of values-driven but highly competitive athletic experiences for coaches, athletes and families, resulting in a positive culture and success for student-athletes on and off the field.

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Welcome NEW FACULTY

NATALIE HOBBS ’18 Assistant Director of Athletics

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KIRA BILLIPS Advancement Coordinator and Event Planner

CAITLYN KARCIAUSKAS Lower School Music Teacher

KAREN BONTHRONE Upper School Physics Teacher

PATRICK KELLY ’14 Upper School Math Teacher

DEBORAH BRADFORD Middle & Upper School Visual Arts & Ceramics Teacher

DOMINIQUE KEMP Upper School Math Teacher

GABRIEL COFRE CAIZA Upper School Math Teacher

JESSICA KULP Upper School English Teacher

JOSEPHINE HARRINGTON ’99 Associate Director of Finance

MOLLY O’MALLEY Upper School Math Teacher

GABRIELLE HINES Theater Teacher

EMIR OWUSUANSAH Middle School SELF (Social Emotional Learning Foundations) Teacher

TIM WEYMOUTH Lower School Science Teacher

WILLIAM YARNELL Associate Director of College Counseling

BROOKE YOUNG Lower School Teacher

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JACKSON VAUGHN Middle & Upper School Latin Teacher

NEW TRUSTEE H. MURRAY SAWYER, JR. Mr. Sawyer is married to Ann “Randy” Gawthrop Sawyer, and together they have three children who attended Tower Hill School, Ann Sawyer Chilton ’85, Amy Sawyer ’88 and Chip Sawyer ’93, plus two grandchildren, Kitchel Chilton ’14 and Sawyer Chilton ’15, both Tower Hill lifers. They also have three stepgrandchildren who attend Tower Hill, Amy Mathews ’28, Timothy Mathews ’31 and Heidi Mathews ’35.

Randy’s parents, Gill Gawthrop ’33 and Helen (Nonie) Kitchel Gawthrop ’40, and Murray’s three siblings, Mike Sawyer ’75, Carol Sawyer-Porter ’72 and Susan (Susie) Sawyer Whitehouse ’67, also attended. The Sawyers established and are endowing a full Sawyer Family Scholarship to assist a student from Wilmington in attending and benefitting from the educational, athletic and interpersonal experiences at Tower Hill School.

Mr. Sawyer graduated from UNC with a BA in American Studies and received his law degree from Vanderbilt University. He is a respected Delaware attorney with over 40 years of legal experience. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Westover Capital Advisors, LLC.

With Gratitude

Tower Hill School thanks Henry Mellon for faithfully completing 13 years as trustee (2012 to 2025), serving the school generously throughout four, three-year terms (and an extra bonus year at the school and Board’s request) and contributing significantly to Tower Hill’s growth and to its future sustainability during that time. As Chair of the Audit Committee, he oversaw critical reporting functions with a commitment to transparency and accountability and a sense of trusting partnership. He also sat on the Building and Grounds Committee, Finance Committee and Investment Committee. Mr. Mellon is CEO and President of Mellon Group LLC, a seed-capital firm in Wilmington, Delaware. He has been active over the past decade in early-stage companies across a range of industries and has been involved in over 120 startup ventures. Mellon Group’s main investments focus on medical breakthroughs, distressed real estate and internet service-based companies. Mellon serves on The Forman School Board and is a former chairman and board member of the Lupus Foundation and Cross Roads Club. He is a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Dad to Parsons ’18, Gwendolyn ’21 and Stokes ’25, Mellon has consistently demonstrated great care for the school of today and the school of tomorrow. We will miss his good spirit, his deep curiosity, his contagious enthusiasm and his true loyalty.

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FACULTY AWARDS & RECOGNITION Faculty and staff were recognized for their years of service and their talents to the school at the end of year celebration.

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1. Lindsay Acevedo ’95, Jessica Hart, Kelly Hunter, Laura DiVincenzo, Laurie Meeder, Janel Hall ’16, Wei Yang and Kristie Campbell (not pictured) are recognized for five years at Tower Hill (pictured with Head of School Sarah Baker and Board Vice Chair Gina Ward). 2. Drew Keim and Nate Bryant (not pictured) have served for 10 years. 3. Caroline Clifford, Tom Hoch, Kathy Franklin, Christy Stroud and Megan O’Neill (not pictured) celebrate 15 years at Tower Hill. 4. Gretchen Lacey and Cheryl Saxton (not pictured) are recognized for 20 years at Tower Hill. 5. Rich Pierce celebrates serving the school for 25 years. 6. Sara Bush is honored for 30 years. 7. Julie Sharrar celebrates an amazing 35 years! 8. The 2025 Eric Johnson Teaching Award is given to Mrs. Tara Fletcher, celebrating her art and craft of teaching and specifically focusing on her ability to embed and infuse the school’s core values around inclusivity, DEI and social justice throughout her curriculum. 9. The 2025 Jack Smith Teaching Excellence Award is presented to a teacher who strikes a balance between meticulously planned lessons and an innate flexibility that permits him to reach the full complement of diverse learning styles inside of his classroom. The 2025 award recipient is Paul Mulvena. (L-R) Head of School Sarah Baker, Paul Mulvena, Jack Smith, Olivia Langlois ’21, whose family generously gave this award in Jack’s honor, and Board Vice Chair Gina Ward.

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HOMECOMING & REUNION 2025 SCHEDULE Check towerhill.org/homecoming for updates

FRIDAY, OCT. 24 5:30 p.m. JV Girls Volleyball vs. Wilmington Friends (Carpenter Field House) 7 p.m. Varsity Girls Volleyball vs. Wilmington Friends (Carpenter Field House) 7:30 p.m. Class of 1975 Social (Buckley Tavern)

SATURDAY, OCT. 25 10 a.m. JV Boys Soccer vs. Wilmington Friends (DeGroat Field) 10-11 a.m. Student-Led School Tours - Beginning at W. 17th Street entrance 11 a.m. Varsity Field Hockey vs. Wilmington Friends (Richardson Field) 12 p.m. Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Wilmington Friends (DeGroat Field) 12-1:30 p.m. Picnic Lunch (Kullman Commons) 12:30 p.m. JV Field Hockey vs. Wilmington Friends (Richardson Field) Presentation of Distinguished Alumni Award followed by The State of the School and 2-3 p.m. Alumni Association Annual Meeting (1919 Auditorium) Supervised Play (Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Playground) 3 p.m. Varsity Football vs. Mount Pleasant (DeGroat Field) 5:30-7 p.m.

Alumni Reception with all alumni invited to attend. Group photos for reunions will be taken throughout the evening (Hayward House lawn tent)

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Reunion Dinner for Class of 1975 (50th Reunion) hosted at a classmate’s private residence.

Contact thsalumni@towerhill.org for more information.

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Reunion Dinner for Classes of 1970 (55th Reunion), 1965 (60th) and 1960 (65th) and beyond (Kullman Dining Commons)

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Additional reunion gatherings for class years ending in 0 and 5 held at various locations; see website for more information.

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Well Wishes RETIREES

SARA BUSH, HARRY NEILSON, LINDA OGDEN AND NANCY TATE

Four beloved members of Tower Hill’s faculty and staff retired at the end of the school year. They were honored at the year end ceremony with beautiful words from colleagues and Head of School Sarah Baker. Here are their reflections on their time at the school.

SARA BUSH

it came to helping with the multitudes, especially when it came to choreography!”

For an outstanding 40 years, Sara Bush has delighted Lower School students with music, songs and performances. Her prolific career has touched thousands of lives and helped young children express themselves with joy and authenticity.

For the large majority of years, Sara’s classroom was near the art room, which was serendipitous because she was encouraged to explore art. She says, “I never expected to become a commissioned artist. Now, art is a passion that I will continue to pursue in my retirement. I can’t wait to have the time to do more of it!” Her students were confused to learn she is a painter, because she is a music teacher. Bush says, “I always tell my students that they do not have to choose to do just one thing in life. I encourage them to learn about and do whatever interests them to get in touch with their own talents and passions.”

HARRY NEILSON

Her talents run deep, and Tower Hill has benefited from her creativity from the 2nd Grade Hoedown to writing and directing original musicals including: Snow in Sunnytown (K), Gift of Color (2nd/4th), The Tour (1st/2nd), Under the Wonderful Sea (LS) and more. At her last 3rd/4th grade choral concert, parents gave her a standing ovation.

She attributes her success in part to collaborating with colleagues, saying, “Teachers have always been there to support every endeavor— from organizing meals for the Hoedown, to making costumes for musicals, to being on hand to help wrangle hundreds of children. The P.E. teachers were the greatest when

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At Tower Hill, many people would say Harry Neilson is Latin. He taught Latin to over 600 Middle and Upper School students for 14 years.

Throughout his tenure, he has led frequent trips to Rome for students and faculty, where he utilized his fluency in Italian, as well as

imparted his knowledge of architecture, having trained as an archaeologist. He comments that he was most proud of “having the opportunity to share my interest and love of Italy, language and archaeology.” He hopes these experiences helped students find joy and meaning in learning.

Neilson’s love for students was demonstrated in his annual support of Latin Day. He recalls, “In 2020, there was a Latin Day costume contest where the students acted out the discovery of Pompeii, complete with a pantomime of plaster casts of victims and gawking camera-happy tourists. We won the contest.”

When asked about unexpected moments over the years, he says, “The shared experiences with my students created closer interpersonal connections than I expected. I was lucky enough to teach several students for six years.

I never expected students to bring up things we had learned years before. Amazingly, I was able to teach more than one sibling, in a few cases, the children of an entire family. I did not expect how much I learned from my students.”

The love of the community and the support from colleagues stand out as memorable. Per Neilson, “Over a 37-year career, I have taught at nine different institutions, Tower Hill is by far the best. It is the most supportive, caring and collaborative. The positive sense community is unique.”

bridge between generations. She nurtured students’ aspirations, supported colleagues with grace, and brought warmth and spirit to every corner of campus.”

Most meaningful to Linda was the dedication of the 1998 yearbook to her by the senior class. It was the first time that a yearbook had been dedicated to a staff member.

NANCY TATE

Over 29 years at Tower Hill, Linda Ogden worked throughout the school, from College Guidance to Admissions and Advancement, as well as coaching volleyball and third team tennis. “I’ve been fortunate to take part in many aspects of school life—from serving on committees and mentoring Upper School students to announcing at Field Day, cochairing the Fashion Show, and reading to Lower School students— these experiences have made Tower Hill a truly special place for me,” she expresses.

Being able to connect with students, alumni and staff, across all three divisions, she was able to see how interconnected the school is. She developed a deep appreciation for collaboration and communication, and she describes Tower Hill as supportive, engaging and closeknit.

Linda was surprised at being asked to coach since she had no prior experience, sharing, “This unexpected path became one of the most rewarding aspects of my career. Coaching allowed me to see students in a new light—outside the classroom—and helped me better understand their strengths, personalities and teamwork. I also gained valuable lessons in leadership and team building.”

At the end-of-year gathering, Kristin Mumford says, “Linda is a

community is full of energy and purpose. It’s a place where people are deeply invested in learning— teaching scholars, growing scholars and always seeking knowledge together.”

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LINDA OGDEN

Nancy was also inspired by Tower Hill because it values joy: Tate shares, “Whether it’s in the classroom, on the playing field or in the hallway, people know how to have fun, and that is unique.” The joy came from collaboration with colleagues. “Whenever we came together—whether for a garden project, an interdisciplinary lesson involving art, science or Spanish— we created something richer and more meaningful for our students.

I’ve always believed that collaboration strengthens not just our teaching but our relationships and our curiosity as educators.”

Amazingly, during her nine years at Tower Hill, Nancy Tate taught over 900 Lower School students. She carefully revised our current Lower School science sequence, brought science to life with hands-on experiments and nurtured the Experiential Outdoor Classroom garden. “If I’ve passed anything on beyond the classroom, I hope it’s a sense of wonder and joy in discovering the world. I hope my students continue to be curious about science and nature, and to always feel the thrill of finding out something new,” commented Nancy. Undoubtedly, she accomplished just that.

Like others, Nancy comments on the connections she made that were so impactful to her. She says, “As I got to know the students and faculty, I formed real connections— the kind that let you know you belong. Over time, those connections grew into friendships, and Tower Hill truly became a place where I felt at home. The

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2025 | ATHLETIC SPRING SEASON

STATE CHAMPS

GIRLS TENNIS The varsity girls tennis team won the DIAA State Championship for the second year in a row! Keerthi Nelluri ’27 at 2nd Singles and Ellen Kirifides ’28 at 3rd Singles earned individual titles, and Ava Emrich ’25 at 1st Singles, Bridget Heinle ’25 and Lily Leung ’26 at 1st Doubles, and Sophie Crain ’26 and Subhi Yadav ’26 at 2nd Doubles earned individual runner-up finishes.

The team also finished the regular season with an undefeated record of 11-0 and won their 3rd consecutive DISC Championship!

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ALYSSA SWIFT La Salle University - Acrobatics and Tumbling

CHASE BORDLEY Tufts University - Football

RYAN SPAGNOLO Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Field Hockey

AIDEN PRATT Sewanee: The University of the South - Baseball

AVA EMRICH Smith College - Tennis

SOLOMON MILLER Arizona State University - Gymnastics

HANNAH GRAVELINE University of Pennsylvania - Softball

COLBY TWYMAN The College of William & Mary - Cross Country, Indoor & Outdoor Track

TESSA MULLINS DeSales University - Basketball BEA NACE Colorado College - Lacrosse

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Congratulations to our student-athletes who will continue their athletic careers in college!

SAWYER BROCKSTEDT Notre Dame University - Golf (pictured below)

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ATHLETICS SPRING SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS BASEBALL The varsity baseball team finished the regular season with a record of 7-11. A highlight of the season was defeating The Tatnall School twice.

BOYS LACROSSE The varsity boys lacrosse team finished the regular season with a record of 2-13. The team won their senior game and final home game with a score of 18-10 over Newark Charter School.

BOYS TENNIS The varsity boys tennis team finished the regular season with an undefeated record of 12-0 and won their 12th consecutive DISC Championship!

The team finished in third place at DIAA Championships with individual runner-up finishes earned by Samuel DeSantis ’26 at 3rd Singles, Adam Cai ’26 and Tyler Gordon ’26 at 1st Doubles, and Jack Marshall ’28 and Avi Yadav ’29 at 2nd Doubles.

GIRLS LACROSSE The varsity girls lacrosse team finished the regular season with an undefeated record of 15-0 and won the DISC Championship! Individual milestones included 100 career goals by Charlotte Vanni ’27 and Alexandra Simon ’25 and 300 career saves by Emily O’Hara ’25.

In the DIAA Girls Lacrosse Championship, the team earned the 2nd seed. They fought their way to the State Championship, defeating Caesar Rodney in the semifinals with a thrilling 12-11 overtime win, and finished as state runner-ups.

GIRLS SOCCER The varsity girls soccer team finished the regular season with a record of 7-7-1. Highlights from the season were beating conference rivals Sanford School and The Tatnall School twice.

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GOLF The varsity golf team finished the regular season with a record 7-12. Due to weather during the DIAA Golf Championships, the event was a oneday tournament. Sawyer Brockstedt ’25 finished 2nd in the state for girls and Dahlia Garnick ’29 tied for 10th in the state for girls.

TRACK & FIELD Varsity boys track and field earned team finishes of 2nd place at the Bob Behr Invitational and 6th place in Division 2 at DIAA Championships. Podium finishes at the DIAA Championships were earned

by Leo Liu ’25 with 2nd place in the High Jump, Colby Twyman ’25 with 3rd place in the 1600m Run, and Xavian Pabon ’28, Gaspar Ioos ’26, Colby Twyman ’25, and Xavier Twyman ’28 with 3rd place in the 4x400m Relay. The 4x400m Relay team then went on to earn 2nd place at DIAA Meet of Champions.

Varsity girls track and field earned team finishes of 3rd place at the Bob Behr Invitational and 6th place in Division 2 at DIAA Championships. Podium finishes at the DIAA Championships were earned

by Izzy Daniel ’27 with 3rd place in the 3200m Run, Danielle Soleye ’26 with 3rd place in the Triple Jump, and Madison Squire ’27, Kennedy Haskins ’26, Bryce Twyman ’25, and Vivian Daniel ’28 with 3rd place in the 4x100m Relay.

NEW SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD RECORDS • Colby Twyman ’25 - 800m (1:54.66), 1600m (4:17.76) • Madison Squire ’27 - High Jump (5’4”) • Madison Squire ’27, Kennedy Haskins ’26, Bryce Twyman ’25, and Vivian Daniel ’29 4x100m (50.76) • Gaspar Ioos ’26, Xavian Pabon ’28, Xavier Twyman ’28, and Colby Twyman ’25 - 4x400m (3:24.37)

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1. Seventh grade boys take off in the dashes. 2. Theodore Moaikel ’37 participates in the Kindergarten Relay. 3. Charlotte Moaikel ’33 jumps the hurdle while Phoebe Moritz ’31 and Brielle Payne ’31 hold it.

4. Robert Denning ’33 competes in the Knock ’Em Down Relay.

5. Elliana Redick ’36 cruises in the Rolling Hoop Race. 6. Connor Hogan ’32 and Cameron Black ’30 bump fists before the games in a sign of Hiller sportsmanship. 7. John Gavenonis ’29 focuses in the Obstacle Relay. 8. Flynne McAndrew ’32 competes in the Sack Relay.

9. Brian Williams ’29 races in the dashes. 10. Field Day 2025 was very competitive with Greens winning on the last event, Tower Tug. 11. Eighth grade Field Day Captains (L-R) Vivian Daniel ’29, Nicholas Waesco ’29, Fritz Conaty ’29 and Molly Sullivan ’29. 12. Ashaan Patel ’34 tosses the ball in the 12-Hoop Ball Relay.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for a wonderful Grandparents’ and Friends’ Day on April 17! 1. Hayden Knott ’39 reads with her grandparents.

2. Hallie Acevedo ’33 attends class with her grandfather. 3. Sarah Xie ’37 shares her drawing with her mother. 4. Theodore Piacentini ’35 hugs his grandmother. 5. Gabrielle Daltry ’25 smiles together with her grandmother. 6. Anhad Kalsi ’36 works on an art project with his parents. 7. Laird Erkenbrecher ’31 with his grandmother Phoebe Craven ’66. 8. Brielle Payne ’31 studies in class with her grandmother.

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Teachers and staff were treated to a delicious luncheon, chair massages, fun “Minute to Win It” games and amazing raffle prizes on behalf of the Home and School Association in recognition of Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week in May. 1. Teachers Torrey Kist, Michelle Wrambel and Toby Huttner enjoy the delicious lunch. 2. Gemelle John plays a game while Janel Hall ’16 and Cici Cai watch. 3. Charles Sharon and Pat Kaiser ’02 greet each other. 4. Sara Bush chooses her lunch from the large selection. 5. Beth Orsetti, Amy Cuddy, Anna Elliot, Francesca Pabon and Jeannie Snyder gather together. 6. Thank you to all the Home and School volunteers who helped to make the day so special for all faculty and staff!

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Grace Huang ’26 earned first place in the 2025 Congressional Art Competition hosted by Congresswoman Sarah McBride! Her painting, “Guiding Light,” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol 3.

90 Upper School music students from chorus, orchestra and band performed on the CityWalk Stage at Universal Studios in Orlando.

4. 4th graders perform in their show. 5. Students work on a project with ceramics teacher Debbi Bradford. 6. PreK sings a song in their play. 7. This year’s eighth grade play, 30 Reasons Not to Be in a Play, was a big success.

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1. Third graders Rea Street ‘34, Isabelle Nagle ‘34 and Lola Rae Mitchell ‘34 make Sunshine Baskets for Nemours Children’s Hospital. 2. Upper Schoolers (L-R) Elizabeth Rohrbacher ’27, Allison Chi ’26, Gabrielle Daltry ’25, Emily O’Hara ’25 and Tessa Mullins ’25 show off their cooking skills in the Tower Term Baking Wars! 3. The Biking in New Castle County Tower Term started around Tower Hill then cycled to Lums Pond State Park, traveling along the Markel Trail, Route 9 and Castle Trail. 4. Zoey Ushler ’25 works on her sewing skills during REinveNT the Runway. 5. Henry Loeper-Viti ’30 shops for Asian snacks during the Middle School Mandarin field trip. 6. Second grade took their art class outside to Rockford Park to celebrate Earth Week.

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The playspace located on the corner of W. 19th Street and Tower Road has been fully reimagined and renovated to create the Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Playground. This thoughtfully designed playground, which opened at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, serves students in Tower Tots through eighth grade.

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Weaver Gym With the completion of The Hive, renovations to Weaver Gym continued with the replacement of the wood floor, along with new bleachers and equipment. The 10,000 square foot renovation was completed in midAugust and was fully available for the start of the new school year.

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CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS

Parklet Outside the Underpass, in between The Hive and Weaver Gym, a new Parklet was created for our Middle School students and teachers, thanks to the generosity of the Weaver Family. This outdoor area—a combination of beautiful land and hardscaping—serves as additional space for recreation and learning during the school day.

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ALUMNI PROFILE

DAVID ROSENTHAL ’03 ACQUIRED COFOUNDER/COHOST

BY AMY SCHREI, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

David Rosenthal is the cofounder and cohost of Acquired, a podcast that dives deep into the stories behind the world’s biggest companies and the people who build them.

What began in 2015 as a side project between two friends has grown into what The Wall Street Journal calls “the business world’s favorite show.” Today, Acquired is the No. 1 technology podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, with each episode reaching over a million listeners. The in-depth conversations sometimes feature interviews with industry giants such as Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks.

FOLLOWING YOUR CURIOSITY Rosenthal and his business partner Ben Gilbert started Acquired as a way to “nerd out” together.

“We wanted an excuse to hang out and talk about business and technology, because that’s what we love,” Rosenthal explained. Growing up alongside the internet shaped both of their worldviews. They remembered life before it, but were fascinated by the possibilities it unlocked.

That curiosity fueled a non-linear path that began at Tower Hill, where he “did a lot of things,” in true alignment with the school’s motto, Multa Bene Facta.

He played football and baseball, acted in school plays and avidly studied French. Rosenthal hares, “My whole life I’ve pursued different hobbies and interests, and Acquired would never have happened if I wasn’t constantly trying new things and staying curious.”

After Tower Hill, Rosenthal attended Princeton University, majoring in French while continuing theater and athletics. Both he and Gilbert credit their theater experience with giving them the confidence and critical communication skills that now play a central role in their podcasting success.

Following stints on Wall Street and at The Wall Street Journal, Rosenthal attended Stanford Business School,

then joined a venture capital firm in Seattle where he met Gilbert. At the time they launched Acquired, podcasts were still in their infancy, and theirs was one of the first business and technology shows. “If you’d told me then, or even just a few years ago, that my life or the show would be what it is today, I wouldn’t have believed you,” says Rosenthal.

BUILDING A HIT Despite being humble about his success, Rosenthal acknowledges the hard work, meticulous research and long hours the show requires. Each episode takes months of preparation to ensure accuracy, including reading biographies, combing through financial statements, researching company histories and conducting interviews. The research process involves writing a long “script,” which is nearly equivalent to writing an entire book for every episode.

“We want listeners to feel like they’ve been taken on a journey,” Rosenthal said. “But that takes a tremendous amount of behind-the-scenes work.”

For a podcast of Aquired’s reach, it is highly unusual that Rosenthal and Gilbert are not backed by a major media company nor have a team of staff to support them. Rosenthal explains, “We still do everything ourselves. We do all the business, we do all the research, we do all the interview bookings, we do all the hosting. And we love it that way.”

One example of their research rigor came in 2022, when they produced two episodes, and later a third, on Nvidia. Soon after, they received a message from Nvidia’s head of communications: CEO Jensen Huang wanted to know who their sources were because the material was so accurate. “We didn’t talk to anyone at the company. We did all the research ourselves,” Rosenthal recalled. That led to an in-person meeting with Huang and eventually an interview for the show. A lasting professional relationship followed.

“It all started because we did a good job covering the company on the podcast,” said Rosenthal.

(L) Rosenthal (on left) and Gilbert, pose in New York City before their sold-out Aquired show at Radio City Music Hall.

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TAKING IT LIVE

DREAMING BIGGER

From the early days, Acquired hosted small, informal live events for listeners. But as the show’s audience exploded, so did the ambition of its live productions.

In the past two years, they have held two large-scale, sold-out live shows. In 2024, the podcast interviewed Mark Zuckerberg at Chase Center in San Francisco.

Then in 2025, Acquired made history by becoming the first business podcast to sell out Radio City Music Hall. The show featured an interview with Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase.

Over the past decade, Rosenthal has sat across from corporate giants—founders and executives who took improbable ideas and turned them into worldchanging companies. What strikes him most isn’t flawless execution or superhuman intellect, but their unwavering clarity of vision.

“It was so cool to be playing the most famous venue in the world! The show itself just went so great,” Rosenthal recalls. “I wouldn’t say it was natural, being on stage at Radio City—it was certainly different than Tower Hill, but it was familiar. It is a skill set that has carried over for both of us.”

Doing large events will be part of Acquired going forward, but “the podcast is the main thing.”

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“They’re just people,” he said. “But the thing they all have in common is a crystal-clear sense of what they want to create in the world—and an unwillingness to let anything stand in their way. In the beginning, their ideas often seemed crazy. People would say, ‘There’s no way that will work.’ But nothing stops them from realizing that vision.”

It’s a philosophy he applies in his own life and work.

“There are no set rules,” Rosenthal said. “The only thing standing in the way is you. You have no idea where life’s going to take you—but you can decide how far you’re willing to push to get there.”

ANNUAL REPORT

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

NARRATIVE ON FINANCE AND FACILITIES - SUMMER 2025

BY ERIC NORMAN, CONSULTANT AND FORMER CFOO

Tower Hill School Budget Overview Each year, the school develops a detailed operating budget that is based upon a number of parameters and assumptions made for significant areas such as enrollment, financial aid, The Hiller Fund, compensation and benefits, operational and instructional costs, and endowment returns. Our budgets also include debt service and capital expenditures that are supported by operating cash flows. These parameters are the primary drivers of a comprehensive financial model that generates multi-year projections, ensuring each annual budget has a long-term focus on financial sustainability.

Fiscal Year 2025 Results For the year ending June 30, 2025, Tower Hill finished in a stronger position than originally budgeted.

Revenues came in more than four percent above budget, supported by steady enrollment, increased activity in the school store and higher earnings on reserves. At the same time, expenses were held close to budget, with investments directed toward compensation for faculty and staff, care of our facilities, dining, athletics and technology that supports teaching and learning. Importantly, health benefit costs were once again contained through our self-insurance program, which helped offset increases in other areas.

Overall, the school’s net worth grew by more than $9 million this year. Much of this increase was the result of favorable market conditions and strong stewardship of the endowment by Tower Hill’s outside investment firm, combined with healthy enrollment, generous fundraising and careful expense management.

These results and inspiring philanthropy within our community have allowed the school to move forward on several campus improvement projects without taking on additional debt, ensuring that resources are used responsibly and in ways that directly benefit students and families.

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Looking ahead to the 2025-2026 school year, Tower Hill has adopted a balanced operating budget designed to align revenues with expenses while continuing to invest in the people, programs and facilities that directly support students. Enrollment assumptions for the year were developed with a continued focus on maintaining balanced and developmentally appropriately sized class cohorts, reflecting the school’s commitment to thoughtful enrollment management and preserving the quality of the student experience. Fundraising will remain a critical part of our financial plan, with The Hiller Fund continuing to be an important source of support for day-to-day operations.

Campus Improvements Last summer, we completed the Weaver Gym locker rooms, along with the addition of accessible bathrooms by the flagpole entrance; we also moved the Middle School science department into Weaver Gym in order to stage a complete renovation of The Hive, almost 15,000 square feet. That project was completed for the start of the second semester in 2025, allowing us to move faculty and students into the beautiful new space and start renovation of the Weaver Gym, replacing the wood floor, bleachers and all the equipment. This 10,000 square foot renovation was completed in mid-August and was fully available for the start of the new school year. On the backside of the gymnasium, a donor funded project allowed us to create a Parklet, a well-landscaped area that has seating and gathering areas, beautifying an area across from The Hive.

The Underpass road past the Parklet was also repaved at the same time, in addition to replacing all the exterior windows, completing the upgrade of that entire area.

Finally, the renovation of the Lower School Playground started in June and was completed by the start of school.

This is also a donor-funded project that features all new playground equipment, improved elevations, a new sandbox and a four-square/basketball area. It has once again been a busy summer, working hard to modernize and upgrade the campus.

While no one can fully predict the direction of the economy, financial marketsor inflation in the year ahead, we will carefully monitor these trends and adjust. At the same time, we remain focused on meeting our internal financial goals and ensuring that tuition and other revenues are managed with care.

As of June 30, 2025, the school’s endowment stood at $66 million, reflecting the benefit of a strong investment market this past year. Just as importantly, it is also a sign of Tower Hill’s fiscal discipline and long-term planning. Through prudent oversight by the Board of Trustees, working in close alignment with the school’s administration and investment advisor, the endowment has reached a level consistent with the financial profile of S&P AA-rated independent schools.

The annual draw has been reduced to 3.75%, underscoring our commitment to preserving and growing this resource for future generations. We will continue to make thoughtful decisions about asset allocation and investment policy so that the endowment remains a source of stability and strength for the school.

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Tower Hill is extremely grateful for the excellent work Eric Norman has led over his seven-year tenure as CFO and CFOO. He remains working for the school in a consultancy capacity and is ensuring a smooth transition to our new CFO, Jeff Koss, who has been quickly and adeptly adapting to Tower Hill.

ANNUAL REPORT

THE HILLER FUND RESULTS

$1,305,299.96

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Fast Fact: We welcomed 14 new Second Century Circle members this year.

Fast Fact: 32% of The Hiller Fund was raised through Giving Days like Giving Tuesday, Hiller Heroes, Founders’ Day and the Field Day Challenge.

DONORSHIP BY CONSTITUENCY

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HIGHEST YOUNG ALUMNI PARTICIPATION BY CLASS 1 CLASS OF 1974

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Thank You! Thank You From the DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Dear Tower Hill supporters, Thank you for your generous support of Tower Hill School this year. The 2024-2025 Donor Honor Roll recognizes Tower Hill alumni, students, parents, former parents, grandparents, trustees, foundations and faculty and staff who contributed to the growth and strength of this extraordinary school.

Thanks to the generosity of so many, over $5.8 million was raised in total for Tower Hill this year. I am delighted to share with you that we reached our Hiller Fund goal of $1.3 million, achieving our highest result ever! Your investment ensures that Multa Bene Facta rings true for our students and school community.

It was also a transformational year for our campus, quite literally. The Gerald M. Lemole, MD Science Center - The Hive our new STEM center that serves Middle and Upper School students, was opened on Jan. 27, 2025. Middle School science, biology, computer science and robotics are all housed within this 14,000 square foot state-of-the-art Science Center.

Thanks to the generous lead gift from the Lemole family and the support of many others, this $5 million renovation is now fully funded.

Outside of the schoolhouse, the playspace located on the corner of W. 19th Street and Tower Road has been fully reimagined and renovated to create the Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Playground. This thoughtfully designed playground, which opened at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, serves students in Tower Tots through eighth grade. We are so grateful to The Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Foundation, Inc., for this transformational gift that makes this new outdoor wonderland possible for our students.

In addition, just outside the Underpass, in between The Hive and The Weaver Gym, there is a new Parklet for our Middle School students and teachers, thanks to the generosity of the Weaver Family. This outdoor area—a combination of beautiful land and hardscaping—will serve as additional space for recreation and learning during the school day. With these major capital projects complete, our schoolhouse is now fully updated for 21st century learning and exploration.

We are truly grateful for your incredible support this year in all areas: The Hiller Fund, capital projects and the school’s endowment. This strong and deliberate investment in our students, faculty, programs and campus ensures Tower Hill’s tradition of educational excellence continues for this generation of students and the next.

I would also like to extend sincere appreciation to Tower Hill’s dedicated volunteers, whose loyal service contributed to the success this year: the Advancement Committee; the Alumni Council; The Hiller Fund parent captains; alumni class agents and reunion coordinators; the Home and School Association; and Green & White. We thank you for your tremendous efforts for the benefit of Tower Hill School.

Your generous contributions continue to make the remarkable possible for our school. Thank you for answering the call to support Tower Hill and for investing in its mission.

With sincere gratitude,

Kristin B. Mumford Director of Advancement

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2024-2025 Donor Roll

On behalf of the students, families, faculty and staff at Tower Hill School, thank you. Your generous gifts make a difference in the lives of our students.

Donors by Giving Circle ALL FUNDS, INCLUDING THE HILLER FUND JULY 1, 2024–JUNE 30, 2025

CORNERSTONE CIRCLE $50,000+

Anonymous The Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Foundation, Inc. The Bear Gulch Foundation Mrs. William A. Bours III* Crystal Trust Mr. William H. Daiger, Jr. and Mrs. Gail Daiger Mr. Régis A. de Ramel and Mrs. Sophia de Ramel David F. du Pont ’52 Trust* Mr. Matthew M. Fanandakis and Mrs. Noel Fanandakis Mr. Nicholas Fanandakis and Mrs. Rosemary R. Fanandakis Ms. Nicole Fanandakis Mr. Pierre d. Hayward ’66 and Mrs. Martina Hayward Mr. and Mrs. Brad L. Hayward ’04 Mr. Laird Hayward ’02 and Mrs. Lucy Nutting Hayward ’10 Mr. Christopher Keith and Mrs. Amanda Keith Mrs. Loring Knott ’08 and Mr. Austin Knott Mrs. Ellen Kullman ’74 and Mr. Michael E. Kullman Dr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Lemole Longwood Foundation Ellice & Rosa McDonald Foundation Mrs. Logan Read ’10 and Mr. Tyler Read Mr. H. Murray Sawyer, Jr. and Mrs. Ann Sawyer Mrs. Sonal Sheppard and Mr. John Sheppard Stratus Foundation Mr. Gang Wan and Mrs. Xia Liu Mr. Rodman Ward III ’83 and Mrs. Gina Ward Mr. Lance L. Weaver and Mrs. Karyn D. Weaver Yaverland Foundation

MULTI BENE FACTA CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999

Mr. Stephen C. Baker and Mrs. Leslie Somers Ronald “Chip” Brown Dr. Gordon M. Bussard ’90 and Dr. Brooke E. Bussard Robert and Suzanne DeSantis Mr. Benjamin F. duPont ’82 and Mrs. Laura Lemole duPont Mr. Richard E. Franta and Mrs. Gayle Franta Dr. John Gavenonis and Dr. Sara C. Gavenonis Mr. Liang Huang and Ms. Di Yang Ms. Samantha M. Lemole Dr. Nisheeth R. Patel and Mrs. Sadhana N. Patel Mrs. Isabella P. S. Timon ’92 and Mr. Philip C. Timon Mrs. Ellet K. Veale and Mr. Geoff Veale Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Dr. Marna C. Whittington and Mr. Thomas D. Whittington, Jr.

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE $15,000 - $24,999

Ms. Suzanne E. Ashley and Mr. Nicolas Jafarieh Mr. Harry N. Baetjer III and Mrs. Caryl J. Baetjer Mr. Amish B. Desai and Dr. Payal H. Desai Dr. John M. Flynn ’81 and Mrs. Mary Flynn Mr. E. Thomas Harvey III and Mrs. Robin Harvey Mr. Michael A. Jenkins ’80 and Mrs. Ann Jenkins ’80 Mr. Gregory J. Koch and Mrs. Lori Koch Mr. J. Mathieu Plumb and Mrs. Cory S. Plumb Mr. Michael L. Steiner and Mrs. Jennifer Steiner Mr. Randolph W. Urmston ’62 and Ms. Eliza Davidson Mrs. Susan Ward ’54

TOWER HILL FELLOW $10,000 - $14,999

Mr. Vincent T. Abessinio and Mrs. Jennifer C. Abessinio Mr. Ashley R. Altschuler ’90 and Mrs. Shoshana M. Altschuler Ms. Ellen Cannon ’72 Mrs. Sarah D’Alonzo ’74 and Mr. William F. D’Alonzo Mr. Robert J. Denning III and Mrs. Quinn K. Denning Mr. Joseph DeSantis and Mrs. Marie-Eve P. DeSantis Mrs. Beverly Finch ’59 and Dr. Ronald M. Finch Ms. Elizabeth A. Garrigues ’45* Dr. Irfan M. Hisamuddin and Dr. Laetitia N. C. Charrier Mr. Douglas R. Jamieson ’73 and Mrs. Jean Marie Jamieson Dr. Eric T. Johnson and Mrs. Amy W. Johnson Mr. Joseph O. Larkin, Esq. and Mrs. Kimberly P. Larkin, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Lemole Mr. Brian D. Long and Mrs. Tracy D. Long Mr. C. Ronald Maroney ’59 and Mrs. Eleanor Maroney Mr. Garrett Moritz and Mrs. Christine Moritz Mr. Michael R. Nestor and Mrs. Dana D. Nestor Ms. Christine Kane Plant ’69 Mrs. Frances Weymouth and Mr. McCoy d. P. Weymouth

TRUSTEES’ CIRCLE $5,000 - $9,999

Mrs. Sarah D. A. Baker and Mr. Scott A. Adams Dr. Jorge M. Soares and Dr. Elizabeth B. Bayley Mr. Eric J. Brinsfield and Dr. Martha Lynn Brinsfield Ms. Anne Casscells ’76 Mr. Kurt Clawson and Mrs. Tina L. Hannagan Ms. Louise E. Cummings-Lewis Mrs. Nickie Currie ’90 and Mr. Rodger Currie Mrs. Katie D’Emilio ’97 and Mr. Matthew P. D’Emilio Mr. Brent Daniel and Mrs. Margaret Carlo-Daniel Mr. Dino Dullbson and Mrs. Sue Dullbson

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Mr. Charles J. Durante ’69 and Mrs. Janice F. Durante Mr. Christopher Foulds and Mrs. Sara Altman Mr. Richard L. Bender and Ms. Alison Frost Mr. William A. Goeller and Mrs. Megan Goeller Mrs. Nancy L. Hayward ’60 and Mr. Richard S. Johnson Mr. Jason Jowers and Mrs. Randi Jowers Dr. David C. Larned and Mrs. Roberta S. Larned Mr. Alan M. Majewski and Mrs. Kathleen M. Majewski Mr. Colin Malone and Mrs. Colleen Malone Mr. Whitney M. Maroney ’87 and Mrs. Katharine Maroney Mr. Michael J. Johnson and Mrs. Bianca I. Fraser-Johnson Mrs. Catherine L. Miller and Mr. Jay R. Miller Mr. James W. Morris ’73 and Mrs. Mary Gail M. Morris Ms. Lisa A. Olson ’76 and Mr. Roger S. Hillas, Jr. Mrs. Monica D. Patel The Philadelphia Contributionship Mr. Robert F. Poppiti, Jr. and Mrs. Kristin Poppiti Mr. Joseph Setting II Ms. Judy Landis Setting Mr. David A. Soleye and Mrs. Olufunke T. Soleye Mr. Adam Gould and Ms. Nicholle R. Taylor THS Home & School Association Mrs. Susan Waesco ’90 and Mr. Kevin M. Waesco Mr. Hui Wang and Ms. Na Wei Wilcox Landscaping The Windfall Foundation Dr. Roger D. Wu and Mrs. Jennifer Wu

ST. AMOUR SOCIETY $2,500 - $4,999

Mrs. Lindsay P. Acevedo ’95 and Mr. Michael Acevedo Dr. Jun Bai and Dr. Lana Song Dr. Samuel W. Baker and Dr. Minal Caliskan Baker Mrs. Yulia Bartow and Mr. D.S. Bartow Dr. William W. Beck, Jr. ’57 and Mrs. Susanne M. Beck Mr. J. M. Belger and Mrs. Vera Belger Dr. Eric Bergh and Dr. Rebecca Bergh Dr. Sean M. Bidic and Mrs. Gretchen Bidic Mr. Lewis S. Black, Jr. and Mrs. Kathryn R. Black Mrs. Tiffany A. Kator Blaski and Mr. Steele Mr. Brooks J. Bowen ’67 Mr. Pierce Buller and Dr. Amber Buller Mr. John Buonocore, Jr. Dr. Evan H. Crain and Mrs. Nancy G. Crain Mr. Joshua Fanelli and Mrs. Jennifer Fanelli Dr. John R. S. Fisher and Mrs. Marianna “Dolly” Fisher Mr. Kevin M. Gallagher, Esq. and Mrs. Lynn M. Gallagher Mr. Cliff C. Gardner and Mrs. Rossana Arteaga-Lopenza Mr. Christopher A. Gaul and Mrs. Catherine Gaul Mr. David Gibson ’85 and Mrs. Christine Gibson Ms. Victoria Maxmin Gravuer ’86 Mr. Thomas J. Hanna ’91 and Dr. Lynne A. Hanna, V.M.D. Mr. Tarik Haskins and The Hon. Natalie J. Haskins Mr. Arthur P. Helmick and Mrs. Margaret L. Helmick Dr. Charles L. Hobbs ’65 and Mrs. Sandra K. Hobbs The Hompe Foundation Mr. Michael J. Hynansky and Mrs. Ericka R. Hynansky Mr. Donald N. Isken and Mrs. Patricia D. Isken Mrs. Deborah Kiernan ’70 and Mr. James Kiernan III Ms. Emily A. Kiernan ’99 Mr. Lee Knackstedt and Mrs. Ann Knackstedt Mrs. Sheila Marshall ’63 and Mr. George Marshall Mr. Matthew B. McGuire and Mrs. Jennifer S. McGuire Mr. Daniel F. McAllister and Mrs. Caroline H. Bean Mr. Timothy Mihok and Mrs. Amy Mihok Mr. David T. Nowland ’85 and Mrs. Cathleen C. Nowland

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Mr. Andrew R. Remming and Mrs. Jillian G. Remming Mr. John E. Riegel, Jr. ’90 and Mrs. Amanda Riegel ’94 Mr. Peter E. Rothschild ’92 and Mrs. Elana L. Rothschild Mr. H. Wesley Schwandt ’86 and Mrs. Michelle A. Schwandt Mrs. Michelle D. Shepherd and Mr. David M. Shepherd The Hon. Kenneth A. Simpler and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Simpler Dr. John D. Statler ’86 and Mrs. Rachel Statler Mr. Edward J. Tucker and Mrs. Gaozhen Hang Mr. Michael J. Vanni and Mrs. Kara L. Vanni Dr. Anne A. Verplanck ’76 Mr. Carmen M. Wallace ’93 and Mrs. Leigh Wallace Westover Capital Advisors Mr. Tianyou Xie and Mrs. Chang Liu Mr. Wenhao Yang and Mrs. Ji Jin

1919 SOCIETY $1,919 - $2,499

Mr. Roger W. Arrington ’66 and Mrs. Anne Arrington ’67 Mr. Randolph Barton, Jr. ’59 and Mrs. Margaret Barton Mr. Perry S. Beberman and Mrs. Tracey A. Beberman Mr. Todd Buonocore ’87 and Dr. Allison D. Buonocore Mr. Lalor Burdick ’58 and Mrs. Patricia N. Burdick Mr. Ambrose A. Carr III and Mrs. Elizabeth Carr Mrs. Anne-Louise Carroll ’47 Dr. Chengyu Liu and Dr. Wei Chen Mr. Robert Dean and Mrs. Morgan Dean EDiS Company Dr. Matthew D. Eichenbaum and Dr. Heidi Kozic Mrs. Deanna P. Hynansky Mr. Richard R. Joyce ’61 and Mrs. Sandra Joyce Mr. Francis Julian and Mrs. Mary Julian Mr. Paul Kim and Mrs. Kate Kim Mr. Dimitrios Kolovos and Mrs. Effie Kolovos Dr. Bing Lu and Dr. Xiaoxi Hu Mr. Jonathan H. Marvel ’65 and Mrs. Stephanie Marvel Mrs. Diana Wardenburg Maxmin ’55 Dr. Munish Pahwa and Dr. Anjala Pahwa Ms. Aleni M. Pappas ’96 and Mr. Anthony G. Kyriakakis Mrs. Tucker T. Pierson ’93 and Mr. Travis J. Elliott Ms. Michelle P. Quinn Dr. Jonathan S. Russ and Mrs. Julie Russ Dr. Jonathan N. Saunders ’75 and Mrs. Charlene Saunders Mr. Robert M. Silliman, Jr. ’96 and Mrs. Kelly Silliman Mr. Curtis R. Smith, Jr. ’99 Mr. Matthew M. Spagnolo and Mrs. Courtney T. Spagnolo The Hon. Monte T. Squire and Mrs. Andrea M. Squire Sykora Family Charitable Foundation Mr. Pierre C. Trepagnier ’65 and Ms. Elizabeth L. Mundinger Dr. Anthony W. Vattilana ’89 and Mrs. Patricia Vattilana Mrs. Pearl B. Wallace and Mr. William L. Wallace Dr. Peng Wei and Mrs. Cindy Huang Mr. Ned Weinberger and Dr. Meredith A. Weinberger Mrs. Tracy A. Wenzinger ’86 and Dr. Ousmane Daouda Mr. John Wyant and Mrs. Amelia J. Wyant Dr. Mona G. Yezdani ’01 and Mr. Peter W. Gillen Dr. Jinsong Zhang and Dr. Huijun Wang

HEAD OF SCHOOL’S CIRCLE $1,000 - $1,918

Mr. Kurt M. Anstreicher ’74 and Ms. Jane L. Van Voorhis Dr. Anthony Bahinski and Mrs. Patricia A. DeFeo Mrs. Sally Baker ’62 and Mr. Lisle Baker Dr. Laurence H. Beck ’58 and Mrs. Joan Beck Mrs. Amy Bickhart and Mr. Paul Bickhart Mr. Keith A. Boulden and Mrs. Donna Boulden Mr. Peter M. Bradshaw, Jr. and Mrs. Alexis H. Bradshaw Mr. Chase Brockstedt and Mrs. Kelly Brockstedt

Mr. Eric J. Monzo and Mrs. Dana S. Monzo Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP Mrs. Kristin B. Mumford and Mr. Mark Mumford Mr. Henry E. Nickle ’76 and Mrs. Anne Nickle Mr. Paul L. Okenczyc and Mrs. Joanna Okenczyc Ms. Taylor S. Patterson ’02 Mr. Edmund R. Pennock ’67 and Mrs. Carole Pennock ’67 Dr. Jack Phillips Mr. Marshall E. Phillips ’89 and Mrs. Holly Phillips Mrs. Lee Podolsky ’85 and Mr. Andrew J. Podolsky Mr. Daniel Poplos and Mrs. Sujin Lee Mr. Srinivas M. Raju and Mrs. Seetha D. M. Raju Mr. Jason Rawnsley and Mrs. Anne Rawnsley RiversEdge Advisors Ms. Diane L. Rohman Mrs. Margaretta A. Sacco ’98 and Dr. Steven J. Sacco Mr. Michael D. Sachs ’86 and Mrs. Robin P. Sachs Mrs. Beth Salter ’82 and Mr. Dennis M. Salter Dr. Catherine R. Salva ’90 and Mr. Marcus D. Heifetz Mr. David G. Santiago ’86 and Mrs. LeighAnne Santiago Mr. Geoffrey A. Sawyer III ’93 Mr. Thomas M. Schorn and Mrs. Karol Schorn Mrs. Amy Schrei and Mr. Erik W. Schrei Mr. Eduardo Silva and Mr. Alex Battipaglia Mr. Rodger D. Smith, II and Mrs. Victoria M. Smith Dr. Andrew D. Sparks ’91 and Mrs. Laura Q. Sparks ’93 Dr. Ernest F. Tark III ’73 Mrs. Sara Toner-Wagner and Mr. Karl Wagner Ms. Genelle S. Trader ’70 and Mr. L Q Smith Mr. Matthew T. Twyman III ’88 and Mrs. Carmen Twyman Ms. Tracey D. Twyman ’85 Mr. Jeff Vanderslice and Mrs. Tracy Vanderslice Mr. Eric Veres and Mrs. Christie Veres Dr. Philip L. Verplanck ’77 and Mrs. Emily Verplanck Mr. Feng Wang, Ph.D. and Ms. Hongmin Jiang, Ph.D. Mr. Min Wang and Mrs. Li Zheng Mrs. Carla A. Wasniewski Mr. Steven M. West Dr. Katharine Weymouth ’94 and Mr. Timothy B. Weymouth Mrs. Roberta Whiting ’65 and Mr. William B. Whiting Ms. Sarah I. Whittington ’00 Mr. John L. Williams ’94 Wilmington Trust Company Wealth Advisory Winner Automotive Group Mrs. Jane K. Wood Dr. Zhenyi Xue and Mrs. Chunhong Qiao Dr. Shihong Zhu and Dr. Shaoceng Wei

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Dr. Gordon A. Bussard ’61 and Mrs. Patricia Bussard Mr. Brian Carney and Mrs. Kristen Carney Dr. Kimberly W. Cassidy and Mr. Bart Cassidy Mr. Jeffrey Castellano and Mrs. Monica Castellano Mr. Zihao L. Castine and Mrs. Xingyu Song Mr. Michael D. Cercena and Mrs. Sonal S. Cercena Mr. Kevin Chen and Mrs. Sophie Shen Mr. John Clough and Dr. Suzanne Clough Mr. Barrett J. Cobb ’69 and Mrs. Rosemary S. Cobb Mr. Willis S. Colburn ’58 and Mrs. Carol Colburn Mr. Barry N. Cornwall ’63 and Mrs. Deborah Cornwall ’64 Mr. Martin Coyne and Mrs. Heather Coyne Mr. Robert Coyne and Mrs. Marie Coyne Dr. Anthony R. Cucuzzella ’82 Dr. Amy Cuddy and Mr. Brian Cuddy Mr. Josh Daltry and Mrs. Stacy Daltry Mr. Clarence E. DiSabatino III Mr. Christopher R. Donoho III ’87 and Mrs. Erica Donoho Mr. Eleuthere I. du Pont II ’84 and Ms. Darla Pomeroy Mr. John S. Edinger, Jr. ’78 and Mrs. Laurie Edinger Mrs. Molly C. Elton and Mr. Nathan Elton The Hon. Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. and Mrs. Patricia W. Farnan Dr. David M. Fink and Dr. Maria E. Soler Mr. Michael J. Flynn ’91 and Mrs. Melissa Flynn ’91 Ms. Elizabeth M. Fortunato ’02 and Peter Asbill Mrs. Kim F. Fortunato Mrs. Fontayne Fox ’89 and Mr. Stephen Fox Mr. Robert T. Franklin and Mrs. Ping Li Mrs. Amanda Friz ’92 and Mr. Robert W. Friz Dr. Adam Ginsberg and Dr. Kimberly Ginsberg Mr. Dimeji Gisanrin and Mrs. Ukpe Gisanrin Mr. Steven B. Glassman and Mrs. Lisa E. Glassman Mr. Timothy B. Golding and Mrs. Mary Lou Golding Mrs. Daniella W. Guo and Mr. Vincenzo Carbone Mr. Morgan L. Hendry IV ’01 and Ms. Kerri Anderson Mr. Scott W. Henry and Mrs. Christine Henry Dr. Stephen L. Hershey ’59 and Mrs. Betsy Hershey Mrs. Nancy Hewes Mr. Joseph C. Hoopes, Jr. ’61 and Mrs. Lesley Hoopes ’64 Mr. John A. Hughes ’78 Mrs. Katherine Carol Halpern ’75 and Mr. John D. Halpern Dr. Kelly Hunter and Dr. Deepak Doraiswamy Mr. Scott L. Hunter ’72 and Mrs. Margaret Hunter Mr. Travis Hunter and Mrs. Melissa Hunter Ms. Paula S. Janssen ’91 Mrs. Ann Jones ’58 Mr. Lawrance S. Kimmel ’97 and Mrs. Kimberly Kimmel Mr. Robert J. Krapf ’69 and Mrs. Jean A. Krapf Mr. Josh T. Krotec and Dr. Catherine S. Zorc Ms. Erika Kurtz Mr. Philip D. Laird III ’65 and Newton Don Mr. Edward G. Lamsback and Dr. Arianna Trionfo Mr. Patrick Larkin and Mrs. Susan Larkin Dr. Peter E. Larned, D.P.M. ’02 and Dr. Caroline Bashore Mr. Kai Liu and Mrs. Jiahuan Chen Mrs. Heather Lowry ’97 and Mr. Matthew M. Lowry Mr. Tao Luo and Ms. Wei Xu Ms. Lynn Lyon ’78 and Mr. V. Frederic Lyon Mr. Garrett B. Lyons III ’08 and Mrs. Catherine Lyons Dr. Kelly M. Malloy McDermott Will & Emery LLP Mrs. Gale McNish ’61 and Mr. Douglas McNish Mr. Henry C. S. Mellon and Mrs. Elizabeth H. H. Mellon Modern Controls, Inc. Mr. John T. Mongan, Sr. and Mrs. Carol M. Mongan

BENEFACTORS’ CIRCLE $500 - $999

Mr. Javier Acuna and Mrs. Sarah Acuna Mr. Michael D. Allen and Mrs. Becky A. Allen Ms. Cynthia B. Altman Ms. Grace E. Anderson Mr. Jason S. Ayers and Mrs. Allison J. Ayers BBC Tavern and Grill Friends of Bob Behr Track Meet Mrs. Erica Berger ’08 and Mr. Greg Berger Mr. Lewis S. Black III ’95 and Mrs. Nicole A. Black Mr. David C. Blickenstaff ’86 and Mrs. Jennifer L. Blickenstaff Mrs. Rebecca R. Blickenstaff Blue Jay Family Office Mr. Chadd E. Boulden ’97 and Mrs. Rachel Boulden Mr. Charles P. Bowes BPGS Construction LLC Mrs. Heather D. Brown ’78 and Mr. Douglas R. Brown

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Mr. William T. Cashman III ’79 and Mrs. Frances Cashman Mr. Peter Conn ’91 Mrs. Michelle Coulter and Mr. Steven G. Coulter Cross and Simon LLC Ms. Lisa D. Daudon ’75 and Mr. Jeffrey M. Keeney Mr. Michael D. DeBaecke and Mrs. Kathryn W. DeBaecke Delaware Sharks Mr. Matthew D. Dinneen ’02 and Mrs. Meredith C. Dinneen Mrs. Alice Donaghy ’58 Mr. Willis H. du Pont ’54 and Mrs. Miren du Pont Dr. Laurence J. Durante ’71 and Mrs. Melinda P. Durante El Diablo Burritos Mr. Doug Fischer and Mrs. Allie Fischer Mr. K. Cole Flickinger ’94 and Mrs. Tonya Flickinger flyADVANCED Aviation Group Mrs. Lisa Foote ’72 and Mr. George B. Foote, Jr. Mrs. Sara Fry ’05 and Mr. Scott Fry Mrs. Alice Fulweiler ’72 and Mr. Peter C. Fulweiler Mr. Millard G. Gamble IV ’61 and Jone Gamble Mr. Daniel Gerrity and Mrs. Maria Gerrity Mrs. Michele Goss ’59 Mr. Marc L. Greenberg ’81 and Mrs. Nancy Ann Greenberg Mrs. Mary Hagan ’81 and Mr. David B. Hagan Dr. David A. Hehir and Dr. Amanda J. Shillingford Ms. Vita P. Hendry Hord Coplan Macht, Inc. Mr. Edward P. Hughes ’69 Mr. Joseph W. Janssen, Jr. and Mrs. Eileen Janssen Mrs. Hilary C. Johnson and Mr. Howard S. Johnson Dr. Preet Joshi and Dr. Monica Joshi Jostens Eastern Shore Mr. Jonathan Katz and Mrs. Christina Katz Mr. Orin S. Kerr ’89 and Mrs. Ainsley Kerr Mr. John P. Kolodczak and Mrs. Holly Kolodczak Dr. Jill E. Kolody Mr. Garrett G. Kunz and Mrs. Jessica R. Kunz Kurtz Collection L-Rae’s Party In a Can Mr. Jacob Laksin and Mrs. Margot Laksin Mrs. Cynthia LaMothe ’58 and Mr. John D. LaMothe, Jr. Mr. Tom M. Laskas and Mrs. Elise M. Laskas Mrs. Leslie M. Lemonick ’75 and Mr. James E. Lemonick Mr. Jay R. Lewis ’01 and Ms. Cecilia Cheng Mrs. Julia Lindquist ’58 and Dr. Carl W. Lindquist Mrs. Alice Long ’65 and Mr. John R. Long Dr. John P. Lorand ’54 and Mrs. Priscilla Lorand Mr. Michael Lu and Mrs. Di Shao Mrs. Dolores Mahaffey Mr. Terry Malloy and Mrs. Michelle Malloy Mr. Ralph D. Marshall II and Dr. Stefanie Marshall Mrs. Jane McKinstry ’53 Mr. John T. Mongan, Jr. ’04 and Ms. Kristen Sprano Montgomery Carlisle Mr. Anthony Muscelli II ’84 and Dr. Stephanie Muscelli Mr. Frederick C. Neutz IV and Mrs. Mary Neutz NovaCare Rehabilitation Dr. Meredith H. Perny, PT, DPT, OCS ’96 and Mr. Matthew E. Perny Dr. Michael B. Peters, Jr. and Mrs. Cynthia A. Peters Mr. Doug C. Phaup and Mrs. Jessica D. Phaup Ms. Anne Rickards Poskitt ’89 Mr. Jun Qian and Mrs. Guojiao Wu Mrs. Lea Quimby ’86 and Mr. Steven H. Quimby Mrs. Jane Riley ’74 and Mr. Steven I. Riley Mrs. Ann C. Rose and Mr. Andrew C. Rose

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Ms. Carol W. Sawyer-Porter ’72 and Mr. David Porter Mr. H. Rodney Scott ’66 and Mrs. Andrea Martz Scott Mr. Owen N. Sellar ’59 Mr. Jonathan L. Silvon and Mrs. Maria S. Silvon Simon Eye Associates Mr. Christopher P. Simon and Mrs. Laura J. Simon Mrs. Alice Smith ’59 and Mr. Tony Smith Mrs. Kristin Smith ’05 and Mr. Kevin V. Smith Dr. Mary V. Smith, Ph.D. ’66 and Mr. Jon R. Johnson SSS Clutch Company, Inc. Stamford Screen Printing Mr. Richard Stetson II ’81 Mr. D. H. Stockwell ’58 and Mrs. Margaret Stockwell Sustained by Dana Monzo Mr. Joseph B. Thomas ’04 and Mrs. Kaitlyn Thomas The Rev. Richard L. Ullman ’57 and Mrs. Margaret Ullman Union Park Automotive Group Wilmington Dental Associates Mr. Robert A. Winfree, Jr. and Mrs. Mercedes Natalia Winfree Mr. Zongping Yang and Mrs. Yu Hao Young, Conaway Stargatt & Taylor Ms. Ashley L. Zetlin ’08 and Mr. Zachary Zetlin Mr. Yu Zhu and Ms. Lei Zheng

FOREVER GREEN $100 - $499

Ms. Carolyn M. Abernathy Mr. Henry H. Abernathy, Jr. ’62 and Mrs. Pamela Abernathy ’62 Mr. Christopher F. Aitken and Mrs. Megan L. Aitken Mr. Roger A. Akin and Mrs. Brenda J. Akin Mr. Tyler T. Akin ’02 Mrs. Marjorie E. Altergott Mr. Michael A. Alvarez ’06 and Mrs. Natalie Alvarez Mr. Carlos Martinez Andaluz Mrs. Margaretta Andrews ’75 and Mr. William H. Andrews III Anthony Party Rental Mr. Randall M. Attix and Mrs. Marina G. Attix Mr. Patrick B. Baetjer ’99 and Mrs. Jessica Baetjer Mrs. Ann Ballinger ’86 and Mr. Kenneth E. Ballinger Mrs. Nancy A. Barlow and Mr. William B. Barlow Mr. Samuel J. Barrett ’16 Mr. Joseph M. Barsky III ’67 and Mrs. Frances C. Barsky Mr. John Bassler, Jr. and Mrs. Angeline Bassler Mr. David R. Batman and Mrs. Elsa R. Batman Ms. Julie Baxter Mr. Nick Beeson Mr. Hamid Belkadi and Mrs. Nadia Belkadi Dr. Paul D. Biery and Mrs. Susan Biery Ms. Dianne Metzger Blane ’62 Mr. Keith Bloom Mr. Martin W. Bond ’74 and Mrs. Mary W. Bond ’76 Mr. Josh Boughner and Mrs. Stephanie Boughner Dr. W.A. Bours ’62 and Mrs. Joan Moss, M.N. Mrs. Tabitha Bradley ’91 and Mr. Frank W. Bradley, Jr. Mr. Steve Brewer and Mrs. Gayla Brewer Mrs. Julie A. Roca-Bristowe and Mr. Mark W. Bristowe Ms. Hudson Brockstedt Ms. Sawyer L. Brockstedt Mr. Douglas R. Brown ’85 and Mrs. Diane Brown Jonathon Brown Ms. Pauline Browne Mrs. Margaret Brownell ’75 and Mr. Ken Brownell Mr. Joshua A. Bruner and Dr. Sydney L. Stoops Mr. William Buckingham and Mrs. Wendy Buckingham Mr. Richard B. Bush and Mrs. Natalie Bush Mr. Christopher W. Byrne ’74

Ms. Eleanor Oldach Francis ’64 Ms. Elise Franklin ’97 and Mr. Thomas Franklin Ms. Kathryn Franklin Dr. John W. Freebery, Jr. and Mrs. Marie Freebery Ms. Christina E. Freibott ’12 Ms. Megan R. Friedman ’07 Mr. Peter M. Fritz and Dr. Jane B. Fritz Mr. Scott H. Gakenheimer ’82 and Mrs. Amy F. Gakenheimer Dr. Peter Gardner Ms. Christina Garvan ’74 and Mr. John Bonn Dr. Ryan Geracimos and Dr. Eva Geracimos Mr. George F. Gianforcaro II and Mrs. Tracey F. Gianforcaro Ms. Kathleen F. Gianforcaro ’16 Mr. George F. Gianforcaro III ’15 Mr. Steven Giattino and Dr. Stephanie Giattino Mrs. Gwendolyn Gillies ’93 and Mr. James T. Gillies Mr. Matthew Goetting and Mrs. Karen Goetting Ms. Megan O’Neill and Mr. Misael Gonzalez Mr. Tomas Gordon and Mrs. Nicole Gordon Mr. Jerome Gouge and Mrs. Lauren Gouge Dr. Sharon Gould ’79 and Mr. John H. Gould, Jr. Dr. Heather K. Green ’94 and Mr. R. Brenner Green Mrs. Elizabeth Gula ’88 and Mr. Jerry T. Gula Mr. Ronald A. Hall and Mrs. Regina Hall Mr. Jeff Hart Dr. Richard T. Hart ’71 and Mrs. Silvia S. Hart Mr. Edward H. Hawfield ’66 and Mrs. Nancy Hawfield Mrs. Justine Hawley ’63 and Mr. James M. Hawley Dr. Richard L. Hehir Mr. Kurt A. Heister and Mrs. Leigh A. Heister Dr. Maxwell Helfgott Mr. Robert D. Hempstead ’61 and Ms. Joan Pinder Dr. Robert L. Hickok, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Hickok Mr. Anthony M. Hidell ’03 and Mrs. Jessica Hidell Zaara I. Hisamuddin Mr. David P. Hogan and Mrs. Michelle L. Hogan Mr. John F. Holloway and Mrs. Susan M. Holloway Mrs. Jennifer Houston and Mr. Matthew Houston Mr. Charles R. Hudson and Mrs. Rebecca Hudson Mr. Michael W. Hyde ’87 and Mrs. Joleen M. Hyde Mrs. Danielle Peterson Hyland Mr. Martin Ingelsby and Mrs. Colleen Ingelsby Mr. William D. Kahn and Ms. Jane A. Irving Mr. Brett Irwin and Mrs. Beatrice E. Irwin Mr. Emin T. Izzat and Mrs. Ilaha Izzat Mr. Thomas A. Jeanson and Mrs. Kristin M. L. Jeanson Ms. Elizabeth A. Jenkins ’79 Mr. Rob Jorgensen and Mrs. Erika Jorgensen Mr. Stephanos Karakasidis ’96 and Mrs. Evaggelia Karakasidis Ms. Kalee G. Kennedy ’15 Mrs. Hae S. Kim and Mr. Han B. Kim Mrs. Kerry King-Brown and Mr. Kenneth Brown Mr. Robert King and Mrs. Eva T. King Dr. Alexander L. Kirifides ’83 and Dr. Kathy Kirifides Mr. E. Scott Kirkpatrick ’59 and Mrs. Daphna Weinshall Mr. William L. Kitchel III ’77 and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Kitchel Mr. Robert L. Kline III ’77 and Mrs. Amy B. Kline Ms. Kayley N. Knackstedt ’22 Dr. Daniel R. Kreshtool ’75 and Mrs. Susan E. Kreshtool Mr. Jeffrey A. Kreshtool ’73 and Mrs. Heller A. Kreshtool Ms. Sarah L. Kreshtool ’08 Mr. Mark A. Kurtz and Mrs. Norkie C. Kurtz Mr. Douglas H. Lagarde ’80 and Mrs. Toby Lagarde Mr. Mikhail Laksin and Mrs. Olga Laksin Mr. David H. LaMotte ’72 and Mrs. Jani R. LaMotte

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Ms. Cici Cai and Mr. Jared Kobos Mr. David J. Cain, Jr. ’64 and Mrs. Katrin H. Cain Mr. John Carlo and Mrs. Elizabeth Carlo Mrs. Stephanie Carpenter ’58 Mrs. Stashauna Carter and Mr. Kyle Carter Dr. Christopher D. Casscells ’71 and Mrs. Susan Casscells Mr. Christopher W. Casscells ’02 and Mrs. Elizabeth Casscells Mr. Andrew M. Cercena ’17 Dr. Xudong Cheng and Ms. Maggie Qian Mr. David A. Chorlton and Mrs. Lisa Chorlton Dr. Cantwell Clark V ’73 and Ms. Susan L. Mansfield Dr. Caroline Clifford ’83 and Mr. Andrew Shields Mrs. Lisa Clossey ’94 and Mr. Tom Clossey Mr. Andrew T. Cloud ’99 and Mrs. Ashley Cloud Mr. Thomas B. Cloud and Mrs. Linda Cloud Mrs. Debbie Coates Dr. Karyn L. Collier Community Foundation for Nantucket Mr. Thomas P. Conaty IV and Mrs. Jennifer H. Conaty Mr. James E. Conover, Jr. and Mrs. Leanne Conover The Hon. Richard R. Cooch, Sr. and Mrs. Barbara M. G. Cooch Mr. Peter S. Copeland ’75 Dr. Juan P. Cordoba and Dr. Olga X. Beltran Mrs. Ruth Cornelison ’61 Mr. Matthew E. Coyle Mr. Scott Craig and Mrs. Jessica M. Craig Mr. Edward W. Cronin, Jr. ’64 and Mrs. Susan Cronin Dr. Edward L. Cussler, Jr. ’57 and Mrs. Elizabeth Cussler Mr. Kyle M. Daihl and Mrs. Melissa C. Daihl Mr. Rod Datt and Mrs. Dawn Datt Mr. Marc D. Daudon, Jr. ’73 and Mrs. Maud S. Daudon Mr. Derrick M. Deadwyler, Jr. and Mrs. Yvonne V. Deadwyler Ms. Elizabeth W. Del Duca ’89 Ms. Lily E. DeSantis ’19 Mr. Yin Ding and Mrs. Xin Du Mr. Corbin R. Director ’03 Mr. Steven R. Director ’70 Mr. Stanley M. Diver ’74 and Mrs. Martha Diver Ms. Laura DiVincenzo Mrs. Meghan Donlon and Mr. Thomas M. Donlon Ms. Donna K. Donoho Mrs. Audrey Donohue Mrs. Julie Donohue and Mr. Michael Donohue Mr. Michael Donohue and Mrs. Carrie Donohue Mrs. Linda Drapeau ’78 and Mr. Lawrence Drapeau Mrs. Brian D. Draper Mr. William Dugdale and Mrs. Sydney Van Dyke Ms. Lauren A. C. Easton ’01 Ms. Jane Edell ’96 Mr. Michael D. Edison ’84 Mr. Jeff Eissinger and Mrs. Sabrena Sinanan Mr. Robert S. Eliot and Mrs. Joan C. Eliot Mrs. Ellen Ellis and Mr. John G. Ellis Suyen Estelow Mr. Craig F. Everhart ’70 and Mrs. Linda Everhart Dr. Glenn C. Everhart ’64 and Mrs. Mary Everhart Ms. Karen D. Farquhar ’65 Ms. Paityn G. Farrow ’24 Mr. Timothy M. Favazza and Mrs. Susan Favazza Mr. Ronald S. Felix ’62 and Mrs. Sheila Felix Mrs. Gina Finn ’81 and Mr. Patrick Finn Mrs. Tara Fletcher and Mr. Brian D. Fletcher Mr. Stephen Flitcraft Mr. Andrew Y. Fong ’99 and Mrs. Sylvia Fong Dr. Blair Fosburgh ’82 and Mr. James H. Fosburgh

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Mr. Robert Norris and Dr. Deborah Hess-Norris Ms. Barbara Noseworthy Mr. Edward T. Novak and Mrs. Victoria M. Novak Mr. Ryan O’Donnell and Mrs. Katie O’Donnell Dr. Alexis Ogdie Alexander Z. Okenczyc Mr. Donald G. Oren and Mrs. Wendy H. Oren Mr. John H. Orr ’70 and Mrs. Saralinda J. Orr Mrs. Sarah E. Orysiek and Mr. Matthew Orysiek Mr. John E. Osborn and Mrs. Deborah P. Osborn Mr. Gabriel Pabon and Mrs. Kimberly E. Pabon Mr. Roland C. Pamm ’74 and Mrs. Mary Lu Pamm Mrs. Frances Pane ’57 Mr. Nello M. Paoli, Jr. and Mrs. Christine A. Paoli Mrs. Susan Parker ’60 Mrs. Amy Peoples ’51 and Mr. Richard A. Peoples Mrs. Elin Peterson ’74 Mr. Kane A. Phillips and Mrs. Kim Phillips Mrs. Laura Piacentini ’03 and Mr. Michael E. Piacentini Mr. Richard B. Pierce and Mrs. Jennifer A. Pierce Ms. Sandy Pietlock Mrs. Sharon Pietlock Mr. Adam W. Poff and Mrs. Kristen W. Poff Dr. Lee Preininger, Pharm.D. ’98 and Mr. Jeffrey R. Preininger Ms. Cynthia A. Prendergast Mrs. Elizabeth Preston ’44 Mr. William L. Prickett ’81 and Mrs. Elizabeth E. Prickett Mr. Corie Priest and Mrs. Janice Viamontie The Rev. John B. Pumphrey Ms. Karen E. Randolph Dr. Lawrence Rasero, Jr. Mr. Randy J. Rasmussen and Mrs. Emma A. Blair Dr. Pulak Ray and Dr. Anjali Ray Mr. Chris Raymond and Dr. Lee Raymond Mrs. Marion Recht ’71 and Mr. David A. Recht Mrs. Stefanie Reponen ’61 and Mr. Robert G. Reponen Mr. Matthew T. Rice and Mrs. Julia A. Rice Ms. Janet Rice Mrs. Carolyn Richmond ’58 Mr. Douglas C. Roberts ’71 and Mrs. Wanda Roberts Mr. Jeff Roland and Mrs. Cathy Roland Mr. Frederick B. Rose ’66 and Mrs. Anne H. Gregor Mr. Anton H. Rosenthal and Ms. Ruth E. Ganister Mrs. Jane Roth ’52 Mr. Jeffrey L. Rothschild ’89 and Mrs. Debra S. Rothschild Mr. David F. B. Ruppe ’76 and Mrs. Marika Ruppe Mr. Saidi T. Sabitu and Mrs. Folashade Sabitu Mr. Robert E. Salvin and Mrs. Diane M. Salvin Ms. Cynthia Sardo and Mr. David D. Sardo Ms. Cara C. Sawyer Mrs. Judith Sawyer ’55 and Mr. L. Vincent Sawyer, Jr. Ms. Luisa Sawyer Mrs. Allegra J. Schmidt ’73 and Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt Mrs. Lauren Scribner and Mr. Daniel H. Scribner Dr. Robert J. Sepelyak Mr. John W. Shackleton, Jr. ’63 and Mrs. Janice Shackleton Mr. Sachin Sharma and Mrs. Alka Sharma Mrs. Julie E. Sharrar and Mr. Chester E. Sharrar II Mr. C. Russell H. Shearer and Mrs. Michelle M. Carey Shearer Mr. David D. Shields ’73 and Mrs. Mary Louise Shields Dr. Weisong Shi and Mrs. Wei Wang Mrs. Heidi Siegrist ’76 and Mr. Donald Siegrist Mrs. Lauren Simo ’05 and Mr. Chefik Simo Mr. Andrew W. Smith and Mrs. Julia U. Smith Dr. Daniel L. Smith and Mrs. Tara L. Smith

HONOR ROLL

Wade H. B. Smith, Ph.D. ’62 and Mrs. Berta F. Smith Mr. Warren Smith III and Mrs. Kellie Smith Mr. Joseph Smolko and Mrs. Shirley A. Smolko Mr. Merwin A. Soash ’58 and Mrs. Margaret Soash Mr. Bill Soistmann and Mrs. Terri Soistmann Dr. Joshua M. Spada and Mrs. Danielle M. Spada Ms. Camille M. Spagnolo Mr. Julian T. Spagnolo-Crowne Mr. W. L. Stabler III ’71 and Mrs. Wendie Stabler Mrs. Paola Stefan Ms. Susan L. Stephenson Mr. Matthew F. Stetson ’83 and Mrs. Kristen B. Stetson Mr. Richard Stifel and Mrs. Lida Stifel Mr. James Strickland and Mrs. Heather Strickland Mrs. Christine A. Stroud and Mr. James D. Stroud Ms. Noelle M. Sugalski Mr. Lawrence M. Sullivan ’88 and Mrs. Kristina Sullivan ’91 Mr. Sibo Sun and Mrs. Hao Li Dr. Xianfeng Sun and Dr. Yanyan Cao Mr. Steven Tamburri Mrs. Patty Tartaglia and Mr. Tom Tartaglia Mr. Andrew P. Taylor ’76 and Mrs. Robin L. Taylor Mr. Ronaldo I. Tello and Ms. Maria N. Tello Bernabe Mr. Douglas A. Thomas ’79 and Mrs. Christine E. Conn Mr. D. McCarty Thornton IV ’65 and Mrs. Molly F. Carr Mr. Lawrence L. Thornton ’68 and Mrs. Linda Thornton Mrs. Lindsay Tonderys ’96 and Mr. Josh M. Tonderys Mrs. Ann Marsden ’84 and Mr. Franklin R. Marsden Mr. William Truman III and Mrs. Annette B. Truman Mrs. Edith Tuckerman ’60 and Mr. Roger Tuckerman Mr. Robert T. Turner ’77 and Mrs. Lorraine Turner UrbanPromise Wilmington Inc. Dr. Thomas H. Valk ’65 and Mrs. Cindy J. Valk Mr. Lorenzo A. Villalon and Mrs. Anna Villalon Mr. Jacob Viscusi Mrs. Ann Wagner ’78 and Mr. Scott C. Wagner Mr. David Wagner and Ms. Madonna McGrath Mr. Rudolph R. Wagner and Mrs. Margaret Wagner The Rev. Donald B. Wahlig ’81 and Mrs. Beth Wahlig Ms. Moira E. Walker ’80 Mr. Ning Wang, Ph.D. and Mr. Yue Qiu, Ph.D. Mr. Wanming Wang and Dr. Wenyu Zhang Mr. Yu Wang and Mrs. Yinqing Hu Ms. Katherine S. Ward ’62 and Mr. James Smigie Mr. David B. Warren ’55 and Mrs. Janie C. Lee Dr. Ellis A. Wasson Mr. Robert S. Watson ’81 and Mrs. Christine H. Watson Mr. Nathaniel A. Webster ’94 Dr. Daniel L. Weintraub ’76 and Ms. Nancy Fleming Mrs. Mary Jane Weldin Mr. Bede W. Wellford ’72 and Mrs. Leigh Breidenbach Mrs. Patricia T. Wells Mr. Martin L. Werde and Mrs. Marcy D. Werde Mr. Steve Wermus and Mrs. Sandra J. Wermus Mr. Charles M. Weymouth ’56 Mr. R Lawrence Wheeler and Mrs. Patrice D. Wheeler Dr. Robert A. White and Mrs. Emily White Ms. Carol C. Williams ’55 Mr. Joseph D.C. Wilson III ’64 and Mrs. Sarah W. Wilson Mr. Michael T. Wilson ’03 and Ms. Jennifer Faute Mr. Jay Winchell and Mrs. Andrea Winchell Dr. Tarra Winchell ’01 and Mr. Kevin M. Winchell Mrs. Wendy Wise ’68 Dr. Wei Yang Mr. Zhipeng Yang and Mrs. Xiaohuai Di

Dr. Khaja Yezdani and Dr. Vijaya Yezdani Mrs. Casey D. Yuros and Mr. Matthew Yuros Mr. Joseph J. Zakielarz IV and Mrs. Deryn M. Zakielarz Mr. Rene Zapata and Mrs. Stephanie Zapata Dr. Rui Zhang and Dr. Rong Luo Mrs. Elise Zoller ’76 and Mr. Preston F. Zoller Ms. Elizabeth K. Zubaca ’06 and Mr. Nermin Zubaca Mrs. Jennifer Zuck

LOYAL HILLERS’ CIRCLE UP TO $99

Alexandra Rice Mrs. Lucinda Anderson Mrs. Vilma C. Andrews and Mr. Jim Andrews Mrs. Elizabeth Applegate ’79 and Mr. Robert R. Applegate Ms. Katherine R. Applegate ’10 Mrs. Rachel A. S. Ashbrook and Mr. Michael W. Ashbrook Ms. Ariane E. Attix ’15 Ms. Elena B. Attix ’18 Mr. Richard C. Attix ’18 Noah Azamar Ms. Lucille A. Bailer ’21 Ms. Margaret E. Bailer ’21 Mr. Stephen Barberio and Mrs. Debbie Barberio Mr. Eddie Barksdale Ms. Lisa H. Barsky ’70 and Mr. William Blauvelt Mr. John W. Bartlett and Ms. Abby N. Patterson Mr. Randolph Barton III ’89 and Mrs. Louise A. Barton Ms. Louisa Bayard Ms. Nicole Becker Dr. R. Hugh F. Bender ’03 and Ms. Hanako Yashiro Benjamin K. Williams Ms. Laura Fulton Bennett ’72 Avery H. Biery Ms. Amanda Blackstone Lauren Bolarinwa Mr. Anthony Bonaddio Chase B. Bordley Lillian Boulos Mr. Reed M. Boyden ’13 Jacob H. Bradley Ms. Taylor Brennan Dr. Andrew Brown Craig Brown Kellen R. Brown Ms. Parker A. Brown ’19 Ms. Peyton O. Brown ’22 Mr. Kevin Bryant Mr. Nathan Bryant Ms. Josie Buller Mrs. Sara Bush and Mr. Patrick F. Bush Mr. Stephen Cacciavillano III and Mrs. Hannah M. Cacciavillano Mrs. Kristie N. Campbell and Mr. John Campbell, Jr. Mrs. Patricia Carlozzi and Mr. Mike Carlozzi Dr. Charles G. Case, Sr. and Mrs. Angela B. Case Ms. Kasa Cotugno ’61 and Mr. Jesus Portillo Dr. John J. Chabalko and Mrs. Roberta D. Chabalko Anjalie Chakravertti Mrs. Amy Champion and Mr. Elliott Champion Mrs. Jeanne T. Checkel Michael J. Chilmaid Mrs. Ann Chilton ’85 and Mr. Edmund R. Chilton Mr. Thomas Kitchel Chilton ’14 Ms. Lindsay Coleman Mrs. Theresa F. Collurafici

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Mr. Brian B. Conaty and Mrs. Megan M. Conaty Mrs. Karen Curtis and Mr. Tim Curtis Mr. Jerry Dais Gabrielle G. Daltry Mr. Stephen A. Davis ’64 Davitt R. Fox Mr. Derrick M. Deadwyler, Sr. and Mrs. Paulette Deadwyler Mr. Ryan Dennewitz and Mrs. Haley Dennewitz Mr. Robert J. Denning, Jr. and Mrs. Kimberly Denning Mr. Shawn Denning Mr. John F. DeSantis ’19 Dr. Michael A. Dignazio and Dr. Allison B. Evans Jon Dong Kayden Donnelly Mrs. Diana Douglass Mrs. Jessica P. Douglass and Mr. Robert A. Douglass The Hon. Benjamin S. Eastburn ’59 Emaan F. Ehtasham Mrs. Anna E. Elliott and Mr. Dominic Elliott Mr. Chris Elliott Ava Emrich Mr. Edward Emrich and Mrs. Janine Emrich Peter T. Eppley Mr. Eric R. Epstein ’82 Mr. James Erhardt and Mrs. Catherine Erhardt Catherine Farnan Ms. Caroline Feldman Gavin D. Felix Mrs. Lelia N. Ferrer and Mr. Esteban A. Ferrer Mr. Giuseppe T. Finamore and Mrs. Maria G. Finamore Daniel Fink Isabela Fink Mrs. Lauren Smith Finnical ’98 Mr. Malcolm M. Fleming ’61 and Mrs. Jean S. Fleming Thomas C. Flickinger Ms. Lindsay F. Foster ’16 Mrs. Susan B. Foster-Gager ’79 and Mr. Joe Gager Rev. Katherine Franta Mrs. Brooke Freeman Giancarlo San Miguel French Mrs. Cynthia Frisch Sydney E. Ganc Mr. John Gavenonis and Mrs. June Gavenonis Sammy Ghazli Mr. Michael J. Gianforcaro Caelen P. Gillen Isla P. Gillen Mr. Paul J. Gillerlain and Mrs. Ashley Gillerlain Gabriella C. Y. Ginsburg Mrs. Amy Golden-Shepherd Nidhi S. Gowda Mr. James Granieri Dr. Ronald Granieri and Ms. Jennifer Vance Hannah M. Graveline Sarah A. Graveline Brody M. Gravuer Mr. Conrad B. Gravuer ’22 Mr. Douglas G. Greca, Sr. and Mrs. Thais Greca Hayden L. Gregory Mr. Phillip B. Gudaitis ’69 Mr. Burak Gunacti and Mrs. Berna Gunacti Dr. James N. Haine Mr. Chris Hall and Mrs. Katey Hall Mr. Henry Hall Ms. Janel Hall ’16

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Mrs. Margaret L. Hancock Boden S. H. Hanna Mrs. Josephine Harrington ’99 and Mr. Andrew Harrington Dr. Steven Harris Ms. Jessica Hart and Mr. Douglas Hart Mrs. Barbara Hayes ’65 and Mr. Stephen D. Hayes Ms. Victoria Healy Annabel J. Hehir Ms. Aileen D. Heiman ’00 and Mr. Brian Fink Bridget Heinle Benjamin A. Heister Mrs. Lauren Helfgott and Mr. Daniel Helfgott Greta Henry Mrs. Alexis N. Herbein, RN and Mr. Riley H. Herbein Mr. John Hilyard and Mrs. Patricia Hilyard Ms. Natalie W. Hobbs ’18 Mr. Thomas Hoch and Mrs. Andrea Barberio Ms. Coleen M. Hubler Hannah G. Hunt Mr. Toby Huttner Mr. Edmond M. Ianni and Mrs. Ann Marie Johnson Ianni Ritvik C. Iyengar Roshan C. Iyengar Pasha Jadali Luke A. Jafarieh Ms. Elizabeth H. Jennings ’97 Mr. Alan T. Jewett and Dr. Marilyn K. Lynam Mr. Alexis C. Jolly ’01 and Mrs. Lauren Jolly Mr. Aidan D. Jones ’63 and Mrs. Kathleen Jones Dr. Deborah L. Jones, Ph.D. ’66 and Mr. John D. Engel Mr. John Jordan and Mrs. Noreen Jordan Mrs. Nicole Kaiser and Mr. Patrick J. Kaiser ’02 Mr. Chris Kapinos Saahil Kattepogu Mr. Andrew W. Keim and Mrs. Andrea L. Keim Rowan M. Keim Mrs. Nicole M. Keith and Mr. Jon Keith Mrs. Megan Kelty ’98 and Mr. Matthew Kelty Mrs. Virginia Kendall ’74 and Mr. David Kendall Dr. Peter B. Kettler and Mrs. Karen G. Kettler Dr. Minsung Kim and Mrs. Ashley Jang Dr. Jennifer King ’94 and Mr. William G. King II Dr. Kathryn Kirsch ’05 and Mr. Jonathan Kirsch Mr. Roger D. Kirtley and Mrs. Alexandra A. Kirtley Ms. Torrey Kist and Mr. Bryan Kist Ms. Janet Kline Hadley A. Koch Mrs. Rosemarie Koenig and Mr. John P. Koenig Ms. Lara Kossiakoff Mr. James H. Kramer ’62 and Mrs. Judith Kramer Mrs. Tracy S. Kramer Dr. James B. Krewatch ’62 and Mrs. Marden A. Krewatch Mr. Bret Kroeger and Mrs. Margaretta Kroeger Ms. Gretchen L. Lacey Ms. Sandra E. Ladley ’74 Matthew Q. Laird Ms. Ida A. Leader Eva Li Mr. Hongchao Li and Mrs. Rui Zhang Haoqi Li Ms. Nicole D. Liarakos ’86 Dr. Lauren S. Lineback and Mr. Brian R. Selander Daniel Y. Liu Dr. Di Liu and Mrs. Chenxing Zheng Heng Liu

Shane R. Pierce Ms. Karen A. Pierorazio Mr. John C. Pierson III ’87 and Mrs. Heather R. Pierson Ms. Xia Pomposi Mr. Douglas F. Poskitt ’89 Ms. Sarah W. Poston ’83 and Mr. Mark D. Sanders Haasini Potluri Mr. Aravindan Pratapagiri and Mrs. Kavya Annamaneni Aiden Pratt Austin R. Quig Mr. Christopher Quinlan Josiphine D. Quinlan Mrs. Megan M. Quinlan Ms. Marion Radin ’80 and Mr. Jonathan Radin Mrs. Nicole E. Rafferty Priya M. Raju Mr. Maurice Rapp Ms. Elizabeth Raskob ’66 and Mr. Russell Raskob Charlotte B. Rasmussen Ms. Landon L. Reese ’18 George T. Rice Mr. David B. Rittenhouse ’74 and Mrs. Mary Rittenhouse Mr. Daniel T. Robb ’89 and Mrs. Natalia Robb Ms. Penny Rodrick-Williams and Dr. Chris Williams Ms. Louisa d. d. P. Rose ’19 Ms. Molly A. Rosen ’10 Mr. Jason P. Roux ’20 Mr. Richard R. Roux and Mrs. June Roux Mr. Stuart S. Rumsey ’76 and Mrs. Colleen Rumsey Mrs. Virginia Rutter ’70 and Mr. Charles S. Rutter Mr. Daniel J. Pratt and Ms. Amy Samperisi Ms. Bianca Santos Channell Lorenzo R. Santos Mr. D. Curtis Saunders ’06 Ms. Katherine J. Saunders ’23 Ms. Greta Savage Ms. Cheryl Saxton Ms. Tasha A. Seago-Ramaly ’85 and Mr. Todd Ramaly Ms. Mary Beth Searles ’87 Yash Sengupta Mr. Charles W. Sharon III Mr. Leslie B. Shorey and Mrs. Theresa A. Shorey Alexandra J. Simon Ms. Kimberly Smith and Mr. Jason W. Smith Mrs. Louise Smith ’59 and Mr. George A. Smith Mr. Peter B. Smith ’14 Mrs. Jean M. Snyder and Mr. John A. Snyder Diogo H. d. A. B. Soares Mr. Michael M. Socha and Mrs. Krista S. Socha Ryan M. Spagnolo Mr. Gregory J. Spear and Mrs. Emily C. Spear Lydia Spencer Reagan C. Squire Mr. Ramon Stefan and Mrs. Laura Stefan Mrs. Helen Gunn Stevenson ’73 and Mr. Frank E. Stevenson II Mr. John B. Stratton ’05 and Mrs. Susanne Stratton Dr. Ronald G. Strickland ’61 and Dr. Christina W. Hartmann ’83 Ms. Deborah Stuebing and Mrs. George Stuebing Mrs. Ann M. Sullivan and Mr. Kevin Sullivan Mr. Patrick M. Sullivan and Mrs. Vicky H. C. Sullivan Emma L. Supernavage Mr. Tom M. Swartz ’68 and Mrs. Christina B. Swartz Alyssa R. Swift Mrs. Alice Talbot ’62 and Mr. Richmond deP. Talbot, Jr.

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HONOR ROLL

Leo Y. Liu Zaden K. Lockwood Mr. Richard Loeper-Viti and Mrs. Tisha Loeper-Viti Mrs. Dorothy d. Lovett Terry Luo Mrs. Meghan E. Mahoney ’09 and Mr. Stuart Mahoney Claire Majewski Matthew S. Majewski Charlotte E. Manfield Mr. David H. Marshall Ms. Melinda J. Martin and Mr. Andrew G. W. Donnelly Mr. Stephen A. Martinenza and Mrs. Cindi D. Martinenza Mr. Richard B. Marvin ’74 and Ms. Rosemary Quantick Mrs. Pamela W. Matsanka and Mr. Harold A. Matsanka Mr. Steve Maxwell Mrs. Gail Mazzei ’74 and Mr. Dan Mazzei Mr. Michael J. McConnell Mr. Albert J. McCrery IV ’00 and Mrs. Megan C. McCrery Mr. Brent McKnight Ms. Kathleen McMillen Mr. Andrew K. Mearns III ’73 and Mrs. JoAnne M. Schiavone Ms. Laurie Meeder Mrs. Jennifer Meeker and Mr. Bradley Meeker Kevin J. Miao Dr. Anna Miller and Mr. Zachary Miller Mr. Chris Miller ’16 Solomon A. Miller Ms. Ellen P. Minor ’78 Mr. Evan M. Mitchell ’13 Ms. Jane S. Mitchell ’17 Mr. Aaron MoDavis Mrs. Jennie L. Moore and Mr. Marion N. Moore, Jr. Ms. Natalie Moravek Mr. John P. Morgenstern and Mrs. Alison Morgenstern Mr. Owen Morris III Ms. Päivi K. Jukola ’77 Tessa Mullins Mr. Paul Mulvena Luke R. Mumford Ms. Meghan B. Mumford ’24 Katherine R. Murphy Beatrix A. Nace Mr. Robert E. Naylor III ’82 and Mrs. Robin N. Naylor Nicole Neal Mr. Scott C. Nickle ’07 Mr. Charles B. Nutting ’06 Emily O’Hara Mrs. Kara L. Oboodi and Mr. Bahbak Oboodi Ms. Linda M. Ogden and Mr. Christopher Augustynowicz Mrs. Elizabeth A. Orsetti and Mr. Brian Orsetti Dalton M. Owen Mrs. Lindsay Owen and Mr. Allan L. Owen III Mrs. Francesca Pabon and Mr. Jason Pabon Ms. Miriam Pallant Mrs. Linda Palmer Mr. Sachin Pandey and Mrs. Swati Misra Magdalena A. Paoli Sean H. Pedraza Ms. Charlotte J. Peipher ’20 Ms. Kylesha Pendleton Kyleigh G. Peters Isabella G. Peters Mrs. Madalyn S. Petit and Mr. George D. Petit Ms. Callye S. Phillips ’09

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Ms. Mallory Tamburri and Mr. William M. Tamburri Mrs. Nancy L. Tate and Mr. Jim Tate Mrs. Mary D. Taylor ’09 and Mr. Jesse Taylor Mr. John Tchinnis Ms. Margaret C. Thomson ’71 Mrs. Laura Travis ’85 and Mr. Gerry Travis Mr. Tom Trotman and Mrs. Joan Trotman Mr. Kory A. Trott ’07 Bryce E. Twyman Ms. Lynne D. Twyman Matthew Colby Twyman Mrs. Margaret Ughetta ’78 and Mr. William C. Ughetta, Jr. Zoey A. Ushler Ashley Vanderslice Mr. Charles T. Vest and Mrs. Andrea Vest Mr. Yushan Wang and Mrs. Ling Wang Ms. Julia H. Ward ’17 Mr. Rodman W. Ward IV ’19 Makayla R. Warthen Mr. Benjamin R. Watson ’14 Mrs. Carolyn T. Weymouth Mrs. Judith Wilson ’80 and Mr. William Wilson Ms. Alyssa Worrilow and Mr. Mark P. Worrilow Ms. Michelle Wrambel Miss Hannah Xue Ms. Jackie R. Young Mrs. Rhonda S. Youngdahl and Mr. David Youngdahl Joey Zhu Ms. Erin L. Zoranski ’99 and Mr. Peter M. Bernd

HORIZONS AT TOWER HILL

21st Century Children’s Fund of the Delaware Community Fdn Mrs. Lindsay P. Acevedo ’95 and Mr. Michael Acevedo Mrs. Sarah D. A. Baker and Mr. Scott A. Adams Ms. Folusho Bedu Mr. Joshua Bedu Mr. J. M. Belger and Mrs. Vera Belger Mariann Bernlohr Mrs. Amy Bickhart and Mr. Paul Bickhart Mr. Andrew E. Blumberg and Mrs. Jennie M. Blumberg Mrs. Elizabeth A. Capone ’06 and Mr. Anthony Capone Dr. Amy Cuddy and Mr. Brian Cuddy Ms. Louise E. Cummings-Lewis Mr. Joseph DeSantis and Mrs. Marie-Eve P. DeSantis Robert and Suzanne DeSantis Ms. Joan DeSantis-Porter Mr. John F. DeSantis ’19 Ms. Karen DeSantis Ms. Lily E. DeSantis ’19 Mr. Peter A. DeSantis ’19 Mr. Patrick DeSantis

Ms. Renee DeSantis Dr. Renato P. DeSantis and Mrs. Joan DeSantis Mrs. Julie Donohue and Mr. Michael Donohue Mrs. Ellen Ellis and Mr. John G. Ellis Mrs. Amy Golden-Shepherd Mr. Ronald A. Hall and Mrs. Regina Hall Ms. Geralyn Henderson Ms. Natalie W. Hobbs ’18 Mr. Thomas Hoch and Mrs. Andrea Barberio Ms. Gemelle John Mr. Lynn C. Jones and Mrs. Leslie Jones Longwood Foundation, Inc. Mr. Charles S. McDowell and Mrs. Mary Lou McDowell Dr. Anna Miller and Mr. Zachary Miller Quintin E. Primo Jr. Fund for Racial Justice Ms. Julie Rodowsky Mrs. Deborah Ross ’89 and Mr. David Ross Mr. Robert E. Rutkowski and Mrs. Rosalie O. Rutkowski Mrs. Michelle D. Shepherd and Mr. David M. Shepherd Mr. Jonathan L. Silvon and Mrs. Maria S. Silvon W.A. Speakman Family Foundation Mrs. Violeta Stolpen ’05 and Mr. Aaron E. Stolpen Ms. Melissa Sullivan Mr. Lawrence M. Sullivan ’88 and Mrs. Kristina Sullivan ’91 Mrs. Patty Tartaglia and Mr. Tom Tartaglia Mrs. Isabella P. S. Timon ’92 and Mr. Philip C. Timon Ms. Barbara Tostrup Ms. Lynne D. Twyman Mr. Matthew T. Twyman III ’88 and Mrs. Carmen Twyman Mrs. Andrea Valentine ’89 and Mr. John Valentine Dr. Katharine Weymouth ’94 and Mr. Timothy B. Weymouth Mr. G. Stephen Williams * deceased

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Lisa A. Olson ’76 Régis de Ramel Logan Weaver Read ’10

NAMED & ENDOWED FUNDS

THE INFLUENTIAL IMPACT OF TEACHERS AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Tower Hill is fortunate to receive gifts to the endowment each year, which are vital to growing the quality and breadth of the school’s programs.

Tower Hill is most appreciative to the generous donors who have established these funds and to those who continue to contribute to them. Please note that gifts to endowed funds cannot be credited to The Hiller Fund or other capital programs and are restricted for the purposes noted.

Income from named and endowed funds is generated annually and in perpetuity. Income is restricted to the purposes specified. Additional contributions to such funds are welcome at any time, and you can learn more and give online at www.towerhill.org/giving.

Unrestricted Endowment Income from Tower Hill’s unrestricted endowment fund is used each year to help support operating expenses.

Unrestricted Financial Aid Fund Income from Tower Hill’s unrestricted financial aid fund is used each year to help support students in need of financial assistance.

FACULTY SALARIES Charles H. Arrington III Faculty Chair in Science Established and endowed in 1989 with a grant from the Regenstein Foundation in memory of Charles H. Arrington III ’63 for Science Department faculty salaries.

Faculty Salary Fund Established and endowed in 1987 with a grant from the Longwood Foundation.

Timothy B. Golding Faculty Chair in English Established and endowed in 2005 by the Trustees in honor of Timothy B. Golding, Tower Hill Headmaster from 1986 to 2005.

William L. Kitchel II Faculty Chair Established and endowed in 1979 by the Trustees in memory of William L. Kitchel II ’47, Tower Hill Trustee from 1971 to 1978.

James W. Williams Faculty Salary Fund Established and endowed in 2005 in memory of James W. Williams, Tower Hill faculty from 1934 to 1952,

by Mrs. James W. Williams, Carol C. Williams ’55, Patrick L.M. Williams ’58 and Ruth W. Cornelison ’61.

Income is to be used to support salaries of Tower Hill School faculty.

FINANCIAL AID African-American Scholar Endowment Fund Established in 2016 with gifts to Tower Hill School by alumni, parents and grandparents, in support of the outstanding opportunity that Tower Hill provides to students. Income will provide financial assistance for one or more African-American students entering Tower Hill in grades seven through 12 who demonstrate academic excellence and ambition with an aptitude in athletics and the arts.

David C. Altrock Memorial Fund Established in 2000 with a bequest from Joan Roberts Altrock, this endowed fund was given in memory of her husband, David C. Altrock ’42. Each year, income from the fund is used to award financial aid to students attending Tower Hill School.

Alumni Association Financial Assistance Fund Established in 1996 by the Alumni Association with proceeds from Tower Hill’s Golf Outing. Annual income supports one or more financial aid awards for students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 12.

The William W. & Mary Y. Beck Memorial Fund This endowment was established in 2005 by William W. Beck. Jr. ’57, Laurence H. Beck ’58 and Sally Beck Baker ’62 in honor of their parents, William and Mary Beck.

The proceeds of this fund are used to award, annually, need-based financial aid to one or more Tower Hill students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 12.

John Buonocore III Memorial Financial Aid Award This endowment was established in 2004 in memory of John Buonocore III ’83, with gifts from family and classmates. Income supports one or more financial aid award for students enrolled in grades nine through 12 who demonstrate athletic ability.

Class of 1957 Financial Aid Fund Established by the Tower Hill Class of ’57 in celebration of their 50-year Tower Hill Reunion in 2007. Income to be awarded, annually and in perpetuity to a Tower Hill student (or students) “as a sign of our gratitude for the fine education, the friendships and other deep gifts we received at Tower Hill School near the start of our life’s journey.”

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Class of 1969 Scholarship Fund This endowment was established in 2019 by the Tower Hill Class of 1969 in honor of their 50th reunion celebration. Income is awarded annually to a student who demonstrates “talent and moxie” and would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend Tower Hill.

Class of 1973 Scholarship Fund The Class of 1973 Scholarship was established in 2023

by Doug Jamieson ’73 and Jim Morris ’73 and members of the Tower Hill Class of 1973 in honor of their 50th reunion celebration. The scholarship shall be awarded to students on the basis of academic merit and financial need and is renewable. Preference will be given to students in Middle School or Upper School whose parents are educators.

Ruth J. Davis Financial Aid Fund This award was established in 1996 in memory of Ruth Jo Davis ’75, with an initial gift from her husband, Robert J. Schmitt. Income is used to award financial aid to a female student in the Upper School who has demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and/or the sciences.

Arthur F. DiSabatino Financial Aid Fund This endowment was established in 2002 in memory of Arthur F. DiSabatino, father of David ’83, Steven ’85 and Timothy ’93. Income is used to award financial aid to a student (or students) enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 12 who demonstrate high moral character and genuine compassion toward his or her peers.

Harry E. DiSabatino Financial Aid Fund Established in 1976 by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. DiSabatino Jr., this endowed fund is in memory of their son, Harry ’73. An award is made each year to the student in the Middle or Upper School whose all-around qualities of enthusiasm, energy, concern for others and athletic interest and ability would reflect Harry’s qualities.

Diversity Financial Aid Fund This endowment was established in 2002 with an initial gift from Margaret Aspril Boyer ’33, to promote ethnic diversity among students. Annual income supports one or more financial aid awards for students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade four.

Flynn Family Scholarship Fund The fund, established and endowed in 2014, was inspired by the sacrifices made by Frances and Jimmy Flynn, both Delaware school teachers, to give their children (Jack THS ’81, Jim WFS ’82, Terry THS ’85, Tracey SMHS ’86, Dan THS ’89, Michael THS ’91) extraordinary educations. The goal of the Flynn Family Scholarship Fund is to pay forward on their vision: That a Tower Hill education should be in reach for those willing to make

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it a priority. The fund will assist with tuition for students entering or continuing in the Upper School at Tower Hill who have demonstrated academic excellence and ambition, with promise in athletics, music or the arts.

Elizabeth A. Garrigues ’45 Financial Aid Fund Established in 2006 and endowed in 2013 by Elizabeth Garrigues ’45, annual income supports one or more financial aid awards for students enrolled in the Lower School.

Hyde Family Scholarship Fund Established in 1990 with an initial gift from Mrs. George A. Hyde, this endowed fund honors all members of the Hyde family who attended Tower Hill School. Annual income supports one or more financial aid awards for students enrolled in grades seven through 12.

Michael P. Kelly ’75 Scholarship Fund Established in 2024, the Michael P. Kelly Scholarship Fund honors Mike’s commitment to and love for his alma mater. This fund also celebrates the opportunity that Mike had when he was awarded financial aid as an incoming seventh grader. Income from this fund will provide support for a deserving student coming to Tower Hill in Middle or Upper School, who has a passion for athletics and demonstrates leadership qualities in the classroom and on the field.

The Chip MacKelcan ’67 Scholarship Established and endowed in 2011 with a gift to Tower Hill School to honor alumnus Chip MacKelcan for his years of dedication and service as an independent school educational leader.

Grace Houck Margraf Scholarship Fund Established in 2018 by Mark Bussard ’90 and his family in honor of Mark’s grandmother Grace Houck Margraf.

This fund celebrates Grace’s love for family and friends by providing qualified students with limited means the opportunity to benefit from a Tower Hill education.

Income from this fund will be awarded each year to a student who shares Grace’s warmth, kindness, sense of humor and love for the outdoors.

Rosa ’34 and Ellice McDonald Endowed Scholarship The Rosa ’34 and Ellice McDonald Endowed Scholarship was established and endowed in 2019 with a generous gift from the Ellice and Rosa McDonald Foundation.

Income will be awarded annually to an exceptional student who demonstrates financial need and academic promise enrolled in grade nine through 12.

John E. Newlin Jr. and Barbara C. Newlin Endowed Fund Established and endowed in 2008 with an initial gift from John E. Newlin Jr. and Barbara C. Newlin. Annual income is used for financial aid awards.

John C. Pierson Jr. ’59 Scholarship Fund Established by John C. Pierson III ’87, Corbin Pierson Woods ’89 and Tucker T. Pierson ’93, in memory of their father John C. Pierson Jr. ’59, Tower Hill School alumnus, teacher, coach and parent from 1968-2009. The meritbased scholarships are awarded to newly admitted ninth grade students for their demonstrated commitment to excellence, community involvement and service, and athletics.

Sawyer Family Scholarship Fund Established in 2020 by Murray and Randy Sawyer in honor of the Sawyer family legacy at Tower Hill School.

This scholarship fund celebrates the Sawyer family’s commitment to the value and power of education by providing a qualified student with very limited means the opportunity to benefit from a Tower Hill education.

Income from this fund will be awarded each year to an incoming Middle or Upper School student who resides in the city of Wilmington and who exemplifies the school’s motto, Multa Bene Facta, in all facets of student life.

Speers Family Scholarship Fund The Speers Family Scholarship was established in March 2023 in recognition of Tower Hill’s 10th Head of School Elizabeth C. Speers and her steadfast commitment to increasing the accessibility of a Tower Hill education and fostering more community engagement. Under Bessie’s tenure, the financial aid endowment grew significantly, nearly doubling the aid provided to families in need. In honor of Bessie and her family’s contributions to Tower Hill and the community, the Board of Trustees created this endowment fund. Income will be awarded annually to an exceptional student who demonstrates financial need and academic promise.

Spiller Financial Aid Fund Gifts to Tower Hill School in memory of Paul and Judy Spiller and their sons Harvey and David were used to establish this endowed fund in 1989. Each year, an award is made to a Lower School child deemed especially noteworthy as a school citizen and student.

James W. Straub Financial Aid Fund Established and endowed in 2005 with gifts to Tower Hill School in memory of alumnus James W. Straub ’62 and Tower Hill faculty from 1989 to 2005. Income will be awarded annually by members of the Faculty Fund to Aid Students (FFAS) to a male athlete in the Upper School.

Charles S. Sutton ’31 Memorial Scholarship Fund Established and endowed in 2017 with a gift from the Edna M. Sutton Trust. Income will be awarded annually for need-based academic scholarships to one or more Tower Hill students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 12.

The Whittington Family Financial Aid Fund Established in 2019 by Marna Cupp Whittington, Ph.D. and Thomas D. Whittington, Jr. Annual income supports financial aid awards to a student or students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 12.

William L. Wild Financial Aid Fund The William L. Wild Financial Aid Award was established and endowed in 1991 with gifts to Tower Hill School in memory of Bill Wild, long-time member of the faculty from 1937 to 1975. An award is made annually to a student enrolled, or who wishes to enroll, at Tower Hill who has demonstrated academic ability.

PROGRAMS AND AWARDS Algard Fund Established and endowed by the Class of ’59 in memory of Harry E. Algard, Tower Hill faculty member from 1942 to 1958, for the Algard Mathematics Award.

Arsht Fund Established and endowed in 1981 by Mr. and Mrs. S. Samuel Arsht in memory of their daughter Alison Arsht ’61 for the Arsht Leadership Award.

Baetjer Fund for Faculty Development Established and endowed in 2017 to honor Harry Baetjer for his 47 years of service to Tower Hill. The fund supports faculty through professional development and stipended summer opportunities.

Buckles Fund Established and endowed in 1986 in memory of Cecile M. Buckles, Tower Hill faculty member from 1926 to 1965, for the program of instruction of English language and composition and the Buckles Award.

Carolyn Ackart Bussard ’39 Faculty Fund Established in 2018 by Mark Bussard ’90 and his family in honor of Mark’s grandmother Carolyn Ackart Bussard ’39. Selfless, generous and altruistic, Carolyn loved Tower Hill. She rarely missed an opportunity to cheer on one of Tower Hill’s athletic teams or to participate in the school’s Tree Trim. Income from the fund will provide funding for teachers and coaches to pursue graduate studies and/or participate in professional development opportunities.

Bythewood Fund Established and endowed in 2000 in memory of Barbara H. Bythewood, Tower Hill faculty member from 1988 to 1999, for the reading program.

Cartmell Fund Established and endowed in 2000 in memory of Terry Cartmell, mother of Katie ’02 and Jamie ’04, for the Spanish language program.

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Class of ’56 Library Fund This fund was established by Tower Hill’s Class of ’56 in celebration of their 50th reunion in 2006. Support from it, provided annually and in perpetuity, will enable the Lower School library to buy books and audio/visual supplies. The fund is given “in gratitude for Tower Hill’s nurturing us all to read for both learning and pleasure.”

Class of ’66 ‘Of Wilmington and of the World’ Fund Established and endowed by Tower Hill’s Class of ’66 for their 50th reunion as a way to recognize and honor a Tower Hill student in the Upper School who has demonstrated through superior academic work and extracurricular pursuits, that the student is an engaged citizen of the world, with a strong interest in and commitment to the world outside of Tower Hill.

Ehret Fund Established and endowed in 1982 in memory of Lisa O. Ehret ’72, for an annual art scholarship and the Ehret Art Award.

English Department Faculty Development This fund was established and endowed in 2004 by a Tower Hill family whose child was inspired by Corinne C. Bailey, Tower Hill faculty member from 1979 to 2004, in honor of her retirement. Annual income is used to provide professional opportunities for English Department faculty.

The Fanandakis Family Visiting Artist Series Endowed in 2025 by the Fanandakis Family, the visiting artist series underscores the critical importance of the Arts in Tower Hill’s academic program and provides for art students to encounter the arts in the world by bringing a practicing artist to campus to work with students. Income from this fund will support the honorarium of a visiting artist annually.

Haon Fund Established and endowed in 1991 by Anne Haon Cook ’47 and Harry J. Haon III ’52 in memory of their father Harry J. Haon Jr., Tower Hill Trustee from 1943 to 1955, for the Haon Art Award.

The Hankins Sustainability and Innovation Award The Hankins Sustainability and Innovation Award, established in 2022 by the Hankins family, celebrates their daughter’s commitment to science and to recognize the support she received from the science and math faculty at Tower Hill. Each year, it honors a ninth, 10th or 11th grade student or students who, individually or as a team, develop a proposal for a STEM project, which focuses on (but is not limited to) the environment and sustainability. Award winners will receive grant money to develop and implement their project and/or continue it through travel, the purchase of materials or similar.

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Robin Adair Harvey Endowed Coach for Field Hockey Created in 2019 by Thom Harvey, the Robin Adair Harvey Endowed Coach for Field Hockey honors Robin Adair Harvey, who taught physical education and coached field hockey for 29 years at Tower Hill School. Dedicated, hard working and passionate about coaching, Robin’s success on and off the field has inspired students and colleagues of all ages. She is a role model for all in the Tower Hill community, showcasing the importance of teamwork, persistence and sportsmanship. Income from this fund will support the stipend of the Varsity Field Hockey Head Coach position in perpetuity.

Dwayne Hicks ’86 Memorial Student Assistance Fund The Dwayne Hicks ’86 Memorial Student Assistance Fund was established by the Class of 1986 in 2021 in honor of their 35th reunion and in memory of their dear friend and classmate, Dwayne Hicks. This permanently endowed fund helps Tower Hill families who receive financial aid cover the additional costs of books, athletic equipment and technology needs, enabling these students to participate in all aspects of student life.

Home and School Faculty Development Fund Established and endowed in 2004 by the Tower Hill Home and School Association. Annual income is used to provide professional opportunities for faculty.

Hughes Fund Established and endowed in 1992 in honor of P. Edward Hughes, Tower Hill faculty member from 1958 to 1992, by his children for the Hughes History Award.

Gretchen Hupfel Art Fund Established and endowed in 2004 in memory of Gretchen Hupfel ’82, by family, classmates and friends.

Annual income is used for the acquisition of art for Tower Hill School’s permanent collection and to support lectures held in conjunction with art purchases.

Jennings Fund Established and endowed in 1990 in memory of Lorie S. Jennings, mother of Elizabeth ’97 and Pam ’01, for Lower School activities and programs.

Lower School Arts Experiential Learning Fund Established and endowed in September 2023 to help foster a love for the visual and performing arts in Tower Hill’s youngest learners. Income from this endowed fund will be used to support the costs associated with field trips, guest artists and other experiential learning initiatives.

Library Book Endowment Fund Established in 2003, the fund offers an opportunity to honor or remember a special person or group. For the acquisition of new books in an area specified by the donors.

Rosenthal Modern Language Fund Established and endowed in 2003 by Ruth Ganister and Tony Rosenthal in recognition of the Tower Hill education received by their son, David J. Rosenthal ’03.

For the acquisition of materials, other than textbooks, to aid in the teaching of modern languages.

The Walter S. & Beverley W. Rowland Historic Preservation Award Endowed Fund Awards a seventh grader who writes the best essay on the subject: Why historic preservation is important to me and my community. The winning student receives a prize certificate and a gift certificate for the purchase of books. He or she also reads the essay at the Middle School Awards Assembly. An additional amount is donated to the Middle School history department that may be used either to fund a visiting lecturer or to increase the library holdings in the history field. The award was established in 2000, with the endowed fund instituted in 2006.

Jack Smith Teaching Excellence Award Established in 2021 by the Langlois family in honor of beloved faculty member Mr. Jack Smith. This fund celebrates Jack’s passion for teaching and learning, love of mathematics, and desire to support faculty. Income from this fund will be awarded every other year to honor a mathematics teacher at Tower Hill in Jack’s name in perpetuity.

Tower Hill Forum Established and endowed in 1998 by the Rappolt family to honor Gabrielle ’93, Sarah ’96 and Bill ’99 and in recognition of the dedication, scholarship and professionalism of the Tower Hill faculty. Annual income is used to bring experts and scholars to Tower Hill to speak to students about themes related to history, citizenship and international affairs.

The Dr. Ellis Wasson Fund for Faculty Development The Dr. Ellis Wasson Fund for Faculty Development was established and endowed in 2021 by the Tower Hill Class of 1996 in honor of their 25th reunion celebration and the profound impact that beloved History teacher Dr. Wasson had on Tower Hill School and his students during his tenure from 1991 to 2014. Annual income from this endowment will provide funding for teachers to participate in professional development opportunities.

Sandy Weymouth ’60 Fund for Wellness The Sandy Weymouth ’60 Fund for Wellness was established in 2018 by the Anthony E. Weymouth Foundation and in honor of Anthony ‘Sandy’ E. Weymouth ’60. Selfless, generous and compassionate, Sandy loved Tower Hill and his experience at the school. Income from the Sandy Weymouth ’60 Fund for Wellness will provide funding for institution-wide training and programs each year at Tower Hill that support the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of its students and parents.

William R. Smith Endowed Fund for FFAS The William R. Smith Endowed Fund for Financial Assistance was established and endowed in 2009 to honor one of its Faculty Fund to Aid Students (FFAS) founding members, William R. Smith. This endowment provides continual support to FFAS and is a reminder to our community of the commitment to Tower Hill School—its values and ideals—that Bill Smith and other faculty members, past and present, maintain.

Student Assistance Endowment Fund The Student Assistance Endowment Fund was established in December 2019 through a generous grant from the Laffey-McHugh Foundation. This endowment helps to provide the full Tower Hill experience for students receiving need-based aid, allowing them to participate in all aspects of student life. Annual income supports non-tuition costs for items such as books, athletic gear and equipment, and technology needs— specifically personal computers required for seventh through 12th graders.

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CLASS NOTES ’60s

Stephen Davis ’64 has published his latest book about the holographic universe, Hacking the Hologram: Challenging Age-Old Beliefs & Behaviors on a Journey Through the Illusions of Reality, available on Amazon Kindle. The book has received rave reviews already, such as... “a bold and mindbending exploration into the idea that our reality might not be real at all. Davis doesn’t attempt to prove the theory that we live in a holographic universe; instead, he walks readers through what life would mean if that theory were true. Drawing on quantum physics, spiritual philosophy, religious critique and personal anecdotes, Davis invites us to question everything—from our sense of self to the very existence of God. It’s part science speculation, part spiritual unraveling and part rebel manifesto... If you like your spiritual inquiries laced with attitude, doubt and a wild blend of science fiction and soul-searching, you might find this book exhilarating. For those willing to question what’s real, it’s a trip worth taking.” (Literary Titan)

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Nancy Fulton Boyer ’70 helped launch the new Peace and Justice Studies minor at the University of Delaware (approved by the Faculty Senate in May 2023). An adjunct assistant professor, she teaches two core courses in the minor. As a result of a contracted research project, Nancy co-authored an article on the role of land and

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natural resources in peace accords, which is forthcoming in Negotiation Journal (MIT Press). She co-chairs the Education Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) and led a discussion session at the most recent international conference of EnPAx at Leiden University in the Hague, June 2024.

A fun story from Amy Boyer McElroy ’74:

“The photo is of my classmate, Sarah Magruder ’74, and me. Sarah is holding a peanut butter sandwich from 1974. This was the typical ½ sandwich served at TH lunch at that time, in a wax paper sandwich bag. The story behind the sandwich is that I put it in my locker in the fall of 1973. In the spring, when cleaning out my locker, I discovered the sandwich. It had not molded or turned green. It had merely become hard as a rock. I carved ‘T.H.S.’ onto one side and ‘1974’ onto the other side, and decided to keep it for posterity. I brought it to our 50th reunion.”

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Nick Bayard ’00 has had the chance to serve as Executive Director for BirdNote, a public media nonprofit that produces a two-minute daily show about birds that has grown to become one of the most popular public radio shows in the country with 8 million+ regular listeners.

BirdNote also produces a suite of podcasts about birds and issues related to bird conservation, including climate change, technology and equity and inclusion in the sciences and in the outdoors.

BirdNote just celebrated its 20th anniversary and is one year into a three-year campaign to inspire a million people to get involved in bird conservation. BirdNote is also celebrating a nomination for an Ambie Award and the growth of its Spanish language programming.

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than Coyne, who put himself on the map following a tremendous sophomore campaign. The left-hander put up gaudy conference numbers in 2025, going 3-0 with a 1.46 ERA—an Ivy League-leading mark—over eight conference appearances, striking out 29 batters with just three walks in 24.2 innings. Coyne has held batters to a .228 average this year. He enters the ILT without allowing an earned run over his last 8.1 innings and three outings, striking out 13 and walking just one in that span.” (Statistics from Penn Athletics)

ALUMNI NEWS

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Marty Coyne ’23 was named the University of Pennsylvania’s Student-Athlete of the Week and earned first-team All-Ivy honors for baseball. “There was no more dominant reliever in Ivy play this season

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1. Søren Kjaergaard ’76 came back to Tower Hill after making a trip across the pond. A native of Aalborg, Denmark, Søren spent his transformational senior year at THS as an American Field Service student. He met with Head of School Sarah Baker before spending a couple of hours reminiscing on campus. 2. Nasir Wilson ’15 came to visit Tower Hill all the way from Madagascar, where he serves as a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State. In May, he’ll be transferred to Pakistan. His former history teacher, Mrs. Tara Fletcher, was delighted to see him! 3. Louise Conaty ’17 and Tom Conaty ’23 returned to campus and met up with their younger brother, Fritz Conaty ’29. 4. Dean Shepherd ’23 and Daniel Somerville ’24 stopped by the Carpenter Field House to play some basketball.

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1. Lindsey Wenzel ’16 and Cole Neville 4 5 ’16 were married on April 12 in a gorgeous ceremony in North Carolina with many Hillers in attendance. 2.

Kathleen Batman Moody ’11 and her husband Nicholas welcomed their second child, Hunter Reid, on February 26. Carolina loves being a big sister! 3.

Madelyne Lynam ’09 married Harrison Heller on March 15 at the Manhattan Penthouse in New York City. (L-R) Stephanie Bernasconi ’09, Madelyne Lynam ’09, Rosalind Lynam ’04 and Alexis Aurigemma ’09.

4. Meghan Lyons Mahoney ’09 and her husband, Stuart, welcomed their second child, Olivia Jane Mahoney, in June. Carter (17 months) is thriving in his new role as big brother. 5. Logan Read ’10 and her husband, Tyler, welcomed Walker Weaver Read on July 14 (pictured with big brother Landon Lewis).

CONDOLENCES Julia Ann McKay ’39 passed away on Oct. 13.

William Marmion ’60 passed away on March 29.

Joan Ross Bolling ’47 recently passed away.

Ann Layton Townsend Skelly ’61 passed away on April 4.

Robert Weeks Kitchel ’48 passed away on Feb. 18.

Maria “Masha” Kazakova ’09 recently passed away.

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K. Cole Flickinger ’94 Melissa W. Flynn ’91 Amanda Walker Friz ’92 Victoria Maxmin Gravuer ’86 Thomas J. Hanna ’91 Margaret O. Kullman ’08 Peter E. Larned, D.P.M. ’02 Jeffrey Liu ’84

John C. Pierson III ’87 Catherine R. Salva, MD, MSEd ’90 H. Wesley Schwandt ’86 Curtis R. Smith, Jr. ’99 Susan Wood Waesco ’90 Tarra Boulden Winchell, OD ’01 Mona G. Yezdani, MD ’01

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