OUR NEXT HEAD OF SCHOOL

In January, Tower Hill School announced that Sarah D. A. Baker would become the 11th Head of School beginning July 1, 2023. Sarah has served as Head of Upper School since 2021, and during this time, she has established both relationships and experience at Tower Hill, as well as a love of the school’s community. Sarah is a collaborative academic leader with a deep understanding of independent schools and a strategic vision for Tower Hill’s future. In the fall edition of the Bulletin, there will be a longer feature article on Sarah’s leadership.

be contained by no computer screen. The community members I spoke with embodied Tower Hill’s espoused and lived commitment to justice, integrity and excellence. It was clear to me that the school was not only the place I wanted to serve but also where my husband Scott and I hoped our children might grow up.

When I arrived on campus in the summer of 2021 and met Tower Hill face-to-face and in three dimensions, I felt in the school’s generous welcome and genuine spirit of collaboration the sense of youthful possibility that is so remarkable in a school of this age and storied tradition. I heard from families and alumni a shared conviction that the school could at once make progress and remain true to itself and its mission. And I found in the faculty a group of people whose reason for being was their students’ development.

of this marvelous community at the center of our family’s life. Indeed, our children already seem somehow to be aware of how lucky they are to grow up with Tower Hill students and teachers as their role models and mentors. Recently, my son asked me where a Virginian friend of his went to school, and after I answered, Cover said, “Oh, I should talk to him. He’d like it at Tower Hill better.” While his knowledge of geography is a work in progress, his love of his school is sure.

The future is bright for Tower Hill as it builds on its historical success and enters the next phase of its growth. It is my privilege to lead that growth, and I am grateful for the opportunity to continue to serve the school.

True to Tower Hill,

Sarah

Dear Tower Hill Community,

It will be my great honor come July to serve as the eleventh Head of School at Tower Hill, a school unmatched in character and purpose.

I first met Tower Hill through a Zoom window during the remotest and most isolating days of the pandemic. The intellect and warmth of those who would become my colleagues and students helped me to understand immediately that Tower Hill was a school whose personality and vibrancy would

The greatest mentors and sages in my own life—with the notable exception of my devoted parents— were the independent school teachers and coaches who took more delight in my successes than they did in their own. Tower Hill’s richly patterned tradition of excellence repeats the same theme: talented teachers who believe in the limitless capacity of young people and commit their lifework to enabling their growth.

Scott and I are thrilled to raise our children Cover ’36 and Alice as Hillers and to place the stewardship