Diversity and Inclusion

 

Diversity and inclusivity, in all aspects of identity, broaden and enhance the educational experience. Varied perspectives are a source of strength, creativity, enrichment and renewal in the Tower Hill community. These values are found in both our mission statement and in our instutional goals:

Mission
Tower Hill School prepares students from diverse backgrounds for full and creative engagement with a dynamic world.  Each student is provided with an educational experience that emphasizes the development of an inquisitive, discerning and critical mind; the value of being creative and aesthetically sensitive; the appreciation of physical well-being; the ability to collaborate and to function as part of a team; and the growth of character.

Institutional Goal on Inclusivity and Student-Centered School Culture
We will continue to focus on inclusivity, both celebrating and challenging ourselves to ensure a student-centered school culture, an exhilarating academic and extracurricular experience, and a community that knows, welcomes and respects all of our students, faculty, staff and families.

Tower Hill School embraces a broad definition of diversity that acknowledges the many ways each of us is unique, including, but not limited to, our various talents, perspectives, goals, ethnicities, identities, and religions. With this broad definition in mind, we hope to create an educational environment in which each person is genuinely valued, respected and included. We believe that diversity and inclusivity enrich the educational experience and strengthen our overall community.

Dyann Connor
Director of Social Justice

• Dr. Freeman Hrabowski: President of UMBC, educator, activist, mathematician
• Nyle Fort: Princeton Doctoral Student in Religion concentrating in African American Studies speaker Black History Month
• Sarah McBride: Natl Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign; Activist and author, born in Wilmington, DE will be keynote speaker for the Global Social Justice Symposium

• Focus is on how to be kind, respectful and stand up for what you believe is right.
• Focus on being an Upstander not a Bystander
• Focus on how to become an inclusive member of the Middle School community

• Focus on exploring ways we are the same and different
• Focus on respecting and valuing the strength that diversity brings to a community, athletic team, collaborative work, etc.

• Focus on the ABILITIES we each have and developing ways to be a more inclusive community

• Focus on working together to make our school community, Wilmington, and the World a kinder,  more inclusive community through communication and problem solving to build bridges across differences.