This winter, Headmaster Emeritus Tom Northrup was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at the “other” Hill School in Pottstown PA. In a wide-ranging video interview on the school’s website, Tom reflects on the lessons he learned as captain of the school’s basketball season in 1964, when he led the team to an undefeated [...]
Hill Alumna, Elizabeth Nichols ’93, recently stopped by for a visit and reconnected with some of her former teachers – Jack and Sydney Bowers, Treavor Lord, Tal Mack, and Tom Northrup – and met with two of Hill’s science teachers – Lois Johnson-Mead and Martha Burke. Elizabeth currently lives in Brazil while on a post-doctoral [...]
At Hill School community service is part of our culture. Each class participates in at least one community service project of their own during the school year, and the entire school participates in annual projects. In particular as eighth graders are frequently reminded of the counsel of Reverend Dick Peard ”When you find your place [...]
Over the past three years, the Lower School has made and sold goods at their Holiday Craft Bazaar for Room to Read. Kindergartners work with their Third Grade buddies to make cookie mix. First Graders bake and decorate their famous Gingerbread Cookies. Second Graders make bird themed items, such as bird feeders and bird houses. [...]
After strolling down the red carpet past a dozen paparazzi, Hill School’s readers enjoyed a ceremony celebrating favorite books, authors, characters, and series at the Third Annual Academy Awards of Books on February 5. Lower School students and teachers dressed in book-inspired costumes for the occasion. This year’s honoree was the author/illustrator of over 100 [...]
