Tilton School

Coordinates: 43°26′40″N 71°35′23″W / 43.44444°N 71.58972°W / 43.44444; -71.58972

Tilton School
Address
30 School Street
Tilton, New Hampshire
United States
Information
Type Private, coeducational, secondary boarding school
Motto Power of Potential
Established 1845
Headmaster Peter Saliba
Dean of students Vinny Giambrocco
Grades 9–12 and PG
Gender Co-ed
Enrollment 250
Campus Small town
Color(s) Black and gold
Mascot Ram
Rival New Hampton
Newspaper The Tiltonian
Affiliation Unaffiliated
Website www.tiltonschool.org

Tilton School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory high school[1] in Tilton, New Hampshire, in the United States, serving students from 9th to 12th grade and postgraduates. Founded in 1845, Tilton's student body in the 2017-2018 academic year consists of 51 day students and 192 boarding students from 20 states and 16 countries.

History

Tilton School

Tilton School, a boarding school in New Hampshire, was founded in 1845 by a group of local leaders and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their goal was to promote literary and scientific knowledge among the youth.

The school was originally named the New Hampshire Conference Seminary of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was located in the town of Northfield. After a number of setbacks, including a fire that destroyed the first school building, the school moved across the Winnipesaukee River to its current location in Tilton.

Like many town academies in New England, Tilton School was a coeducational college preparatory boarding school with students from all over the world. It also served as the public high school for the towns of Northfield, Tilton and Sanbornton until 1939. During this time, students were able to choose a college preparatory or a general course of study.

In addition to granting high school degrees, Tilton School has offered a number of other degrees, including college diplomas to its female college preparatory students from 1852 until 1903. Tilton School also had a junior college that awarded men their associate degree from 1936 until 1958. Tilton School had a lower and a middle school at different times in its early history.

The biggest change in the school's history, however, was in 1939, when the local school district was formed and Tilton School no longer served as the towns' high school and it stopped accepting female students. Tilton School was then a preparatory boarding school for boys only until 1970. During this period, the school underwent major changes, including the addition of a new gymnasium, library, chapel, dormitory, and the purchase of 49 acres (20 ha) of land adjacent to campus.

Tilton School's return to its coeducational roots in 1970 led to more changes. Two girls' dorms were built and more academic facilities were added to campus. Many of the top students and athletes have been females.

Academics

At Tilton classes are held Monday through Saturday, with half-days on Wednesday and Saturday; the afternoons are reserved for athletics and club activities. Tilton has a student-to-teacher ratio of 5:1 and an average class size of 11 students.[2]

Tilton maintains an active chapter of the Cum Laude Society.

Understanding by Design

Tilton School has adopted the principles of the Understanding by Design philosophy which is a framework for designing curriculum, performance assessments, and classroom instruction.

Athletics

Tilton's athletic program requires students to participate in intramural or interscholastic athletic programs. The New England boarding school offers 16 interscholastic sports with teams at the varsity and junior varsity level as well as intramural sports squads and opportunities for independent study.

Interscholastic sports

Opponents

Tilton School competes in the Lakes Region League, which consists of seven boarding schools in New England that compete athletically and academically. Tilton is also a member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC), as well as the Evergreen League[3] for football.

In 2008 Tilton and New Hampton School resumed a long-standing rivalry known as the Powder Keg. The competition between the two schools dates back to 1895 and is among the oldest rivalries in prep school athletics. Tilton has now lost the Powder Keg for six straight years, with the Rams last win coming in 2011.[4] Other traditional athletic opponents include Phillips Exeter Academy, St. Paul's School, St. Mark's School, Kents Hill School, Cushing Academy, and other prep and boarding schools from across the northeast.

Championships

The girls' varsity basketball team has won the NEPSAC Championship four out of the past six years, most recently in 2016 and 2017. In 2009, the boys' varsity basketball team won the High School Prep National Championship, and most recently a NEPSAC championship in 2018. In 2014, the boys' varsity soccer team won a NEPSAC championship and in 2007, the varsity football team went undefeated 9-0 and won a NEPSAC championship.

Campus

Tilton School sits on 146 acres (0.6 km2) on a hill overlooking the village of Tilton. The campus comprises more than 15 buildings, including five residential dormitories, a multi-purpose athletics center, an indoor ice hockey arena, several academic buildings, a school chapel, library, and visual arts center.

Skinner Tower, constructed in 2007 and designed by Scott Simons Architects, is located just west of Plimpton Hall and connects to that building. It is a 38,000-square-foot (3,500 m2), wireless, state-of-the-art building that is four stories high. The lower level houses a 100-seat lecture hall that is SAT certified. The first floor comprises a biology laboratory (complete with two-story greenhouse), a chemistry laboratory and the 9th grade FIRST Program seminar room with a connecting outdoor classroom space. The second floor houses the physics laboratory, math classrooms, integrated math/science faculty work spaces, which enhance cross-discipline collaboration, and the Head and Assistant Head of School offices. The third floor has the world languages classrooms and language laboratory and resource rooms, as well as the Center for Academic Achievement, which encompasses 10 one-on-one tutorial rooms, computer terminals and common space.

Maloney Hall, also constructed in 2007, occupies 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) and houses 20 12th-grade girls, as well as three faculty apartments. There is a recreation room and two-story common room with a fireplace and a kitchenette, as well as laundry and storage facilities. Double rooms all share a bathroom, and proctors’ rooms have a private bathroom, the top-floor private bathroom with a skylight as well. The new dormitory marks a shift in housing toward smaller, family-style living and addresses Tilton’s ongoing commitment to high-quality housing.

Knowles Hall is the oldest building and the center of Tilton's campus for over 120 years. It houses over half of the student body. The East side of Knowles houses junior boys, the West side of Knowles houses freshman and sophomore girls, and the entire 1st floor of Knowles houses sophomore boys.

Beaumont Hall has two functions. The upper floors of Beaumont Dormitory are the main residential rooms for 9th-grade boys. The ground floor houses the school's main dining room. Beaumont is attached to Knowles Hall. It was built in 1909, when the current dining room replaced a smaller, wooden structure.

Tilton Hall was originally built by Charles Tilton in 1861. Tilton School purchased the building 101 years later. Tilton Hall, or "the Mansion," currently houses the Lucian Hunt Library. In 1980, the attached carriage house was renovated to house the Helene Grant Daly Art Center. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

George L. Plimpton Hall, built in 1926, houses the majority of Tilton's classrooms, the admission office and the administrative offices, including Tilton's college counseling center.

Pfeiffer Hall, constructed in 1938 and 1939, presently serves as a dormitory for 12th-grade boys.

Moore Hall, constructed in 1988, serves as a dormitory for 11th grade and post-graduate girls.

Hamilton Hall is home to Tilton's theater and music departments, and was originally the school gymnasium.

The Fred Andrew Smart Chapel was transported in 1965 to Tilton's campus from its original home in Canterbury, New Hampshire. The building serves as a school meeting place and is often a gallery for student art.

Burch Field, completed in October 2014, serves as a multi purpose sports facility. This artificial turf field is used by Field Hockey, Women's Soccer, Football, Women's and Men's Lacrosse, and occasionally Men's Soccer. The facility includes bleachers, a press box, and lighting for contests that take place at night. Construction began when alumnus J. Christopher Burch made the largest single donation in school history in the spring of 2013.

The Memorial Gymnasium was built shortly after World War II to honor those who had served and died for their country. In 1998, the building was completely renovated and rededicated as the Memorial Athletic and Recreational Center (M.A.R.C.). The building contains two basketball courts, a climbing wall, a weight room, six locker rooms, a training room, and a student center including a snack bar. A 2008 construction has extended the social area of the M.A.R.C, adding more couches, a larger television set, a pool table, and a foosball table. The previous wrestling room has been moved to the second story of the M.A.R.C.

The John F. MacMorran Field House, originally built in 1978, provided Tilton with its first indoor hockey arena. In 1999, Tilton completed a $2 million renovation of the facility.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

  • Didsbury, Kendall. In the Shadow of the Clock Tower. Tilton School, 1988.
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  2. ↑ "Tilton School - Academics". Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Evergreen League - Athletics".
  4. ↑ "NHS-Tilton rivalry set to resume". The Citizen. November 8, 2008.
  5. ↑ Murray, Donald M. (August 29, 2006). "Failure often teaches the most". The Boston Globe.
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