Tatnall School

The Tatnall School
The Tatnall School
Address
	1501 Barley Mill Rd; Wilmington, Delaware 19807; United States
Coordinates	39°46′07″N 75°37′02″W / 39.7686°N 75.6173°W
Information
Type	Nonprofit, college-prep day school
Motto	Omnia in Caritate; (All things in love)
Established	1930 (94 years ago)
Founder	Frances D. S. Tatnall
CEEB code	080200
Head of school	Andrew D. Martire, Ed.D.
Grades	PK3–12
Enrollment	Grades PK3 through Grade 12 (600 combined gender)
Campus size	110 acres
Color(s)	Black and gold ;
Athletics	The Hornets
Mascot	Hornet
Accreditation	Middle States
Yearbook	The Triangle
Website	www.tatnall.org

The Tatnall School is a private college preparatory private school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware; it has a Wilmington postal address and is adjacent to, but not in, the Greenville census-designated place.^[1]^[2]

The school is for students from three years old through 12th grade. The school was founded as an all-girls school in 1930 by Frances Dorr Swift Tatnall at her home in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, and moved to its current location in 1952. Tatnall began to admit boys in 1952 (the class of 1964). The school's mascot is the hornet. Its motto is "Omnia in caritate", which means all things in love.^[3]

Accreditation[edit]

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Arts[edit]

Tatnall offers a variety of visual and performing arts programs, including photography, drawing, instrumental and vocal performance. In September 2017, Tatnall opened its 23,000 square foot Laird Performing Arts Center. The center boasts a 471-seat theater. Here, the Tatnall arts program puts on its annual Showcase advanced theater class and performance, now in its 48th year.^[4] One notable instructor is Wilson Somers, who is also a composer and performer; Somers was also a recipient of an Emmy award in 2000.^[5] Students at the school are required to participate in art programs, and have won numerous state awards throughout the years.^[6]

2008 election[edit]

Tatnall was a Delaware polling booth in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator Joe Biden (a native Pennsylvanian but Delaware resident since 1953), who lives near the school, cast his vote in Tatnall's main lobby in that election cycle. Some of Joe Biden's grandchildren attended the school.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni[edit]

Zach Baylin - American Screenwriter
Scott Beale - Associate Director for Global Operations at Peace Corps
Jake Bergey - American Lacrosse Player
Wayne Kimmel - American venture capitalist
Margaret H. Marshall - 24th chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Miriam E. Nelson - New York Times bestselling Author
Hallie Olivere Biden - School counselor and wife of Beau Biden
Sam Parsons - Professional runner for Adidas
Mick Purzycki - CEO of Jerry Media

References[edit]

^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Greenville CDP, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-07-01. - Compare with address.
^ "Home". Tatnall School. Retrieved 2021-07-01. The Tatnall School 1501 Barley Mill Road Wilmington, DE 19807
^ Ball, Frances S.T. (1972). Mrs. Tatnall and Her School. p. 72.
^ "Tatnall arts, theatre, music, fine arts".
^ "National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
^ "All-State Information — Delaware Music Educators Association". Archived from the original on 2013-01-09.

External links[edit]

Official website

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[1] "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Greenville CDP, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-07-01. - Compare with address.

[2] "Home". Tatnall School. Retrieved 2021-07-01. The Tatnall School 1501 Barley Mill Road Wilmington, DE 19807

[3] Ball, Frances S.T. (1972). Mrs. Tatnall and Her School. p. 72.

[4] "Tatnall arts, theatre, music, fine arts".

[5] "National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-05-02.

[6] "All-State Information — Delaware Music Educators Association". Archived from the original on 2013-01-09.

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