Tower Hill's new head of school is Sarah Baker.

New Tower Hill head: Admin, mom, chef, poet, storyteller    

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Tower Hill’s new head of school Sarah Baker believes her job is to be the chief storyteller of the Wilmington private college preparatory school. “There’s a great quote by C.S. Lewis, ‘We read to know we are not alone,’ and I believe that,” she said.  Baker, who graduated from Duke University with a degree in history and a minor in …

Headwaters Acton is a private school scheduled to open in the fall. (Unsplash)

New private school coming to Sussex this fall

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A new private school is coming to Sussex County in the fall. Dustin Yoder said he started Headwaters Acton to serve people who have a deep dissatisfaction with traditional education. He and his wife Stefanie Yoder live in Sussex County and wanted their four young children to have a different path of education than they experienced.  After sending three of …