Ben Crispin ’20: 

“I mean, what really isn’t to miss from Hill? I’ll miss the time that I’ve spent in my Foster dorm, which is more than I have in my own house during my Hill career. I’ll miss the relationships I’ve made with teachers, dorm parents, and hundreds of students. I’ll miss the weird, late night moments with friends running around. I’ll miss breakfast sandwiches. I’ll miss the busy study halls and free periods I procrastinated in earlier that day. I’ll miss eating around private collections of priceless art. I’ll miss sled days. I’ll miss all of the quality people I’ve come to love here. I’ll miss everything. I’ll just miss Hill.”

Liza Moore ’20: 

“What I will miss most about Hill is the people. I love the quote that ‘Home is not a place. It is a feeling.’ The feeling I have when I’m at Hill in the classroom, dorms, or hallway is unmatchable. It is the people of our community that make Hill so great: the faculty and staff who care so much about each student, my form which has now become my family, my adviser who has now become a lifelong mentor. Hill is a community of people who are truly their authentic selves, and I will miss getting to see these people each day.”

Michael Rockovich ’20:

“What I am going to miss the most upon graduating from the Hill School will be walking down the stairs to the student center on a spring evening just after sitting in the dining hall with my friends for hours laughing, connecting, and being a family. I am going to miss the feeling that fills me as  I finish going down those stairs and push through the doors to the quad to see all of my friends and the Hill community spread out there games of spike ball, J-Ball, and people just simply spread out on blankets having fun. To know I will never experience that again only makes me miss it more. But at the same time, that sadness is filled with gratitude for never having to walk down those stairs to the quad alone. I know I was fortunate enough to have spent each of those spring Saturday nights with my friends, my people, my family.”

Sarah Qiu ’20:

I could list things I will miss about Hill for an entire night. If you asked me the same question in 10, 20 years, my list would be fairly identical because these are truly the memories that I will cherish for a lifetime. I will miss the feeling when I spent free periods at the Grille, walked down High Street to Three Brothers, and got an omelette from Mike in the mornings… I will miss the traditions: dressing up for seated dinners, having marshmallow hot chocolate on family nights, L’ville weekends… Most importantly, Hill became my second home not only because it’s called the family boarding school, but because my teachers and friends truly cared for me and were always there for me. I never felt alone because I knew I had a shoulder to lean on: whether it’s my squash team and coach Erasmus, or my advisory with Senora Gomez, or US2E with Reverend Adams. The kind of connection and bonding we share is so precious and rare to find in life. I will miss Hill dearly.