American Heritage Schools’ students, school administrators, faculty and the school mascot, Swanny the Stallion, teamed up with the City of Riviera Beach to host its third annual holiday toy drive on Tuesday, Dec. 19.
More than 400 children visited the Riviera Beach Police Substation from two neighborhood schools in Rivera Beach, Florida, where they had the opportunity to select an unwrapped toy of their choice and to take photos with Swanny the Stallion and The Grinch. Ahead of the event, students and faculty from American Heritage Schools collected and delivered 500 toys to donate.
The event is a combined effort of the City of Riviera Beach Police Department, represented by Major Josh Lewis, and American Heritage Broadcasting Teacher and Mass Comm Club Advisor Michael Appelbaum.
In conjunction with the Rivera Beach PD, the toy drive was originally led by the American Heritage Schools’ Mass Communications Club and was joined by the Scholar-Athlete Club, the International Program and the Academic and College Advising Department as the drive became a schoolwide event.
About American Heritage Schools: American Heritage Schools, founded in 1965, is a nationally ranked private, nonsectarian, and co-educational college preparatory day school with two 40-acre campuses: the Broward Campus is located in Plantation, Florida, and the Palm Beach Campus is located in Delray Beach, Florida. Its campuses serve approximately 4,800 students in PK3 through 12th grades, and the student body represents over 60 different countries throughout the world. Approximately 70 percent of the faculty hold postgraduate degrees. American Heritage Schools is nationally and internationally accredited by the following associations: Association of Independent Schools of Florida (AISF), Middle States Association (MSA-CESS), and National Council for Private Schools. The Lower School includes advanced classes and 15 electives, and the Upper School offers over 300 courses with 138 honors classes, 28 Advanced Placement classes, and 75 fine arts classes. Pre-professional programs are offered in pre-med, pre-law, pre-engineering, biomedical engineering, business & entrepreneurship, and computer science with classes taught daily by doctors, surgeons, lawyers, judges, engineers, and computer scientists currently practicing in their fields. American Heritage Schools was named No. 1 Private K-12 School in Florida, according to Niche.com, ranks as the No. 1 high school in Florida for the highest number of National Merit Scholars for 14 years, and the No. 1 school in Florida for the most Presidential Scholars. The Math Competition team is No. 1 out of all private schools in the nation, Model UN team is top 3 in the nation, and the Speech and Debate team is in the top 1% in the nation. In their recent “Book of Lists” rankings, South Florida Business Journal (SFBJ) recognized American Heritage Schools as the No. 1 Private School, No. 16 in Corporate Philanthropy in South Florida, and No. 22 Largest Employer in South Florida.
For more information about American Heritage Schools, visit its website at www.ahschool.com
