We provide for the above average to gifted student a college preparatory program with an emphasis on developing intellectual skills and mastery of content areas. Our academic objectives include the development of effective oral and written communications, mastery of mathematical concepts, an understanding of the events and contributions of history, basic communication in a foreign language, a knowledge of scientific fact and methodology, and an appreciation of the arts.

We prepare our students to get into top universities and to be successful once they arrive. 

We seek to teach our students computer uses and applications as tools for research, problem solving, design, and communication. It is our goal to send our students into this rapidly changing world prepared and enthusiastic for the technological changes to come in their lifetimes.

We provide opportunities beyond traditional, academic studies to develop talents and abilities in fully implemented fine arts and athletic programs. We welcome and encourage all students into these programs with a "no cut" policy which allows all interested students to participate. We believe that students need these outlets and opportunities for participation in their developmental years and will use these experiences and interests to add balance to their adult lives. We encourage involvement in our total school community through clubs and activities, as well as arts and athletics, so that a child may learn to know him/herself and develop confidence in his/her ability to make a contribution through his/her own efforts.

We believe that our school’s philosophy is best carried out in an environment of mutual trust and caring, where competition with one's peers is respected but not required, and where effective discipline means learning to take responsibility for one's actions. We believe that to be complete, the sense of family fostered on our campus must include parents, and, to this end, we maintain effective and frequent oral and written communications and an "open door" policy. We believe that American Heritage Schools and students’ parents share the responsibility for instilling positive values in our students.