Adelphi Donates Toys to Ailing Children
Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn’s toy bin overflowed with generous donations!
Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn helped to make the holidays a little brighter for children in need by donating dozens of new, unwrapped toys collected as part of the Academy’s Annual Holiday Toy Drive to pediatric cancer patients being treated at Maimonides Medical Center.
From stuffed animals to action figures to remote-controlled vehicles, Adelphians donated brand new, unwrapped toys each week during the drive in exchange for dress down privileges. The toys were placed inside a large bin in the Academy’s Main Hall that quickly began to overflow!
The toy drive built upon the success of the Annual Holiday Food Drive, during which students and staff once again donated hundreds of canned goods to those in need, right in time for Thanksgiving!
“Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn’s Annual Holiday Food Drive served as a perfect example of the impact that can be made by giving back to those in need,” Ms. Romanos said. “In order to build upon its success and continue to teach our children the importance of selflessness during the holidays – and at all times – Adelphi was proud to collect so many new toys for the pediatric cancer patients at Maimonides Medical Center and deliver to them a little extra joy this holiday season.”
As the oldest private, independent, continuing, coeducational, college-preparatory day school in the borough and one of the oldest in the nation, Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn, “the little school of big dreams” has been “effectively preparing young people for college, career, and life, one day at a time” for over 150 years. Founded in 1863 and located in the historic Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, Adelphi enrolls students from two years of age through twelfth grade. A strong emphasis is placed on small class size, individualized attention, self-expression, critical thinking and challenging hands-on learning through Adelphi’s founding philosophy and dedication to the education of the “total child.” Adelphi students excel within a small, intimate, safe, caring, nurturing, and secure environment through Adelphi’s core values and founding principles of pride, tradition, spirit, and excellence. The student-teacher ratio is 8 to 1 and Adelphi is a New York State Regents Exempt Program with a 100% college application, acceptance and attendance rate. A founding member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, Adelphi receives its charter from the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York and has been a member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools since 1928. Ms. Iphigenia Romanos serves as Head of School.
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Photo courtesy of Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn