About Us

Our School

Atlantic Community High School, originally established in 1949, is the only public high school in Delray Beach, Florida and is well known in Palm Beach County for the International Baccalaureate program and the school's 2010 Newsweek 89th ranking of America's best high schools.

In 2020, Atlantic High School was again awarded the Green School of Quality Accreditation, awarded for making significant green initiatives on campus and global conservation knowledge.

Green Schools Recognition Progam

Our Story

Throughout it's broad and rich history, the award-winning Atlantic Community High War Eagle Bandremains true to its core values - fostering life long lessons and friendships by participating in music and the local high school community of musicians, both past and present.  Once an Eagle, always an Eagle!

The War Eagle Band performs and competes annually in Florida and throughout the years, has earned the privilege of marching in national parades and festivals all across the United States:

 

  • 1997 Fiesta Bowl Parade
    •  Tempe, Arizona
  • 1999 Nokia Sugar Bowl
    •  New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 2000 Aloha Festival Parade
    •  Waikiki, Hawaii
  • 2005 Saint Patrick's Day Parade
    •  New York City, New York
  • 2007 Saint Patrick's Day Parade
    •  Savannah, Georgia
  • 2011 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
    • New York City, New York

 

Keith Sanz
 Director of Bands - Mr. Charles "Keith" Sanz,  Jr.
Mr. Sanz is the Director of Bands at Atlantic Community High School and moonlights as a free-lance musician and background actor. He can be seen on the Netflix series 'Stranger Things' and 'Ozark' and the movies 'Richard Jewell' and 'Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul'.
He is a long standing Florida Band Association member, having taught band, jazz, orchestra, chorus, guitar, piano, music theory, percussion, guard and music theater and taught at elementary, middle, and high schools through out Florida. Mr. Sanz has been president of the Palm Beach Music Educators Association, South Florida Winter Guard Association board member,  Blake SOTA Friends of the Arts faculty adviser, Florida Federation of Color-guard Circuit & Florida Marching Band Coalition member, co-founder of the University of South Florida Music Alumni Society, Kappa Tau chapter colonist and president of Kappa Kappa Psi music fraternity, soloist & music arranger for the Inaugural USF Herd of Thunder, and the Inaugural Keiser University Marching Seahawks, lead soprano for the '95 Concord Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corp, and section leader & soloist for the Florida State University Marching Chiefs.

Band Staff are crucial to the Band!

Whether designing drills, writing music, running training camps, or teaching clinics, our staff has been the key to our accomplishments.

Band Leadership

Student Leaders Running the Show!

From band officers to section leaders, our student leadership plays an important role in a successful program.

Band Boosters

We love our Parent Volunteers!

Without the parents, there is no program!  We appreciate our parent volunteers.  Go Eagles!

Looking for Volunteers!

The ACHS Band parents and volunteers have as much fun as the kids and end up enriched with memories of life experiences in music and team work with our beloved children- Come on out!