Grant Beckwith
Mr. Beckwith joined American Heritage School in 2005 as principal of the American Fork campus and now serves as the Head of School overseeing the school’s four campuses: American Fork, Salt Lake City, AHS Online High School, and AHS Worldwide Campus. Prior to joining American Heritage School, Mr. Beckwith was an attorney practicing corporate law for the Washington D.C. office of Nixon Peabody LLP. A member of the Utah Bar, the Virginia Bar, and the District of Columbia Bar, Mr. Beckwith is a graduate of the BYU Law School and also holds masters and bachelors degrees in accountancy and information systems from the BYU Marriott School of Management. Mr. Beckwith has lived and worked in Russia (Moscow and St. Petersburg), New York City, and Washington D.C., and grew up in various parts of the United States including Utah, California, Texas, Florida and Wisconsin. Mr. Beckwith serves in leadership roles for a number of volunteer organizations including on the Board of Directors for Saprea, a non-profit organization devoted to sexual abuse prevention, healing, and education. Mr. Beckwith is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served an LDS mission in St. Petersburg, Russia from 1993-1995. He and his wife Candice live in Alpine and are the parents of four children (three graduates of AHS and the youngest still attending). In addition to his responsibilities as Head of School, Mr. Beckwith enjoys teaching a high school seminar each year entitled “Principles of Leadership.” The Beckwiths are deeply honored and grateful to be involved with the mission of American Heritage School, and to associate with the many extraordinary families who are drawn to it.
Leland Anderson
Leland Anderson is the principal of the Salt Lake City Campus of American Heritage School. He and his family recently returned from Shenzhen, China, where Leland was the Head of School at Shenzhen RDF International School, which tripled its enrollment and added many academic and extracurricular programs under his leadership. Prior to his employment in China, Leland worked for American Heritage School in American Fork, Utah, as a high school principal, assistant principal, and a co-director of AHS Worldwide. Leland graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in school leadership. He taught English at Oak Canyon Junior High School in Lindon, Utah. He also holds a Bachelor of English Teaching and a minor in Management from Brigham Young University. Leland and his wife, Gina, are the parents of six children, all of whom have attended AHS (three now in college and three still attending). Mr. Anderson says, “Salt Lake Valley was my boyhood home. I am thrilled to help establish an American Heritage School in Salt Lake City.”
Caroline McNiven
Caroline is a Londoner born and raised with Irish, Welsh, Scottish, and South African heritage which has influenced her love of learning about different cultures, History, Geography, and Religion. She has taught in middle and high school for over 10 years and enjoys teaching about the interrelationships between these subjects.
Caroline loves the magic that happens in the classroom when both teacher and student work together to understand truths and loves seeing the pure joy on students’ faces when they have that light bulb moment or share their passions, dreams, and successes. She has been a Head of Year for the last 7 years nurturing students beyond their academic capabilities and encouraging them to live by one of her life mottos “Aspire beyond your fears”.
Outside the classroom, Caroline enjoys spending time with family and friends and has started to get into family history. She loves to go to the theatre in the West End, as well as read, hike, and cycle. She is also a keen traveler! She shared, “I always say yes to travel opportunities that have led me on some breath-taking adventures such as hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, climbing over a volcano in Iceland, and personally driving a rickshaw across India. Throughout all of my travels, it is clear to see that everything has an eternal purpose, that God is an artist, and what an amazing world we live in and get to share/learn about together!” Caroline is excited to be on this wonderful learning journey with the students at AHS.
Ana Yslas