Mobile County Public Schools has continued its streak of being the top fundraising school district in Alabama for the American Heart Association, as two dozen schools raised more than $161,000.
Meghan Robinson of the AHA gave an awards presentation during the September Principals Meeting, accompanied by Maggie, a second-grader at Hutchens Elementary who was born with a transposition of the great vessels in her heart and underwent open-heart surgery five days after her birth. Maggie and her classmates at Hutchens raised the most money of any MCPSS school with a grand total of $22,263.
The rest of the top 10 elementary schools:
Taylor-White -- $17,716
Collier -- $14,249
Dawes -- $12,104
Dodge -- $10,101
Council -- $10,000
Mary B. Austin -- $7,894
Wilmer -- $5,705
Robbins -- $5,166
O'Rourke -- $5,149
The top two middle schools that raised the most funds were Lott and Causey. Citronelle was the top high school.
Schools earning "Heart of Gold" status were: Anna Booth, Causey, Craighead, Dodge, Florence Howard, J.E. Turner, Lott, Taylor-White, Robbins and Wilmer.
Schools earning "Heartbeat" status were Calcedeaver, Citronelle, Fonde, Hollinger's Island, Kate Shepard, Maryvale, Morningside, Orchard and The Pathway K-5.