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Since 2006, the American School Blog has kept students, parents and school officials up to date on what’s happening at American School. Below are our most recent blog posts.  Visit the American School Blog Archive to read noteworthy blogs from over the years.

 

 

 

American School Closed Monday, July 21, 2025

American School will be closed on Monday, July 21, while crews upgrade a portion of the School’s power grid.  We plan to reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday, July 22, and look forward to assisting you with your accredited middle school program, accredited...

Today’s Anniversary: The Parking Meter

It’s July 16, and the first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City on this day in 1935.  These days when people pay to park they often pay with a credit card, but for decades people had to put quarters or other coins into the meter for the right to park in a...

Today’s Special Occasion: The 2025 MLB All-Star Game

It’s July 15, and the Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be played tonight in Atlanta.  Last Friday we wrote about the 19th anniversary of the American School Blog, and the subject of that very first blog was the 2006 MLB All-Star Game, which was being played...

Bastille Day 2025

It’s July 14, and today is Bastille Day, which is a national holiday in France.  Naturally it’s the perfect day to promote our French 1 and French 2 courses.  We offer them through a partnership with Rosetta Stone and are happy to have them among our online middle...

Today’s Anniversary: The American School Blog

It’s July 11, and the American School Blog debuted on this day in 2006.  It’s the perfect opportunity for us to thank you for reading this blog.  We do our best to post every single day American School is open for business, and when we post we try to inform you and...

Today’s Anniversary: Wyoming

It’s July 10, and Wyoming became a state on this date in 1890.  Wyoming’s nickname is the Equality State because it was the first state to allow women to vote, and so today’s blog is going to talk about equality.  American School welcomes homeschooling students of all...

2025 Convention #7: AFHE Convention

American School’s seventh convention appearance of 2025 will occur next week at the Arizona Families for Home Education Convention in Phoenix.  Visit us in booth 1306 at the Phoenix Convention Center South Building on Friday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; and on...

History of Homeschooling Part 2

Today’s blog is the second of two highlighting a special History of Homeschooling portion of The Old Schoolhouse web site.  Yesterday we encouraged to you check out a detailed history of homeschooling.  Today we are encouraging you to check out our portion of that...

History of Homeschooling Part 1

Today’s blog is the first of two highlighting a special History of Homeschooling portion of The Old Schoolhouse web site.  As you might know, American School has been a leader in distance education since 1897.  Just as our homeschool courses have evolved over the...

Today’s Anniversary: Idaho

It’s July 3, and Idaho became a state on this day in 1890.  You might think of potatoes when you first think of Idaho, but one of Idaho’s nicknames is the Gem State.  In today’s blog we want to remind everyone that we believe all of our students are gems.  We’re not...

American School Closed Friday, July 4, 2025

American School will be closed on Friday, July 4.  We will reopen with regular business hours on Monday, July 7, and look forward to assisting you with your accredited middle school program, accredited high school program or independent study program at that time. ...

Updated Enrollment Applications Now Available

Today’s blog announces that updated enrollment applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now available.  Applications for our accredited middle school program, accredited high school program and independent study program are changed on an annual basis to...

Updated Student Handbook Now Available

Today’s blog announces that an updated student handbook is now available.  The student handbook is essential reading for homeschool students who take our accredited middle school courses and accredited high school courses and should be referred to as often as...

2025 Convention #6: ASCA Conference

American School’s sixth convention appearance of 2025 will occur in mid-July at the American School Counselor Association Conference in Long Beach, California.  Visit us in booth 1013 at the Long Beach Convention Center on Saturday, July 12, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.; on...

Today’s Anniversary: The United Nations Charter

It’s June 26, and the United Nations Charter was signed on this day in 1945.  It’s a great day to remind you that we serve students all around the world.  We just ask that for logistical reasons international students only take online middle school courses or online...

Today’s Anniversary: Virginia

It’s June 25, and Virginia became a state on this day in 1788.   Every year Virginia is the site of a large homeschool convention, and most years American School attends that convention in person.  We weren’t able to have a booth at that homeschooling convention this...

Today’s Special Occasion: Midsummer 2025

It’s June 24, and although the season of summer began just four days ago, today is often called Midsummer in various parts of the world.  Summer is often associated with warm weather, vacations and beaches, but it can be a great time to take some homeschool courses...

Today’s Anniversary: The Typewriter

It’s June 23, and Christopher Sholes received a patent for the first typewriter on this date in 1868.  If you don’t know what a typewriter is, you’re not alone.  Typewriters have been replaced by computers, and if you choose to use a computer and word processing...

Today’s Anniversary: West Virginia

It’s June 20, and West Virginia became a state on this day in 1863.  West Virginia’s motto is “Mountaineers are Always Free,” but unfortunately American School’s accredited middle school courses and accredited high school courses are not.  We do keep costs to an...

American School Closed Thursday, June 19, 2025

American School will be closed on Thursday, June 19.  We will reopen with regular business hours on Friday, June 20, and look forward to assisting you with your accredited middle school program, accredited high school program or independent study program at that...

Today’s Anniversary: Switchback Railway

It’s June 16, and Switchback Railway opened at Coney Island on this day in 1884.  It was the first roller coaster, and this anniversary reminded us that education can be like a roller coaster at times with all its ups and downs.  These ups and downs happen to...

Father’s Day 2025

Sunday is Father’s Day, and so today’s blog is going to pay tribute to the fathers, grandfathers and other men who act as fathers to students in our accredited middle school program and accredited high school program.  We know you have many choices for your children’s...

Today’s Anniversary: High School Graduation

It’s June 12, and the person who regularly writes this blog graduated from high school on this date many years ago.  Graduating from high school is a major milestone and is a transition from one phase of life to the next.  American School can help you earn a high...