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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 Earns 2022-2023 Homeschooling Friendly Badge
American School is proud to earn a 2022-2023 Homeschooling Friendly Badge from Homeschooling Parent. The badge was earned by demonstrating knowledge of trends in homeschooling as well as wants and needs of homeschool families, and we are grateful for the...
Today’s Special Occasion: Bastille Day
It’s July 14, and today is Bastille Day, a major holiday in France and a great opportunity for us to discuss our world language courses powered by Rosetta Stone. These online middle school courses and online high school courses would be a great addition to an...
Enrollments in AP Courses for 2022-2023 Open Now
Today’s blog announces that enrollment in Advanced Placement courses for 2022-2023 is open now through September 2. We are proud to offer two AP courses for the coming academic year. They are AP: English Literature and Composition and AP: Calculus AB. These online...
American School Opening Late on Tuesday, July 12
American School is opening late today due to a staff event. We expect to be open by 10 a.m. and look forward to assisting you with your accredited middle school program, accredited high school program or independent study program at that time. Today's event will...
American School Blog Celebrates 16th Anniversary
It’s July 11, and the very first American School Blog post was made on this date in 2006. In the last 16 years, we’ve tried to post something new every day, and our posts have been a mix of American School news and how current or historical events connect to American...
American School to Attend 2022 AFHE Convention
American School is pleased to attend the 2022 Arizona Families for Home Education Convention next week in Phoenix. Visit us in booth 213 at the Phoenix Convention Center South Building on Friday, July 15, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on Saturday, July 16, from 10...
Today’s Special Occasion: World Chocolate Day
It’s July 7, and today is World Chocolate Day. Chocolate might be sweet, but taking accredited middle school courses or accredited high school courses with American School is even sweeter. That is because we allow students to enroll anytime and work entirely at...
Today’s Birthday: Jamie Wyeth
It’s July 6, and Jamie Wyeth turns 76 years old today. He’s the son of artist Andrew Wyeth and an accomplished artist in his own right. Jamie Wyeth is also an American School graduate, so today is a perfect day to feature our two drawing courses in our blog. We...
American School Hours Reminder
It's July 5, and we are open after being closed for the holiday weekend. Today's blog is about American School hours, which are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Chicago time. If we will be closed for a holiday or for any other reason, we will post something on this...
Today’s Special Occasion: Canada Day
It’s July 1, and today is Canada Day. It’s a holiday for our neighbors to the north, and it got us thinking about American School students in foreign countries. We are proud to serve students in Canada and more than 65 countries around the world, but we ask that...
American School Closed Monday, July 4
American School will be closed Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday, July 5. As we think about Independence Day, we also appreciate the fact that we allow students independence in their middle...
American School to Attend 2022 ASCA Annual Conference
American School is pleased to attend the 2022 American School Counselor Association Annual Conference next week in Austin, Texas. Visit us in booth 812 at the Austin Convention Center on Saturday, July 9, from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; on Sunday, July 10, from 8 a.m. to...
American School to Begin Annual Inventory
Later this week American School will begin its annual inventory. The process is done each year at this time since the School’s fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the following year. For a few days, from approximately June 29 to July 1, we will not...
American School and Wimbledon
It’s June 27, and the Wimbledon tennis tournament begins today in London, England. Wimbledon is perhaps the most famous tennis tournament in the world, and it’s certainly the most traditional. For example, players must wear all-white clothing during their matches,...
American School Opening Late on Monday, June 27
American School will have a delayed opening on Monday, June 27, due to a staff event. We expect to be open and ready to assist you with your accredited middle school courses and accredited high school courses by 10 a.m. Part-time instructors are not affected by this...
American School Nominated for 2022 Practical Homeschooling i-Learn Awards
American School is proud to receive two nominations for the 2022 Practical Homeschooling i-Learn Awards. Our online middle school courses are nominated in the Middle School Complete Curriculum category, and our online high school courses are nominated in the High...
Today’s Special Occasion: The First Full Day of Summer
It’s June 22, and today is the first full day of summer. We can say that because summer began in the wee hours of yesterday morning, so for at least a couple hours it was still spring on June 21. When people think of summer they think of warm weather, beaches,...
Today’s Anniversary: New Hampshire
It’s June 21, and New Hampshire became a state on this date in 1788. New Hampshire’s nickname is the Granite State, and that got us thinking about rocks and solid foundations. A correspondence high school diploma or online high school diploma from American School...
Happy Father’s Day from American School
It’s June 17, and Sunday is Father’s Day. In this blog we wish to thank all American School fathers for choosing our accredited middle school program, accredited high school program or independent study program for their children. We also wish to acknowledge that...
American School Closed Monday, June 20
American School will be closed Monday, June 20, in observance of Juneteenth. We will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday, June 21, and look forward to helping you with your online middle school courses, paper-based middle school courses, online high school...
Today’s Anniversary: Arkansas
It’s June 15, and Arkansas became a state on this date in 1836. One of the nicknames of Arkansas is the Land of Opportunity, and you might think of American School as the School of Opportunity. That’s because we offer accredited middle school courses and accredited...
Today’s Special Occasion: Flag Day
It’s June 14, and today is Flag Day. You’re probably not surprised we’re featuring Flag Day in today’s blog because we’re the American School after all and the flag is a symbol of America, but there are many things about the flag and Flag Day that you might not...
Today’s Anniversary: Charles Lindbergh’s Ticker-Tape Parade
It's June 13, and on this date in 1927, Charles Lindbergh received a ticker-tape parade in New York City in celebration of his solo transatlantic flight. People called it a ticker-tape parade because employees in high-rise office buildings along the parade route...
This Weekend’s Anniversary: High School Graduation
It’s June 10, and the person who regularly writes these blogs graduated from high school on this weekend many years ago. Four years prior, deciding where to attend high school was a difficult decision, but the decision that was made turned out to be the correct...
American School Announces AP Courses for 2022-2023
American School is proud to announce that we will offer two Advanced Placement courses for the 2022-2023 academic year. They are AP: English Literature and Composition and AP: Calculus AB. Full details are available on the AP page of our web site linked above. ...