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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 Updates Email Servers
American School has begun updating its email servers, migrating a few email addresses to the new server each evening until the transfer is complete. We expect to have all of our email addresses transferred over by early next week. In the meantime, we ask for your...
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick's Day was a week ago today, and several American School employees wore green to celebrate. Green is also the color of money, and so today’s blog is going to be about cost. As a non-profit institution, we keep costs to an absolute minimum. Tuition always...
Celebrating International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day was March 8, but since our blog was on hiatus on that date, we are going to celebrate the holiday in today's blog. Women have played a big role in American School’s 125 years of success, and today we’d like to focus on three of them. Mary...
American School to Attend 2022 Missouri Homeschool Convention
American School is pleased to begin its 2022 convention schedule by attending the 2022 Missouri Homeschool Convention this weekend at the St. Charles Convention Center. Make plans to visit us in booth 812 on Thursday, March 24, from 5 p.m to 8 p.m.; on Friday, March...
Today’s Special Occasion: The First Full Day of Spring
It’s March 21, and today is the first full day of spring. If there is any season that is synonymous with new beginnings, it’s spring. The days get longer, the weather gets warmer, grass begins to grow and flowers begin to bloom. In short, it’s the perfect time for...
Today’s Anniversary: Vermont
It’s March 4, and Vermont became a state on this date in 1791. Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State, and this time of year its residents are looking forward to maple sugaring time, which is an important part of making the state’s famous maple syrup. To our...
Today’s Anniversary: Florida
It’s March 3, and Florida became a state on this day in 1845. Florida is known for its amusement parks, beaches and warm weather, but it is also home to the Everglades, which is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Many people equate the...
Receiving Another Student’s Graded Exams in the Mail
Today’s blog is about what you should do in the very rare circumstance of receiving another student’s graded exams in the mail. This situation does not happen very often for students who take middle school correspondence courses or high school correspondence courses,...
Today’s Anniversary: Ohio
It’s March 1, and Ohio became a state on this date in 1803. When we think of Ohio, sometimes we think of its three largest cities—Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati—all of which start with the letter C. Here at American School we use the letter C to represent our...
American School Receives A2Z Homeschooling Award Nomination
American School recently received a nomination in the Accredited Secular Online School category of the 2022 A2Z Homeschooling Awards. We appreciate the nomination and it is particularly gratifying because we never nominate ourselves for such awards. The nomination...
Today’s Birthday: Samuel Pepys
It’s February 25, and if we had power on Wednesday, we would've celebrated Samuel Pepys on that day since he was born on February 23, 1633. Instead we're celebrating him today. He is best known for keeping a diary for nearly a decade, and that diary has become a...
American School Reopens Thursday, February 24
It's Thursday, February 24, and we are pleased to announce that we are back open after a power outage caused several issues for us yesterday. We are not back to 100% operating efficiency just yet, but our staff is here and ready to assist you with your accredited...
American School Closed Wednesday, February 23
American School is closed today, Wednesday, February 23, due to a power outage. Crews are on site working to fix the problem, and we fully anticipate being open tomorrow, Thursday, February 24, with regular business hours. We look forward to assisting you with your...
Today’s Birthday: George Washington
It’s February 22, and George Washington was born on this date in 1732. He was the first President of the United States and is often considered to be the father of our country, and so today is a great day to talk about the first President of American School and the...
American School Closed Monday, February 21
American School will be closed Monday, February 21, in observance of Presidents Day. We will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday, February 22, and look forward to assisting students in our accredited middle school program, accredited high school program and...
Today’s Birthday: Michael Jordan
It’s February 17, and Michael Jordan turns 59 years old today. For those of us who live and work near Chicago, Michael Jordan is revered as the greatest basketball player of all-time. He led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships in the 1990s, but his...
American School Closed February 17
American School will be closed Thursday, February 17, due to a winter storm that has the potential to bring rain, freezing rain, ice, sleet and heavy snow to the south suburbs of Chicago. We expect to reopen with regular business hours on Friday, February 18, and...
Cirkled In No Sweat Scholarship
Today’s blog has information about the Cirkled In “No Sweat” Scholarship. As we have written several times before, we try to announce and promote scholarship opportunities which are available to our students in our accredited high school program. It is a daunting...
Today’s Anniversary: The Canadian Flag
It’s February 15, and the current Canadian flag was adopted on this date in 1965. Although the red and white flag with a red maple leaf in the center is almost synonymous with Canada, our neighbors to the north didn’t have an official flag until this one debuted 57...
Valentine’s Day 2022
It’s February 14, and we’re feeling the love in today’s blog because it’s Valentine’s Day. On this day when love is in the air, we thought we’d list some things American School students love about us. They love that we offer online and paper-based middle school...
National School Counseling Week Concludes Today
It’s February 11, and today is the last day of National School Counseling Week. American School works with thousands of school counselors across the country because their students take our courses as part of our independent study program. Some students take...
New Foods and Nutrition Course Available
American School is pleased to add a new Foods and Nutrition course to our roster of high school correspondence courses. The new Foods and Nutrition course has a new textbook to go along with its study guide, and the course no longer has a separate workbook. Students...
Today’s Birthday: Thomas Paine
It’s February 9, and Thomas Paine was born on this date in 1732. His most famous work is a pamphlet entitled Common Sense which advocated independence from Great Britain during colonial times. The phrase "common sense" can apply to the three million students who...
Today’s Birthday: Dmitri Mendeleev
It’s February 8, and scientist Dmitri Mendeleev was born on this date in 1834. His biggest achievement is the creation of the periodic table of elements that is still used today. You can become familiar with it for yourself by taking one of our chemistry courses. ...
Today’s Birthday: Laura Ingalls Wilder
It’s February 7, and author Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on this date in 1867. Her most famous works are the Little House on the Prairie series which was adapted into a television show of the same name in the 1970s. Her books told of her life as part of a pioneer...