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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.
Update About American School and the NCAA
Today’s blog has an update (or lack thereof) about American School’s relationship with the NCAA. Recently a representative from American School spoke with a representative from the NCAA regarding the possibility of having American School’s courses reevaluated for...
American School Closing Early Friday, August 8, 2025
American School will close at 12 noon on Friday, August 8, for a staff event. We will reopen with regular business hours on Monday, August 11. Thank you for your understanding and for making us your distance learning middle school or distance education high school. ...
Today’s Anniversary: Gertrude Ederle
It’s August 6, and Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel on this day in 1926. Back when we were first creating what would become our Writing 1 course we included a story about this very event, so whenever we think of Gertrude Ederle, we...
Today’s Anniversary: The Traffic Light
It’s August 5, and the first traffic light was installed in Cleveland, Ohio on this day in 1914. As you know, traffic lights usually have three colors: red for stop, yellow for caution and green for go. Those same three colors are seen by students taking our online...
Today’s Birthday: John Venn
It’s August 4, and mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. He is perhaps most famous for creating a certain type of diagram that bears his name, and you can find Venn diagrams in several of our advanced math courses, including Probability and...
Today’s Anniversary: Colorado
It’s August 1, and Colorado became a state on this day in 1876. Colorado is known for its mountains, and sometimes you might feel like you’re climbing a mountain as you work to earn a high school diploma at home. American School can help! We allow students to work...
Testimonial Thursday
It’s Thursday, so let’s hear a testimonial from one of our students. Amanda from Michigan writes, “Whenever I need to make up a course, I know I can always depend on the American School to have the course I need because the American School has the most courses to...
Today’s Birthday: Henry Ford
It’s July 30, and automobile businessman Henry Ford was born on this day in 1863. Many times in this blog we will encourage you to visit presidential libraries and museums or other historical sites as a way of making your accredited middle school courses or...
Reminder About 2024-2025 Enrollment Applications
Today’s blog contains a reminder that we will accept printable 2024-2025 enrollment applications for our accredited middle school program, accredited high school program and independent study program as long as they are postmarked by July 31. If you send an old...
Today’s Birthday: Beatrix Potter
It’s July 28, and author Beatrix Potter was born on this day in 1866. She is best known for The Tale of Peter Rabbit but in addition to writing that book and several other children’s stories, she was also interested in conservation and farming. These diverse...
2025 Convention #8: Southeast Homeschool Expo
American School’s eighth convention appearance of 2025 will occur next week at the Southeast Homeschool Expo just north of Atlanta. Visit us in booth 4 at the Cobb Galleria Centre on Friday, August 1, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and on Saturday, August 2, from 10 a.m. to...
Today’s Birthday: Alexandre Dumas
It’s July 24, and author Alexandre Dumas was born on this day in 1802. The French author wrote several books and is perhaps best known for The Three Musketeers which has the slogan, “All for One and One for All”. The number three got us thinking about the three...
Updated Course List Available
An updated list of American School’s courses is now available. Please refer to it often as you look for the accredited middle school courses or accredited high school courses which interest you. Thank you for making us your distance learning middle school or...
Today’s Anniversary: America the Beautiful
It’s July 22, and Katharine Lee Bates wrote America the Beautiful on this date in 1893 after visiting Pike’s Peak in Colorado. As you know, we are proud to include the word American in our name, and this anniversary is the perfect opportunity to remind you that we...
American School Nominated for Practical Homeschooling i-Learn Awards
American School is proud to be nominated for three Practical Homeschooling i-Learn Awards. Practical Homeschooling’s i-Learn Awards focus on curriculum options such as online middle school courses and online high school courses, and so we are proud to receive...
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...