Arbor Day 2024

It’s April 26, and today is Arbor Day.  Arbor Day is a day to celebrate trees, realize their value to the environment and maybe even plant some trees of your own.  The Arbor Day Foundation has information about what events are happening in your state today and how you...

Contacting Us About Exam Arrivals

Today’s blog has information about exam arrivals.  Due to the large number of exams we receive from students in our middle school correspondence courses and high school correspondence courses, we cannot always reply to emails asking if exams have been received.  If...

Administrative Professionals’ Day 2024

It’s April 24, and today is Administrative Professionals’ Day.  It’s the perfect day to thank the administrative professionals here at American School who perform a variety of office tasks on a daily basis to help make our distance education middle school and distance...

Today’s Birthday: James Buchanan

It’s April 23, and James Buchanan was born on this date in 1791.  He was the 15th President of the United States and is unique among presidents because he never married.  If you’re a longtime reader of this blog, you know that we sometimes mention presidential homes...

Earth Day 2024

It’s April 22, and today is Earth Day.  It’s the perfect occasion to remind you that we offer Environmental Science among our high school correspondence courses and Environmental Science among our online high school courses.  Either one would be a great addition to...

Today’s Birthday: Hugh O’Brian

It’s April 19, and actor Hugh O’Brian was born on this date in 1925.  In entertainment, he is perhaps best known for playing the title character in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, but one could argue that Hugh O’Brian has had a bigger impact on teenagers.  That’s...

Homeschooling has taught me a lot of new things.  It has taught me self-discipline and made me take my studies more seriously than before.  I have learned to study properly.  The books and materials were very helpful.  It is a fun experience to do homeschooling.  Many people are amazed to know that I did homeschooling.  This has opened and changed a lot of people’s minds.

– Jekah from United Arab Emirates

American School has more to offer than any public school.  Two of my children, two of my grandchildren, and one niece completed their high school education with American School, and my sister and I are enrolled at the present time.

– Marilyn from Missouri

I learned a lot, and the skills are helping me in my college classes.

The most important thing I learned was how to schedule my time and organize my work.  The study guides helped to show me how much work to do at one time.  I’m glad to be part of American School.

– Peter from Illinois

I have found the methods, instruction, textbooks, study guides and service satisfactory because they are all up-to-date and made ready for me to learn.  I am greatly thankful for this service because now I can graduate early with all my credits in.  Thank you very much, American School!

– Ada from Michigan

American School was an easy yet efficient way to earn the extra credit I needed to graduate.

– Elizabeth from Illinois

I greatly enjoyed American School.  The instructors’ comments were very helpful.  I enjoyed this method of learning.  I feel I have learned a lot more than I did in public school.  I was able to keep up with school through all the moves I made without going through the hassle of switching school systems.  I enjoyed the honesty of the

instructors and the overall program.   I will recommend American School to anyone interested.

– Enoch from Texas

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Why you should enroll with American School…
We call these our Four C’s.

Curriculum

American School’s innovative paper-based and online curriculum offers something for everyone in grades 6-12. Students can choose from more than 100 self-paced courses in traditional subjects such as English, math, social studies and science and take electives in such subject areas as business, career and technical education, fine arts, and world languages,

Cost

As a not-for-profit institution, American School puts students’ educations first. Our tuition is affordable—much lower than many other distance education and online high schools—and all textbooks and study materials are included at no additional cost.  Monthly payment plans are available for students in full years of American School’s middle school or high school program.

Caring Student Service

When students are accepted at American School, they not only receive interesting curriculum at a reasonable cost from a pioneer in distance education; they also receive outstanding, caring student service.  Students may enroll anytime and work at their own pace.  Help is available from American School staff during business hours and around the clock in American School’s Online Student Center.

Credibility

Founded in 1897, American School later became the first correspondence school to become regionally accredited. Today we are accredited by three reputable accrediting bodies and recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education as a non-public high school.  American School’s diploma is accepted by colleges and universities, and thousands of high schools use our courses for credit recovery.

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