2024-2025 FAFSA Form Now Available

The 2024-2025 FAFSA Form is available here for a limited time.  If you are thinking about attending college in the fall after you have earned your accredited high school diploma, please fill out the form as quickly as possible.  Our staff can assist you if you have...

American School Closed January 12 and January 15, 2024

American School will be closed Friday, January 12, due to inclement weather.  American School also will be closed Monday, January 15, for a federal holiday.  We will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday, January 16 and look forward to assisting you with your...

Today’s Anniversary: Common Sense

It’s January 10, and Thomas Paine published Common Sense on this date in 1776.  Common Sense was a pamphlet that advocated for independence among the residents of the Thirteen Colonies, and that theme of independence might be useful to you as you think about how to...

Today’s Anniversary: Connecticut

It’s January 9, and Connecticut became a state on this date in 1788.  One of Connecticut’s lesser-known nicknames is the Land of Steady Habits, and that unusual nickname got us thinking about the importance of developing steady habits during your time as an American...

American School Receives Honors from How to Homeschool

American School was recently recognized as one of How to Homeschool’s Best Homeschool Curriculum, Products and Resources for 2024-2025.  According to the web site linked earlier in this blog post, “the list of the Best Homeschool Curriculum, Products and Resources for...

2024 Winter Weather Reminder

We are one week into January which means that we definitely have the potential for winter weather around Chicagoland for the next two months or so.  American School will always put the safety of its employees first, and in the event of winter weather, we may have...