Today’s Anniversary: PBS

It’s October 5, and the Public Broadcasting Service, more commonly known as PBS, was launched on this date in 1970.  PBS airs a variety of programs, including shows relating to current events, science and history, but a good portion of its programming focuses on...

American School and Twitter (X)

Today’s blog has an update about American School’s page on Twitter (or X as it is now being called).  American School has had a page on that site for several years @as_hsdiploma, but due to the uncertainty surrounding that site, we have scaled back how often we post...

American School Nominated for 2023 BBB Torch Award

American School is proud to be nominated for a 2023 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics.  According to a press release, the Better Business Bureau Torch Awards are the highest business honor given to business, based on exceptional dedication to ethics,...

Additional Update to Frequency of Facebook Posts

Today’s blog has an additional update to the frequency of our Facebook posts.  Effective October 6, we will no longer post general education articles every weekday evening.  Instead our Facebook page will continue to focus primarily on American School and events...

Today’s Birthday: Miguel de Cervantes

It’s September 29, and author Miguel de Cervantes was born on this date in 1547.  You may know his name because he wrote Don Quixote, which is one of the first great world novels.  You can read other works of literature by authors from around the world by taking one...

Google Celebrates 25 Years

Today’s blog celebrates Google’s 25th anniversary.  Sometimes it’s hard to believe that the internet existed before Google came along on September 27, 1998.  That’s because today the word “Google” is almost synonymous with internet...