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...