Today’s Anniversary: Breaking the Sound Barrier

It’s October 14, and on this date in 1947, pilot Chuck Yeager few an aircraft that traveled faster than the speed of sound.  This breaking of the sound barrier got us thinking about some of the barriers that might be in the way of you getting an accredited high...

Today’s Anniversary: The White House Cornerstone

It’s October 13, and the cornerstone of the White House was laid on this date in 1792.  That event got us thinking about cornerstones in both the literal and the metaphorical sense.  We know a cornerstone is an important part of any building because it helps to...

Textbook Update

Today’s blog is about textbooks for our middle school correspondence courses and high school correspondence courses.  Over the last 19 months since the start of the pandemic, many things have been in short supply, and textbooks are among them.  When a textbook for one...

American School Closed Monday, October 11

American School will be closed Monday, October 11.  We will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday, October 12.  We look forward to assisting you with your middle school courses and high school courses when we reopen on Tuesday.  Thank you for making us your...

Testimonial Thursday

It’s Thursday, and so we have another testimonial from one of our students.  Jose from Illinois writes, “What I really liked about American School is how the instructors helped and gave me advice on certain problems I didn’t understand.  The study guide really helped...

New World History Study Guide Available

A new study guide is available for our paper-based World History course.  Students who have World History in their accredited high school program or plan to take it as part of an independent study high school program will receive this new study guide along with the...