by | Oct 5, 2021 | New Blog
Today’s blog is about the importance of having a correct email address on your account. This is particularly important for students taking our online middle school courses or online high school courses because we send course log-in information to whatever email...
by | Oct 4, 2021 | New Blog
It’s October 4, and on this date in 1983, Richard Noble set the land speed record by traveling 633 miles per hour in a jet-propelled car in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. His record lasted until 1997, when Andy Green drove another type of car 763 miles per hour, but...
by | Oct 1, 2021 | New Blog
It’s October 1, and Walt Disney World opened in Florida 50 years ago today. Today the Walt Disney World resort complex consists of four major theme parks, and we can make an American School connection to each of them. Let’s start with the Magic Kingdom, home to...
by | Sep 30, 2021 | New Blog
It’s September 30, and the Hoover Dam was dedicated on this date in 1935. It provides power and water to the southwest region of the United States and is a popular tourist attraction due to its impressive design. Just as a dam blocks water, sometimes things might...
by | Sep 29, 2021 | New Blog
It’s September 29, and tomorrow evening CBS will air a two-hour special celebrating 50 years of The Price is Right. Bob Barker hosted the show for its first 35 years, and Drew Carey has hosted for the last 15 years. When Bob Barker retired in 2007, we did a whole...
by | Sep 28, 2021 | New Blog
It’s September 28, and on this date in 1941, Ted Williams became the most recent baseball player to hit at least .400 for an entire season when he went 6 for 8 for the Boston Red Sox in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics to conclude the season with a...
