by | Mar 11, 2021 | New Blog
It’s March 11, and one year ago today the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic. People have lived in a much different world since then, and those of us here at American School are no exception. American School employees have...
by | Mar 10, 2021 | New Blog
The National Association for College Admission Counseling and Common App are sponsoring a series of virtual college fairs beginning later this month and continuing through early May. At this time when in-person events and travel are still difficult, we encourage you...
by | Mar 9, 2021 | New Blog
It’s March 9, and explorer Amerigo Vespucci was born on this date in 1454. He made several voyages to the New World in the late 1490s and early 1500s, and after one of those voyages, it was determined that the newly-discovered continent would be called America, which...
by | Mar 8, 2021 | New Blog
It’s March 8, and today is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, this blog is going to talk about the roles women have played in making American School a leading distance education middle school and distance education high school for 124 years. As you know,...
by | Mar 5, 2021 | New Blog
It’s March 5, and Gerardus Mercator was born on this date in 1512. He was a geographer and cosmographer but is perhaps best known as a cartographer, which means he was a person who made maps. In fact, his Mercator projection, in which the globe is presented on a...
by | Mar 4, 2021 | New Blog
It’s March 4, and Vermont became a state on this date in 1791. Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State, so today’s blog is going to be about the green stuff known as money. American School is proud to be a non-profit institution, and because are a non-profit...