American School Closed Friday, July 4, 2025

American School will be closed on Friday, July 4.  We will reopen with regular business hours on Monday, July 7, and look forward to assisting you with your accredited middle school program, accredited high school program or independent study program at that time. ...

Updated Enrollment Applications Now Available

Today’s blog announces that updated enrollment applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now available.  Applications for our accredited middle school program, accredited high school program and independent study program are changed on an annual basis to...

Updated Student Handbook Now Available

Today’s blog announces that an updated student handbook is now available.  The student handbook is essential reading for homeschool students who take our accredited middle school courses and accredited high school courses and should be referred to as often as...

2025 Convention #6: ASCA Conference

American School’s sixth convention appearance of 2025 will occur in mid-July at the American School Counselor Association Conference in Long Beach, California.  Visit us in booth 1013 at the Long Beach Convention Center on Saturday, July 12, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.; on...

Today’s Anniversary: The United Nations Charter

It’s June 26, and the United Nations Charter was signed on this day in 1945.  It’s a great day to remind you that we serve students all around the world.  We just ask that for logistical reasons international students only take online middle school courses or online...

Today’s Anniversary: Virginia

It’s June 25, and Virginia became a state on this day in 1788.   Every year Virginia is the site of a large homeschool convention, and most years American School attends that convention in person.  We weren’t able to have a booth at that homeschooling convention this...