Mother’s Day 2025

Sunday is Mother’s Day, and so today’s blog is going to pay tribute to the mothers, grandmothers and other women who act as mothers to students in our accredited middle school program and accredited high school program.  We know you have many choices for your...

Today’s Anniversary: The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

It’s May 8, and the very first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show occurred on this date in 1877.  The Westminster Kennel Club continues to hold a dog show every year, and usually it occurs in February at Madison Square Garden in New York City, drawing breeds, handlers...

Teacher Appreciation Week 2025

It’s May 7, and we are right in the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week.  It’s the perfect time for us to recognize and thank our instructors for the good work they do in serving students in our accredited middle school program, accredited high school program and...

Today’s Anniversary: The Four-Minute Mile

It’s May 6, and on this date in 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes.  Runners know how to pace themselves so they can give their maximum performance.  When Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile barrier, he didn’t...

Cinco de Mayo 2025

It’s May 5, and today is Cinco de Mayo.  It’s a great day to feature our Spanish courses.  We offer Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 among our high school correspondence courses and Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 among our online high school courses.  Our world language courses...

Today’s Special Occasion: A Palindromic Date

It’s May 2, which can be abbreviated as 5-2-25.  This unique abbreviation got us thinking about palindromes, which are numbers that are the same backwards and forwards.  Certainly numbers are a big part of the math courses we have in our accredited middle school...