Today’s Anniversary: The Standard Time Act

It’s March 19, and on this date in 1918 Congress passed the Standard Time Act which defined five time zones for the continental United States.  It’s a good day to remind you that American School is located in the Central Time Zone, so we follow Central Standard Time...

2025 Convention #1: Missouri Homeschool Convention

American School’s first convention appearance of 2025 will occur next week at the Missouri Homeschool Convention in St. Charles, Missouri.  Visit us in booth 912 at the St. Charles Convention Center on Thursday, March 27, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; on Friday, March 28,...

St. Patrick’s Day 2025

It’s March 17, and today is St. Patrick’s Day.  The color most associated with St. Patrick’s Day is green, and so today’s blog is going to focus on a certain kind of green—money.  American School believes that no student should be denied an education for financial...

Pi Day 2025

It’s March 14, and today is Pi Day.  It’s celebrated annually on March 14 because the mathematical constant pi is approximately 3.14 and today is often abbreviated as 3-14 or 3/14.  Pi appears in several of our math courses which may be taken as part of an accredited...

Testimonial Thursday

It’s Thursday, so let’s hear from another of our students.  Katrina from Ohio writes, “I found everything to be satisfactory!  I would greatly recommend this wonderful school to anyone else who is interested in homeschooling!”  We thank Katrina for those words.  It is...

Today’s Anniversary: Fireside Chats

It’s March 12, and on this date in 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered the first of his fireside chats to the American people.  They were a series of radio addresses that FDR used to speak to citizens about national matters such as the Great...