by | Dec 12, 2024 | New Blog
It’s December 12, and Pennsylvania became a state on this date in 1787. Pennsylvania is known for many things including the Liberty Bell in downtown Philadelphia. The concept of liberty got us thinking about the liberty and freedom that students have after they...
by | Dec 11, 2024 | New Blog
It’s December 11, and Indiana became a state on this date in 1816. Indiana is an important state to those of us who work at American School because many of us call the Hoosier State home. American School is located in Lansing, Illinois, a far south suburb of Chicago...
by | Dec 10, 2024 | New Blog
It’s December 10, and Mississippi became a state on this date in 1817. Mississippi’s best-known nickname is the Magnolia State because a large number of those trees are native to the state, but sometimes Mississippi is known as the Hospitality State. It’s this...
by | Dec 9, 2024 | New Blog
Today’s blog remembers Pearl Harbor and the events that happened there on December 7, 1941. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that we encourage students who take our homeschool high school courses and homeschool middle school courses to visit...
by | Dec 6, 2024 | New Blog
It’s December 6, and today is Saint Nicholas Day. On the eve of Saint Nicholas Day children around the world place their shoes in a familiar place and wake up the following morning to see if Saint Nicholas left candy or other goodies in their footwear. One of the...
by | Dec 5, 2024 | New Blog
Today’s blog is the second of two about how American School partners (or doesn’t partner) with brick and mortar schools. Yesterday’s blog spoke of our independent study program in which students take our paper-based high school courses or online high school courses...
