Today’s Anniversary: The Arc de Triomphe

It’s July 29, and the Arc de Triomphe monument opened in Paris on this date in 1836.  It was built to commemorate the achievements of France’s military in various conflicts and is one of Paris’s most famous landmarks.  As you might expect, we are going to use today’s...

Today’s Anniversary: New York

It’s July 26, and New York became a state on this date in 1788.  The famous song “New York, New York” contains the lyric “if I can make it there, I’m gonna make it anywhere” and that got us thinking about how we can help students.  Some students choose to enroll in...

Testimonial Thursday

It’s a Thursday, so let’s hear a testimonial from one of our students.  Jeffrey from Michigan writes, “Even though I had other things on the stove, I still had time to do my American School studies.  There was no pressure to say this assignment was due the next day or...

FAQs Added to Home Page Menu Bar

Today’s blog has an update about a small change to the menu bar on the top of our home page.  Our FAQ page now has a spot of its own on the far right of the menu bar.  Because of this change, the FAQ page no longer is linked under the students tab or counselors tab on...

Today’s Anniversary: Eileen Collins

It’s July 23, and 25 years ago today Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander when Columbia lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.  This silver anniversary is a great time to remind you that anyone can do anything regardless of gender.  Here...

Today’s Birthday: America the Beautiful

It’s July 22, and Katharine Lee Bates wrote “America the Beautiful” on this date in 1893 while in Colorado admiring Pike’s Peak.  Although most of us know “America the Beautiful” as a song, it was actually written as a poem.  Those of us at American School are proud...