Today’s blog announces that our paper-based Essential Math 1 and Essential Math 2 courses have been discontinued. These two courses were part of our accredited high school program for a very long time, and thousands of students took one or both of them en route to earning an accredited high school diploma from American School. As time went on and standards for high school math became more rigorous, it became clear that Essential Math 1 and Essential Math 2 were not preparing students adequately for Algebra and Geometry, both of which are required to earn a high school diploma at home. We know some of you will be disappointed with this news, but American School always does its best to evolve and provide the best education we can, and this is one example of that. Thank you for your understanding and for making us your distance education high school.