It's January 29, and Kansas became a state on this date in 1861.  To our knowledge, we've never attended a convention in the Sunflower State, but we do attend a convention in Kansas City, Missouri on an annual basis.  As we've said in previous blogs, we do our best to meet students where they are.  We have an exciting convention lineup for 2020 and will be announcing details soon.  At every show we promote our accredited high school program, accredited middle school program or independent study high school program.  We also bring along some unique promotional items, including a brand new one we will debut in 2020.  Whether you live in Kansas or any of the other 49 states, we look forward to meeting you in person later this year!

Last fall we introduced new enrollment applications for our accredited high school program, accredited middle school program and independent study high school program.  These new applications were available as PDF documents on our web site or by request through the mail and remain current today.  We hope to have online enrollment applications available shortly.  Old enrollment applications are no longer being honored.  If you attempt to enroll using an old enrollment application, you will be contacted and asked to pay the difference in number of credits and/or price between your old enrollment application and the current enrollment application.  Thank you for your cooperation and allowing us to serve you!

Today's blog announces that our Winter Spectacular will end tomorrow.  As posted in an earlier blog, the Winter Spectacular allows for current students in full years of our accredited high school program and accredited middle school program to make double monthly payments now and receive a $25 credit.  The offer is not available for students in our independent study high school program or for students taking individual courses for enrichment purposes.  We thank those who took advantage of this offer, and we encourage everyone to keep checking this blog regularly for future special offers.    

It's November 21, and North Carolina became a state on this date in 1789.  In addition to being the home of Duke University, North Carolina is home to many American School students.  We are proud to serve students in all 50 states and have visited North Carolina for school counseling conventions several times.  We attend school counseling conventions to promote our independent study high school program that allows students to take individual subjects with us to recover credits toward earning a diploma from another school.  Some residents of the Tar Heel State do that, but others choose to enroll in our accredited middle school program or accredited high school program and take all of their courses in grades 6-12 with us.  Either way, we are happy to serve so many residents of North Carolina and would be happy to serve you as well no matter where you live.  Take the first step and enroll today! 

Today's blog promotes the Alaska School Counselor Association Annual Conference at the Anchroage Marriott Downtown.  Normally a convention blog would promote our appearance at a convention, but since it's a loooooong way to fly to Alaska, we won't be at this one in person.  The AkSCA team, however, realizes that American School can be a great resource for children who live in Alaska, and so they invited us to send materials and information to be displayed at an unmanned table.  We are grateful for this opportunity and are happy to serve students in Alaska.  Counselors can pick up information on Thursday, November 14, from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Friday, November 15, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.  We will have information about our independent study high school program, accredited middle school program and accredited high school program.  Our full-year middle school and high school programs may be of particular use to students who live in remote areas and travel one hour or more each way to attend school, a trip that can be even longer in wintry weather.  Although we wish we could attend this convention in person, we hope many school counselors stop by our table and take information.  We'd be happy to help their students!