What is The American School of Correspondence?
The '''American School of Correspondence''' is an American [[distance education]] [[high school]] in [[Lansing, Illinois]]. It was founded in 1897, and is accredited.<ref>Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA-CESS) [http://www.msa-cess.org/RelId/606553/ISvars/default/Member_Directory.htm American School accreditation details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609202821/https://www.msa-cess.org/RelId/606553/ISvars/default/Member_Directory.htm |date=2020-06-09 }}, MSA-CESS and the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA).[http://ncpsaschools.org/detail.php?xcod=696327&ppagina=1&ypag=1&ypag1=&c=1 American School accreditation details], NCPSA</ref> The school has about 50,000 students. The American School offers its own [[high school diploma]]. The school was in the [[Hyde Park, Chicago]], neighborhood from 1912 to 1996. Then it moved to south suburban Lansing.<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/about|publisher=American School of Correspondence|accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref> ==Program== The American School is a non-public secondary school and offers its own diploma. It is not a [[General Educational Development|GED]] program. High school students can complete four years' worth of credits at their own pace, often taking less time than in a traditional high school. All exams in the more than 70 courses offered are hand graded by a qualified staff of full-time and part-time instructors. Additionally, the school works with thousands of public, private, and parochial schools throughout the [[United States]] to offer distance learning courses to students who have fallen behind in credits, or are working at a faster rate. The credits for these correspondence courses are then transferred to the student's high school. ==Notable alumni== *[[Selena]] *[[Jessica Alba]] *[[Tiffany Evans]] *[[The Everly Brothers]] *[[Marie Osmond]] *[[Donny Osmond]] *[[Christopher Paolini]] *[[Andre Agassi]] *[[Bob Feller]] *[[Ann