American School Directory Features K-12 Schools

Posted on September 25, 1997

The American School Directory, the Internet home for all K-12 schools, located at on the World Wide Web, is now online providing information and communication for educators, students, parents, local communities and families planning a move. With over 106,000 individual school Web sites, this revolutionary Internet resource provides every K-12 school in America, public and private, a free Internet presence and identity.

The National Sponsors of the American School Directory include Computers for Education, Vanderbilt University, IBM, Apple Computer and Innisbrook Wraps. Loaded with pictures, maps, art, information, calendars, and more, the American School Directory contains over 2 million page views of useful content and has received the endorsement of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).

Every school in America has an equal opportunity to further develop and utilize the many features of their ASD Web Site, even if they have no Internet connection. Each school's Web page provides accurate and relevant school information on a living and working site. From a home computer or at a public library, information may be updated by the school at any time using the Online Update form.

Through an alliance with Geosytems' MapQuest, ASD School Web Sites provide an interactive map with each school as the focal point. MapQuest can be used to pinpoint the exact location of any school, or to locate the 10 closest schools around a family's new address. These maps have zoom-in and zoom-out features giving users the exact view of any needed area.

Student and teachers now have available a free lifetime e-mail account through their school's ASD site. Through an agreement with WhoWhere?, Inc. ASD offers N2mail which totally eliminates the need for computer ownership or e-mail software. By using this private, password protected e-mail, one Internet connected computer can serve dozens of N2mail users. Designed for student safety, N2mail also has a filter which blocks unsolicited e-mail.