Life at Ambleside
I am, I can, I ought, I will
From the Desk of Mrs. Flora
As we continue open enrollment and families seek to find out about the Ambleside difference I would like to share with you what some of that difference is, you after all are our best advertisers.
Relationships
Children at Ambleside establish relationships with 16 to 20 areas of knowledge. Their studies provide life-giving knowledge, delight, and beauty.
Study, conventional wisdom says, is career preparation or cultivation of natural ability. Delight, conventional wisdom says, is found in passive entertainment—not relationships with our vast world. But “fullness of living and serviceable depend for each of us upon how far we apprehend these relationships and how many we lay hold of.”
At Ambleside, children build vital relationships when they:
- participate in a full, varied curriculum.
- identify and explore areas of personal interest.
- complete chores and care for school property.
- relate to students in different grades.
- build relationships with the elderly and other adults.
- spend time with nature.
- play!
Atmosphere
At Ambleside students encounter the past and present, the awe and wonder of science and mathematics, the frailty and nobility of humankind, the ebb and flow of life, and the relationship between authority and obedience. And—free from the burden of competing for ranks, grades, or prizes—they learn for the joy of learning.
Ambleside students experience the guiding hand of a teacher who is both loving and firm. Teachers allow students to experience the natural consequences of their actions, and students experience the delight and the struggle of everyday life.
Ambleside teachers cultivate an atmosphere that nurtures:
- joy and belonging.
- relationships that include, rather than exclude.
- culture that transcends fads.
- pursuit of, and love for, knowledge.
- wonder, as students relate to knowledge, others, and God.
- delight in work and in the struggle to grow.
- effort and enjoyment of effort’s fruit.
- rigor, challenge, and an opportunity to meet mind to mind.
- variety in work, conversation, and focus
More of this information can be found on the ASI website https://www.amblesideschools.com/main/charlotte-mason
It can be challenging to put into words what makes us not just another private school that teaches bible but as you each know Ambleside is much more. There is no educational opportunity like Ambleside in San Angelo. We are grateful for each family that makes up our community and are prayerful for the new families coming in. I would ask as you pray for the new families coming in, you would also pray for the teaching positions we have open for next school year. I ask that you pray that the right people will come to enrich our students lives.
Enjoy Spring Break!
Every Blessing,
Mrs. Flora
3rd and 4th Grade Community Service
Making sandwiches for House of Faith Family Camp
3rd-6th Symphony Field Study
Tartuffe
Upper school's final performance of upper school play Tartuffe
All About Art Spring
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Mark Your Calendar
Spring Break
April 8th-12th
Spring Exams/ Early Dismissal 12:00
April 12th
Art Spring
April 19th
Good Friday-No School
April 22nd
Easter Monday- No School