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Memories of a Happy Childhood
Memories of a Happy Childhood

Outdoor life is central to helping our children form memories of a happy childhood. Here’s why.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolJune 7, 2023
The Dearest and Best
The Dearest and Best

Singing hymns—day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year—does something to a person. This is no trifling thing, no afterthought, not just another good idea.

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BlogAmbleside AdministratorMay 9, 2023
Ambleside School Alumni Gathering
Ambleside School Alumni Gathering

Join us on Friday, May 19, 2023 for our annual Alumni Gathering! Hear from special guest speaker, Charles Ikitiminu—Dallas pastor and father of two Ambleside alumni—at Chapel beginning at 8:20am followed by a coffee reception and optional school tour.

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Blog, FeaturedAmbleside SchoolMay 4, 2023
Ambleside Parent Internship
Ambleside Parent Internship

Join us on Wednesday, May 3, for our day-long Parent Internship, which will be led by Maryellen St. Cyr, the Director of Curriculum for Ambleside Schools International. 

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Featured, UpdateLaunch KitsApril 27, 2023
Spontaneous Applause
Spontaneous Applause

Charlotte Mason wrote in A Philosophy of Education that one result of the common pursuit of knowledge is shared joy.

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Launch KitsApril 20, 2023From Head of School, Charlotte Mason
What is in the Air?
What is in the Air?

This is not only the human condition “on retreat.” But, it is our continuous condition. We are shaped by the ideas that are seeded in us and the relational air that we breathe. And we are continuously exhaling ideas and relational air which those around us will inhale.

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Launch KitsMarch 24, 2023Charlotte Mason, Ambleside Schools, Bill St Cyr
The Wide Universe Beyond
The Wide Universe Beyond

What do you hope your children will get out of their many years of sitting in a classroom? Is it just to pass from one grade to the next, or do you desire something more?

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Launch KitsMarch 20, 2023From Head of School, Charlotte Mason
Education, the Science of Relations: We are Educated by Our Intimacies
Education, the Science of Relations: We are Educated by Our Intimacies

Habits are essential tools, tools which must be given to a child if he/she is ever to be well educated. But a sculptor who is overly fixated on his tools rather than focusing on the object of his creation, will fail to bring forth the beauty latent in a piece of marble.

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Launch KitsMarch 9, 2023Charlotte Mason, Ambleside Schools, Bill St Cyr
There’s No Place Like Ambleside
There’s No Place Like Ambleside

The best way to understand an Ambleside education is to see what Charlotte Mason’s philosophy looks like in practice.

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Launch KitsFebruary 16, 2023From Head of School, Charlotte Mason
Skip the Pink Marshmallows
Skip the Pink Marshmallows

Ambleside is unlike any other school in our area, and our educational philosophy is unlike any other in the entire world. We do not treat students as products, but as persons.

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Launch KitsJanuary 12, 2023From Head of School, Charlotte Mason
The Educational Philosophy the World Needs
The Educational Philosophy the World Needs

Ambleside is unlike any other school in our area, and our educational philosophy is unlike any other in the entire world. We do not treat students as products, but as persons.

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Launch KitsDecember 22, 2022From Head of School
The Greatest Pleasure in the Simplest Things
The Greatest Pleasure in the Simplest Things

“If you are ever in doubt, just remember that unlike adults, children want to be happy. So they still have the ability to take the greatest pleasure in the simplest things.” - From ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’

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Launch KitsDecember 15, 2022From Head of School
Christmas Reflections: A Hint of Christmas
Christmas Reflections: A Hint of Christmas

We are all too aware of our profound flaws, the many ways in which we prove ourselves inadequate vessels. But still, He uses us, you and me. May there be ever more of Christmas in us and through us.

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Launch KitsDecember 13, 2022Charlotte Mason, Ambleside Schools, Bill St Cyr
A Shift Worth Making
A Shift Worth Making

Steven Lawson wrote, “Monks are the most productive people in the world. They know that productivity isn’t about doing more things, it’s doing the most important things well.”

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Launch KitsNovember 18, 2022From Head of School
How The Conscience Is Instructed
How The Conscience Is Instructed

It is our high view of children that inspires us to give them Monet instead of Mario, Brahms instead of Beyonce, needles and thread instead of neon stickers and googly eyes.

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Launch KitsNovember 11, 2022Charlotte Mason
A New School Year
A New School Year

As another school year begins, parents and teachers take stock of the daunting privilege of nurturing the inner lives of children. We are sowing seeds today in the hope of fruit tomorrow.

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Launch KitsSeptember 12, 2022Charlotte Mason, Ambleside Schools, Bill St Cyr
If you build it | Ambleside School
If you build it | Ambleside School

In the garden, we are building habitat. At Ambleside, we are building home.

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ParentLaunch KitsSeptember 12, 2022From Head of School
Exploring Summer With Your Family
Exploring Summer With Your Family
Launch KitsJune 8, 2022From Head of School
Opportunities in the Weeds
Opportunities in the Weeds
BlogLaunch KitsMay 16, 2022From Head of School
A Higher View of Children
A Higher View of Children
BlogLaunch KitsApril 26, 2022From Head of School
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