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A Year Worth Celebrating | Ambleside School
A Year Worth Celebrating | Ambleside School

As we near the end of our Silver Jubilee year, it’s worth taking time to look back on all we have accomplished this school year. There are so many things!

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Launch KitsMay 15, 2024
Alumni Spotlight: Margaret Lyons | Ambleside School
Alumni Spotlight: Margaret Lyons | Ambleside School

Though she loves her work today and how Ambleside prepared her for it, she won’t forget how she was encouraged to enjoy the freedoms of childhood.

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Launch KitsApril 27, 202425th Anniversary
Notice the Daffodils | Ambleside School
Notice the Daffodils | Ambleside School
ParentLaunch KitsApril 17, 2024
Alumni Spotlight: Tristan Fishel
Alumni Spotlight: Tristan Fishel

Besides fun memories, what Tristan has carried with him into adulthood came from his time at Ambleside: a love for stories.

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BlogAmbleside SchoolMarch 22, 202425th Anniversary
What and Why and How
What and Why and How

The transformation that happened on that almost-snow day was like a timelapse clip of the transformation I see in Ambleside students from kindergarten to 8th grade.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolMarch 14, 2024From Head of School
A Mind-to-Mind Meeting
A Mind-to-Mind Meeting

Children do not naturally live well. To live well, they must be “brought up,” in other words, educated.

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BlogAmbleside SchoolMarch 1, 2024Charlotte Mason, Ambleside Schools, Bill St Cyr
Alumni Spotlight: Julia & Rachel Fischer
Alumni Spotlight: Julia & Rachel Fischer

While their academic and personal interests have taken them in different directions, the Fischer sisters' stories are both at heart molded by their Ambleside education.

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BlogAmbleside SchoolFebruary 28, 202425th Anniversary
Microcosm
Microcosm

The transformation that happened on that almost-snow day was like a timelapse clip of the transformation I see in Ambleside students from kindergarten to 8th grade.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolFebruary 26, 2024
Alumni Spotlight: Aidan Cyrus
Alumni Spotlight: Aidan Cyrus

For alumnus Aidan Cyrus, the connection with nature and a hands-on approach to learning ignited a sense of wonder that’s still with him today.

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BlogAmbleside SchoolJanuary 31, 202425th Anniversary
Becoming More Fully Ourselves
Becoming More Fully Ourselves

What do you want out of school for your children? To check boxes? Of course you want something more. You want work that is intentional and worthy.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolJanuary 22, 2024
Alumni Spotlight: Grace McDonnell
Alumni Spotlight: Grace McDonnell

Now a sophomore studying Psychology at Samford University, alumna Grace considers the growth and discovery of her Ambleside years as a guiding influence in her adult life.

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BlogAmbleside SchoolDecember 28, 202325th Anniversary
 A Pair of Hopalong Boots
A Pair of Hopalong Boots

Charlotte Mason said, “The boy who knows that his father and his mother love him with measureless patience in his faults… is not slow to perceive, receive, and understand the dealings of the higher Love.”

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolDecember 19, 2023
Alumni Spotlight: Julia Knepper
Alumni Spotlight: Julia Knepper

 For alumnus Julia Knepper, Ambleside sparked her love for learning — something that has only grown stronger as she pursues higher education.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolNovember 29, 202325th Anniversary
The Moments That Matter
The Moments That Matter

In the swirl of the upcoming season, let us all remember to be grateful and present for the moments that matter.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolNovember 16, 2023
You are invited to Grandparents Day, 2023
You are invited to Grandparents Day, 2023

We are delighted to invite you to Ambleside’s Grandparents Day on Friday, December 1.

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Blog, FeaturedAmbleside SchoolNovember 15, 2023Events
Veterans Day Chapel, 2023
Veterans Day Chapel, 2023

We are delighted to invite you to Ambleside’s 20th Annual Veterans Chapel on Friday, November 10.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolOctober 26, 2023
Alumni Spotlight: Matt Wilcox
Alumni Spotlight: Matt Wilcox

Matt Wilcox’s education at Ambleside went way beyond his eighth grade graduation in 2008. That’s because Ambleside runs deep in the Wilcox veins.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolOctober 24, 202325th Anniversary
We Trust Much To Good Books
We Trust Much To Good Books

What we want is to produce what Mason calls “reading people” — people who continue to read and enjoy books throughout their lives, not just when the assignments end.  

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolOctober 12, 2023From Head of School
Alumni Spotlight: Dan Mason
Alumni Spotlight: Dan Mason

As Dan prepares to deploy to Poland, he says he carries the Ambleside community with him, and all of the values and skills he learned there.

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolSeptember 29, 202325th Anniversary
A Current of Fresh Air
A Current of Fresh Air

This year is our Silver Jubilee, the 25th year that we’ve been serving children and families with our Christ-centered, Charlotte Mason “living education.”

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BlogKrise Nowak, M.Ed. Head of SchoolSeptember 11, 2023
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