“Now faith is the confidence in what we hope for and the assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 Well, hello, beautiful Ambleside community! What a privilege and joy it has been teaching your children here at AO for almost seven years! Whether I taught your child in Kindergarten or out on the […]
Adults Are Meant to Author Free and Full Lives, Too
At Ambleside, the daily work we purpose to accomplish is to educate children so they are empowered to attain the fullness of life for which they were created. Teachers, staff, parents, and board members have a passion to set children on the path so they can “author free and full lives”. Ironically, we as adults […]
Christmas Reflections – A Hint of Christmas
I have before me a six-year-old’s rendering of a giraffe. Its body has the shape of a large tennis ball, yellow with streaks of orange. Its neck reminds one of a long rigid cane cut from a Louisiana sugar field. A banana seems to serve for a tail, and four large green tree trunks for […]
Shifting Perspectives
Pack Water Bottle/Snack/Lunch (Remember no sweets, and potato chips are for lunch, not snack time) – Check! Sign homework folder – Check! Remind Kierce to tuck in his shirt & that tutoring is not an option – Check! PVA/Campus meetings – Check! PE is on Thursdays and Chapel Attire on Fridays- Check! Be in carline […]
Labor of Thought
I sometimes have well-meaning people ask me why I am such a champion of high literature and why Ambleside has such a “difficult and challenging curriculum”. I happened to grow up in a family that loved Literature. It was not unusual for one of us to stop the entire family in their tracks and read […]