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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This year it has been my privilege to teach math courses and also add a financial literacy class with our Juniors at AHS. The Junior class often has great insight into habits in spending and the psychology behind them. We have enjoyed laying a foundation of basic skills in budgeting, approach to debt and spending […]

  Father, Dad, Daddy, Grandfather, Uncle, Dear Family Friend– whatever the title may be, most of us are fortunate enough to have that man in our lives that holds the position of patriarch.  He’s often the guiding compass for the home, the voice of sound reason, and our strong force when needed.  He may not be the […]