Come to our K – 6 Open House October 17
Would a classical Christian school be a good fit for your family? Come find out more at our Open House! You will get a tour of the school, meet students and teachers, and have an opportunity to get your questions answered. We would love to meet you! OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM For questions, please call (208) 323-3888.
School photos ready to order
The School Portrait Gallery is open through October 20th. Online ordering is easy, and portraits will be delivered to the school and brought home by your student on November 4th, or shipped to your home for a fee. Check ParentSquare for a link to order individual and class photos. Ship to your home for a fee, or opt for no-charge delivery on Nov. 4th. After October 20th, portraits may still be purchased but will incur a $20 late fee. Thank you for your business as we complete our 9th year of photos for Ambrose. Please e-mail us with any questions or concerns at info@purephotoidaho.com Val & Heather
Fall Dance September 28
Our first dance of the year is coming up on September 28. 7th & 8th grades – plan to come and dance from 5:30 – 8:00; 9th – 12th grades from 7:30 – 10:00. Tickets can be purchased in the office or through ParentSquare.
We’re bringing back the ChiliFest for our 25th anniversary!
We’re celebrating 25 years at The Ambrose School! One tradition we had for many years was the annual ChiliFest. It was a family fun event with chili contests, games, and dancing that also helped raise money for teacher Christmas bonuses. We are bringing it back for old times sake this year to give our whole community a chance to celebrate 25 years of blessings on our school. Friday, September 27 During the school day, grammar school kids can wear western gear. Jeans, boots, plaid shirts and bandanas. No guns or weapons. Upper School students can wear the western gear, or they can wear the 25th anniversary shirt. No other logo wear is permitted. Of course, all students have the option to wear their school uniform. 5:30 – 8:30 pm: ChiliFest and carnival games – All are invited! Chili Contest If you want to participate in the chili contest, we will have a signup next week! We will take 25 crockpots of chili. The teachers will judge the chili and the teachers will eat YOUR chili. Prize for the HOTTEST chili and the BEST overall chili. Winners receive $25! FOOD for all For 25 bucks you can feed your entire family! Hot dogs (Thank you Jacksons Food stores!) Chili catered by Goodwood BBQ Chicken Tortilla Soup catered by Goodwood BBQ Cornbread provided by volunteers Teacher Jail Fun Put your favorite teacher in jail! $25 to put them in jail and $25 to bail them out. New this year! DUNK TANK! Carnival Fun Jump house, Bingo, cake walk, 2 liter toss, football toss, 3-legged race, and more, all provided by our upper school House students. You will have a ton of fun! $10 wristbands will buy your kids unlimited fun!
Ambrose named to top 25 schools in nation by CLT
Ambrose students are scoring in the top 25 of over 1,200 schools utilizing the Classic Learning Test. CLT recently announced their first high school rankings. Below is the announcement from the CLT: Since 2016, more than 30,000 students from over 1,200 schools have taken the Classic Learning Test (CLT, CLT10, or CLT8). Typical CLT test takers are well above average academically and they come from some of the best high schools in the nation. After nearly four years of gathering data and growing our base, the CLT is proud to release our first school rankings. Many different ways exist to rank schools: graduation rates, student satisfaction surveys, size of endowment, elite college acceptance rates, etc. Our ranking is an attempt to directly measure education quality. Given the CLT’s level of rigor, high performance on the CLT serves as a strong indicator of excellence in a secondary school. While these rankings are national in scope, the CLT will release rankings at the city, regional, and state levels in 2020 to help parents who are searching for schools of excellence in their own community. See the full list of the top 25 schools based on median CLT score.
Back to School Night August 29
Back to School Night is one of the most important events for ALL AMBROSE PARENTS (5-day and Bridge program) to attend. Hear from Carl Warmouth, our Head of School and Grammar School Dean. Carl will give a state of the school address, explain why we do what we do, and let you know about the exciting ways we are celebrating our 25th anniversary! Special guest speaker: Ben Merkle from New Saint Andrews College CARDUS Survey results – learn how classically educated students fare after graduation Meet and Greet your teachers and deans Raffle! All attendees will be entered into a drawing for a Chilifest family meal ticket and wristbands for the kids! Childcare available from the Junior Class – Check ParentSquare to sign up. Thursday, August 29 at 6:30pm; Doors open at 6:15 PM NOTE: There are no in-classroom presentations by the 5th-12th teachers this year. Please take a minute during the Meet and Greet time to say hello to your child’s teacher. Ben Merkle is the president of New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, but perhaps more famously here at Ambrose, the son of longtime and beloved kindergarten teacher, Anita Merkle. Ben’s talk will be a terrific encouragement to you as a parent to keep your eye on the prize even in the midst of endless distractions. Dr. Ben Merkle is NSA’s second president and previously served as the undergraduate dean. He holds a D.Phil. in Oriental Studies and an M.St. in Jewish Studies from Oxford University, England; an M.A. degree in English Literature, and a B.S. in Education (Secondary Education-Chemistry, with a minor in History) both from the University of Idaho. He also studied theology at Greyfriars Hall from 1998 to 2000. He has served as a minister at Christ Church, Moscow and previously served as a part-time campus minister with Collegiate Reformed Fellowship, a campus ministry of Christ Church. Dr. Merkle is the author of The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2009) and Defending the Trinity in the Reformed Palatinate: The Elohistae (Oxford University Press 2015). He and wife Bekah (B.A., 1998), the first graduate of New Saint Andrews, have five children.
Ambrose Logowear Online Store monthly special
Enjoy this September promotion for 15% off orders of $75 or more. This will be valid until 9/30/19. Through our new Sideline Store, you can purchase Ambrose logo wear at any time during the year! This gives us the ability to offer a bigger variety of clothing items and accessories. You can custom pick the shirt and the design you prefer. Take a look and see all Sideline has to offer! For families with students who play sports, this will NOT be where you purchase the new sport specific logo wear. I will continue to offer a one week store at the beginning of each sports season that will have the current team gear that you can purchase for your player and family fans. This will be where the NEW design comes out each year. Sideline will have basic sports designs which you can purchase anytime during the year if you miss the ONE WEEK team store. I will have last year’s logo wear in the Uniform Closet until I sell out. All sweatshirts and t-shirts are 40% off until items are gone. I will continue to sell small items and specialized t-shirts (25th anniversary tee, house shirts, hats, socks, lanyards, etc.) at the school and going forward. With so many families using the used uniform closet for uniform items I have run out of room to store logo wear at the capacity I have in the past. Going to online ordering will clear up some space in the closet for you to shop in a less crowded space and gives you the opportunity to purchase logo wear anytime! You can always find the link to the Sideline Store on the school website under Parent Life. Please contact me at hhughes@theambroseschool.org with any questions you might have. GO ARCHERS!!! – Heather Hughes
Class of 2019 Graduation
The Class of 2019 Commencement Exercises will be held at The Cathedral of the Rockies in downtown Boise on May 24th at 6:30 pm. There will be a reception immediately following.
