much ado

Fri, 28 May 2010 14:31:47 -0600

Nearly a month ago now, The Ambrose School hosted it’s first Dinner Theatre-style Auction. The gymnasium was gussied up with professional lighting and sound, and a masterful stage was set, worthy of creative talent. And what better talent than our own Ambrose drama students? Directed yet again by the gifted Mrs. Mollie Petty, the students condensed the original Much Ado script to make it auction-friendly (this means it was quite short!). This was achieved by means of selected narration throughout the drama, greatly helping those of us who have a mental block with the mighty Shakespeare and his lofty language skills.

a pictoria production

Tue, 11 May 2010 08:36:48 -0600

When auction event chairperson Amy Yenor asked if I would do a slideshow for this spring’s auction, I said “Yes! Of course!”
And then I remembered in more detail last year’s auction video by Ambrose dad and professional filmmaker, Ronn Seidenglanz. I recalled the million pieces of video cleverly constructed together featuring darling smiles, endearing teachers, students, and parents, the dirt basketball at sunset scene, and the entire student body doing the wave out on our little piece of grass “back at the old building.” All this set to a fabulous song in a foreign language. It produced tears and goose bumps round the Stueckle Sky Center that night, and assuredly moved many hearts and pocketbooks to get that Palaestra built! The proof is in the pudding, they say, and we are indeed using our Palaestra just a year later!

first annual ambrose art gallery!

Mon, 10 May 2010 09:32:23 -0600

If you’ve walked the lower hallways lately, you couldn’t help but notice the presence of much ART on our walls! Ladies and gentlemen, it’s our first art gallery, and Mrs. Shaner, our resident art teacher, couldn’t be more thrilled on this happy occasion.

protocol more fully explained

Sat, 8 May 2010 10:03:08 -0600

Protocol is weeks behind us now, but what a grand night it was! It all began with appetizers and portraits at The Ambrose School at 5 p.m. Protocol is the event to wear your very best, and if you are a young lady, that would include a long or short gown, perhaps a scarf, jewels, and high heels. Oh, and don’t forget a special hairstyle. My personal favorite were the dazzling smiles throughout the evening. Our Ambrose girls delivered!

a quick peek at protocol

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:59:45 -0600

Because it’s the middle of the night and I can’t sleep, because if you’ve ridden in a limo, folks on facebook should know about it, and just because I love ya and can’t wait to share my 768 other photos from Protocol, here’s a very quick sneak peek at The Ambrose School’s premier upper school event that took place on Friday night.

mock birthday

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 05:48:43 -0600

Last week at this time, our Ambrose mock trial teams were nervously anticipating the first round of the state mock trial championship. Twenty four hours , three courthouses and four trials later, we found ourselves in 2nd place, proud of our young people’s performances, and even more importantly, proud of their honorable demeanor throughout.

mock trial and a birthday

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:36:05 -0600

Most of us are happily settling into spring break, trying to not let the rain cramp our style. But some of us still have the mock trial glow about us....
If you were a good Ambrose citizen, you read DG’s recent Headmaster e-mail that detailed the most satisfying events of the recent mock trial competition that included our high school students. If you didn’t read it, you can just read my blog entry, look at pictures, and learn the same things....

project haiti: hope in the midst of disaster

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:12:47 -0600

Pictoria is pleased to bring you today’s entry by Ambrose dad Steve Roser.

lessons from shakespeare (5th grade edition)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

What is not to love about Shakespeare? Well... it can be difficult to understand the language, but with lively, animated actors, we can quite easily grasp the crux of the story. And that is certainly the case when the Ambrose School 5th grade class presented their versions of “As You Like It” and “Comedy of Errors” last Friday at Boise Bible College’s auditorium.

teachers--we love ‘em (part three)

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

I’ve decided it’s perfectly appropriate to stretch out Teacher Appreciation Week well into March. After all, our teachers are with us all year, nurturing and training our dearest offspring day in and day out! And we have a lot of teachers! Some have been with us a long time (Mr. Daniel), and others, just a short year or two (Mr. Handermann). Some have long hair (Mrs. Householder, Mrs. Liimakka) and some have no hair , as featured here (Mr. Morehouse, Mr. Schoberg).

ice cream social

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

While I look around in my library for some last photos of teachers, (to showcase them during Teacher Appreciation Week, of course) let’s take a peek at the Ice Cream Social that our students attended last Saturday at The Ambrose School

teachers--we love ‘em! (part two)

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:08:25 -0700

Last week was Teacher Appreciation at the Ambrose School. I couldn’t even say the extent of homemade treats given, notes sent, coffee brewed, and necks massaged, but I witnessed a good deal of attention and love to the folks who train and nurture our offspring.