Mission Vision

Mission

It is the mission of the Ambleside School of Brownwood administration and faculty to provide a “living education,” centered on Christ, where each child is guided and empowered to author a full and free life, a life rich in relationship to God, self, others, ideas, and all of creation.  

Thus, our primary concern is the kind of student each child is becoming, not the mastery of particular data or technique, for we are confident that the student who masters the art of learning will attain his full potential for mastering data and technique. Students who master the art of relating well to God, self, others, ideas, and creation will attain the fullness of life for which they were created. 

In order to fulfill this mission, Ambleside School of Brownwood seeks the consistent application of the pedagogical insights of the British educator, Charlotte Mason (1840-1923). 

Our Vision

We intend to carry out and fulfill our mission in such a way that impacts the children in our classrooms, our wider community of families, and the world, by training and equipping children with a living education. 

The Ambleside School of Brownwood classroom is a peaceful place of learning, where a love of learning is fostered by excellent “living” books and materials in an atmosphere that is free from manipulation and pride; where students are trained in habits that give them freedom to live, learn, and grow into the persons God intends them to be. Our primary concern is the kind of person each child is becoming. Ambleside School of Brownwood will equip them to be thinking, open-minded individuals of character, who are able to form healthy relationships, to mature in the art of living well and to ideally emulate the Biblical example of leadership modeled by Jesus Christ.  

The Ambleside Brownwood student, faculty, staff, and board community will pursue “living well,” as defined by pursuing optimal ways of relating to God, self, others, ideas, creation, work, and leisure; a growing knowledge of and love for Christ; a humble, proactive servant love of all persons; the habits of excellent work, God-honoring thoughts and self-mastery; and a growing, rich intellectual life filled with inspirational ideas, great works of science, literature, history, art, music, mathematics, nature, craft, and life-long sports. Parents are invited and encouraged to join in this pursuit.