The question is not how much does the youth know when he has finished his education, but how much does he care? And about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? And, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?  - Charlotte M. Mason

The Power of Your Gift

Please consider the influence of blessing children with a rich, engaging and rewarding education. You do this with your support of Ambleside School of Boerne.

Your Contribution Provides:

Development of a New High School

Increase Teacher Salaries

Development of Resources and a Master Plan for a New Location

Your Contributions will provide a solid staff with a decent wage that is a great need. This will enable Ambleside to then find the best talent for these children to grow, mature, become passionate learners who know, and who also care. Our end goal is a child who is a productive citizen, thinks critically, and loves to learn new things for life.

Please join us in this important and high impact endeavor. 

A Living Education: Discovering the Ambleside Way

Here your child is viewed as a complete person, created by God with a vast capacity to learn. We engage your child with a relational method, rich curriculum and the gentle formation of academic, moral, and interpersonal habits.

We believe that real education is much more than the assimilation of facts, figures and skills. It is rather a lifelong process of one's mind feeding on ideas expressed through God's creation, great works of art, music, science, mathematics and other disciplines.Who

 We Are:

We are a private Christian School providing children with a personalized educational journey in Pre-K through 9th grade. Ambleside Boerne fosters educational renewal based on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy and practice. We are located in Boerne and serve students and families from San Antonio to Comfort, Texas.

A living education empowers students to author lives that are full and free — rich in relationship to God, self, others, ideas, work, and created world. It provides the tools needed to live well in all aspects of life — personal and professional, present and future. At Ambleside School of Boerne, there’s a commitment to personalized growth and academic excellence that’s almost tangible. The ethos permeates every facet of the educational journey from Pre-K through 8th grade. 

Here, a Christian education means that specific denominational doctrines are secondary to relating to each child and parent with the love of Jesus and challenging everyone to grow deeper in their faith—all while being empowered with the best, most robust education possible.

The great recognition is that God, the Holy Spirit, is Himself, personally the imparter of knowledge, the instructor of youth, the inspirer of genius. - Charlotte M. Mason

What We Do:

Because teachers and staff recognize each student's inherent value as God’s creation, individual weaknesses are built up, responsibilities are stewarded, and gifts are encouraged and celebrated. Parents partner to educate their children in a shame-free learning environment where each student can thrive academically, emotionally, and spiritually in the context of community.

The Ambleside approach to education began more than 100 years ago with the work of Charlotte Mason. This British educator and author dedicated herself to fostering what she termed a "living education." She meticulously crafted an educational framework centered on creating an optimal learning environment, nurturing harmonious interpersonal dynamics and routines, and exposing students to the profound insights of the world's leading scholars.

Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life. - Charlotte M. Mason

Past, Present and Future:

In 1999, Ambleside emerged as a pioneering institution and educational incubator dedicated to a learning reformation inspired by Mason's educational principles. The “Ambleside Method” took shape as Maryellen Marschke St. Cyr, an experienced school principal and author of When Children Love to Learn, and her husband, Dr. Bill St. Cyr, played a pivotal role in catalyzing the movement from its operational hub in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Today, Ambleside schools serve as educational sanctuaries. There are over 30 schools worldwide. In close collaboration with member schools, Ambleside Schools International offers training and mentorship to educators eager to delve deeper into Charlotte Mason’s philosophy and the Ambleside Method of education.

Children are born persons. They are not empty vessels to be filled or a piece of clay to be molded, but rather persons who bear the image of God. Their value and potential are immeasurable. - Charlotte M. Mason

Ambleside School of Boerne:

In Boerne, Ambleside is a steadfast presence since 2013. In January 2026, the school moved to an 11 acre property with the potential to grow and improve. 49 Scenic Loop serves as the new home of Ambleside Boerne and your contributions will help make the vision come to fruition.