Harold Ambuehl Elementary School

Our time at Ambuehl was positive and special up until the 2019/2020 school year. The last minute change of principals over the summer left our community stunned. We miss our beloved Mr Bogle and the school seems to have taken several steps backwards. We hope to leave this school next year.

As a Ladera Ranch resident, we always bought into school ratings as being the most important factor for where our kids should go to school. When our son with special needs was assigned to Ambuehl we had some hesitancy as it wasn't rated quite as high as Oso Grande where our daughter attends. Before the school year started, while the staff was getting prepared for the year we decided to pop in to "see what's up" and were surprisingly met with by Principal Bogle who gave us a tour and even introduced us to our sons teacher. At that point, we had hope he was going to be in good hands. Fast forward to the end of the school year. We couldn't have been happier how things went for our son and how much progress he made. At Ambuehl, every morning it's starts with Principal Bogle greeting every student, most of which he seems to know the name of which is in itself impressive. Our son was in Miss Cornell's class where he absolutely received excellent attention. Miss Cornell and the teachers aids including Nikkie, Matt, Trish and Dana really did a good job helping our son through the school year. His speech teacher, Mr. A is very passionate and caring about helping his atudents really progress and do their best. He did this in a very effective, positive approach which made a huge impact on our son. Overall, the whole staff has been easy to approach and willing to discuss our sons progress at most any time even without preset meetings. In the end we have found out that it wasn't just our son that made huge learning strides this year. It was us parents that learned there is more involved in these school grading than simply test scores. If we as parents are engaged with our kids education, spend time getting to know their teachers and administration staff, you too will have a positive experience at Ambuhel Elementary

This school is amazing. It a small school, which is great. The teachers also love the school and the students. Our boys were at a much higher rated school last year, which had over 900 students, and are doing better at this school due to less students. Parents are very involved. PTA is great.

I just love my small town school! My two boys made life-long friends and have fond memories of Ambuehl. The PTA is fabulous and work well with everyone! They provide some enriching assemblies, field trips, and help maintain both computer labs. The teachers are all so loving and caring. They know how to challenge my child without pushing more worksheets.