Bert Ambrose Elementary

Bert Ambrose Elementary is a K-6 school located in the northeast corner of Fort St. John, in a picturesque setting, surrounded by a beautiful park and an outdoor skating rink. Our elementary school serves both an urban and rural community with a student population of 340 students, 9% of whom are First Nations students. Our school has a staffing compliment of fourteen divisions, 18 teachers and 9 support workers as well a principal, vice principal, a reading intervention teacher and a part time librarian. Our school enjoys itinerant access to a range of services such as counseling and special education from our supportive District Staff.

Our Mission at Bert Ambrose Elementary is: “Children, Teachers, and Parents creating a Learning Partnership!”

Our school is a child centered school, we focus on the principles of learning with a very collaborative staff. We have an active Parent Advisory Committee and a very supportive parent community. This year our school will be focusing on three major goals, which are as follows:

1.) To improve Social Responsibility:

“Solving Problems in Peaceful Ways”, in a Safe Secure Environment!

2.) To improve Literacy:

“Reading Ability and Comprehension, Schoolwide!”

3.) To improve Critical Thinking Skills,” students ability to analyze critically, solve problems, and make decisions in the key curricular areas.


SD60 Peace River North and Bert Ambrose Elementary are pleased to allow commenting on our Facebook posts which are mostly auto-generated from our website at http://www.ambrose.prn.bc.ca/ . We appreciate comments and questions which are respectful of all of our learning community members. Those that are deemed to be disrespectful will be removed.
We'd ask that you not use commenting or recommendations to discuss specific incidents with students/staff as it is public. You can private message us and we will forward it along to be addressed by the appropriate staff.
We will also attempt to answer any questions to the best of our ability as quickly as possible.
This Facebook page is managed by
-Dave Ritchie, Principal, Bert Ambrose Elementary
-Jarrod Bell, District Principal, School District 60