PAMELA GERHARDT

Middle School Latin Teacher

Pam Gerhardt hails from the Central Valley, having grown up in Fresno, CA. Her life before SLOCA has been filled with the great work of raising six children, homeschooling, farming, and many other things! Of her time spent homeschooling her children, Pam says “it often seemed like I was the one being educated. Learning about Classical Education, history, the great books and the great thinkers, art and music, and the sciences, I began to realize how much I did not know and it sparked in me that life long passion for learning.” One of her great joys in homeschooling was the opportunity to go through Sarah Weinschenk’s Latin classes with 5 of her own children. So, when expanding our Latin program in 2012 under the direction of Sarah, Pam seemed like a perfect fit! For Pam, the fact that SLOCA was a classical school was the main draw - knowing full well the emphasis on cultivating wisdom and virtue in students - but little did she know how much she would come to love the people and the community found here. Pam is often to be found, outside of SLOCA, spending time with her husband, working on their family farm, riding her bike or swimming, knitting, reading, studying Latin and history, playing with her grandchildren, meeting one of her sons for coffee, and….”yikes! There are not enough hours in a day!” And, as if that weren’t enough, in the year to come she wants to study and read the ancients, philosophy, and logic.