{photo credit: Jessica Wilson, staff photos: Michelle Dorman}
Hey everyone, it's not too late – we are celebrating our first decade of educating for life, and this month’s family activity is a show at the Melodrama! Date: Saturday November 14th. Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/1YGiV0Y
This week on Friday Faces we bring you SLOCA’s Lead Team. These are the incredible leaders who serve our school in countless ways. Thank you ladies, for all you do, both seen and unseen, and for participating today:
Susie Theule
Visionary and Executive Director (but my favorite role is SLOCA mom of four – no, three. One successfully off to college! <sniff>)
Q: How long have you been at SLOCA?
A: Since the very beginning – just over 10 years now.
Q: What brought you here? How did you discover our school?
A: I think SLOCA discovered me, and our family. I had no plans to be working in education, to be home schooling part time, to have our kids in a private school. In our search to find something that would help us fulfill our dreams for our kids, we fell in love with classical education, with the hybrid model, and with all those things could offer us. One thing led to another, and here we are…10 years in, no regrets!
Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: I don't remember thinking about it too much, but in third grade, I remember telling my class, in circle time on the carpet, that I wanted to be a trash man. In our neighborhood, the trash guys got to ride outside of the truck on the back. I thought standing there with the wind in my hair, braving the roads on the outside of the cab sounded really fun. In high school, I wanted to own my own interior design business, and originally set my college course towards that direction.
Q: How many pairs of shoes do you own?
A: Hmph. No idea. I am guessing about 25. I probably use about 15 of those at most though?
Q: What do you like on your pizza?
A: Fresh tomatoes, artichoke hearts and really good cheese. I like trying weird pizza toppings too at fancy restaurants, but we don't do that too often!
Q: Name a book you read this summer and enjoyed, or have read this year.
A: This has been a fun fall for reading. I am reading The Road to Character by David Brooks and have a huge Flannery O'Connor collection going. I have enjoyed Hanna Coulter by Wendell Berry, Holes by Louis Sachar, Gary Schmidt's new book, Orbiting Jupiter, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In the educational world, I am reading Excellent Sheep: the Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by Deresiewicz and Education's End: Why our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life by Kronman. Sometimes I read, sometimes I listen to the books on audible. I can fit more reading in that way!
Kateri Rein
High School and Enrichment Director
Q: How long have you been at SLOCA?
A: Since almost the beginning.
Q: What brought you here? How did you discover our school?
A: In June 2005, a friend told me about this “new school” that was going to be starting in the fall, so we went to one of the original info meetings to hear more. I was drawn to the fact that it was classical education and a hybrid model. Our oldest started in Trimester 2 of that first year as a 5th grader (siblings joining the following year). In 2009, that 5th grader and some of her friends were ready for high school, but not ready to leave SLOCA, so our HS program was established and my job description of Enrichment Director expanded to include High School Director.
Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: At various times – artist, dancer and/or mother
Q: How many pairs of shoes do you own?
A: Maybe 6 (I prefer to be barefoot.)
Q: What do you like on your pizza?
A: I’m not picky, although not much of a meat eater, guess I go for veggie pizzas.
Q: Name a book you read this summer and enjoyed, or have read this year.
A: Although not my usual genre (sci fi), I enjoyed reading Freya's Inferno this past winter. It is set in SLO and written by our high school science teacher, Sonja Bair (her first book!).
Amy Calloway
Admissions Director and Parent Care
Q: How long have you been at SLOCA?
A: This is our 9th year.
Q: What brought you here? How did you discover our school?
A: I applied for a job here and then when I found what it was, I applied for my son to attend.
Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: A crossing guard
Q: How many pairs of shoes do you own?
A: 30ish
Q: What do you like on your pizza?
A: White sauce, chicken, garlic, olives, mushrooms
Q: Name a book you read this summer and enjoyed, or have read this year.
A: The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle)
Cozy Faber
Development Director
Q: How long have you been at SLOCA?
A: This is my 9th year as a parent. 8th year as a staff member.
Q: What brought you here? How did you discover our school?
A: A friend of mine mentioned SLOCA in passing one day. It intrigued me and I searched high and low until I found it!
Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: A stage performer
Q: How many pairs of shoes do you own?
A: 17
Q: What do you like on your pizza?
A: Sausage
Q: Name a book you read this summer and enjoyed, or have read this year.
A: I am reading three books right now: Flash Boys— a book about high frequency trading, The Great Divergence— a book about income inequality in the US and Unbroken (which most everyone knows about!)
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Ashley Walter
