Category: Character

The Character Issue

Welcome to November! The Character Issue is back with a new trait this month! Can you believe we only have two months left of 2018? This school year is just

Teaching Kindness & Respect Through Literature

Happy Tuesday! For today’s Tuesday Tell-All, we’re back with some resources on teaching Kindness & Respect through literature for your home libraries. Last month, we posted why we felt it

The Character Issue

We’re back for The Character Issue! For the month of October, SLOCA has the opportunity to demonstrate the character traits: kindness and respect. “Kindness is a language which the deaf

Teaching Responsibility through Literature

Last year on the blog, we looked at ways to use literature to reinforce character growth. It was such a great resource for our parents that we decided to continue

The Character Issue

“SLO Classical Academy is a community that forges character, fosters wisdom, and nurtures a lifelong passion for learning.” That is SLOCA’s mission statement. And an essential part of it is

Teaching Stewardship with Literature

“We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.” ~ Jon Kabat-Ziinn We’re a day early to share the character trait for June, but it’s a

Teaching Resilience and Resourcefulness with Literature

“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there

Teaching Citizenship with Literature

“Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.” ~ Charles Handy We’re getting a bit of a late start on this month’s character trait

Astronaut Scott Kelly is Coming to SLO!

{photo by NASA on flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0} SLOCA strives to achieve many goals. Some are in the classroom, and some are organization-wide. One of them is to be

Teaching Courage with Literature

“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” ~ Aristotle Before we get to this month’s book