Category: Character

Teaching Character Through Literature: Humility

Today we have more on our Character Trait of the Month – Humility. My family and I (Wei) have been watching the Winter Olympics and it has been really interesting

Teaching Character Through Literature: Diligence

Happy Monday! We are almost halfway through the school year. Time is flying by! Today we have some literature suggestions around our Character Trait for the month, Diligence. When we

Teaching Character Through Literature: Integrity

Good morning, Down Home Readers! With the time change and the shorter days it does seem like that we have entered into a cozier season. Today we have our Teaching

Practicing: Beauty

“We are pursuing beauty here. With what we assign, the spaces we curate, and the books we read, we are not merely choosing what we like, what is trendy, or

The Character Issue: Integrity

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” ― Frederick

Practicing: The True

In this week’s installment of our series on The Good, The True, and The Beautiful, we talk about how hard it is to seek truth in a world full of

Practicing the Good: Temperance

Here at SLOCA we are starting a short video series based on important concepts that are foundational to classical education. Curated by our resident History expert extraordinaire, Sarah Shotwell, this

Teaching Character Through Literature: Responsibility

A story meets the child where he is. It sparks an authentic desire within him to do better, try harder, and love more. It allows each of our kids a

Character Counts

Then in October 2020, I found my saving grace. It was 8 students at SLOCA middle school. -Cara Wasden At SLOCA, character is at the core of what we do.