The End of the Civil War
Hello and Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mamas out there! We hope you are having a lovely weekend. Our students are wrapping up their study of the Civil War
Category: Classical Education
Latin Lingo #3
Happy Friday! We have another Latin Lingo for you! Did you know that the word “lingo” is derived from Latin? Lingo, meaning a foreign language or “the special vocabulary of
Latin Lingo #2
Welcome back to another Latin Lingo. We hope you enjoyed our first edition, Latin Lingo #1, featured a few weeks back. If you missed it, you’ll want to be sure
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, is our focus for today’s Mix-ins for Monday. We hope you have a fun week exploring with your student(s) these enrichment videos and links all
Frederick Douglass
A smile or a tear has not nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man. –
Together We Read – Coming to a Library Near You!
The atmosphere of the SLOCA library is often the opposite of your traditional library. It is rarely silent. During a “normal” year, our school library is bursting with kids perusing
The Humility of Socratic Discussion (Reprise)
If we have had the practice to ask again and again what the author meant, and the discipline and training to return to the text and say, “How do you
James Monroe & John Quincy Adams
Hello and Happy Valentine’s Day! We hope you are enjoying a lovely long weekend. We have a short school week ahead of us but still loads of learning to be
On Being Human: Retreat Reflections
On Friday and Saturday of this last weekend, SLO Classical Academy hosted the On Being Human virtual mini-retreat. As the blog curator, I (Sharon) attended the staff retreat on Friday
The War of 1812 & The Star-Spangled Banner
It seems rather serendipitous that our Mix-ins on the Star-Spangled Banner coincide with the Super Bowl. Whether you watch the game or not today, perhaps tune in for the performance