Dry-Ice Experiments
A week from today, our school will come together for this year’s Science Night. As we prepare to celebrate our students and the hard work they’ve put in, we wanted
Category: Classical Education
A Day in the Life: High School Edition!
Welcome back to our popular Day in the Life series. Today we get to hear a bit more about the high school life at SLOCA! Folks are always curious about
Flowering of Medieval Culture
Happy Monday, Down Home readers! Have you enjoyed all the rain we’ve had so far? It looks like we’re in for more later this week! It’s been a refreshing reinvigoration
Saladin, Robin, Peter and Eleanor
Happy Monday! For our football fans, we hope yesterday’s game got you all fired up for another week of learning! We are now in our 20th week and we are
Spain Reconquista, El Cid and the Crusades
Happy Monday, everyone! Time is flying by and we are already halfway through our school year! Before we get to our resources, we want to remind everyone that we have
Cuppa Conversations: Trivium + Grammar Stage
Happy Thursday, Down Home friends! Dr. Kozinski is back with us this week to help continue deepen our understanding of what classically-educating our children means. These last couple of weeks
Henry IV, Pope Gregory VII + Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy Monday, everyone! The image above of the Cluny Abbey reminded us of our hills. From all the rain we received, our hills are so green and beautiful. Have you
revisiting…Cuppa Conversations (Part 2)
Happy Thursday! We’re back to revisit Part 2 of last week’s Cuppa Conversations. If you missed Part 1, we highly encourage you to read it first before diving into today’s
Feudalism in Europe
“With the Norman Conquest complete, the implementation of the Feudal System takes hold, and life in England is never the same again. Kings rule over nobles who rule over knights,
revisiting…Cuppa Conversations (Part 1)
Towards the end of October of last year, our Director of Academic Life, Thaddeus Kozinski, started a series here on our blog dedicated to the better understanding of classical education.
